Russian-American poet and essayist. US Nobel Prize Laureate. Born Leningrad. Exiled from the Soviet Union in 1972, he settled in the USA, aided by W. H. Auden and others. There he taught and was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 1991. Died New York. The photo shows him in London.
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Joseph Brodsky
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Joseph Brodsky
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Philip Larkin
Born Coventry. Larkin spent 30 years in the northern port city of Hull working as a university librarian. He shunned the limelight, refusing to appear on television and turning down a request to be...
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Rossiter W. Raymond
Born Rossiter Worthington Raymond, an American mining engineer, legal scholar and author, amongst other skills. Best known for the last few lines of his poem 'Death is only a horizon'. However the ...
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John Gower
Poet. Born circa 1330. He is known for three major works, 'The Mirour de l'Omme', 'Vox Clamantis', and 'Confessio Amantis'.
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Leigh Hunt
Poet. Born Southgate. Named 'James Henry Leigh Hunt' after the Duke of Chandos, James Henry Leigh, who was employing Hunt's father, a preacher, as tutor to his nephew at the time of Hunt's birth. F...
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King Waldemar IV of Denmark
King. Also known as Valdemar IV Atterdag (A new dawn). He came to the Danish throne in 1340. From Medieval Histories:"In 1364, Valdemar IV of Denmark travelled through Europe to end up in Avignon....
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