Sometimes referred to as 'the Bard of Bengal', [name]'s poetic songs were viewed as spiritual and mercurial.
It has been referred to as the greatest poem of the Middle Ages.
His so-called prophetic works were said by 20th century critic Northrop Frye to form 'what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language'.
It was posthumously titled and published, before which it was generally known as 'the poem to Coleridge'.
She was married to fellow poet Ted Hughes from 1956 until they separated in September 1962.
His critical work, especially on William Shakespeare, was highly influential, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy to English-speaking culture.
Outside of France, his most famous works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris), 1831.
They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and [name] encouraged Goethe to finish works he left as sketches.
It focuses on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles lasting a few weeks during the last year of the war.
In his lifetime he was often referred to as Anacreon Moore.
[Name] was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and others.
He was executed by Nationalist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
He was one of many influential American writers of his time known as the Beat Generation, which included famous writers such as Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs.
He was Professor of Poetry at the University of Essex from 2010 to 2013.
[Name] is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.
He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech.
Following the breakup of the circle, [name] traveled to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting.
[Name]'s translations of stage plays by Goethe, Schiller, Calderón and Shakespeare remain very popular with Russian audiences.
Her mother's collection of her poems forms one of the largest collections extant of juvenilia by any English writer.
His poems include 'Mandalay' (1890), 'Gunga Din' (1890), 'The Gods of the Copybook Headings' (1919), 'The White Man's Burden' (1899), and 'If—' (1910).
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