Poets L-Z, TET-VAU
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Tetmajer, Kazimierz
Kazimierz Tetmajer was a poet and short-story writer who was a member of the Young Poland movement. Tetmajer belonged......
Tevfik Fikret
Tevfik Fikret was a poet who is considered the founder of the modern school of Turkish poetry. The son of an Ottoman......
Thaxter, Celia Laighton
Celia Laighton Thaxter was an American poet whose work centred thematically on the islands and ocean of her youth.......
Theobald I
Theobald I was the count of Troyes and of Champagne (from 1201), as Theobald IV, and king of Navarre (from 1234).......
Theocritus
Theocritus was a Greek poet, the creator of pastoral poetry. His poems were termed eidyllia (âidyllsâ), a diminutive......
Theodulf of Orléans
Theodulf of Orléans was a prelate, poet, and one of the leading theologians of the Frankish empire. A member of......
Theognis
Theognis was an ancient Greek elegiac poet whose work preserved a glimpse into Greek society in a time of turmoil.......
Thespis
Thespis was a Greek poet, said to have been born in the deme (district) of Icaria. According to ancient tradition,......
Thiry, Marcel
Marcel Thiry was a Belgian poet, novelist, short-story writer, and essayist whose work reflects his experiences......
Thomas The Rhymer
Thomas The Rhymer was a Scottish poet and prophet who was likely the author of the metrical romance Sir Tristrem,......
Thomas, D.M.
D.M. Thomas was an English poet and novelist best known for his novel The White Hotel (1981), in which fantasy......
Thomas, Dylan
Dylan Thomas was a Welsh poet and prose writer whose work is known for its comic exuberance, rhapsodic lilt, and......
Thomas, Edward
Edward Thomas was an English writer who turned to poetry only after a long career spent producing nature studies......
Thomas, R.S.
R.S. Thomas was a Welsh clergyman and poet whose lucid, austere verse expresses an undeviating affirmation of the......
Thomas, William
William Thomas was a clergyman and poet, considered the only successful practitioner of the long Welsh poem in......
Thompson, Francis
Francis Thompson was an English poet of the 1890s, whose most famous poem, âThe Hound of Heaven,â describes the......
Thomson, James
James Thomson was a Scottish poet whose best verse foreshadowed some of the attitudes of the Romantic movement.......
Thomson, James
James Thomson was a Scottish Victorian poet who is best remembered for his sombre, imaginative poem âThe City of......
Thorarensen, Jakob
Jakob Thorarensen was an Icelandic poet whose interest was in the daily heroism of the worker. Born in the barren......
Thoreau, Henry David
Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, poet, and practical philosopher renowned for having lived the doctrines......
Thorild, Thomas
Thomas Thorild was a poet and critic who opposed the influence of French classicism on Swedish culture. After studying......
ThorlĂĄksson, Gudbrandur
Gudbrandur ThorlĂĄksson was a Reformation scholar and Lutheran bishop who was responsible for the success of Lutheranism......
Thorpe, Rose Alnora Hartwick
Rose Alnora Hartwick Thorpe was an American poet and writer, remembered largely for a single narrative poem that......
Thorsteinsson, SteingrĂmur
SteingrĂmur Thorsteinsson was an Icelandic patriotic poet and lyricist, best remembered as a translator of many......
ThĂłrarensen, Bjarni VigfĂșsson
Bjarni VigfĂșsson ThĂłrarensen was the first Romantic nationalist poet of Iceland. The precocious son of a prominent......
Tian Han
Tian Han was a Chinese playwright and poet known for his expressive and powerful one-act plays. Tian wrote librettos......
Tibullus, Albius
Albius Tibullus was a Roman poet, the second in the classical sequence of great Latin writers of elegiacs that......
Tickell, Thomas
Thomas Tickell was an English verse writer and man of letters who is, however, best remembered for the quarrel......
Tietjens, Eunice
Eunice Tietjens was a poet, novelist, and editor, whose eclectic interest in the cultures of the Far East was the......
Tikhonov, Nikolay Semyonovich
Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov was a Soviet poet and prose writer, notable for his heroic war ballads and for his......
Tiller, Terence
Terence Tiller was an English playwright, translator, and poet whose best verse is noted for its highly wrought......
Timrod, Henry
Henry Timrod was an American poet who was called âthe laureate of the Confederacy.â Timrod was the son of a bookbinder.......
Tiruppan
Tiruppan, was one of the âlaterâ or âminorâ South Indian poet-saint devotees of Vishnu known as the Äáž»vÄrs. Very......
Tiruvalluvar
Tiruvalluvar was a Tamil poet-saint known as the author of the Tirukkural (âSacred Coupletsâ), considered a masterpiece......
Todd, Mabel Loomis
Mabel Loomis Todd was an American writer and editor who was largely responsible for editing the first posthumously......
Tolentino de Almeida, Nicolau
Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida was Portugalâs leading satirical poet of the 18th century. At age 20 Tolentino entered......
Tolkien, J.R.R.
J.R.R. Tolkien was an English writer and scholar who achieved fame with his childrenâs book The Hobbit (1937) and......
Toller, Ernst
Ernst Toller was a dramatist, poet, and political activist, who was a prominent exponent of Marxism and pacifism......
Tolson, Melvin
Melvin Tolson was an African-American poet who worked within the modernist tradition to explore African-American......
Tolstoy, Aleksey Konstantinovich, Graf
Aleksey Konstantinovich, Count Tolstoy was a Russian poet, novelist, and dramatist. He was an outstanding writer......
Tomlinson, Charles
Charles Tomlinson was an English poet whose best work expresses his perceptions of the world with clarity and sensitivity.......
Toomer, Jean
Jean Toomer was an American poet and novelist. After attending the University of Wisconsin and the City College......
Torga, Miguel
Miguel Torga was a poet and diarist whose forceful and highly individual literary style and treatment of universal......
Torrence, Ridgely
Ridgely Torrence was a U.S. poet and playwright who wrote some of the first serious, accurate dramas of black life.......
Torres Bodet, Jaime
Jaime Torres Bodet was a Mexican poet, novelist, educator, and statesman. Torres Bodet studied law and literature......
Traherne, Thomas
Thomas Traherne was the last of the mystical poets of the Anglican clergy, which included most notably George Herbert......
Trakl, Georg
Georg Trakl was an Expressionist poet whose personal and wartime torments made him Austriaâs foremost elegist of......
Tranströmer, Tomas
Tomas Tranströmer was a Swedish lyrical poet noted for his spare but resonant language, particularly his unusual......
Trask, Kate Nichols
Kate Nichols Trask was an American writer and philanthropist remembered as one of the major forces behind the establishment......
Trediakovsky, Vasily Kirillovich
Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky was a Russian literary theoretician and poet whose writings contributed to the......
Treece, Henry
Henry Treece was an English poet and historical novelist whose ability to bring the ancient world to life in fiction......
Trethewey, Natasha
Natasha Trethewey is an American poet and teacher who served as poet laureate consultant in poetry (2012â14). Her......
Triclinius, Demetrius
Demetrius Triclinius was a Byzantine scholar of the Palaeologan era, who edited the works of the ancient Greek......
Trissino, Gian Giorgio
Gian Giorgio Trissino was a literary theorist, philologist, dramatist, and poet, an important innovator in Italian......
Troelstra, Pieter Jelles
Pieter Jelles Troelstra was a Dutch socialist statesman and poet, who founded the Social Democratic Labour Party......
Trumbull, John
John Trumbull was an American poet and jurist, known for his political satire, and a leader of the Hartford Wits).......
Tsegaye, Gabre-Medhin
Gabre-Medhin Tsegaye was an Ethiopian playwright and poet, who wrote in Amharic and English. Tsegaye earned a degree......
Tsvetayeva, Marina Ivanovna
Marina Ivanovna Tsvetayeva was a Russian poet whose verse is distinctive for its staccato rhythms, originality,......
Tucholsky, Kurt
Kurt Tucholsky was a German satirical essayist, poet, and critic, best-known for his cabaret songs. After studying......
TukÄrÄm
TukÄrÄm was a Marathi poet who is often considered to be the greatest writer in the language. His abhaáč
gas, or......
Tulsidas
Tulsidas was an Indian Vaishnavite (devotee of the deity Vishnu) poet whose principal work, the Hindi Ramcharitmanas......
Turberville, George
George Turberville was the first English poet to publish a book of verses to his lady, a genre that became popular......
Turgenev, Ivan
Ivan Turgenev was a Russian novelist, poet, and playwright whose major works include the short-story collection......
Tuwim, Julian
Julian Tuwim was a lyric poet who was one of the leaders of the 20th-century group of Polish poets called Skamander.......
Twardowski, Samuel
Samuel Twardowski was a Polish poet, diarist, and essayist who was very popular in his time. An impoverished Polish......
Tyagaraja
Tyagaraja was an Indian composer of Carnatic songs of the genre kirtana, or kriti (devotional songs), and of ragas.......
Tyard, Pontus de
Pontus de Tyard was a Burgundian poet and member of the literary circle known as La Pléiade who was a forthright......
Tynan, Katharine
Katharine Tynan was an Irish poet and novelist whose works are dominated by the combined influences of Roman Catholicism......
Tyrtaeus
Tyrtaeus was a Greek elegiac poet, author of stirring poetry on military themes supposedly composed to help Sparta......
Tyutchev, Fyodor
Fyodor Tyutchev was a Russian writer who was remarkable both as a highly original philosophic poet and as a militant......
Tzara, Tristan
Tristan Tzara was a Romanian-born French poet and essayist known mainly as the founder of Dada, a nihilistic revolutionary......
Tzetzes, John
John Tzetzes was a Byzantine didactic poet and scholar who preserved much valuable information from ancient Greek......
TĂłibĂn, Colm
Colm TĂłibĂn is one of the most widely read writers in contemporary Irish literature. He has published fiction and......
Uhland, Ludwig
Ludwig Uhland was a German Romantic poet and political figure important to the development of German medieval studies.......
Ukrainka, Lesya
Lesya Ukrainka was a poet, dramatist, short-story writer, essayist, and critic who was the foremost woman writer......
Unaipon, David
David Unaipon Australian inventor, author, and political activist who was the first Australian Aboriginal person......
Underhill, Evelyn
Evelyn Underhill was an English mystical poet and author of such works as Mysticism (1911), The Mystic Way (1913),......
Ungaretti, Giuseppe
Giuseppe Ungaretti was an Italian poet, founder of the Hermetic movement (see Hermeticism) that brought about a......
Unruh, Fritz von
Fritz von Unruh was a dramatist, poet, and novelist, one of the most poetically gifted of the younger German Expressionist......
Untermeyer, Louis
Louis Untermeyer was an American poet, essayist, and editor who is best known for his numerous poetry anthologies.......
Updike, John
John Updike was an American writer of novels, short stories, and poetry, known for his careful craftsmanship and......
Uppdal, Kristofer Oliver
Kristofer Oliver Uppdal was a working-class Norwegian novelist whose major work is the 10-volume Dansen gjenom......
ValaorĂtis, AristotĂ©lis
AristotĂ©lis ValaorĂtis was a Greek poet and statesman who was memorable chiefly for the ardent patriotism he displayed......
Valencia, Guillermo
Guillermo Valencia was a Colombian poet and statesman, whose technical command of verse and skill at translation......
Valente, JosĂ© Ăngel
JosĂ© Ăngel Valente was a Spanish lyric poet and essayist who published translations and criticism in addition to......
Valerius Flaccus, Gaius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus was an epic poet, author of an Argonautica, an epic which, though indebted to other sources,......
Valero, Roberto
Roberto Valero was a Cuban poet noted for his poetry on tyranny in Fidel Castroâs Cuba and on the human predicament......
Vallejo, CĂ©sar
CĂ©sar Vallejo was a Peruvian poet who in exile became a major voice of social change in Spanish American literature.......
Valmiki
Valmiki, an ancient Indian sage who is recognized in the Hindu tradition as the original author of the Sanskrit......
Valéry, Paul
Paul ValĂ©ry was a French poet, essayist, and critic. His greatest poem is considered La Jeune Parque (1917; âThe......
Van Dine, S.S.
S.S. Van Dine was an American critic, editor, and author of a series of best-selling detective novels featuring......
Van Doren, Mark
Mark Van Doren was an American poet, writer, and eminent teacher. He upheld the writing of verse in traditional......
Van Duyn, Mona
Mona Van Duyn was an American poet noted for her examination of the daily lives of ordinary people and for mixing......
Van Dyke, Henry
Henry Van Dyke was a U.S. short-story writer, poet, and essayist popular in the early decades of the 20th century.......
Van Lerberghe, Charles
Charles Van Lerberghe was a Belgian poet, short-story writer, and playwright whose reputation rests largely on......
Van Rensselaer, Mariana Alley Griswold
Mariana Alley Griswold Van Rensselaer was an American writer and critic who is perhaps best remembered for her......
Vanderbilt, Gloria
Gloria Vanderbilt was an American socialite, artist, author, actress, and designer of textiles and fashion who......
Varma, Mahadevi
Mahadevi Varma was an Indian writer, activist, and leading poet of the Chhayavad movement in Hindi literature.......
Vaughan, Henry
Henry Vaughan was an Anglo-Welsh poet and mystic remarkable for the range and intensity of his spiritual intuitions.......
Vauquelin de La Fresnaye, Jean, sieur des Yveteaux
Jean Vauquelin de La Fresnaye, sieur (lord) des Yveteaux was a French magistrate, poet, and moralist who was credited......