Famous Poets Birthday, Biography & Family

Theodore Roethke

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet

Theodore Roethke was a Pulitzer Prize winning American Poet. This biography provides detailed information on his childhood, literary career, life, works, achievements and timeline.

Born: 25 May 1908 American

Bret Harte

Bret Harte was an American writer, poet and journalist. This biography of Bret Harte provides detailed information about his childhood, life, writing career, achievements and timeline.

Born: 25 August 1836 American

William Cullen Bryant

William Cullen Bryant was born on 03 November 1794. He was American national and known as Romantic Poet.

Born: 03 November 1794 American

John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier was an influential American Quaker poet and an ardent Abolitionist. This biography details his childhood, life, career, major works and timeline.

Born: 17 December 1807 American

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar was an American playwright, poet and novelist. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, achievements, death, etc.

Born: 27 June 1872 American

Robert Lowell

Robert Lowell was an American poet, best known for winning the ‘National Book Award’ for his book of poetry titled ‘Life Studies.’

Born: 01 March 1917 American

Ogden Nash

Frederic Ogden Nash was an American poet, well-known for his light verses with unconventional rhymes. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, achievements and other facts about his life.

Born: 19 August 1902 American

Wallace Stevens

Receiver of the Pulitzer Prize, Wallace Stevens was one of the most significant American poets. To know more about him, read on his brief biography in the lines below.

Born: 02 October 1879 American

Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was a poet of African-American descent, who won a ‘Pulitzer Prize’ for her 1949 collection of poems ‘Annie Allen’. Read this biography to know her about childhood, achievements, family life and little-known facts about her.

Born: 07 June 1917 American

Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver is an American novelist, poet, social activist, and author of the best-selling novel ‘The Poisonwood Bible’. This biography provides detailed information about her childhood, life, career, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 08 April 1955 American