Settings20th-century poets
A. J. M. Smith
Arthur James Marshall Smith was a Canadian poet and anthologist.
Arthur James Marshall Smith was a Canadian poet and anthologist.
A. M. Klein
Abraham Moses Klein was a Canadian poet, journalist, novelist, short story writer and lawyer.
Abraham Moses Klein was a Canadian poet, journalist, novelist, short story writer and lawyer.
Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Cecile Rich (May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist.
Adrienne Cecile Rich (May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist.
Alfred Bailey
Alfred Goldsworthy Bailey, was a Canadian educator, poet, anthropologist, ethno-historian, and academic administrator.
Alfred Goldsworthy Bailey, was a Canadian educator, poet, anthropologist, ethno-historian, and academic administrator.
Alicia Ostriker
Alicia Suskin Ostriker (born November 11, 1937) is an American poet and scholar who writes Jewish feminist poetry.
Alicia Suskin Ostriker (born November 11, 1937) is an American poet and scholar who writes Jewish feminist poetry.
Anne Hébert
Anne Hébert, CC, OQ (pronounced in French) (August 1, 1916 – January 22, 2000), was a Canadian author and poet.
Anne Hébert, CC, OQ (pronounced in French) (August 1, 1916 – January 22, 2000), was a Canadian author and poet.
Arthur John Arbuthnott Stringer
Arthur John Arbuthnott Stringer (February 26, 1874 – September 13, 1950) was a Canadian novelist, screenwriter, and poet who later moved to the United States.
Arthur John Arbuthnott Stringer (February 26, 1874 – September 13, 1950) was a Canadian novelist, screenwriter, and poet who later moved to the United States.
Arthur Stringer (writer)
Arthur Stringer was a Canadian novelist, screenwriter, and poet who later moved to the United States.
Arthur Stringer was a Canadian novelist, screenwriter, and poet who later moved to the United States.
Bliss Carman
Bliss Carman FRSC (April 15, 1861 – June 8, 1929) was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame.
Bliss Carman FRSC (April 15, 1861 – June 8, 1929) was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame.
Brenda Hillman
Brenda Hillman (born 1951 in Tucson, Arizona), is an American poet.
Brenda Hillman (born 1951 in Tucson, Arizona), is an American poet.
Carolyn Kizer
Carolyn Ashley Kizer is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet of the Pacific Northwest whose works reflect her feminism.
Carolyn Ashley Kizer is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet of the Pacific Northwest whose works reflect her feminism.
Charles Corm
Charles Corm was a Lebanese poet and writer, instrumental in the phoenicianism movement in Lebanon, resulting in a surge of nationalism.
Charles Corm was a Lebanese poet and writer, instrumental in the phoenicianism movement in Lebanon, resulting in a surge of nationalism.
Charles G. D. Roberts
Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, KCMG, FRSC (January 10, 1860 – November 26, 1943) was a Canadian poet and prose writer.
Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, KCMG, FRSC (January 10, 1860 – November 26, 1943) was a Canadian poet and prose writer.
Charles G.D. Roberts
Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, (January 10, 1860 – November 26, 1943) was a Canadian poet and prose writer who is known as the Father of Canadian Poetry.
Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, (January 10, 1860 – November 26, 1943) was a Canadian poet and prose writer who is known as the Father of Canadian Poetry.
Clarence Major
Clarence Major is a poet, painter and novelist who was born in Atlanta, Georgia (1936) and grew up in Chicago.
Clarence Major is a poet, painter and novelist who was born in Atlanta, Georgia (1936) and grew up in Chicago.
Dennis Lee (author)
Dennis Beynon Lee, OC, MA is a Canadian poet, teacher, editor, and critic born in Toronto, Ontario.
Dennis Beynon Lee, OC, MA is a Canadian poet, teacher, editor, and critic born in Toronto, Ontario.
Dorothy Livesay
Dorothy Kathleen May Livesay, was a Canadian poet who twice won the Governor General's Award in the 1940s, and was "senior woman writer in Canada" during the 1970s and 1980s.
Dorothy Kathleen May Livesay, was a Canadian poet who twice won the Governor General's Award in the 1940s, and was "senior woman writer in Canada" during the 1970s and 1980s.
E. J. Pratt
Edwin John Dove Pratt, FRSC, who published as E. J. Pratt, was "the leading Canadian poet of his time."
Edwin John Dove Pratt, FRSC, who published as E. J. Pratt, was "the leading Canadian poet of his time."
Earle Birney
Earle Alfred Birney, OC, FRSC was a distinguished Canadian poet and novelist, who twice won the Governor General's Award, Canada's top literary honor, for his poetry.
Earle Alfred Birney, OC, FRSC was a distinguished Canadian poet and novelist, who twice won the Governor General's Award, Canada's top literary honor, for his poetry.
Eddie Woods
Eddie Woods is an American poet, prose writer, editor and publisher who lived and traveled in various parts of the world, both East and West, before eventually settling in Amsterdam, Netherlands...
Eddie Woods is an American poet, prose writer, editor and publisher who lived and traveled in various parts of the world, both East and West, before eventually settling in Amsterdam, Netherlands...
Edith M. Thomas
Edith Matilda Thomas (1854-1925) was an American writer, born in Chatham Center, Ohio.
Edith Matilda Thomas (1854-1925) was an American writer, born in Chatham Center, Ohio.
Edouard Roditi
Édouard Roditi was an American poet, short-story writer and translator.
Édouard Roditi was an American poet, short-story writer and translator.
Eli Mandel
Eli Mandel (December 3, 1922 - September 3, 1992) was a Canadian poet, editor of many Canadian anthologies, and literary academic.
Eli Mandel (December 3, 1922 - September 3, 1992) was a Canadian poet, editor of many Canadian anthologies, and literary academic.
Eugenia Mihalea
Eugenia Mihalea (born 15 August 1967 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian poet and is also a member of the Writers' Union of Romania.
Eugenia Mihalea (born 15 August 1967 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian poet and is also a member of the Writers' Union of Romania.
F. R. Scott
Francis Reginald Scott, CC, commonly known as Frank Scott or F.R. Scott, was a Canadian poet, intellectual and constitutional expert.
Francis Reginald Scott, CC, commonly known as Frank Scott or F.R. Scott, was a Canadian poet, intellectual and constitutional expert.
Ferenc Juhász (poet)
Ferenc Juhász is a Hungarian poet and Golden Wreath laureate.
Ferenc Juhász is a Hungarian poet and Golden Wreath laureate.
Francis Joseph Sherman
Francis Joseph Sherman was a Canadian poet.
Francis Joseph Sherman was a Canadian poet.
Franz Werfel
Franz Viktor Werfel was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned World War I, the Interwar period, and World War II. He is primarily known as the author of The ...
Franz Viktor Werfel was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned World War I, the Interwar period, and World War II. He is primarily known as the author of The ...
Frederick George Scott
Frederick George Scott (April 7, 1861 – January 19, 1944) was a Canadian poet and author, known as the Poet of the Laurentians.
Frederick George Scott (April 7, 1861 – January 19, 1944) was a Canadian poet and author, known as the Poet of the Laurentians.
George Benson Johnston
George Benson Johnston was a Canadian poet, translator, and academic "best known for lyric poetry that delineates with good-humoured wisdom the pleasures and pains of suburban family life."
George Benson Johnston was a Canadian poet, translator, and academic "best known for lyric poetry that delineates with good-humoured wisdom the pleasures and pains of suburban family life."
Gustav Heinse
Gustav Heinse (Густав Хайнзе), born Josef K. Klein (1896–1971), was an Austro–Hungarian-born poet and translator who was mostly active in Bulgaria, where he lived and worked from 1924 unti...
Gustav Heinse (Густав Хайнзе), born Josef K. Klein (1896–1971), was an Austro–Hungarian-born poet and translator who was mostly active in Bulgaria, where he lived and worked from 1924 unti...
Gwendolyn MacEwen
Gwendolyn Margaret MacEwen was a Canadian poet and novelist.
Gwendolyn Margaret MacEwen was a Canadian poet and novelist.
Han G. Hoekstra
Han Gerard Hoekstra (4 September 1906 – 15 April 1988) was a Dutch poet, best known for his children's literature.
Han Gerard Hoekstra (4 September 1906 – 15 April 1988) was a Dutch poet, best known for his children's literature.
Heather McHugh
Heather McHugh (born August 20, 1948) is an American poet.
Heather McHugh (born August 20, 1948) is an American poet.
Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau
Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (June 13, 1912 - October 24, 1943) was a French Canadian poet and painter, who "was posthumously hailed as a herald of the Quebec literary renaissance of the 1950s."
Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (June 13, 1912 - October 24, 1943) was a French Canadian poet and painter, who "was posthumously hailed as a herald of the Quebec literary renaissance of the 1950s."
Henri Chopin
Henri Chopin (18 June 1922 – 3 January 2008) was an avant-garde poet and musician.
Henri Chopin (18 June 1922 – 3 January 2008) was an avant-garde poet and musician.
Hrand Nazariantz
Hrand Nazariantz was an Armenian/Ottoman journalist and supporter of Armenian independence.
Hrand Nazariantz was an Armenian/Ottoman journalist and supporter of Armenian independence.
Irving Layton
Irving Peter Layton, OC was a Romanian-born Canadian poet.
Irving Peter Layton, OC was a Romanian-born Canadian poet.
James Wreford Watson
James Wreford Watson was a Scottish/Canadian geographer and cartographer, who served as Canada's Chief Geographer.
James Wreford Watson was a Scottish/Canadian geographer and cartographer, who served as Canada's Chief Geographer.
Janet Aalfs
Janet Aalfs is an American poet and martial artist.
Janet Aalfs is an American poet and martial artist.
Janet Lewis
Janet Loxley Lewis (August 17, 1899 - November 30 or December 1
1998) was an American novelist and poet.
Janet Loxley Lewis (August 17, 1899 - November 30 or December 1
1998) was an American novelist and poet.
Jay Macpherson
Jean Jay Macpherson (June 13, 1931 - March 21, 2012) was a Canadian lyric poet and scholar.
Jean Jay Macpherson (June 13, 1931 - March 21, 2012) was a Canadian lyric poet and scholar.
Joe Rosenblatt
Joseph Rosenblatt (born December 26, 1933) is a Canadian poet who lives in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia.
Joseph Rosenblatt (born December 26, 1933) is a Canadian poet who lives in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia.
Johann Sziklai
Johann Sziklai (born 1947 in Dingolfing, Germany) is a poet and a teacher.
Johann Sziklai (born 1947 in Dingolfing, Germany) is a poet and a teacher.
John Glassco
John Glassco was a Canadian poet, memoirist and novelist.
John Glassco was a Canadian poet, memoirist and novelist.
Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas is a Lithuanian-born American filmmaker, writer, and curator who has often been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema."
Jonas Mekas is a Lithuanian-born American filmmaker, writer, and curator who has often been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema."
Joseph C. Lincoln
Joseph Crosby Lincoln (February 13, 1870 – March 10, 1944) was an American author of novels, poems, and short stories, many set in a fictionalized Cape Cod.
Joseph Crosby Lincoln (February 13, 1870 – March 10, 1944) was an American author of novels, poems, and short stories, many set in a fictionalized Cape Cod.
Judith Fitzgerald
Judith Ariana Fitzgerald (born 11 November 1952) is a Canadian poet and journalist.
Judith Ariana Fitzgerald (born 11 November 1952) is a Canadian poet and journalist.
Kenneth Leslie
Kenneth Leslie (October 31, 1892 – October 6, 1974) was a Canadian poet and songwriter, and an influential political activist in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s.
Kenneth Leslie (October 31, 1892 – October 6, 1974) was a Canadian poet and songwriter, and an influential political activist in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s.
Leo Kennedy
John Leo Kennedy was a Canadian poet and critic, who in the 1920s and 1930s was a member of the Montreal Group of modernist poets.
John Leo Kennedy was a Canadian poet and critic, who in the 1920s and 1930s was a member of the Montreal Group of modernist poets.
Lexa Roséan
Lexa Roséan, is an American Wiccan high priestess and an initiated neo-Gardnerian Minoan witch, dancer and writer.
Lexa Roséan, is an American Wiccan high priestess and an initiated neo-Gardnerian Minoan witch, dancer and writer.
M. C. Richards
Mary Caroline Richards was a poet, potter, and writer best-known for her book Centering in Pottery, Poetry and the Person.
Mary Caroline Richards was a poet, potter, and writer best-known for her book Centering in Pottery, Poetry and the Person.
Margaret Avison
Margaret Avison, was a Canadian poet who twice won Canada's Governor General's Award and has also won its Griffin Poetry Prize.
Margaret Avison, was a Canadian poet who twice won Canada's Governor General's Award and has also won its Griffin Poetry Prize.
Marilyn Hacker
Marilyn Hacker is an American poet, translator and critic.
Marilyn Hacker is an American poet, translator and critic.
Marjorie Pickthall
Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall (September 14, 1883, Gunnersbury, London, – April 19, 1922, Vancouver), was a Canadian writer who was born in England but lived in Canada from the time sh...
Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall (September 14, 1883, Gunnersbury, London, – April 19, 1922, Vancouver), was a Canadian writer who was born in England but lived in Canada from the time sh...
Max Blecher
Max Blecher (b. September 8, 1909, Botoşani– d. May 31, 1938) was a writer from Romania.
Max Blecher (b. September 8, 1909, Botoşani– d. May 31, 1938) was a writer from Romania.
Miriam Mandel
Miriam Mandel (June 24, 1930 – February 13, 1982) was a Canadian poet who won Canada's Governor General's Award.
Miriam Mandel (June 24, 1930 – February 13, 1982) was a Canadian poet who won Canada's Governor General's Award.
Nathan Alterman
Nathan Alterman was an Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator who - though never holding any elected office - was highly influential in Socialist Zionist politics, both before and...
Nathan Alterman was an Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator who - though never holding any elected office - was highly influential in Socialist Zionist politics, both before and...
Nicolas Calas
Nicolas Calas (Νικόλαος Κάλας) (May 27, 1907-December 31, 1988) was the pseudonym of Nikos Kalamaris (Νίκος Καλαμάρης), a Greek-American poet and art critic.
Nicolas Calas (Νικόλαος Κάλας) (May 27, 1907-December 31, 1988) was the pseudonym of Nikos Kalamaris (Νίκος Καλαμάρης), a Greek-American poet and art critic.
Padma Gole
Padma Gole was a Marathi poetess from Maharashtra, India.
Padma Gole was a Marathi poetess from Maharashtra, India.
Phyllis Gotlieb
Phyllis Fay Gotlieb, née Bloom BA, MA was a Canadian science fiction novelist and poet.
Phyllis Fay Gotlieb, née Bloom BA, MA was a Canadian science fiction novelist and poet.
Phyllis Webb
Phyllis Webb, (born April 8, 1927) is a Canadian poet and radio broadcaster.
Phyllis Webb, (born April 8, 1927) is a Canadian poet and radio broadcaster.
Rio Preisner
Rio Preisner (November 13, 1925 – August 2, 2007) was a Czech poet, philosopher, translator, and scholar of Czech and German literature.
Rio Preisner (November 13, 1925 – August 2, 2007) was a Czech poet, philosopher, translator, and scholar of Czech and German literature.
Robert W. Service
Robert William Service was a poet and writer who has often been called "the Bard of the Yukon".
Robert William Service was a poet and writer who has often been called "the Bard of the Yukon".
Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner was an Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, and esotericist.
Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner was an Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, and esotericist.
Seaborn Jones (poet)
Seaborn Jones is an American poet.
Seaborn Jones is an American poet.
Shushanik Kurghinian
Shushanik Kurghinian was an Armenian writer who became a catalyst in the development of socialist and feminist poetry.
Shushanik Kurghinian was an Armenian writer who became a catalyst in the development of socialist and feminist poetry.
Susan Howe
Susan Howe (June 10, 1937) is a American poet, scholar, essayist and critic, who has been closely associated with the Language poets, among others poetry movements.
Susan Howe (June 10, 1937) is a American poet, scholar, essayist and critic, who has been closely associated with the Language poets, among others poetry movements.
Susie Frances Harrison
Susan Frances Harrison née Riley (February 24, 1859 – May 5, 1935) (a.k.a.
Susan Frances Harrison née Riley (February 24, 1859 – May 5, 1935) (a.k.a.
Tamara Ehlert
Tamara Ehlert, aka Tamara Traumann (born 28 December, 1921, in Königsberg, now Kaliningrad; died 8 September, 2008, in Munich) was a German writer and lyricist.
Tamara Ehlert, aka Tamara Traumann (born 28 December, 1921, in Königsberg, now Kaliningrad; died 8 September, 2008, in Munich) was a German writer and lyricist.
Theodore Goodridge Roberts
Theodore Goodridge Roberts was a Canadian novelist and poet.
Theodore Goodridge Roberts was a Canadian novelist and poet.
Tom MacInnes
Thomas Robert Edward MacInnes was a Canadian poet and writer whose writings ranged from "vigorous, slangy recollections of the Yukon gold rush" to "a translation of and commentary on Lao-tzu’s p...
Thomas Robert Edward MacInnes was a Canadian poet and writer whose writings ranged from "vigorous, slangy recollections of the Yukon gold rush" to "a translation of and commentary on Lao-tzu’s p...
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), known by his stage names 2Pac, Pac, and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor.
Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), known by his stage names 2Pac, Pac, and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor.
W.W.E. Ross
William Wrightson Eustace Ross was a Canadian geophysicist and poet.
William Wrightson Eustace Ross was a Canadian geophysicist and poet.
Wilfred Watson
Wilfred Watson was professor emeritus of English at Canada's University of Alberta for many years.
Wilfred Watson was professor emeritus of English at Canada's University of Alberta for many years.
William Henry Drummond
William Henry Drummond was an Irish-born Canadian poet whose humorous dialect poems made him "one of the most popular authors in the English-speaking world," and "one of the most widely-read and...
William Henry Drummond was an Irish-born Canadian poet whose humorous dialect poems made him "one of the most popular authors in the English-speaking world," and "one of the most widely-read and...
William Wilfred Campbell
William Wilfred Campbell (?June 15, 1860 – January 1, 1918) was a Canadian poet.
William Wilfred Campbell (?June 15, 1860 – January 1, 1918) was a Canadian poet.
Wilson MacDonald
Wilson Pugsley MacDonald was a popular Canadian poet who "was known mainly in his own time for his considerable platform abilities" as a reader of his poetry.
Wilson Pugsley MacDonald was a popular Canadian poet who "was known mainly in his own time for his considerable platform abilities" as a reader of his poetry.
Yehuda Amichai
Yehuda Amichai was an Israeli poet.
Yehuda Amichai was an Israeli poet.
Zabel Sibil Asadour
Zabel Asadour better known by her literary pseudonym Sibil was born as Zabel Khanjian on July 23, 1863 in Üsküdar, a district of İstanbul.
Zabel Asadour better known by her literary pseudonym Sibil was born as Zabel Khanjian on July 23, 1863 in Üsküdar, a district of İstanbul.
Zabel Yesayan
Zabel Yesayan (in Armenian Զապել Եսայան, in Western Armenian Զապէլ Եսայեան) (born in Uskudar, Constantinople, Ottoman Turkey February 4, 1878 - died Siberia, USSR 1943) was a famous Armenian nov...
Zabel Yesayan (in Armenian Զապել Եսայան, in Western Armenian Զապէլ Եսայեան) (born in Uskudar, Constantinople, Ottoman Turkey February 4, 1878 - died Siberia, USSR 1943) was a famous Armenian nov...
Édouard Glissant
Édouard Glissant (21 September 1928 – 3 February 2011) was a Martinican writer, poet and literary critic.
Édouard Glissant (21 September 1928 – 3 February 2011) was a Martinican writer, poet and literary critic.
Óndra Łysohorsky
Óndra Łysohorsky was the pseudonym of Ervín Goj (6 June 1905 – 19 December 1989), a Czech poet of Silesian origin and awareness.
Óndra Łysohorsky was the pseudonym of Ervín Goj (6 June 1905 – 19 December 1989), a Czech poet of Silesian origin and awareness.