Biography of James Fenton

James Martin Fenton is often mentioned among the best known English poets, journalists, and art critics working today. He was…

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Biography of Rabi’a al-‘Adawiyya

A notable 8th-century Muslim saint and Sufi mystic, Rabi'a al-ʻAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya was known under several names, including Hazrat Bibi Rabia…

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Biography of Catherine of Siena

St. Catherine of Sienna was consecrated a saint of the Catholic Church in 1461. She is the author of "Dialog,…

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Biography of Harold Hart Crane

Crane Н.Н. was the son of an industrialist. He never graduated from school. In 1917-1924, he lived between Cleveland and…

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Biography of Seamus Heaney

The winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature, Seamus Heaney was one of the major poets of the previous…

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Biography of Lucille Clifton

Lucille Clifton’s early career began promisingly when the very first volume of poems she published, Good Times, was included in…

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Biography of Gerard Manley Hopkins

English poet and Catholic priest Gerard Manley Hopkins studied at the Highgate school and at the Oxford University. In the…

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Biography of Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Dante Gabriel Rossetti was born in a middle-class family. He studied painting. In the 1848, along with other artists, he…

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