Here’s a short biography of Ernest Hemingway: The famed author who many might not know was also a poet and an avid poker player.

James Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet considered to be one of the most important writers of the 20th century. He pushed the boundaries of literature with his inventive and innovative stream of consciousness writing style.

Adrienne Rich is an influential American poetess, publicist, a representative of the second wave of feminism, a lesbian.  She is the author of 25 books of poetry, 6 collections of essays and notes. Rich belongs to the most significant poetesses of the USA in the second half of the 20th – beginning of the 21st … Continue reading Biography of Adrienne Rich →

He was a Spanish poet and playwright, “Spanish Victor Hugo”. Most of his plays are scenic transcriptions of legends.

Samuel Johnson is an English critic, lexicographer and poet of the Enlightenment. In our time, Samuel Johnson is known, first of all, with his aphorisms and winged expressions.

Ana Castillo is one of the most significant figures of modern Mexican-American literature, a poet and prose writer, author of five novels, a collection of short stories, plays and essays, an editor. The writer’s work was repeatedly noted by prestigious literary awards of the USA.

Raffi (pseudonym, real name and surname – Hakob Melik-Hakobyan) is a well-known Armenian writer, author of historical novels, poems. The works of Raffi are translated into many languages ​​of the world.

Born: May 1, 1901 Washington, D.C. Editor, Educator, Poet, Literary Critic

Born: April 20, 1892 New York Author, Poet, Inventor, Journalist

Gregory Corso is an American poet and artist, one of the key  representatives of the Beatniks.