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298 matches to Poe
Aiken, Conrad. 1889-1973. US poet, short story writer. Silent Snow, Secret Snow 1934.
Alberti, Leon. 1404-72. Italian Renaissance Man. Artist, poet, geographer, mathematician.
Alcaeus. c610-580BC. Greek tragic poet.
Amis, Kingsley. 1922-95. English novelist and poet. Angry Young Men. Lucky Jim 1954.
Anacreon. c582-485BC. Greek lyric poet.
Aneurin. -c560. Welsh poet. Y Gododdin.
Anvari. 1126-1189. Persian poet.
Apollinaire, Guillaume. 1880-1918. Italian/French avant-garde poet, coined term Surrealism to describe Chagall work.
Apollonius Rhodius. 3C BC. Poet, librarian at Alexandria. Argonautica.
Aragon, Louis. 1897-1982. French Romantic poet + Communist.
Arcadia, Academy of. 1690. 1925 =Italian Literary Academy. Originally known for poetic, pastoral style.
Aretino, Pietro. 1492-1556. Italian satirical poet.
Ariosto, Ludovico. 1474-1533. Italian Renaissence poet, playwright: Orlando Furioso 1516.
Aristophanes. c450-388BC. Athenian poet and satirical dramatist: The Clouds 423, The Birds 414. Lysistrata.
Arnold, Matthew. 1822-88. English poet. Scholar-Gypsy 1853.
Aubigné, Agrippa d’. 1552-1630. French satirical writer and poet: Tragiques.
Auden, W.H. 1907-73. English/US poet/opera librettist. The Rake’s Progress 1951.
Baïf, Jean Antoine de. 1532-89. French Pléiade poet. New metrical forms. Founded Academy of Music and Poetry 1571, in Paris.
Bandeira, Manuel. 1886-1968. Brazilian national poet. Carnival 1919.
Banville, Théodore de. 1823-91. French Parnassian poet. Early Symbolist. Odes funambulesques 1857.
Bateau-Lavoir. 1900. Paris birthplace of cubism (Picasso, Braque) and modern poetry (Jacob, Apollinaire, Orlan). Desmoiselles d’Avignon.
Bates, Katherine.1859-1929. US poet. America the Beautiful 1893.
Baudelaire, Charles. 1821-67. French modernist poet: Fleurs du Mal 1857. Influenced Symbolists.
Beethoven, Ludwig van. 1770-1827. German composer expressing emotions in music. Tone poet. Developed form and structure. “The Shakespeare of music”. 9 Symphonies. Eroica 1804. 5th 1807. 9th 1824.
Bellaud. 1532-88. Provencale truculent poet who inspired Marat, Rabelais and Petrarch.