Full name: Percy Bysshe Shelley Birth Date: 4 August 1792, Birthplace: Sussex, England Died: 8 July 1822 (aged 29) Occupation: Poet, dramatist, and novelist Literary movement: Romanticism Education: Eton College Children: Percy Florence Shelley Spouse (s): Mary Shelley, Harriet Westbrook Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the greatest English romantic poets in the macrocosm. Shelley …
Full Name: William Wordsworth Birth Date: April 07, 1770 Birthplace: Cumberland, England Died: April 23, 1850 (aged 80) Occupation: Poet Literary movement: Romanticism prominent work(s): Lyrical Ballads William Wordsworth had the deepest admiration for nature and his whole work was an attempt to establish a relationship between man and nature. He entered the world of English …
Full name: Robert Browning Birth Date: May 07, 1812 Birth Place: Camberwell, England Died: December 12, 1889 (aged 77) Occupation: Poet Notable work(s): My Last Duchess Education: University of London Buried: Westminster Abbey Robert Browning was born on May,7,1812, in Camberwell, near London. He had little formal education but learned a great deal in his …
Full name: Humayun Ahmed Birth Date: 13 November 1948 Birth Place: Mohongonj, Netrokona Died: July 19, 2012 (aged 63) Death Place: Bellevue Hospital, New York City Occupation: Writer, Professor Genres: Novel, Short-Story, Drama Nationality: Bangladeshi Alma mater: University of Dhaka Spouse(s): Gultekin (divorced), Shaon Religion: Islam Notable award: Ekushey Padak Humayun Ahmed emerged as a powerful …
Full name: Matthew Arnold Birth Date: December 24, 1822, Birth Place: Laleham, Middlesex, England Died: April 15, 1888, in Liverpool, England Nationality: British Period: Victorian Genres: Poetry, Literary, and Religious Criticism Notable work(s): “Dover Beach”, “The Scholar-Gipsy” Education: University of Oxford Matthew Arnold was Prince Hamlet among the Victorian poets of his age. Matthew Arnold …
Full name: William Shakespeare Birth Date: 26 April 1564 Birth Place: England Died: 23 April 1616 (aged 52) Occupation: Dramatist, poet, actor Nationality: English Period: English Renaissance Spouse: Anne Hathaway Period: Renaissance The facts of the greatest Dramatist, Shakespeare’s life are to be well known to be repeated in detail here. They throw practically no …
