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R. T. SmithR.T. Smith is an award-winning poet, fiction writer, and editor. The author of ...
Rainer Maria RilkeRainer Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926) is considered one of the...
Ralph HodgsonRalph Hodgson (September 9, 1871 – November 3, 1962) was an English poet, very ...
Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, ...
Raymond CarverRaymond Clevie Carver, Jr. (May 25, 1938 – August 2, 1988) was an American short...
Raymond KnisterRaymond Knister (1899-1932) was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, poet, ...
Raymond SousterRaymond Holmes Souster (born 15 January 1921) is a Canadian poet. ...
Reginald HeberReginald HeberReginald Heber (April 21, 1783 - April 3, 1826) was an English ...
Richard BarnfieldRichard Barnfield (1574-1627), English poet, was born at Norbury, Staffordshire,...
Richard BrautiganRichard Gary Brautigan (January 30, 1935 – September 14, 1984) was an ...
Richard CorbettRichard Corbett (born January 6, 1955, Southport, Merseyside) is a Member of the...
Richard CrashawRichard Crashaw (c. 1613 - August 25, 1649), English poet, styled "the divine," ...
Richard EdwardsRichard Edwardes (1523? - 1566) was an English poet and playwright; he was made ...
Richard GarnettRichard Garnett (February 27, 1835 – April 13, 1906) was a scholar, librarian, ...
Richard HoveyRichard Hovey (1864-1900) was an American composer, poet and playwright. ...
Richard LovelaceRichard Lovelace (1618–1659) was one of the Cavalier poets and a nobleman, born ...
Richard ThompsonRichard John Thompson (born 3 April 1949 in Notting Hill Gate, West London) is a...
Richard WilburWilbur was born in New York City and grew up in North Caldwell, New Jersey.[1]. ...
Ring LardnerRinggold Wilmer Lardner (March 6, 1885 – September 25, 1933) was an American ...
Rita DoveRita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952 in Akron, Ohio, USA) is an American poet...
Roald DahlRoald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a ...
Robert WeverRobert Wever was an English poet of the sixteenth century (floruit c. 1550) ...
Robert BlairRobert Blair (1699 - February 4, 1746) was a Scottish poet. ...
Robert BridgesRobert Seymour Bridges, OM, (October 23, 1844 – April 21, 1930) was an English ...
Robert BrowningRobert Browning (May 7, 1812–December 12, 1889) was a British poet and ...
Robert BurnsRobert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796) (also known as Rabbie Burns, ...
Robert CreeleyRobert Creeley (May 21, 1926 - March 30, 2005) was an ...
Robert DesnosRobert Desnos (July 4, 1900 - June 8, 1945), was a French surrealist poet who ...
Robert DodsleyRobert Dodsley (1703 - September 23, 1764) was an English bookseller and ...
Robert E. HowardRobert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was a classic American ...
Robert FergussonRobert Fergusson (September 5, 1750 - October 16, 1774), Scottish poet, son of W...
Robert FrancisRobert Francis (1901-1987) was an American poet who lived much of his life in ...
Robert FrostRobert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. His ...
Robert Fuller MurrayRobert Fuller Murray was born Dec. 26, 1863, in Roxbury, Massachusetts, of John ...
Robert GravesRobert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English poet, ...
Robert GreeneRobert Greene (born in Los Angeles in May 14, 1959) is an American author known ...
Robert HaydenRobert Hayden (August 4, 1913 - February 25, 1980) was an American poet, ...
Robert HenrysonRobert Henryson (or Robert Henderson) (c. 1425 – c. 1500) was a Scottish poet. ...
Robert HerrickRobert Herrick (baptized August 24, 1591- October 1674) was a 17th century Engli...
Robert HunterRobert Hunter, Grateful Dead lyricist, c.1982Robert C. Hunter (born June 23, ...
Robert LowellRobert Lowell (March 1, 1917–September 12, 1977), born Robert Traill Spence ...
Robert LowryRobert Lowry American politician. For the American ...
Robert SoutheyRobert Southey (August 12, 1774 – March 21, 1843) was an English poet of the ...
Robert Southwell, SJSaint Robert Southwell (c. 1561 – 21 February 1595) was an English Jesuit priest...
Robert Stanley WeirRobert Stanley Weir, FRSC, (November 15, 1856 – August 20, 1926) was a Montreal,...
Robinson JeffersJohn Robinson Jeffers (January 10, 1887–January 20, 1962) was an American poet, ...
Roger McGoughRoger Joseph McGough CBE (born November 9, 1937) is a well-known English perform...
Roger WatersGeorge Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English rock musician; singer,...
Roger WoddisRoger Woddis (c1917-July 1993) was a writer and humorous poet. One of his most ...
Rolf JacobsenRolf Jacobsen (March 8, 1907-1994) could be said to be the first modernist ...
Ronald Stuart ThomasRonald Stuart Thomas (29 March, 1913 – 25 September, 2000) (published as R. S. ...
Rosemarie RowleyRosemarie Rowley was born in Dublin on October 7, 1942. After a spell working in...
Rosemary DobsonRosemary de Brissac Dobson (b. 18 June 1920) is an award winning Australian ...
Rosemary SullivanRosemary Sullivan (born 1947) is a Canadian poet, biographer, and anthologist.
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Rudyard KiplingJoseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was an English ...
Rupert BrookeRupert Chawner Brooke (middle-name sometimes given as ...
Ruskin BondRuskin Bond (born 19 May 1934) is an Indian author of British descent. He was ...
Ruth Sophia PadelRuth Sophia Padel (born 8 May 1946) is a British classical scholar, poet and ...
Sabine Baring-GouldThe Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) was an ...
Sam Hunt'Sam Hunt (born in Auckland on 4 July 1946) is a New Zealand performance ...
Sam Walter FossSam Walter Foss, June 19, 1858 - February 26, 1911, was a ...
Samuel BeckettSamuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish writer, ...
Samuel ButlerSamuel Butler (4 December 1612 – 18 June 1680) was born in ...
Samuel DanielDaniel was born near Taunton in Somerset, the son of a music-master. He was the ...
Samuel FooteSamuel Foote (January, 1720 – October 21, 1777) was an English dramatist, actor ...
Samuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson LL.D. (September 18 [O.S. September 7]
1709 – 13 December 1...
Sant TukaramSant Tukaram (c.1608-c.1650), also Shri Tukaram, and colloquially ...
SapphoSappho (Attic Greek , Aeolic Greek Ψάπφω ) was an ...
Sara TeasdaleSara Teasdale (August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933),
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Sarah BinksSarah Binks is the novel by University of Manitoba professor Paul Hiebert. ...
Sarah Fyge EgertonSarah Fyge Egerton (1670–1723), poet, was born in London. She is best known for ...
Sarah Josepha HaleSarah Josepha Hale (October 23, 1788 - April 30, 1879) was an American writer. ...
Sarojini NaiduSarojini Naidu (February 13, 1879 - March 2, 1949), known as Bharatiya Kokila ...
Sharon OldsSharon Olds was born in 1942 in San Francisco. She was raised as a "hellfire ...
Sheenagh PughSheenagh Pugh (born 1950 in Birmingham) is a British poet, novelist and ...
Shel SilversteinSheldon Alan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an ...
Shirley BrooksCharles William Shirley Brooks (1816 - 1874), journalist and novelist, born in ...
Sidney LanierSidney Lanier (February 3, 1842 – September 7, 1881) was an American musician ...
Sigerson CliffordSigerson Clifford (1913 - 1985) was an Irish poet and playwright. ...
Simon ArmitageSimon Armitage (born in Huddersfield on May 26, 1963) is a British poet, ...
Simon Joseph OrtizSimon J. Ortiz, poet, writer, storyteller, and Doctor of Letters , is author of ...
Sir Charles SedleySir Charles Sedley (portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller)Sir Charles Sedley (March ...
Sir Edward DyerSir Edward Dyer (October 1543 – May 1607) was an English courtier and poet. ...
Sir George EtheregeSir George Etherege (1635?, Maidenhead, Berkshire–c. May 10, 1692, Paris) ...
Sir Henry NewboltSir Henry Newbolt is an early 20th century English poet. He is best known for ...
Sir Henry WottonSir Henry Wotton (1568 - December, 1639) was an English author and diplomat. ...
Sir John DaviesSir John Davies (April 16, 1569 – December 8, 1626) was an English poet and ...
Sir John DenhamSir John Denham (1615 - 10 March 1669), poet, son of the Chief Baron of ...
Sir John SucklingSir John Suckling as painted by VanDyckSir John Suckling (February 10, 1609–June...
Sir Thomas WyattSir Thomas Wyatt (1503 – October 13, 1542) was born at Allington Castle, near ...
Sir Walter RaleghSir Walter Raleigh or Ralegh (c. 1552 – 29 October 1618), was a famed English wr...
Sonnet L'AbbéBorn in Toronto, Ontario L'Abbé received a BFA in
film and vide...
Sophie HannahSophie Hannah (born 1971, Manchester, England) is an award-winning English-born ...
Spike MilliganTerence Alan Patrick Sean Milligan KBE (16 April 1918–27 February 2002), known ...
St. Jean de BrébeufSaint Jean de Brébeuf (25 March 1593 – 16 March 1649) was a Jesuit missionary, ...
Stanley KunitzStanley Jasspon Kunitz (July 29, 1905 – May 14, 2006) was a noted ...
StatiusPublius Papinius Statius (ca. 45-96) was a Roman poet of the Silver Age of Latin...
Steely DanSteely Dan is a Grammy-Award winning American jazz rock band centered on core ...
Stéphane MallarméStéphane Mallarmé (French March 18, 1842 – September 9, 1898), whose real name w...
Stephen C. FosterStephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 – January 13, 1864), known as ...
Stephen CraneStephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American novelist, poet ...
Stephen HawesStephen Hawes (d. 1523), was a popular English poet during the Tudor period who ...
Stephen J. DobynsStephen J. Dobyns (born February 19, 1941) is an American poet and novelist born...
Stephen KingStephen Edwin King (b. September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 ...
Stephen SondheimStephen Joshua Sondheim (b. March 22, 1930) is an American stage musical and ...
Stephen SpenderSir Stephen Harold Spender CBE, (February 28, 1909, London – July 16, 1995) was ...
Stevie SmithStevie Smith (September 20, 1902–March 7, 1971) was a British poet and novelist....
Su ShiSu Shi (1037–1101) was a writer, poet, artist, calligrapher, pharmacologist, and...
Sue TownsendSusan Lillian "Sue" Townsend (born April 2, 1946) is the author of the Adrian ...
Sujata BhattSujata Bhatt (born 6 May 1956) is an Indian poet, a native speaker of Gujarati. ...
Susanna MoodieSusanna Moodie, née Strickland (6 December 1803 – 8 April 1885) was a ...
Suzanne VegaSuzanne Vega (born Suzanne Nadine Vega, 11 July 1959, Santa Monica, California) ...
Sydney SmithSydney Smith (June 3, 1771, Woodford, Essex, England– February 22, 1845 London),...
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, ...