Robert Hughes (Robin Ddu o Fon) (c.1744–1785) was a Welsh poet. Hughes was born at Caint Bach, in the parish of Penmynydd in Anglesey about 1744. After...
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Edward James "Ted" Hughes OM OBE FRSL (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank...
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writer and broadcaster Robert Hughes (poet) (1744–1785), Welsh poet Robert Alwyn Hughes (1935–2020), Welsh artist Robert Ball Hughes (1804–1868), British-American...
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the son of the American poet Sylvia Plath and English poet Ted Hughes, and the younger brother of artist and poet Frieda Hughes. He and his sister were...
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James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin...
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Robert Studley Forrest Hughes AO (28 July 1938 – 6 August 2012) was an Australian-born art critic, writer, and producer of television documentaries. He...
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Sylvia Plath (category Ted Hughes)
later studied with Robert Lowell at Boston University, alongside poets Anne Sexton and George Starbuck. She married fellow poet Ted Hughes in 1956, and they...
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Edward Hughes (1772 – 11 February 1850) was a Welsh clergyman and prize-winning Welsh language poet, whose bardic name was Y Dryw ("The wren"). Hughes was...
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Hugh Hughes (Y Bardd Coch) (22 March 1693 – 6 April 1776) was a Welsh poet. Born on 22 March 1693, he was son of Gruffydd Hughes, who claimed lineage...
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Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aerospace engineer, business magnate, film producer, investor, philanthropist...
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Robert Alwyn Hughes (born 1935 in Dowlais, Wales) is a Welsh artist. Hughes's childhood memories continue to have an impact upon his artwork, with numerous...
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William Hughes Mearns (1875–1965), better known as Hughes Mearns, was an American educator and poet. A graduate of Harvard University and the University...
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of a panel in the memorial window. On 6 December 2011, former Poet Laureate Ted Hughes was commemorated with a floor stone. On 22 November 2013, the fiftieth...
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writers, and entertainers. Former contributors include art critic Robert Hughes, poet Les Murray, film-maker Bruce Beresford, OZ magazine co-founder Richard...
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largest New Deal agency, through which he met Langston Hughes, a young poet and playwright. Hughes cast him in his 1938 play, Don't You Want to Be Free...
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The Pike: Gabriele d'Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War is a 2013 book by the writer Lucy Hughes-Hallett first published in London by Fourth Estate...
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The British Poet Laureate is an honorary position appointed by the monarch of the United Kingdom on the advice of the prime minister. The role does not...
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William Nunez. It stars Tom Hughes, Laura Haddock, and Dianna Agron. The film depicts the life of British war poet and novelist Robert Graves. The film premiered...
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Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national...
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Robert Hayden (August 4, 1913 – February 25, 1980) was an American poet, essayist, and educator. He served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress...
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John Ceiriog Hughes (25 September 1832 – 23 April 1887) was a Welsh poet and collector of Welsh folk tunes, sometimes termed a Robert Burns of Wales. He...
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"Antigonish" is a poem by the American educator and poet, William Hughes Mearns, written in 1899. It is also known as "The Little Man Who Wasn't There"...
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Robert Bryan (1858 – 5 May 1920) was a Welsh poet, composer and folklorist. He was born at Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Denbighshire, Wales, son of Edward and Elinor...
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Ned Hughes may refer to: Edward Hughes (artist) (1832–1908), English painter Edward Robert Hughes (1851–1914), English painter Edward Ellis Hughes (1940–2017)...
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Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV (/ˈloʊəl/; March 1, 1917 – September 12, 1977) was an American poet. He was born into a Boston Brahmin family that could...
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Simon Armitage (category 20th-century English poets)
Simon Robert Armitage CBE, FRSL (born 26 May 1963) is an English poet, playwright, musician and novelist. He was appointed Poet Laureate on 10 May 2019...
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The Sylvia Plath effect is the phenomenon that poets are more susceptible to mental illness than other creative writers. The term was coined in 2001 by...
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in the pity." Thomas was described by British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes as "the father of us all." Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has said that Thomas occupies...
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William Morris Hughes CH QC (25 September 1862 – 28 October 1952) was an Australian politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Australia from...
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American edition was published in 1966 and included an introduction by the poet Robert Lowell. This was appropriate, since, in a BBC interview, Plath cited...
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