Will Alexander (born 1948) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and visual artist. He was the recipient of a Whiting Fellowship for Poetry...
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Elizabeth Alexander (born May 30, 1962) is an American poet, writer, and literary scholar who has served as the president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation...
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Alexander Smith (1829/30, probably 31 December 1829 – 5 January 1867) was a Scottish poet, labelled as one of the Spasmodic School, and essayist. Alexander...
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Will Alexander may refer to: Will W. Alexander (1884–1956), first president of Dillard University Will Alexander (poet) (born 1948), American poet Willie...
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Alexander Anderson (30 April 1845 – 11 July 1909) was a Scottish poet. Born in Kirkconnel, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, the sixth and youngest son...
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Macgillicuddy Alexander (20 March 1940 – 21 September 2005) was an Irish-born poet who settled in Australia. Alexander was the son of Hugh Alexander, the Anglo-Irish...
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Charles Alexander (born 1954) is an American poet, publisher, and book artist. He is the director and editor-in-chief of Chax Press. Alexander also served...
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William Alexander (1808–1875[citation needed]) was an American poet and author. William Alexander was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 5,...
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lyrical poet, writer, publicist, playwright, translator and literary critic. Blok was born in Saint Petersburg, into an intellectual family of Alexander Lvovich...
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Michael Joseph Alexander (21 May 1941 – 5 November 2023) was a British translator, poet, academic and broadcaster. He held the Berry Chair of English Literature...
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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 – 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic...
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Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most...
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Sir Alexander Gray CBE FRSE (6 January 1882 – 17 February 1968) was a Scottish civil servant, economist, academic, translator, writer and poet. He was...
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Alexander Ivanovich Vvedensky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Введе́нский; 6 December 1904 – 19 December 1941) was a Russian poet and dramatist with formidable...
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William or Bill Alexander may refer to: William Alexander (poet) (1808–1875), American poet and author William Alexander (journalist and author) (1826–1894)...
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Meena Alexander (17 February 1951 – 21 November 2018) was an Indian American poet, scholar, and writer. Born in Allahabad, India, and raised in India...
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Alexander Neckam (8 September 1157 – 31 March 1217) was an English poet, theologian, and writer. He was an abbot of Cirencester Abbey from 1213 until...
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Doson Alexander of Athens, 3rd-century BC Athenian comic poet Alexander Aetolus (fl. 280 BC), poet and member of the Alexandrian Pleiad Alexander (son...
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William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling PC (c. 1567 – 12 February 1640) was a Scottish courtier and poet who was involved in the Scottish colonisation...
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Alexander McLachlan (1818–1896) was a Scottish-born Canadian poet who was active in the mid-nineteenth century and wrote in both Scottish dialect and...
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Alexander Nikolov (Bulgarian: Александър Николов; born on February 12, 1997, in Varna) is a Bulgarian poet, member of the Bulgarian avant-garde literary...
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Alexander Bethune (1804–1843) was a short-lived Scottish weaver-poet. Twice crippled by explosions, he was said to be very disfigured and looked "prematurely...
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Alexander Wilson (July 6, 1766 – August 23, 1813) was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator. Identified by George Ord as...
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Alexander Ross (13 April 1699 – 20 May 1784) was a Scottish poet. Alexander Ross was born to a farming family at Torphins in Aberdeenshire. He was educated...
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Alexander Garden or Gardyne (c. 1585 – c. 1642) was a Scottish poet from Aberdeenshire. He is believed to have graduated from Marischal College before...
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Alexander Scott (Scots: Sanderris Scott: 1520? – 1582/1583) was a Scottish Court poet. He is believed to have spent most of his time in or near Edinburgh...
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Cecil Frances Alexander (April 1818 – 12 October 1895) was an Anglo-Irish hymnwriter and poet. Amongst other works, she wrote "All Things Bright and Beautiful"...
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Alexander Brome (1620 – 30 June 1666) was an English poet. Brome was by profession an attorney, and was the author of many drinking songs and of satirical...
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Alexander of Paris, also known as Alexander of Bernay, was a Norman poet of the 12th century, who wrote Li romans d'Alexandre (Romance of Alexander),...
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Alexander Scott may refer to: Alexander Scott (16th-century poet) (c. 1520–1582/83), Scottish poet Alexander Scott (20th-century poet) (1920–1989), Scottish...
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