Empedocles biography Empédocles of Agrigento (484 b.C. – 424 b.C.) philosopher and poet. He was born in Agrigento, Sicily. He came from a well-to-do family, so...
Miguel De Unamuno biography Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo was born in Bilbao, Spain, on September 29, 1864. He was a writer, poet, philosopher and one...
Federico García Lorca biography Federico García Lorca was a Spanish poet, playwright and prose writer. He was born on June 5, 1898, in Fuente Vaqueros, province...
Edgar Allan Poe Biography Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, United States, on January 19, 1809, and died on October 7, 1849, in Baltimore, United...
Dante Alighieri Biography Dante Alighieri was a poet, born on May 29, 1265, in Florence, Italy. Dante is recognized in literature for his most famous work,...
Hans Christian Andersen Biography Hans Christian Andersen (April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a writer and poet. He was born in Odense, Denmark. His father...
José Martí Biography José Julián Martí Pérez, popularly known as José Martí, was a poet, thinker, journalist, philosopher, and politician. He is known as “the father of...
Johann Wolfgang Goethe Biography Johann Wolfgang Goethe was born in Frankfurt, Germany, on August 28, 1749. He is recognized primarily as a poet, novelist, playwright, and essayist,...
Homer Biography Homer was an ancient Greek poet, who was recognized as the author of the main Greek epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. Homer was...