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The artist also collaborated with poet Pierre Reverdy, [12] with whom he later produced a book of poems Le Chant des Morts (The Song of the Dead), a response to the barbarity of war; [13] novelist and poet Blaise Cendrars; [12] [b] and Jean Cocteau, who wrote the scenario of the Parade ballet for which Picasso designed sets and costumes.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 January 2025. English poet and artist (1757–1827) For other people named William Blake, see William Blake (disambiguation). William Blake Portrait by Thomas Phillips (1807) Born (1757-11-28) 28 November 1757 Soho, London, England Died 12 August 1827 (1827-08-12) (aged 69) Charing Cross, London ...
Picasso's image was used around the world as a symbol of the Peace Congresses and communism. [100] In 1962, he received the Lenin Peace Prize. [101] Biographer and art critic John Berger felt his talents as an artist were "wasted" by the communists. [102]
James Whitcomb Riley James Whitcomb Riley, c. 1913 Born (1849-10-07) October 7, 1849 Greenfield, Indiana, U.S. Died July 22, 1916 (1916-07-22) (aged 66) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. Resting place Crown Hill Cemetery Pen name Benjamin F. Johnson of Boone Jay Whit Uncle Sidney James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916) was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During ...
Edward Lear (12 May 1812 [1] [2] – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised.
Self-portrait, 1847 Original manuscript of Autumn Song by Rossetti, 1848, Ashley Library Portrait of Frances Gabriele Rossetti the Artist's Mother (1877). The son of émigré Italian scholar Gabriele Pasquale Giuseppe Rossetti and his wife Frances Mary Lavinia Polidori, Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti was born in London, on 12 May 1828.
Binyon's birthplace, 1 High Street, Lancaster Robert Laurence Binyon, CH (10 August 1869 – 10 March 1943) was an English poet, dramatist and art scholar. Born in Lancaster, England, his parents were Frederick Binyon, a clergyman, and Mary Dockray.
Stuart Merrill (1863–1915), US poet writing mainly in French; James Merrill (1926–1995), US poet; 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; Thomas Merton (1915–1968), US writer and Trappist monk; W. S. Merwin (1927–2019), US poet and author; 1971 and 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; 2010 US Poet Laureate; Sarah Messer (born 1966), US poet and writer