Famous poets

person who writes poetry

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All Alive Deceased
Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury

1946 – 1991 · Age 45
Deceased
Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

1343 – 1400 · Age 57
Deceased
Kalidasa

Kalidasa

Alive
Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen

1828 – 1906 · Age 78
Deceased
Søren Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard

1813 – 1855 · Age 42
Deceased
Heinrich Heine

Heinrich Heine

1797 – 1856 · Age 58
Deceased
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

1900 – 1944 · Age 44
Deceased
Horace

Horace

Deceased
Émile Zola

Émile Zola

1840 – 1902 · Age 62
Deceased
Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda

1904 – 1973 · Age 69
Deceased
Omar Khayyám

Omar Khayyám

1048 – 1131 · Age 83
Deceased
Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun

1332 – 1406 · Age 73
Deceased
Hafez

Hafez

1326 – 1389 · Age 63
Deceased
William Blake

William Blake

1757 – 1827 · Age 69
Deceased
Petrarch

Petrarch

1304 – 1374 · Age 69
Deceased
Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

1667 – 1745 · Age 77
Deceased
Abu Nuwas

Abu Nuwas

0756 – 0814 · Age 58
Deceased
Anatole France

Anatole France

1844 – 1924 · Age 80
Deceased
Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse

1877 – 1962 · Age 85
Deceased
Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran

1883 – 1931 · Age 48
Deceased
Rumi

Rumi

1207 – 1273 · Age 66
Deceased
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

1918 – 2008 · Age 89
Deceased
Seneca

Seneca

Deceased
T. S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot

1888 – 1965 · Age 76
Deceased
Murasaki Shikibu

Murasaki Shikibu

0973 – 1014 · Age 41
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q49757