Famous poets

person who writes poetry

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Mehmed II

Mehmed II

1432 – 1481 · Age 49
Deceased
Joseph Brodsky

Joseph Brodsky

1940 – 1996 · Age 55
Deceased
Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

1688 – 1744 · Age 56
Deceased
Gabriela Mistral

Gabriela Mistral

1889 – 1957 · Age 67
Deceased
Tycho Brahe

Tycho Brahe

1546 – 1601 · Age 54
Deceased
Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz

1914 – 1998 · Age 84
Deceased
Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

1889 – 1963 · Age 74
Deceased
Grazia Deledda

Grazia Deledda

1871 – 1936 · Age 64
Deceased
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1772 – 1834 · Age 61
Deceased
Ivo Andrić

Ivo Andrić

1892 – 1975 · Age 82
Deceased
Heinrich Böll

Heinrich Böll

1917 – 1985 · Age 67
Deceased
Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska

1923 – 2012 · Age 88
Deceased
François Mauriac

François Mauriac

1885 – 1970 · Age 84
Deceased
Catullus

Catullus

Deceased
Saadi

Saadi

1210 – 1291 · Age 81
Deceased
William Golding

William Golding

1911 – 1993 · Age 81
Deceased
Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

1920 – 2012 · Age 91
Deceased
Mikhail Sholokhov

Mikhail Sholokhov

1905 – 1984 · Age 78
Deceased
Jean Racine

Jean Racine

1639 – 1699 · Age 59
Deceased
Paul Verlaine

Paul Verlaine

1844 – 1896 · Age 51
Deceased
G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

1874 – 1936 · Age 62
Deceased
Vladimir Vysotsky

Vladimir Vysotsky

1938 – 1980 · Age 42
Deceased
Solon

Solon

Deceased
John Ruskin

John Ruskin

1819 – 1900 · Age 80
Deceased
Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy

1840 – 1928 · Age 87
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q49757