Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was born on 8 December 1832 in Kvikne, a mountain district in what is now Innlandet, Norway, and died on 26 April 1910 in Paris. During his long life he became, by turns and often simultaneously, a novelist, poet, dramatist, editor, theatre director, lecturer, political agitator, public moralist, farmer, husband, father, and international advocate for national self-determination. Few w…
“To forgive is to liberate a prisoner and discover that the prisoner was yourself.”
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Devotional Poets, Dramatic Poets, Hymn Writers, Nature Poets, Political Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Sorrow, Tenderness
Thomas Moore, born in Dublin on 28 May 1779 and dead at Sloperton Cottage, Wiltshire, on 25 February 1852, occupied an unusual and influential place in the literary culture of the nineteenth century. He was at once a poet, lyricist, singer, editor, biographer, satirist, traveller, social performer, and public Irishman in an age when Irish identity could be politically dangerous, commercially useful, emotionally charg…
“One of the noblest minded as well as the most warm hearted of all God's creatures was born under that lowly roof.”
Neighbourhood:
Folk & Ballad Poets, Hymn Writers, Irish Poets, Love Poets, Poet-Musicians, Political Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Tenderness, Sorrow
