J. R. R. Tolkien03 January 1892
Writer
Roald Dahl13 September 1916
Novelist, Short Story Writer
Ted Hughes17 August 1930
Poet and Children's Writer
W. H. Auden21 February 1907
Poet
Harold Pinter10 October 1930
Nobel Prize Winner in Literature
Philip Larkin09 August 1922
Poet
Carol Ann Duffy23 December 1955
Dorothy L. Sayers13 June 1893
Writer
Kingsley Amis16 April 1922
Poet, novelist and lecturer
John Berger05 November 1926
Novelist
Adrian Mitchell24 October 1932
Poet
C. Day Lewis27 April 1904
Poet
Alfred Douglas22 October 1870
Poet
Tamzin Merchant04 March 1987
Actress
Donovan10 May 1946
Singer-songwriter, Guitarist, Composer,
Johnny Marr31 October 1963
Guitarist, Poet, Singer, Songwriter, Record
John Cooper Clarke25 January 1949
Poet
Vita Sackville-West09 March 1892
Writer
Alasdair Gray28 December 1934
Writer, Poet, Novelist, Science fiction writer
Craig Charles11 July 1964
Actor
Michaela Coel01 October 1987
Actress
Michael Rosen07 May 1946
Writer, Children's writer, YouTuber, Novelist,
Nik Kershaw01 March 1958
Singer-songwriter, Composer, Singer, Poet
Genesis P-Orridge22 February 1950
Singer
David Knopfler27 December 1952
Singer
Benjamin Zephaniah15 April 1958
Actor, Poet, Writer, Singer
Frieda Hughes01 April 1960
Painter, Poet, Writer, Children's writer
John Betjeman28 August 1906
Poet, Writer, Journalist, Literary critic
Daniel Tammet31 January 1979
Writer
Al Alvarez05 August 1929
Poet, Author, Autobiographer, Literary critic,
Eric Sykes04 May 1923
Actor
Simon Armitage26 May 1963
Poet
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Stephen Spender28 February 1909
Poet, Writer, Essayist, University teacher,
John Webster1578 AD
Playwright, Poet, Writer, Poet lawyer
E. Nesbit15 August 1858
Author
Leslie Bricusse29 January 1931
Composer, Musician, Playwright, Lyricist,
Oskar Kokoschka01 March 1886
Painter, Playwright, Writer, Poet, University
Laurie Lee26 June 1914
Screenwriter, Poet, Autobiographer, Journalist
Mark Haddon26 September 1962
Writer
Ford Madox Ford17 December 1873
Novelist
John Masefield01 June 1878
Poet
Diana Vickers30 July 1991
Singer, Poet, Singer-songwriter, Stage actor, Film
Peter Ackroyd05 October 1949
Writer
Mervyn Peake09 July 1911
Writer
John Tavener28 January 1944
Composer, Poet, Musician
Vivian Stanshall21 March 1943
Musician
Valerie Eliot17 August 1926
Poet
Roger McGough09 November 1937
Author, Writer
Jacob Bronowski18 January 1908
Mathematician, Poet, Non-fiction writer
Felix Dennis27 May 1947
Publisher
Radclyffe Hall12 August 1880
Poet
Rumer Godden10 December 1907
Author
John Agard21 June 1949
Playwright, Writer, Poet, Children's writer
Kenneth E. Boulding18 January 1910
Economist, University teacher, Philosopher,
Victor Spinetti02 September 1929
Actor
George Meredith12 February 1828
Novelist
Louis MacNeice12 September 1907
Poet, Writer, Playwright
Eleanor Farjeon13 February 1881
Writer
Stella Gibbons05 January 1902
Writer
Mina Loy27 December 1882
Poet
Stevie Smith20 September 1902
Poet, Illustrator, Novelist, Performer, Writer
Evelyn Underhill06 December 1875
Writer
Andrew Motion26 October 1952
Poet
Elizabeth Jennings18 July 1926
Poet
Heathcote Williams15 November 1941
Actor, Poet, Author, Screenwriter, Writer
David Tibet05 March 1960
Musician, Painter, Poet
Jake Thackray27 February 1938
Singer-songwriter, Poet
Thom Gunn29 August 1929
Writer
Denise Levertov24 October 1923
Poet
Robert Bridges23 October 1844
Poet
Olivia Manning02 March 1908
Novelist
R. S. Thomas29 March 1913
Poet, Author, Writer
John Cowper Powys08 October 1872
Philosopher
Richard Aldington08 July 1892
Writer
Francis Thompson18 December 1859
Poet
Renée Vivien11 June 1877
Poet
Roland Penrose14 October 1900
Paramedic, Art historian, Engineer, Photographer,
Arthur Waley19 August 1889
Translator
Henry Newbolt06 June 1862
Poet
Kathleen Raine14 June 1908
Poet
Edward Bond18 July 1934
Writer, Screenwriter, Playwright, Poet, Theatre
Edmund Gosse21 September 1849
Poet
James Fenton25 April 1949
Poet
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt17 August 1840
Poet
Isaac Rosenberg25 November 1890
Poet
William Empson27 September 1906
Literary critic, Poet, Writer
Tony Harrison30 April 1937
Poet, Writer, Playwright
Arthur Quiller-Couch21 November 1863
Writer
Mary Webb25 March 1881
Novelist
Charles Salvador06 December 1952
Poet, Autobiographer, Boxer
Lionel Johnson15 March 1867
Poet
Vernon Lee14 October 1856
Writer
Anna Wickham1884 AD
Poet
Robert Service16 January 1874
Writer, Poet, Novelist
Anthony Blackburn10 February 1916
Poet
Sir Thomas Wyatt1503 AD
Politician