J. R. R. Tolkien03 January 1892
Writer
Roald Dahl13 September 1916
Novelist, Short Story Writer
W. H. Auden21 February 1907
Poet
Ted Hughes17 August 1930
Poet and Children's Writer
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
Donovan10 May 1946
Singer-songwriter, Guitarist, Composer,
Johnny Marr31 October 1963
Guitarist, Poet, Singer, Songwriter, Record
Alasdair Gray28 December 1934
Writer, Poet, Novelist, Science fiction writer
Vita Sackville-West09 March 1892
Writer
John Cooper Clarke25 January 1949
Poet
Michaela Coel01 October 1987
Actress
Craig Charles11 July 1964
Actor
Michael Rosen07 May 1946
Writer, Children's writer, YouTuber, Novelist,
Nik Kershaw01 March 1958
Singer-songwriter, Composer, Singer, Poet
Daniel Tammet31 January 1979
Writer
Genesis P-Orridge22 February 1950
Singer-songwriter
David Knopfler27 December 1952
Singer
Frieda Hughes01 April 1960
Painter, Poet, Writer, Children's writer
John Betjeman28 August 1906
Poet, Writer, Journalist, Literary critic
Benjamin Zephaniah15 April 1958
Actor, Poet, Writer, Singer
Al Alvarez05 August 1929
Poet, Author, Autobiographer, Literary critic,
Simon Armitage26 May 1963
Poet
Eric Sykes04 May 1923
Actor
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Vivian Stanshall21 March 1943
Musician
William Ernest Henley23 August 1849
Poet
Stephen Spender28 February 1909
Poet, Writer, Essayist, University teacher,
E. Nesbit15 August 1858
Author
John Webster1578 AD
Playwright, Poet, Writer, Poet lawyer
Peter Ackroyd05 October 1949
Writer
Leslie Bricusse29 January 1931
Composer, Musician, Playwright, Lyricist,
John Masefield01 June 1878
Poet
Mervyn Peake09 July 1911
Writer
Oskar Kokoschka01 March 1886
Painter, Playwright, Writer, Poet, University
Mark Haddon26 September 1962
Writer
Ford Madox Ford17 December 1873
Novelist
Diana Vickers30 July 1991
Singer, Poet, Singer-songwriter, Stage actor, Film
Laurie Lee26 June 1914
Screenwriter, Poet, Autobiographer, Journalist
Jake Thackray27 February 1938
Singer-songwriter, Poet
John Tavener28 January 1944
Composer, Poet, Musician
Radclyffe Hall12 August 1880
Poet
Valerie Eliot17 August 1926
Poet
Roger McGough09 November 1937
Author, Writer
Felix Dennis27 May 1947
Publisher
Victor Spinetti02 September 1929
Actor
Jacob Bronowski18 January 1908
Mathematician, Poet, Non-fiction writer
Rumer Godden10 December 1907
Author
John Agard21 June 1949
Playwright, Writer, Poet, Children's writer
Denise Levertov24 October 1923
Poet
Kenneth E. Boulding18 January 1910
Economist, University teacher, Philosopher,
Elizabeth Jennings18 July 1926
Poet
George Meredith12 February 1828
Novelist
Louis MacNeice12 September 1907
Poet, Writer, Playwright
Mina Loy27 December 1882
Poet
Eleanor Farjeon13 February 1881
Writer
Andrew Motion26 October 1952
Poet
Stella Gibbons05 January 1902
Writer
Evelyn Underhill06 December 1875
Writer
Stevie Smith20 September 1902
Poet, Illustrator, Novelist, Performer, Writer
David Tibet05 March 1960
Musician, Painter, Poet
Olivia Manning02 March 1908
Novelist
Heathcote Williams15 November 1941
Actor, Poet, Author, Screenwriter, Writer
R. S. Thomas29 March 1913
Poet, Author, Writer
William Empson27 September 1906
Literary critic, Poet, Writer
Robert Bridges23 October 1844
Poet
Francis Thompson18 December 1859
Poet
Henry Newbolt06 June 1862
Poet
Richard Aldington08 July 1892
Writer
Thom Gunn29 August 1929
Writer
Sylvia Townsend Warner06 December 1893
Novelist
Tony Harrison30 April 1937
Poet, Writer, Playwright
Arthur Waley19 August 1889
Translator
John Cowper Powys08 October 1872
Philosopher
Renée Vivien11 June 1877
Poet
Roland Penrose14 October 1900
Paramedic, Art historian, Engineer, Photographer,
Kathleen Raine14 June 1908
Poet
Sacheverell Sitwell15 November 1897
Writer
James Fenton25 April 1949
Poet
Edward Bond18 July 1934
Writer, Screenwriter, Playwright, Poet, Theatre
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt17 August 1840
Poet
Edmund Gosse21 September 1849
Poet
Arthur Quiller-Couch21 November 1863
Writer
Isaac Rosenberg25 November 1890
Poet
Edmund Clerihew Bentley10 July 1875
Novelist
Edwin Arnold10 June 1832
Poet
Mary Webb25 March 1881
Novelist
Lascelles Abercrombie09 January 1881
Poet