Lord Byron22 January 1788, British
Poet, Politician
James Joyce02 February 1882, Irish
Writer
Langston Hughes01 February 1902, American
Poet, Novelist, Playwright, & Columnist
Bertolt Brecht10 February 1898, German
Poet
Gertrude Stein03 February 1874, American
American novelist
Audre Lorde18 February 1934, American
Writer
Sarojini Naidu13 February 1879, Indian
Poet and Freedom Fighter
Robert Burns25 January 1759, Scottish
Poet and Lyricist
John Donne22 January 1572, British
Poet, lawyer, satirist
Boris Pasternak10 February 1890, Russian, Russian
Poet & Writer
Neal Cassady08 February 1926, American
August Strindberg22 January 1849, Swedish
Novelist
Carson McCullers19 February 1917, American
American novelist
Nikos Kazantzakis18 February 1883, Greek
Philosopher and Writer
François Rabelais04 February 1494, French
Writer
Banjo Paterson17 February 1864, Australian
Poet
Derek Walcott23 January 1930, Saint Lucian
Poet
Elizabeth Bishop08 February 1911, American
Poet
Leon Battista Alberti18 February 1404, Italian
Architect, Linguist
Giuseppe Ungaretti08 February 1888, Italian
Poet, Essayist
A. R. Ammons18 February 1926, American
Poet
Aharon Appelfeld16 February 1932, Israeli
Writer
Georges LeBar24 January 1973, Australian
Author
Fleur Adcock10 February 1934, New Zealander
Poet
Andre Breton19 February 1896, French
Founder of Surrealism
John Cooper Clarke25 January 1949, British
Poet
Kumar Vishwas10 February 1970, Indian
Politician
Margaret Truman17 February 1924, American
actor, novelist, writer, biographer
Daniel Tammet31 January 1979, British
Writer
Shelley Berman03 February 1925, American
Comedian
Vladimir Vysotsky25 January 1938, Russian
Singer-songwriter
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Du Fu12 February 0712, Chinese
Poet
Richard Brautigan30 January 1935, American
Writer, Poet, Novelist
Ismail Kadare28 January 1936, Albanian
Novelist, poet, essayist
Jan Nisar Akhtar14 February 1914, Indian
author, poet, lyricist, songwriter
Michael Madhusudan Dutt25 January 1824, Indian
Poet, Writer
Muriel Spark01 February 1918, Scottish
Novelist
Helen Gurley Brown18 February 1922, American
American author
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing22 January 1729, German
Writer, Philosopher, Playwright, Poet, Librarian,
Thomas Bernhard09 February 1931, Austrian, Dutch
Writer, Novelist, Playwright, Screenwriter, Poet
Leslie Bricusse29 January 1931, British
Composer, Musician, Playwright, Lyricist,
Yevgeny Zamyatin01 February 1884, French
Author
Abel Meeropol10 February 1903, American
Poet, Songwriter, Writer
James Dickey02 February 1923, American
American poet
Veturi Sundararama Murthy29 January 1936, Indian
Poet, Songwriter, Lyricist
Jibanananda Das17 February 1899, Bangladeshi
Poet, Writer
Jaishankar Prasad30 January 1889, Indian
Poet
Jacques Prévert04 February 1900, French
Poet
William Congreve24 January 1670, British
Playwright, Poet, Writer, Translator
D. R. Bendre31 January 1896, Indian
Francis Picabia22 January 1879, French
Painter, Writer, Screenwriter, Poet
Philip José Farmer26 January 1918, American
American author
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer17 February 1836, Spanish
Poet, Short story writer, Playwright, Writer
Joaquín Sabina12 February 1949, Spanish
Singer-songwriter, Poet, Singer, Writer,
Sidney Lanier03 February 1842, American
Musician
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham30 January 1628, British
Politician
George Meredith12 February 1828, British
Novelist
Rufus Wilmot Griswold13 February 1815, American
Journalist, Writer, Literary critic, Poet
Hugo von Hofmannsthal01 February 1874, Austrian
Novelist, Librettist, Poet, Playwright, Writer,
Francesco Redi18 February 1626, Italian
Physician, Naturalist, Poet, Writer, Painter,
Juan Pablo Duarte26 January 1813, Dominican
Writer
Amy Lowell09 February 1874, American
Poet, Writer, Socialite
Kavi Pradeep06 February 1915, Indian
Poet, Singer, Lyricist, Songwriter
Eleanor Farjeon13 February 1881, British
Writer
Hannah More02 February 1745, British
Writer, Poet, Essayist
Lydia Maria Child11 February 1802, American
Novelist, Poet, Journalist, Writer
Thomas M. Disch02 February 1940, American
Author
Morteza Motahhari31 January 1919, Iranian
Philosopher, Writer, Akhoond, Theologian
Georg Trakl03 February 1887, Austrian
Poet, Writer
Russell Hoban04 February 1925, American
Writer
Walter Savage Landor30 January 1775, British
Author
Samuel Palmer27 January 1805, British
Painter, Poet
Else Lasker-Schüler11 February 1869, German
Poet
Jack Gilbert18 February 1925, American
Poet
Zygmunt Krasiński19 February 1812, French
Poet
Matsudaira Katamori15 February 1836, Japanese
Poet
Eliza R. Snow21 January 1804, American
Poet
Vasily Zhukovsky29 January 1783, Russian
linguist, poet, translator, writer, literary
Galway Kinnell01 February 1927, American
Poet
Keith Douglas24 January 1920, British
Poet
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle11 February 1657, French
Philosopher, Poet, Writer, Playwright, Satirist,
Arthur Hallam01 February 1811, British
Poet
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin27 January 1826, Russian
Poet
Ignacy Krasicki03 February 1735, Polish
Poet
Lisel Mueller08 February 1924, German, American
Poet
Adelbert von Chamisso30 January 1781, German, French
Botanist, Poet, Pteridologist, Bryologist, Writer
Almeida Garrett04 February 1799, Portuguese
Poet
Meena Alexander17 February 1951, Indian
Poet
Johan Ludvig Runeberg05 February 1804, Finnish
Poet
Frederic W. H. Myers06 February 1843, British
Poet
Reynolds Price01 February 1933, American
Poet
Gelett Burgess30 January 1866, American
Artist
K. S. Narasimhaswamy26 January 1915, Indian
Author
Albert Goldbarth31 January 1948, American
Poet