English Writers and Poets

There is nothing more fascinating than reading. TV and the Internet will not replace books.
What to read each individual determines for himself. Some people like a fantasy, but other people like the story novels. Everyone has their own interests.
Books is an unusual wonderful world. Books have a particular impact on the person.
Children begin to explore the world around us through books. Books help to form outlook.
Books is a priceless legacy that could leave the ancestors to their descendants.

Thomas More
Saint Thomas More was born on the 7th of February in 1478 in London. His father sir John More was a judge. His famous novel “Utopia” was published in 1516 by Dirk Martens. Thomas More died in the 6th of July in 1535 in London.

Utopia

William Shakespeare
Shakespeare was born on the 23rd of April in 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon.
His father John Shakespeare was a glove maker, his mother Mary Arden was from a wealthy and responsible family.
His most famous plays are “Romeo and Juliet” , “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” , “Othello” . He wrote 154 sonnets.
Shakespear died on the 23rd of April in 1616 in Stratford-on-Avon.

Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Othello, The Moor of Venice

Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe was born in 1660 in Cripplgate in London in the family of presbyterian James Foe. He graduated Newington Academy, where he studied Greek and Latin and classical literature. He wrote more than 500 novels. His most famous novel “Robinson Crusoe” was written in 1719. Daniel Defoe died 26th of April in 1732 in London.

Robinson Crusoe

Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift was born on the 30th of November in1667 in Dublin in the English family. Swift's father died before his son's birth, education of young Jonathan doing his uncle Godwin Swift. The most famous book by Jonathan Swift is “Gulliver's Travels”.
Swift died on the 19th of October in 1745.

Gulliver’s Travels

Robert Burns
Robert Burns was born on the 25th of January in 1759 in the village of Alloway, near Ayr in Scotland, in a poor peasant family. All his life struggled with poverty. Began writing poetry at age 15. Burns took part in creating a book of old Scottish folk-songs, writing words for many melodies.
Burns' birthday, January, 25 - a national holiday in Scotland, called Burns Supper.
Burns died 21st of July in 1796 in Dumfries. He was only 37 years old.

A Red Red Rose
O my Luve’s like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June;
O my Luve’s like the melodie
That’s sweetly play’d in tune.
As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I:
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry:
Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun:
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.
And fare thee well, my only Luve
And fare thee well, a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho’ it were ten thousand mile.

Красная, красная роза (перевод С.Я.Маршака)
Любовь, как роза, роза красная,
Цветет в моем саду.
Любовь моя – как песенка,
С которой в путь иду.
Сильнее красоты твоей
Моя любовь одна.
Она с тобой, пока моря
Не высохнут до дна.
Не высохнут моря, мой друг,
Не рушится гранит,
Не остановится песок,
А он, как жизнь, бежит…
Будь счастлива, моя любовь,
Прощай и не грусти.
Вернусь к тебе, хоть целый свет
Пришлось бы мне пройти!

Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott was born on the 15th of August in 1771 in Edinburgh.
Scott’s father was a lawyer, his mother was a daughter of a physician.
Scott’s first book “The Chase, and William, and Helen” was written in 1796.
Scott is considered to be the inventor and the greatest practitioner of a historical novel.
He died on the 21st of September in1832 in Abbotsford, Scotland.

Ivanhoe Quentin Durward

Robert Southey
Robert Southey was born on the 12th of August in1774 in Bristol. English Romantic poet, representative of "Lake School." In our time, known mostly fairy tale "The Three Bears.“
Robert Southey died on the 21st of March in 1843 in Keswick.

The Three Bears

Jane Austen
Jane Austen was born on the 16th of December in 1775. Her books are acknowledged masterpieces and conquer artless sincerity and simplicity of the plot is a profound psychological penetration into the souls of heroes and ironic, gentle, truly "English" humor. Jane Austen is still considered to be "first lady" of English literature. Her works are required to study in all colleges and universities in the UK. The most famous work of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice."
Writer died on the 18th of July in1817 in Winchester.

Pride and Prejudice Emma

George Gordon Byron
George Gordon Noel Byron - English Romantic poet. He was born on the 22nd of January in 1788 in London in an impoverished aristocrat.
Mother Katherine Gordon Scottish-born and father - Captain D.Bayron.
George Byron very early began to write poetry. In 10 years, received the title of Lord and inheritance. Enrolling in the University of Cambridge, Byron left it without completing the course.
Poet died on the 19th of April in1824.

She Walks In Beauty
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that 's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impair'd the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!

Она идет во всей красе (перевод С.Я.Маршака)
Она идет во всей красе —
Светла, как ночь её страны.
Вся глубь небес и звёзды все
В её очах заключены.
Как солнце в утренней росе,
Но только мраком смягчены.
Прибавить луч иль тень отнять —
И будет уж совсем не та
Волос агатовая прядь,
Не те глаза, не те уста
И лоб, где помыслов печать
так безупречна, так чиста.
А этот взгляд, и цвет ланит,
И лёгкий смех, как всплеск морской, —
Всё в ней о мире говорит.
Она в душе хранит покой.
И если счастье подарит,
То самой щедрою рукой.

Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley was born in 1797. Mary was the daughter of famous English writers of the late XVIII century, William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. Known as the wife of Romantic poet Percy Shelley and as the author of the book «Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus».
Mary Shelley died in 1851.

Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus

William Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray was born on the 18th of July in1811. Leading representative of "a brilliant galaxy of" English novelists of the 19th century. Born into a family of rich colonial official. In 1829-1830 he studied at Cambridge University traveled. William Thackeray author of the famous novel "Vanity Fair.“
He died in 1868.

Vanity Fair

Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens was born on the 7th of February in 1812 in Lendport, Portsmouth. His father was a wealthy official. The first creation, that Dickens wrote in 1836-1837, was “The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club”. Writer became famous worlwide for the novel “Oliver Twist”, that he wrote in 1837-1839.
In 2009 famous film director Robert Zemeckis presented adaptation of the novel “A Christmas Carol”, that Charles Dickens wrote in 1843.
Dickens died on the 9th of June in 1870.

Oliver Twist Christmas Books

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was born on the 28th of August in 1814 in Dublin in family of Huguenots. Le Fanu married to Susanna Bennet, the daughter of lawyer on the 18th of December in 1844.
Writer died on the 7th of February in 1873 in Dublin.

Madam Crowl’s Carmilla Uncle Silas
Ghost

Sisters Brontë
Sisters Bronte was born in Thornton, Yorkshire.
Elder sister Charlotte was born on the 21st of April in 1816. Her famous novel “Jane Eyre” was written in 1846. She died on the 31st of March in 1855.
Emily Bronte was born on the 30th of July in 1818. Her famous novel “Wuthering Heights” was written in 1847. She died on the 19th of December in 1848.
Younger sister Anne was born on the 17th of January in 1820. Her famous novel are “Agnes Grey” (was written in 1847) and “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” (was written in 1848). She died on the 28th of May in 1849.

Jane Eyre Agnes Grey Wuthering Heights

Thomas Mayne Reid
Thomas Mayne Reid was born in a poor Irish family on the 4th of April in 1818. He was educated in Belfast and in 1840 went to the U.S. in search of adventure. As a journalist, participated in the Mexican War of 1846-1848 years. Most famous book by Thomas Mayne Reid “The Headless Horseman”. He died in London in 1883 at the age of 65 and was buried in Kensal Green.

The Headless Horseman

Wilkie Collins
William Wilkie Collins - English writer, author of 27 novels, 15 plays and more than fifty short stories. He was born on the 8th of January in1824 in London. He graduated from a private school. Traveled to Europe, lived in Italy. Served for some time in the company dealing with the import of tea. Collins died in London on the 23rd of September in1889.

The Woman in White The Moonstone

Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll was the pen-name of Charles L. Dodgson, the man who wrote a famous book for children "Alice in Wonderland". Charles L. Dodgson was born in England in 1832. He got his early education at a public school. Then he became a student at Oxford. Charles studied mathematics and later taught this subject in the same college. Charles Dodgson had no family, but he loved children very much. He often visited his friend, who had a large family. Writer died in 1898 in Guildford.

Alice in Wonderland

Bram Stoker
Abraham "Bram" Stoker was born on the 8th of November in 1847 in Dublin. As a child, o due t illness, it is up to seven years could not get up and walk. However, overcoming illness, Stoker while studying at the University of Dublin was a good football player and athlete. His famous novel “Dracula” was written in1897. Bram Stoker died in London on the 20th of April in 1912 due to progressive paralysis, the cause of which was, according to biographer Daniel Ferson, syphilis.

Dracula

Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson was born on the 13th of November in 1850 in a family of engineers. English writer of Scottish descent. He was born in Edinburgh. After high school, he entered the University of Edinburgh. Opted for the law, was promoted to counsel, but not practiced. Stevenson's grandfather was a famous builder of lighthouses in Scotland, was a friend of Walter Scott. World fame brought writer published in 1883 "Treasure Island.“ Stevenson's poems - a classic English poetry. Robert Louis Stevenson died at his home on the 3rd of December in1894. Worshipers Samoans buried him on the top of a nearby mountain.

The Strange Story of Treasure Island
Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hide

Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde was born on the 16th of October in 1854 in Dublin. He was a younger child in family. His mother Jane Wilde was a poet. His father William Wilde was a GR-ophthalmologist. Wild wrote many famous creations, including the only novel “The picture of Dorian Gray”, written in 1890. In 2009 this novel was made into a film. Oscar Wild died on the 30th of November in 1900.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw was born on the 26th of July in 1856 in Dublin. English writer winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Shaw refused to cash awards, but received a medal winner. He is Oscar winner for the screenplay for the film “Pygmalion”. Show the second most popular playwright in the English theater after Shakespeare. Shaw died on the 2nd of November in 1950.

Pygmalion

Jerome Klapka Jerome
Jerome Klapka Jerome was born on the 2nd of May in 1859 in Walsall, Staffordshire. His father was a tradesman. In addition to Jerome family had three children, daughters Paulina and Blandina and son Milton, who died in infancy. His famous novel “Three Men in a Boat (To Say nothing of the Dog)” was written in 1889. Writer died on the 14th of June in 1927 in Northampton.

Three Men in a Boat (To Say nothing of the Dog)

Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on the 22nd of May in 1859 in Edinburgh. His father Charles Altamont Doyle was a painter and architect. His mother was passionately fond of books and had a great talent narrator. His first creation “J. Habakuk Jephson’s Statement” was written in 1884. His most famous series of “Sherlock Holmes” contains 4 novelettes and 5 collections of short stories. Writer died on the 7th of July in 1930 in Crowborough, Sussex surrounded by his family. His last words before his death were addressed to his wife. He whispered, "You are wonderful." He is buried in Minstead Hampshire.

Series of “Sherlock Holmes”

James Matthew Barrie
English playwright and novelist. James Matthew Barrie was born on the 9th of May in 1860 in Kerrymuir. He was the ninth child in family. Primary education Barrie received in Kerry Muir. By completing the preparatory course at Dumfries Academy he was enrolled at Edinburgh University, graduating in 1882. Around the world Barrie famous as the author of “Peter Pan”. He died in 1937.

Peter Pan

Joseph Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling was born on the 30th of December in 1865. A British poet, novelist and short story writer, was born in Bombay to John Lockwood Kipling, rector and professor of the Bombay School of Art, and Alice (McDonald) Kipling. The poet's father was a sculptor and designer, mother printed in local magazines. In London Kipling wrote his famous work for children "The Jungle Book“. Writer died on the 18th of January in 1936.

The Jungle Book Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Beatrix Potter
Helen Beatrix Potter was born on the 28th of July in 1866. British children's writer and artist. Beatrix Potter was one of the first who got involved in nature conservation in England.
The first tale, that she wrote, was “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” .
She died in 1943.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Herbert Wells
Herbert Wells was born on the 21st of September in 1866 in Bromley. British writer and journalist. Fabianism supporter. Three times he went to Russia, where he met with Lenin and Stalin. His first novel "The Time Machine“ he wrote in 1895. Also among his books have such famous works as "The Invisible Man", "War of the Worlds", etc. Writer died on the 13th of August in 1946.

The Invisible Man The War of The Time Machine the Worlds

Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born on the 29th of May in 1874 in Kensington. Chesterton wrote more than 80 books. He has written hundreds of poems, 200 short stories, 4,000 essays, a number of plays, novels, "The Man Who Was Thursday," "Ball and the Cross," "Flying Inn" and others. Widely known for its cycles of detective novels with main characters priest Brown and Horne Fisher, as well as religious and philosophical treatises on Christian apologetics. Writer died on the 16th of June in 1936.

Orthodoxy The Man Who Ball and the Cross
Was Thursday

Alan Milne
Alan Alexander Milne was born on the 18th of January in 1882 in Kilburn. Milne took part in the First World War. For many years he was a member of the English humor magazine "Punch". Writing stories about Winnie-the-Pooh Milne started for his son Christopher Robin Milne. Prior to the publication of books about Winnie the Pooh Milne was already quite famous playwright, but the success of Winnie the Pooh is so extensive that the other works Milne is now virtually unknown. Writer died on the 31st of January in 1956.

Winnie-the-Pooh

Agatha Christie
Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, maiden name Miller, was born on the 15th of September in 1890. Writer is one of world's most famous detective prose writers and is one of the most published authors in the history of mankind. Christy has published more than 60 detective novels, six psychological novels (under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott or Vestmakott) and 19 collections of short stories. 16 of its plays were staged in London. She died on the 12th of January in 1976 in Wallingfort.

Death on the Nile Miss Marple The Big Four

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on the 3rd of January in 1892 in Bloemfonteim. Tolkien was an Oxford professor of Anglo-Saxon language, English language and literature. Catholic by faith, together with a close friend of CS Lewis was a literary society "Inklings." March 28, 1972, Tolkien was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. After the death of his son, Christopher Tolkien published several works based on the notes and unpublished manuscripts of his father, including "The Silmarillion.“ Many people called Tolkien the "father" of modern fantasy literature, meaning primarily "high fantasy“.
Writer died on the 2nd of September in 1973.

The Lord of the Rings

Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley was born on the 26th of July in 1894 in Godalming. In Russia he is best known as author of the dystopian novel "Brave New World." He was born in a family that belonged to the intellectual elite of the UK. Huxley's grandfather is the famous English biologist Thomas Huxley, Darwin's close associate and his mother is the sister of novelist Humphry Ward, niece of the poet Matthew Arnold, and granddaughter of the famous educator Thomas Arnold. Huxley died on the 22nd of November in 1963.

Brave New World

Clive Staples Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis was born on the 29th of November in 1898 in Belfast. After leaving school in 1917, Lewis enrolled at University College, Oxford, but he soon gave up studies and was drafted into the British Army junior officer. After being wounded in World War I in 1918, Lewis was discharged and returned to the university, where terminates training. In 1919 under the pen name Clive Hamilton he produces a collection of poems "Spirits in Bondage .“ Writer died on the 22nd of November in 1963.

The Chronicles of Narnia

Daphne du Maurier
Daphne du Maurier was born on the 13th of May in 1907 in a family of actors Gerald du Maurier and Muriel Beaumont. Du Maurier is one of the most famous British writers of the XX century. Most of the works of writer became the basis of of movies and the novel "Rebecca" was filmed 11 times. Way of life of writer, it is not easy, and sometimes scandalous relationship with family and friends, have been reflected in the press. She died on the 19th of April in 1989.

Rebecca The Birds

Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming was born on the 28th of May in 1908 in London in a family of member of Parliament Valentine Fleming and Evelyn St. Croix Fleming (nee Rose).
Fleming is author of famous novel about super-spy James Bond.
Writer died on the 12th of August in 1964 in Canterbury.

Books about James Bond

Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan was born on the 21st of June in 1948 in Aldershot, Hampshire. In 1975 he published his first collection of short stories called “First Love, Last Rites”. Collection later earned him Somerset Maugham Award in 1976. McEwan began writing scenarios for radio plays and TV showsMcEwan is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the Royal Society of Arts and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Now he living in Oxford.

Atonement Saturday Amsterdam

Joanne Rowling
Joanne Rowling was born on the 31st of July in 1965 in Gloucestershire. Writer best known under his pen name J.K. Rowling (Joanne Katheline Rowling). She is the author of novel series about Harry Potter. In 2001 J.K. Rowling for the book "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" received the award Hugo. She also is a Knight of the Legion of Honor (2009).
Debut novel, as well as the first novel from the cycle, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone" was published in 1997.

Harry Potter

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