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Lemn Sissay

Categories: Poetry

Lemn Sissay

Poet. Born near Wigan of Ethiopean parentage. Appointed MBE in 2010..

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Lemn Sissay

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Gilt of Cain - Slave trade

This sculpture, 'Gilt of Cain', was unveiled by Bishop Tutu in commemoration ...

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W. W. Story

W. W. Story

William Wetmore Story. American sculptor, art critic, poet and editor. Born Salem Mass. as William Wetmore Story. Died Italy.

Person, Poetry, Sculpture, Italy, USA

1 memorial
Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson

Poet and cricket lover, author of 'The Hound of Heaven'. Born Preston, Lancashire into the middle classes. Went through a period as a down-and-out and opium addict before being discovered as a poet...

Person, Jack the Ripper suspects, Poetry

1 memorial
Eric Mackay

Eric Mackay

The Wikipedia entry for Mackay is worth a read - it's short and not kind; describing him as a "minor' poet, and using terms such as "sponging", "execrable", "laziness and lack of scruples" and repe...

Person, Poetry

1 memorial
Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. Unusually for the time he wrote in Italian rather than Latin. His Divine Comedy is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and th...

Person, Philosophy, Poetry, Italy

2 memorials
Tobias George Smollett

Tobias George Smollett

Born Dalquhurn (now part of Renton) Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Poet and author of novels such as The Adventures of Roderick Random and The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle which supposedly influenced ...

Person, Literature, Poetry, Italy, Scotland

1 memorial