Playwright and poet. Born Yorkshire, died at the home of his friend, Edward Porter, in Surrey Street.
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William Congreve
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Wine Office Court
The Rhymers' Club is not specifically mentioned on the plaque but Ye Olde Che...
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Gavin Ewart
Poet. Born 25 Norfolk Crescent. First published aged 17. Died at a hospice in Clapham.
1 memorial
Heinrich Heine
German poet and essayist. Born Dusseldorf. Died Paris.
1 memorial
John Heath-Stubbs
Poet. Â Born Streatham Manor, Leigham Avenue (though his parents lived in Hampstead) into a wealthy family. Â Partially and progressively blind from age 18. Â Gay. Â Influenced by by classical myths. Â ...
1 memorial
Charles Williams
Writer on literature and theology, novelist and poet. Born Charles Walter Stansby Williams, 3 Spencer Road. He worked for the Oxford University Press (OUP) in various capacities for most of his lif...
1 memorial
Ben Okri
Poet and novelist.  Born Nigeria but spent his early childhood in London.  Returned to England to study in the late 1970s.  His 1991 novel 'The Famished Road' won the Booker Prize.
1 memorial
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