Welshman Dylan Thomas was a reporter and prominent writer in the early 20th century. His most famous poem, “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,” was published in 1952, but his reputation was solidified years earlie…
Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and became an orphan at a young age when his mother passed away — his father had already abandoned them. He lived with the Allan family (for which he took his middle name) until …
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, critic, and editor in the 19th century best known for his evocative short stories and poems that captured the interest of readers worldwide. His imaginative storytelling a…
A lonely elephant was wandering the forest looking for friends. He came across a monkey and asked him, “Will you be my friend, monkey?” The monkey replied, “You are too big and cannot swing on trees as I do. So, I can…
Emily Dickinson left school as a teenager, eventually living a reclusive life on the family homestead. There, she secretly created bundles of poetry and wrote hundreds of letters. Due to a discovery by sister Lavinia,…
Better known for literary masterpieces such as A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway was born in 1899 and went on to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. Whilst in later years he gain…