15 Notable American Poets
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01. Edgar Allan Poe
Scholars who worked for
the American literary movement, Edgar Allan Poe was one of them. Edgar Allan
Poe was born in January 19, 1809, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The
name of his parents is Eliza Poe, David Poe, Jr. Most of his poems are written
in his early age. Later on he started to write articles, short stories, essays
and different types of literary criticism. His famous literary works are- The
Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Tales of the Grotesque and
Arabesque, Annabel Lee, A Dream Within A Dream, Alone, The Raven, Eldorado, A
Dream,Evening Star and Dreamland.
02. Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale was an
American poet. She was born in August 8, 1884. The poem, I Shall Not Care
is considered as her suicide note. Her famous literary works are- The
Essential Sara Teasdale Poetry Collection, Life Has Loveliness to Sell, Love
Songs, Rivers to the Sea etc.
03. Julia Alvarez
Julia Alvarez was born
in March 27, 1950 (age 64), New York City, New York, United States. Besides an
American poet she was also considered as an Dominican poet and she believed in
Roman Catholicism. She wrote poems, essays, stories, children's book as well as
some remarkable novels. Her famous literary works are- Return to Sender
(2009), Saving the World (2006), In the Name of Salomé (2000), ¡YO! (1997), In
The Time of the Butterflies (1994), How the García Girls Lost Their Accents,
The Woman I Kept to Myself (2004), Homecoming: New and Collected Poems (1996),
The Other Side / El Otro Lado (1995) A Wedding in Haiti: The Story of a
Friendship (April 2012), Once Upon A Quinceañera: Coming of Age in the USA
(2007), Something to Declare (1998) etc.
04. T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot is
considered one of the greatest poets of America. He was born in September 26,
1888, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He was awarded for a lot of prizes
like Tony Award, Dante Medal, Order of Merit and most importantly the Nobel
Prize. His famous works are- The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Four
Quartets, The Waste Land, Murder in the Cathedral, The Cocktail Party, The Rock
and The Family Reunion.
05. Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein was born
in February 3, 1874, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Her parents name is Amelia Stein and Daniel Stein. She spent the later part of
her life in France. Daughter, Red Faces, A Long Dress, Stanzas in
Meditation, Cézanne, America, A Frightful Release, From Four Saints in Three
Acts, Study Nature, Susie Asado, New, A Mounted Umbrella; these are the
famous poems of Gertrude Stein.
06. Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni was an
African-American poet and born in June 7, 1943, Knoxville, Tennessee, United
States. Not only she writes poems but also was known as a commentator. Her
notable works are- Bicycles: Love Poems, Cotton candy on a rainy day,
Quilting the black eyed pea, Ego-tripping and other poems for young people etc.
07. Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Rich, an American poet born in 1951, is best known for
her scrutiny of the experiences of women in society. She has expressed that her
aim is to write directly and overtly as a woman, out of a woman’s body and
experience. Her major volumes are A Change of the World, Snapshots of a
Daughter-in-Law, The Dream of a Common Language, Your Native Land, Your Life,
Of Woman Born, What is Found there?, An Atlas of the Difficult World etc.
08. Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe was also
an American poet who was born in May 27, 1819, New York City. She was the
writer of The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Modern Society, Later
Lyrics, Passion-Flowers, Sex and Education, Is Polite Society Polite?, The
Hermaphrodite these famous literary pieces are written by Julia Ward Howe.
09. Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop was the
poet Laureate of the United States from 1949 to 1950 who was born in February
8, 1911, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. She never made the intimate
details of her private life in her literary works on the contrary she has some
negative capabilities. Her famous poems are- One Art, I Am in Need of Music,
The Fish , A Miracle for Breakfast, Sestina , In the Waiting Room , Insomnia,
Anaphora, A Prodigal, Filling Station, First Death In Nova Scotia,
Florida, At the Fishhouses, Conversation etc.
10. Gabriela Mistral
The Latin American woman
who first received Nobel Prize in literature is Gabriela Mistral. This poet was
born in 7 April 1889 who was known as a feminist writer.Love, betrayal, travel,
American nationality, mother's love all intellectual things have been depicted
in her writings. Her famous poems are- To See Him Again, The Sad Mother,
Pine Forest, Tiny Feet, I am Not Alone, Those Who Do Not Dance,
Dusk, The Stranger (La Extranjera),
Decalogue Of The Artist, Anniversary, Death Sonnet I, Creed, The Shining
Host, The Rose etc.
11. Robert Frost
Robert Frost is the most well known American Poet. He drew his
images from the New England countryside and his language from New England
speech. He won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for four times. Frost's poems
appear simple at first glance, but reveal themselves to be subtle and enigmatic
upon further scrutiny. Some popular poems of Frost are: Mowing, Revelation,
The Death of the Hired Man, The Road not Taken, Birches, Stopping by Woods on a
Snowy Evening and Desert Places.
12. Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg was the
founder of Beat Movement in America. He was born in June 3, 1926, in Nework. He
graduated from Columbia University. He is famous for his poem Howl and
was awarded 1974 National Book Award for his work The Fall of America: Poems of
these States 1965-1971. He also got Robert Frost Medal in 1986. His notable
literary works are- Howl and Other Poems, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg:
The Letters, The Yage Letters, Kaddish and Other Poems and The Fall of America:
Poems of These States.
13. Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson was born
on December 10, 1830 in a small American town called Amherst. During her
twenties she had begun seriously to write poetry; just when can not be known
because her early poems were destroyed. Her famous works are- But that defeated
accent, Blazing in Gold and quenching in Purple, Between My Country — and the
Others, Before I got my eye put out, Artists wrestled here!, Ambition cannot
find him., A Book, A Day! Help! Help! Another Day!, A door
just opened on a street, A Bird Came Down and so on.
14. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was
famous for his Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was born
in May 25, 1803, Boston, Massachusetts, United States who later on graduated
from Harvard University. His famous works are- Self-Reliance,Nature,
Essays: First Series, Essays: Second Series and The Conduct of Life.
15. Sylvia Plath
She was an American poet
and short story writer who was born in 1932, October 27. She is the wife of Ted
Hughes. Her poetry is associated with the Confessional movement, and similar to
the writings of Lowell. She won Pulitzer prize in 1982 for her The Collected
Poems.
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