Walt Whitman
Born: 31 May 1819, New York, USA
Died: 26 March 1892, New Jersey, USA (age 72)
Nationality: American
Fame: Poet, essayist, and journalist. Dubbed the 'father of free verse'.
Why I chose them: Leaves of Grass is my favourite and most annotated poetry book in my collection. His work was very controversial in the 1800s, and he was one of the first to explore the gap between realism and transcendentalism (which is too long a word IMO), making him one of the most influential poets of all time. Also, his views on religion and the soul are fascinating to me, making him the subject of today's post!
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