- Walt Whitman - Wikipedia
Walter Whitman Jr ( ˈ hw ɪ t m ə n ; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist; he also wrote two novels He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature and world literature
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- Walt Whitman | Biography, Poems, Leaves of Grass, Facts - Britannica
Walt Whitman (born May 31, 1819, West Hills, Long Island, New York, U S —died March 26, 1892, Camden, New Jersey) was an American poet, journalist, and essayist whose verse collection Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, is a landmark in the history of American literature
- Walt Whitman Poet - Biography, Age, America, Married, Children
Walt Whitman, known as the 'Bard of Democracy', revolutionized poetry with his collection Leaves of Grass His life's work reflects the struggles and triumphs of the American spirit Who is Walt Whitman?
- Biography - Whitman Archive
Walt Whitman, arguably America's most influential and innovative poet, was born into a working class family in West Hills on Long Island, on May 31, 1819, just thirty years after George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the newly formed United States
- Walt Whitmans Life | American Experience | PBS
Walt Whitman is born to Louisa and Walter Whitman in Huntington Township on Long Island, New York He is the second of eight surviving children His father will struggle to support
- Walt Whitman - U. S. National Park Service
A 19th-century poet, essayist and journalist, Walt Whitman stands as one of the most influential poets in American literature, and one of the first to gain international recognition Whitman spent most of his early years in Brooklyn, where he worked as a printer and newspaper journalist through the 1850s
- Walt Whitman 101 | The Poetry Foundation
Few poets have had such lasting impact as Walt Whitman Widely considered the American father of free verse, Whitman has been celebrated by poets from Federico García Lorca and Pablo Neruda to Langston Hughes and Patricia Lockwood His irreverence inspired the surrealists, the Beats, and the New York School
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