20th Century Poets

Profiles Index

Pablo Neruda
A reference page on Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973), Nobel laureate, diplomat, exile & returned native son of Chile, most respected & beloved Latin American poet, often called “the people’s poet.”

Langston Hughes
A reference page on Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), unofficial poet laureate of Black American life & culture, radical democrat at the center of the Harlem Renaissance.

Federico García Lorca
A reference page on Federico García Lorca (1899 - 1936), Spain’s most important poet and dramatist of the 20th century, whose work is still beloved for its passion and duende.

Philip Larkin
A reference page on Philip Larkin (1922 - 1985), Britain’s hard-edged, unsparing common-language poet of everyday life & death.

Charles Olson
A reference page on Charles Olson (1910 - 1970), poet of projective verse.

William Stafford
A reference page on William Stafford (1914 - 1993), poet from Kansas & Oregon, conscientious objector, Poet Laureate in 1970 & beloved teacher.