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Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang was a Scottish poet, literary critic, and folklorist. In addition to his Fairy Books, Lang wrote about anthropology, Scottish history, and translated…
Sidney Lanier
Sidney Lanier
Sidney Lanier was an American musician, author, and poet.
Lucy Larcom
Lucy Larcom
Lucy Larcom was a Massachusetts native who had a significant impact on societal views of women and childhood. Born in 1824, Larcom left home…
Emma Lazarus
Emma Lazarus
Emma Lazarus was an American poet born in New York City. She is best known for "The New Colossus", a sonnet written in 1883;…
Richard Le Gallienne
Richard Le Gallienne
Richard Thomas Le Gallienne was an English man of letters, a part of London's literary world in the 1890s.
Edward Lear
Edward Lear
Edward Lear was a British artist, illustrator and writer known for his nonsensical poetry and his limericks, a form which he popularized. In 1846…
Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis
Harry Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize…
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was an American politician who served as the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865). He is best known for…
Hugh Lofting
Hugh Lofting
Hugh John Lofting was a British author, trained as a civil engineer, who created the character of Doctor Dolittle—one of the classics of children's…
Jack London
Jack London
Jack London was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea Wolf along with many other popular…
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet among whose works were "Paul Revere's Ride", "A Psalm of Life", "The Song of Hiawatha" and "Evangeline".…