Famous �Dramatists, Poets And Novelists

1. ENGLISH
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RishabhBansal

2. Famous
Dramatists, Poets And
Novelists

3. INTRODUCTION:
Apoetis a person who writespoetry. A poet's work can be
literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event,
or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many
meanings and forms.
Adramatist, also known as aplaywright, is a person who
writes dramatic literature or drama. These works may be
written specifically to be performed by actors, or they may be
closet dramas-simple literary works -written using dramatic
forms, but not meant for performance.
Anovelistis anauthororwriterofnovels, though often
novelists also write in othergenresof bothfictionandnon-
fiction.

4. William Shakespeare was an English poet,
playwright and actor, widely regarded as the
greatest writer in the English language and the
world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called
England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon".
William Shakespeare
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it
so”
-WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

5. Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy, was aRussianwriter, philosopher and political thinker who
primarily wrotenovels andshort stories. Tolstoy was a master ofrealistic
fictionand is widely considered one of the world's greatest novelists. He is best
known for two long novels,War and Peace(1869) andAnna Karenina(1877).
Tolstoy first achieved literary acclaim in his 20s with his semi-autobiographical
trilogy of novels,Childhood,Boyhood,andYouth(1852-1856) and Sevastopol
Sketches(1855), based on his experiences in theCrimean War, His fiction
output also includes two additional novels, dozens of short stories, and several
famous novellas, includingThe Death of Ivan Lynch,Family Happiness,
andHadji Murad.Later in life, he also wroteplaysandessays. Tolstoy is
equally known for his complicated and paradoxical persona and for his extreme
moralistic and ascetic views, which he adopted after a moral crisis and spiritual
awakening in the 1870s, after which he also became noted as amoral
thinkerandsocial reformer.

6. Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens(7 February 1812 –9 June 1870)
was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most
memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the
greatestnovelist of theVictorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed
unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was
broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories
continue to be widely popular.
Born inPortsmouth, England, Dickens was forced to leave school to work in a
factory when his father was thrown intodebtors' prison. Although he had little
formal education, his early impoverishment drove him to succeed. Over his
career he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas
and hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed
extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for
children's rights, education, and other social reforms.

7. Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
(November 30, 1835–April 21, 1910),better known by hispen nameMark
Twain, was an American author andhumorist. He wroteThe Adventures of
Tom Sawyer (1876) and itssequel,Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885),the
latter often called "theGreat American Novel.“
Twain began his career writing light, humorous verse, but evolved into a
chronicler of the vanities, hypocrisies and murderous acts of mankind. At mid-
career, withHuckleberry Finn, he combined rich humor, sturdy narrative and
social criticism. Twain was a master at renderingcolloquial speechand helped
to create and popularize a distinctive American literature built on American
themes and language
.

8. George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair(25 June 1903–21 January 1950),
known by his pen nameGeorge Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist,
journalist and critic. His work is marked by lucid prose, awareness ofsocial
injustice, opposition tototalitarianism, and commitment to democratic socialism.
Commonly ranked as one of the most influential English writers of the 20th
century, and as one of the most important chroniclers of English culture of his
generation, Orwell wroteliterary criticism, poetry, fiction,
andpolemicaljournalism. He is best known for the dystopiannovelNineteen
Eighty-Four(1949) and the allegoricalnovellaAnimal Farm(1945). His
bookHomage to Catalonia(1938), an account of his experiences in
theSpanish Civil War, is widely acclaimed, as are his numerousessayson
politics, literature, language, and culture. Orwell's work continues to
influencepopularandpolitical culture, and the termOrwellian—descriptive of
totalitarian orauthoritarian social practices —has entered the language
together with several of hisneologisms, includingcold war,Big Brother,thought
police, Room 101,doublethink, andthought crime.

9. Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
(16 October 1854–30 November 1900) was anIrish writerandpoet. After writing in
different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular
playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for hisepigrams, his novelThe
Picture of Dorian Gray,his plays, and the circumstances of his imprisonment and early
death.
Wilde's parents were successfulAnglo-IrishDublin intellectuals. Their son became fluent
in French and German early in life. At university, Wilde readGreats; he proved himself to
be an outstanding classicist, first atDublin, then atOxford. He became known for his
involvement in the rising philosophy ofaestheticism, led by two of his tutors,Walter
PaterandJohn Ruskin. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural
and social circles. As a spokesman for aestheticism, he tried his hand at various literary
activities: he published a book of poems, lectured in the United States and Canada on
the new "English Renaissance in Art", and then returned to London where he worked
prolifically as a journalist. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress and glittering
conversation, Wilde became one of the best-known personalities of his day.

10. Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf
(25 January 1882 –28 March 1941) was an English writer, and one of the
foremost modernistsof the twentieth century.
During theinterwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary
society and a central figure in the influentialBloomsbury Groupof intellectuals.
Her most famous works include the novelsMrs. Dalloway(1925),To the
Lighthouse(1927) andOrlando(1928), and the book-length essayA Room of
One's Own(1929), with its famous dictum, "A woman must have money and a
room of her own if she is to write fiction." Woolf suffered from severe bouts of
mental illness throughout her life, thought to have been the result of what is
now termedbipolar disorder, and committed suicide by drowning in 1941 at the
age of 59.

11. Ferenc Molnár
Ferenc Molnár(12 January 1878–1 April 1952)
was a Hungarian-borndramatistand novelist who adopted American citizenship. Molnar
was born inBudapest.He emigrated to the United States to escape persecution of
Hungarian Jews during World War II. As a novelist, Molar may best be remembered
forThe Paul Street Boys, the story of two rival gangs of youths in Budapest. It was
ranked second in a poll of favorite books as part of the Hungarian version ofBig Readin
2005 and has been made into feature films on several different occasions. His most
popular plays areLilia(1909, tr. 1921), later adapted into a musical (Carousel
(1945));The Guardsman(1910, tr. 1924), which served as the basis of thefilm of the
same name, which starred Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne(1931); andThe Swan(1920,
tr. 1922). His 1918 film,The Devil, was adapted three years later for American
audiences, starringGeorge Arilsin his first nationally released film. The 1956 film
version ofThe Swan (which had been filmed twice before) wasGrace Kelly's
penultimate film, and was released on the day of her wedding toPrince Rainier. Two of
Molar's plays have been adapted for other media:The Good Fairy, was adapted
byPreston Sturgisandfilmed in 1935with Margaret Sullivan, and subsequently turned
into the 1947Deanna Durbinvehicle,

12. F. C. Burnand
Sir Francis Cowley Burnand
(29 November 1836 –21 April 1917), often credited asF. C. Burnand, was an
English comic writer and dramatist.
Burnand was a contributor toPunch for 45 years and its editor from 1880 until
1906. He was also a prolific humorist and writer, creating almost 200Victorian
burlesques, farces,pantomimesand other works. He was knighted in 1902 for
his work onPunch. Burnand began to write farces while a teenager at Eton,
acting in his plays under the name Tom Pierce.His first professional production
was calledDido, aburlesqueplayed at theSt. James's Theatrein 1860. This
was followed byThe Iles of St. Tropez(1860);Fair Rosamond(1862); andThe
Deal Boatman(1863) among many others.His most memorable early success
wasIxion, or the Man at the Wheel(1863), a musical spoof that found
audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.

13. Herman Melville
Herman Melville
(August 1, 1819–September 28, 1891) was an Americannovelist, poet, and
writer of short stories. One of the first authors to have his works published in
the Library of America, Herman Melville was an acclaimed American novelist,
poet and a short story writer. An enigma of American literature, Melville's first
few books brought him fame and literary recognition. He first gained critical
acclaim with his book 'Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life', after which his most
popular novel, 'Moby-Dick' elevated his status as a prolific writer. Some of his
other books include, 'Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas',
'Mardi and a Voyage Thither', White-Jacket', 'Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in
the Holy Land' and the posthumously published novel 'Billy Budd'.
Unfortunately, the books published before the success of 'Moby-Dick' did not do
very well. In the 20th century, he was catapulted to great fame as a writer for his
book 'Moby-Dick', a book that is regarded as one of the most acclaimed pieces
of literature in the world. Although he was not a financially successful writer, yet
he received worldwide recognition for his writings.

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