10 Famous Poets Born in October

October, some say the season of the dead, some say the season of the pumpkins, and for all the season where you can smell the cold. In this list, we have 10 famous poets born in October who offered all that a reader wants. There is pain, romance, nature, self-love, cursed history, revolution, and more. Keep reading!

Rupi Kaur

Canadian poet, writer, illustrator, and photographer Rupi Kaur was born 4 October 1992. Kaur’s poetry is easy-to-read and it deals with femininity, South Asian identity, and immigration. Her childhood and personal life is the inspiration behind her poems. Her popular poem collections are Milk and Honey, The Sun and her Flowers, and Home Body.

Aleister Crowley

English poet, painter, and novelist Aleister Crowley was born on 12 October 1875. He gained widespread notoriety for being bisexual, drug user, and an individualistic social critic. Some of his poems are Hymn to Lucifer, Dionysus, At Sea, and more. Crowley has remained a popular and influential figure both in the popular culture and as an occultist.

Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro was born on 15 October, 70 BC. He was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. Virgil’s contribution to Latin literature is immense, notably the Eclogues, the epic Aeneid, and the Georgics. His influence on Western literature is wide and deep, most notably in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. In Divine Comedy, Virgil appears as the guide of the author through hell and purgatory.

Oscar Wilde

Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde was born on October 16, 1854. Wilde became popular during the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his works like The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest. Oscar Wilde became associated with the philosophy of aestheticism led by John Ruskin and Walter Pater. Known for his flamboyant dress, wit, and conversational skill, Wilde was a popular personality of his time. He was imprisoned for gross indecency with men and he wrote his final work The Ballad of Reading Gaol, a long poem remembering the harshness of prison life.

Leigh Hunt

James Henry Leigh Hunt was an English poet, critic, and essayist born on 19 October, 1784. Hunt co-founded a leading intellectual journal expounding radical principles named The Examiner. He was the centre of the Hampstead-based group known as “Hunt circle” which included Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt. Hunt introduced popular poets like Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, John Keats, and Percy Bysshe Shelley to the public.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Coleridge was an English poet, philosopher, and literary critic born on October 21, 1772. He and his friend William Wordsworth was the founder of the Romantic Movement in England. Coleridge was also a member of the Lake poets. Some of his popular poems are Kubla Khan and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. One of his popular prose works is Biographia Literaria. He had a major influence on poets like Ralph Waldo Emerson and American transcendentalism.

Sylvia Plath

American poet and novelist Sylvia Plath was born on October 25, 1932. Plath is known for advancing the genre of confessional poetry. Two of her popular published collections of poems are Ariel and The Colossus and Other Poems. One of the most remarkable autobiographical novels of all time The Bell Jar written by Plath was published shortly before she committed suicide in 1963. She was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1982 for her poetry. Plath was married to poet Ted Hughes, according to Plath’s letters he was abusive and they had a tumultuous relationship.

Dylan Thomas

Welsh poet Dylan Thomas was born on 27 October 1914. He died at the age of 39, but remained popular throughout his lifetime and after that. Thomas is notable for his original, rhythmic, and creative use of words and imagery. Even though he wrote exclusively in the English language, he has been addressed as one of the most significant Welsh poets of the 20^th century. Some of his popular poems are “And Death Shall Have No Dominion”, “Do Not GO Gentle Into That Good Night”, “Fern Hill”, and “The Song of the Mischievous Dog.”

Sukumar Ray

Bengali writer and poet Sukumar Ray from India was born on 30 October 1887. Ray is popular for his writings for children. He is the son of the notable children’s poet Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury and he is the father of one of the most renowned Indian filmmakers Satyajit Ray. Though his works are read as children’s writing, they have a deeper view of the social situation of Bengal and India during his lifetime.

John Keats

One of the most renowned second-generation Romantic poets was born on October 31, 1795. His writings were not received during his lifetime. However, after his death at the age of 25, his fame grew rapidly. Keats is regarded as one of the most significant poets in English literature. His works inspired several writers of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Some of his best poems are “Ode to a Nightingale”, “Sleep and Poetry”, “Ode on a Grecian Urn”, and more.

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