Whitman,Walt

Whitman,Walt
Whitman, Walt. 1819-1892.
American poet whose great work Leaves of Grass (first published 1855), written in unconventional meter and rhyme, celebrates the self, death as a process of life, universal brotherhood, and the greatness of democracy and the United States.

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  • Whitman, Walt — ▪ American poet Introduction in full  Walter Whitman   born May 31, 1819, West Hills, Long Island, N.Y., U.S. died March 26, 1892, Camden, N.J.  American poet, journalist, and essayist whose verse collection Leaves of Grass is a landmark in the… …   Universalium

  • Whitman, Walt(er) — born May 31, 1819, West Hills, Long Island, N.Y., U.S. died March 26, 1892, Camden, N.J. U.S. poet, journalist, and essayist. Whitman lived in Brooklyn as a boy and left school at age 12. He went on to hold a great variety of jobs, including… …   Universalium

  • Whitman, Walt(er) — (31 may. 1819, West Hills, Long Island, N.Y., EE.UU.–26 mar. 1892, Camden, N.J.). Poeta, periodista y ensayista norteamericano. Whitman vivió en Brooklyn de niño y dejó la escuela a los doce años. Se dedicó entonces a una gran variedad de… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Whitman, Walt — ► (1819 92) Poeta estadounidense. Sus perspectivas son siempre vastas y grandiosas, y supo plasmar como ningún otro el tumultuoso crecimiento de su país. Escribió en versos libres, de una manera directa y espontánea. En 1855 publicó su primera… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • WHITMAN, WALT —    the poet of Democracy, born in Long Island, U.S., of parents of mingled English and Dutch blood; was a large minded, warm hearted man, who led a restless life, and had more in him than he had training to unfold either in speech or act; a man… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Whitman, Walt —    см. Уитмен, Уолт …   Писатели США. Краткие творческие биографии

  • Whitman — Whitman, Walt …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Walt Whitman — Nacimiento 31 de mayo de 1819 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Whitman — (Walt) (1819 1892) poète américain. Avec lyrisme, il a exprimé son amour de la vie libre, de la nature et de la démocratie dans Feuilles d herbe (1855), un recueil de poèmes qui a profondément influencé la poésie moderne américaine …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Walt Whitman — Infobox Writer name = Walt Whitman caption = Walt Whitman, 1887 birthdate = birth date|1819|5|31 birthplace = West Hills, Town of Huntington, Long Island, New York deathdate = death date and age|1892|3|26|1819|5|31 deathplace = Camden, New… …   Wikipedia

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