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American poet known for rich imagery and dense metaphor. He received the Pulitzer Prize for his Collected Poems.

Roman statesman and orator. Famous for his insistence on the destruction of Carthage.

English dramatist and civil servant. During a long career at the Colonial Office he wrote the verse drama Philip van Artevelde and the treatise The Statesman.

Dante Alighieri

1265 – 1321 · Italy

Italian poet. Author of the Divine Comedy, he is the father of Italian literature and left behind one of the greatest masterpieces in world literary history.

American clergyman and writer. An opponent of slavery, he moved the nation with his address on the death of Lincoln. His works include the sermon collection "The Consolations of God."

French novelist and playwright, best known for his adventure novels The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. His works have been translated into many languages and remain widely popular.

German philosopher. Known for his reflections on the value of labor and life.

Carl Hilty

1833 – 1909 · Switzerland

Swiss jurist, philosopher, and writer. He authored Happiness and other masterworks on life and well-being.

George Bernard Shaw

1856 – 1950 · Ireland

Irish-born British playwright and critic. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 and authored Pygmalion and other works.

Greek epigrammatist active in Alexandria around the 4th century. Many of his poems survive in the Greek Anthology.

American novelist born Joseph John Poyer, known for military and technological thrillers. His works include North Cape.