Khushwant Singh

Khushwant Singh at a reading in New Delhi

Born

Khushal Singh 2 February 1915 (age 96) Hadali,Current District Khushab, British India

Nationality

Indian

Alma mater

St. Stephen's College, Delhi King's College London

Occupation

Journalist, Writer, Historian

Religion

Sikhism

Honors and awards

Padma Bhushan, Government of India (1974) Honest Man of the Year, Sulabh International (2000) Punjab Rattan Award, The Government of Punjab (2006) Padma Vibhushan, Government of India (2007) Sahitya academy fellowship award by Sahitya academy of India (2010)

Shirley toulson
Born May 20, 1924, in Henley-on-Thames, England; daughter of Douglas Horsfall Dixon (a writer) and Marjorie Brown Writer. Features editor of Teacher (journal of National Union of Teachers), 1967-70; editor of Child Education, 1970-74. Teacher of creative writing for adults.

Ted Hughes

Born

17 August 1930 Mytholmroyd, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

Died

28 October 1998 (age 68) London

Occupation

Poet

Nationality

English

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Walt Whitman

Whitman as he appears at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

Born

May 31, 1819 West Hills, Town of Huntington, Long Island, New York, U.S.

Died

March 26, 1892 (aged 72) Camden, New Jersey, U.S.