Poet

Walt Whitman

1819–1892 · United States · American Romantic / Realist

Born in West Hills, New York

American poet of democratic free verse and expansive catalogues of life.

Biography

Whitman (1819–1892) broke formal conventions in Leaves of Grass, celebrating the body, nation, and common experience.

Literary period: American Romantic / Realist

Leaves of Grass

United States

Palestine

England

England