-Zen Buddhist -Environmentalist -Asian Culture -Works: Riprap, and Turtle Island
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Leo Tolstoy
-Themes of Poverty -Social/Moral philosopher -Gave away all possessions -Died on the way to join a monastery -parents died when he was young (raised by aunt) -Had drinking and gambling problem -In the military -13 kids
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William Butler Yeats
-Irish -Lived in London for a while -Irish Senate -Symbolical style -Allusive Imagery -Works: Prayer for my daughter, the tower, the wild swans at the coolie
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W Symborska
-Polish -Railroad worker in Germany -Around WW2 times
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John Keats
-Parents died young, merchants as guardians -English -Licensed Apothecary, but never practiced -Poetry -Romaticism -Rich Imagery -Opposite ideas -Works: Endymion
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Ray Bradbury
-From Illinois -Science fiction -Focused on character description -Works: Martin chronicles, Fahrenheit 451