Poet/Writer Graves & Memorials

Madison Cawein

1865–1914 (age 49)

Cave Hill Cemetery

Madison Cawein (1865-1914) was a Louisville-based writer and poet of the late 19th century.

Raymond Garfield Dandridge

1885–1930 (age 45)

Spring Grove Cemetery

Raymond Garfield Dandridge was a Cincinnati poet and writer who lived from 1885 to 1930.

Moyshe-Leyb Halpern

1886–1932 (age 46)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Moyshe-Leyb Halpern (1886-1932) was a Yiddish poet and writer born in Zolochiv.

Morris Winchevsky

1856–1932 (age 76)

Mount Carmel Cemetery

Morris Winchevsky (1856-1932) was a pioneering Yiddish socialist poet and writer.

Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr.

1861–1949 (age 88)

Greenwood Cemetery

Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr. (1861-1949) was a Bardstown-based African American poet and writer interred at Greenwood Cemet...

Violet Ranney Lang

1924–1956 (age 32)

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Violet Ranney Lang was an American poet and writer active in the mid-20th century.

Pedro Salinas

1891–1951 (age 60)

Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery

Pedro Salinas was a Spanish poet, playwright, and novelist who was a leading figure of the Generation of '27.

Langston Hughes

1901–1967 (age 66)

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Langston Hughes was an influential African American poet, writer, and social activist born in Joplin who lived from 1901...

Conrad Aiken

1889–1973 (age 84)

Bonaventure Cemetery

Conrad Aiken was a renowned Savannah-born poet and writer who lived from 1889 to 1973.

Elizabeth Bishop

1911–1979 (age 68)

Hope Cemetery

Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) was a Worcester-based writer and poet buried at Hope Cemetery.

Wanda Chotomska

1929–2017 (age 88)

Powązki Cemetery

Wanda Chotomska (1929-2017) was a celebrated Polish children's poet and writer from Warsaw, buried at Powązki Cemetery.