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Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

Born: May 31, 1819
Died: March 26, 1892
in West Hills, Town of Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA
Walter Whitman was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. A world poet-a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare. He was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.

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Walt Whitman
Title: Walt Whitman
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 14, 2008
Type: Movie
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This American Experience tells Whitman's life story, from his working-class childhood in Long Island, to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn when he struggled to support his impoverished family, then to his reckless pursuit of the attention and affection he craved for his work, to his death in 1892.
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