Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

writer
poet
professor
translator
🇺🇸United States
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was the first American to completely translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the fireside poets from New England.

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Lifespan
1807 – 1882
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Background

Born in
Portland
Educated at
Bowdoin College
Awards
🏆 Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order🏆 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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