Michael Rosen

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics

Images

Read Next

poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

World Poetry Day

Union Jack flag of Great Britain, united kingdom

What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Ancient book lit by candle

9 Obscure Literary Terms

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

Discover

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.

Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

Titanic infographic. The 30th anniversary of its discovery is September 1, 2015. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.

Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours

Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

Michael Rosen: Facts & Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born	May 7, 1946 (age 78) • Harrow • England

Photos

See All Images →

Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll

British author

C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis

Irish-born author and scholar

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

British writer

Ted Hughes

Ted Hughes

British poet

Enid Blyton, 1962

Enid Blyton

British author

Christina Rossetti, chalk drawing by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1866; in a private collection

Christina Rossetti

English poet

Hilaire Belloc

British author

Richard Hughes

British writer

Charlotte Smith, engraving by A. Duncan after a portrait by G. Clint

Charlotte Smith

English writer

Walter de la Mare, photograph by Mark Gerson.

Walter de la Mare

British author

Henry Treece

English author

D.J. Enright

British poet

Sara Coleridge

British author

Arthur O’Shaughnessy

British poet

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

British author

The man who invented Middle-earth

J.R.R. Tolkien

English author

Paul Muldoon

Paul Muldoon

Northern Irish poet

Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe

Nigerian author

Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy

British poet

Joan Aiken.

Joan Aiken

British author

Quiz

Book Jacket of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by American children's author illustrator Eric Carle (born 1929)

Classic Children’s Books Quiz

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

Poetry: First Lines

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry