Walter Whitman Jr. (/ ˈhwɪtmən /; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist; he also wrote two novels. He is considered one of the most influential poets in American …

Nov 14, 2025 · Walt Whitman was an American poet, journalist and essayist whose verse collection Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, is a landmark in the history of American literature. His aim …

Paying homage to the past, The Whitman name draws inspiration from The Whitman by The Sea– a luxury Miami Beach hotel owned by the Whitman family in the 1940s. The Whitman brings the iconic …

Walt Whitman is America’s world poet—a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare. In Leaves of Grass (1855, 1891-2), he celebrated democracy, nature, love, and …

Walt Whitman, arguably America's most influential and innovative poet, was born into a working class family in West Hills on Long Island, on May 31, 1819, just thirty years after George Washington was …

By the end of his life, Whitman had become the first American poet to achieve international acclaim. Today his poetry is available in every major language and continues to inspire people worldwide who …

Today, Walt Whitman, along with Emily Dickinson, is considered to be the two most influential and iconic American poets of the 19th century.

Walt Whitman, born in 1819, is known as the father of free verse poetry. His deeply emotional, spiritual, and nature-based poems appeal to poetry loves around the world. Throughout his work, he explores …

The Walt Whitman Archive, edited by Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price, is published by the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska–⁠Lincoln under a Creative …

This biography of Walt Whitman, written especially for The Walt Whitman Archive by Ed Folsom and Kenneth M. Price, contains links to hundreds of articles from Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia that …