Edward Lear
Edward Lear
出生: 12/05/1812 逝世: 29/01/1888 性别: Male 类型: Children's Literature 职业: Poet and artistDespite being an artist, illustrator and musician, the multi-talented Victorian Edward Lear is most famous for writing gibberish – literally. Lear’s poems and lyrics pioneered so-called ‘nonsense verse’, in which words are playfully divorced from their meanings, or even made up altogether. Lear is also honoured for popularising the limerick (a form of short, amusing verse), but despite the idiosyncratic wit of his work, his life was lonely, affected by illness and anxieties about his sexuality. He failed to marry or have children, and his most intimate companion – often featured in his drawings – was his beloved cat, Foss.
照片来源: Edward Lear, by McLean, Melhuish & Haes © National Portrait Gallery, London