Shima Robinson Raymond Knister Inspired by the Imagists, Raymond Knister (1899-1932) favoured spare language in his poetry. Born in Ruscomb, Ontario, Knister also wrote fiction,… William Butler Yeats The first person from Ireland to win the Nobel Prize, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was one of the great intellectual figures of the 20th… George Meredith The English novelist and poet George Meredith was friends with many important writers of the Victorian Era, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Thomas…