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On Killing a Tree (Gieve Patel)

About the Poet:

 Gieve Patel (18 August 1940 – 3 November 2023) was an Indian poet, playwright,
painter, as well as a physician.
 He belonged to a group of writers who had subscribed themselves to the Green
Movement which was involved in an effort to protect the environment.
 His poems speak of deep concerns for nature and expose man's cruelty to it.
 His notable poems include:
I. How Do You Withstand (1966),
II. Body (1976),
III. Mirrored Mirroring (1991)
IV. On killing a tree.
 He also wrote three plays, titled Princes (1971), Savaksa (1982) and Mr. Behram (1987)

If I Were You (Douglas James Jardine)

 Douglas James Jardine, born on 13 October 1888, was a British colonial

administrator.
 He was educated at Westminster School and at Trinity College, Cambridge.
 He graduated BA Hons. in Classics in 1910.
 Soon after his graduation, he joined the colonial service and was posted as
assistant secretary to the Government of Cyprus from 1910–16.
 Notable works are:
I. The Handbook of Cyprus 1913 and 1919.
II. The Mad Mullah of Somaliland 1923.
III. If I were you (DRAMA).

A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal

William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850)

 William Wordsworth was an English Romantic poet

 He along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English
literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798).
 Wordsworth was Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death from pleurisy on 23 April 1850.
Kathmandu (Vikram Seth)

 Vikram Seth was born on 20 June 1952 in Calcutta.

 He is an Indian novelist and poet. He has written several novels and poetry books.
 Seth's collections of poetry such as Mappings and Beastly Tales are notable
contributions to the Indian English language poetry canon.
 He has won several awards such as Padma Shri, Sahitya Academy Award, Pravasi
Bharatiya Samman, WH Smith Literary Award and Crossword Book Award.

A House Is Not a Home

 The Beggar (Anton Chekhov)

Born
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
29 January 1860,Russia

Died
15 July 1904 (aged 44) German Empire

Occupation
Writer, physician, philanthropist

Language
Russian

Nationality
Russian[3]

Alma mater
First Moscow State Medical University

Genres Play
novella
short story
opinion journalism
travelogue
diary
correspondence

Literary movement Realism

Years active from 1870s

Notable works The Seagull

Three Sisters

Notable awards Pushkin Prize

Spouse Olga Knipper