Person · Open Library
- Works
- 62
Top works
- Prentice Hall Literature
- Bartlett's poems for occasions
- Dog Show
- Metropolis Found
- Bright Wings An Illustrated Anthology Of Poems About Birds
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1951-01-30
adult contemporaryaorart popbritisheasy listeningpop
Discography
- Face Value1981
- Hello, I Must Be Going!1982
- No Jacket Required1985
- …But Seriously1989
- Remembers the Past1992
- Both Sides1993
- Dance Into the Light1996
- Testify2002
- Going Back2010
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,018
- Total plays
- 35,902
Tags
spoken wordpoetryUSA
Billy Collins is an ex-poet laureate of the United States, who writes about simple everyday moments and things in a poignant way. He began "Poetry 180" during his term as poet-laureate to bring the enjoyment of reading poetry back into high school. His most recent collection of poetry is called The Trouble with Poetry. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Billy+Collins">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Collins
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- scholar of English
- Employer
- City University of New York
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- English studies
- Official website
- www.bestcigarette.us
- Image
- Billy Collins.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1941-03-22
- Commons category
- Billy Collins
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
Sources (6)
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