Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Sign in to saveAmerican author and poet (1850–1919)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1850
- Died
- 1919
- Works
- 255
Top works
- Custer and other poems
- The impotence of death
- Poems of Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Poems of pleasure
- Christ crucified
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1850-11-05
- Active to
- 1919-10-30
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 61
- Total plays
- 429
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1855–October 30, 1919) was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was "Solitude", which contains the lines: "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone". Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year before her death. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ella+Wheeler+Wilcox">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ella
- Family name
- Wilcox
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Janesville
- Place of death
- New Haven County
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- poetry
- Image
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox cph.3b16503.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- cause of death
- cancer
- Commons category
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- date of birth
- 1850-11-05
- date of death
- 1919-10-30
- Commons Creator page
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Commons gallery
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1866-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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