William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth (7 Aprili 1770 – 23 Aprili 1850) alikuwa mwandishi na mshairi muhimu wa karne ya 19 nchini Uingereza. Maandiko yake yahesabiwa kati ya fasihi ya kiromantiki na amesifiwa hasa kwa shairi ya "The Prelude" (= Utangulizi).

 Maisha yake 
Alizaliwa kama mtoto wa mwanasheria akasoma kwenye chuo kikuu cha Cambridge. Alipokuwa mwanafunzi alipenda habari za mapinduzi ya Ufaransa akatembelea nchi hii mwaka 1890. Baadaye alichukia siasa ya mapinduzi Wafaransa walipovamia Uswisi mwaka 1798 akaendelea kusimama upande wa watetezi wa utaratibu wa kale.

Tangu 1793 alianza kutoa shairi zake zilizopendwa na wasomaji.

1805 alimwoa Mary Hutchinson akazaa naye watoto 5.

Akaendelea kuwa maarufu na mwaka 1843 akapokea cheo cha mshairi rasmi wa mfalme.

 Maandiko muhimu 
 Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems (1798) 
 Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems (1800)
 Poems, in Two Volumes (1807)
 The Excursion (1814)
 Ecclesiastical Sketches (1822)
 The Prelude (1850, posthumous)

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 Viungo vingine 
 Short biographical sketch by Glenn Everett
 Worsworth's links with Claines, Worcester
 Wordsworth and the Lake District
 Wordsworth's Grave
 A Wordsworth FAQ by Thomas C. Gannon
 Biography and Works
 Wordsworth and the Lake District 
 The Wordsworth Trust
 Romantic Circles -- Excellent Editions & Articles on Wordsworth and other Authors of the Romantic period

 Maandiko ya Wordsworth mtandaoni 
 en:wikisource 
 Bartleby.com's complete poetical works by Wordsworth
 Selected Poems by W.Wordsworth
 Biography and Works

 Poetry Archive: 166 poems of William Wordsworth
 To Toussaint Louverture - poem by William Wordsworth 
 Extensive Information on Wordsworth's Poem,  Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey 

Wordsworth, William