Walt whitman nationality

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)

Walt Whitman (1819-92) is one of the few great nineteenth-century American poets. With his innovative free verse and celebration of the American landscape, he made his poetry a sort of literary declaration of independence, his long, sprawling lines having an almost prophetic quality.

Whitman’s life fed into his distinctive poetry in numerous ways.

Here are some of the key facts about his life and work, including some of the most interesting details of both.

1. Whitman was born on Long Island in New York, and raised in Brooklyn.

Walt Whitman was born Walter Whitman Jr.

at West Hills, Huntington on Long Island in 1819.

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He remained close to his mother, as their letters from the Civil War period testify. His father was prone to bouts of irritability and anger, but Whitman’s relationship with his mother was strong.

2. He left school at just eleven years of age.

Whitman left formal schooling when he was eleven, in order to find wor