Algernon Swinburne
From QueerBio.com
Country
Great Britain
Birth - Death
1837 - 1909
Occupation
Poet
Description
Created the roundel poetic form. His book 'Poems and Ballads' caused a sensation when it was first published, especially the poems written in homage of Sappho of Lesbos. Often considered decadent in behavior, though this tempered in age due to illness.
