Death Be Not Proud
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"Sonnet X", also known by its opening words as "Death Be Not Proud", is a sonnet, or fourteen-line poem, by English poet John Donne, one of the leading figures in the metaphysical poets group of seven
Portrait of John Donne
Wit (play)
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W;t is a one-act play written by American playwright Margaret Edson, which won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Edson used her work experience in a hospital as part of the inspiration for her play.
Death Be Not Proud
…Proud (1949) by John Gunther, is a memoir of his son's struggle with — and ultimately death from — a brain tumor. In the Pulitzer Prize–winning play Wit by Margaret Edson (and the film adaptation with Emma Thompson), the sonnet plays a central role. The first two lines of the poem are read aloud at the…
1999 Faber and Faber edition