Joanna Baillie - a famous Scottish poet

Joanna Baillie is a Scottish poet and playwright, famous for her works of interest in moral and Gothic philosophy.

As a child, Joanna revealed her ability to organize a stage with her classmates and maintain this hobby until attending a boarding school in Glasgow.

Joanna's literary talent began to grow when she moved to London, Fitzrovia, met with famous novelist Fanny Burney and began to approach English literature. Soon after, she released her first poem entitled "Winter Day".

Since then she began to study seriously about drama and reading of Shakespeare, Racine, Moliere and Voltaire.

Joanna Baillie - Scottish poet and playwright.

When the family moved to Colchester in 1791, Joanna began to formulate ideas for Plays on the Passions and spent the decade writing Basil, The Tryal and De Monfort.

Joanne's play "Drury Lane production of De Monfort" pened out to the audience in 1800 with the participation of two leading actors, Sarah Siddons and John Kemple, but failed to meet expectations. It was revived in 1821 with a better result.

Joanne Baillie continued writing the second part of 'Drury Lane production of De Monfort' in 1802 and part 3 in 1814. At the same time, she moved to Hampstead with her sister. Not long after that, she released the famous poem The Family Legend.

By 1840, she wrote the last volume of the poem Fugitive Verses, reminiscent of her first works written in the 1790s.

Admired for his intelligence, humor and his tendency to be weak, Joanna Baillie is one of the most respected poets and playwright of this period. With a large collection of works that have a very unique mark in the literature of the literature at that time, she was recognized by the very famous colleagues from William, Wordsworth and Lord Byron.

As she gets older, she spends most of her time in charitable activities. Joanne died at her home in Hampstead on February 23, 1851, at the age of 88. Today Google treats 256 years of her birth.