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William Topaz McGonagall (marzo de 1825 1 - 29 de septiembre de 1902) fue un tejedor, poeta y actor británico. Ganó notoriedad por ser un poeta muy malo, al que no le preocupaban las opiniones de sus compañeros acerca de su trabajo.
William McGonagall (March 1825 – 29 September 1902) was a Scottish poet and public performer. He gained notoriety as an extremely bad poet who exhibited no recognition of, or concern for, his peers' opinions of his work.
He traveled extensively despite his limited means—including a 50-mile trek on foot to see Queen Victoria (he was refused at the gate)—and late in life claimed to have been given the title “Sir William Topaz McGonagall, Knight of the White Elephant of Burmah” by the king of Burma.
McGonagall’s Works. McGonagall published over 200 poems in his lifetime, mostly on printed broadsheets he sold in the street or after giving one of his “entertainments”. These poems may be perused here, grouped either by publication or by subject matter.
William Topaz McGonagall, poet and tragedian of Dundee, has been widely hailed as the writer of the worst poetry in the English language. A self-educated hand loom weaver of Irish descent, he discovered his discordant muse in 1877 and embarked upon a 25 year career as a working poet, delighting and appalling audiences across Scotland and beyond.
William Topaz McGonagall (March 1825 – 29 September 1902) was a Scottish weaver, doggerel poet and actor. He won notoriety as an extremely bad poet who exhibited no recognition of, or concern for, his peers' opinions of his work.
William McGonagall. Drawing by James Brown, 1893. Thought to have been born in Edinburgh in 1825, and a resident of Dundee for most of his life, William McGonagall has long been regarded as ‘the worst poet in the history of the English language’.
