William Blake

William Blake
William Blake dilukis oleh Thomas Phillips (1807)
Lahir	28 November 1757 London, Inggris
Meninggal	12 Agustus 1827 (umur 69) London, Inggris
Pekerjaan	Penulis, pelukis, Seni grafis
Aliran sastra	Visionary, poetry
Angkatan	Romantisisme
Karya terkenal	Songs of Innocence and of Experience, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, The Four Zoas, Jerusalem, Milton a Poem, And did those feet in ancient time
Pasangan	Catherine Blake (1782–1827)
Dipengaruhi Alkitab, Dante Alighieri, John Milton, Emanuel Swedenborg, Jakob Böhme, Mary Wollstonecraft, Johann Heinrich Füssli
Mempengaruhi Samuel Palmer, William Butler Yeats, Northrop Frye, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Hart Crane, Kahlil Gibran, Allen Ginsberg, W.S. Merwin, Patti Smith, Raoul Vaneigem, John Gardner, Clive Barker, Kenzaburō Ōe, Paulo Coelho, Jim Morrison, Aldous Huxley, Bob Dylan, Ben Okri, Pete Doherty, E. P. Thompson, Cardiacs

William Blake (lahir di London, Inggris, 28 November 1757 – meninggal di London, Inggris, 28 November 1827 pada umur 70 tahun) adalah seorang penyair dan pelukis Inggris.

Beberapa puisi karyanya adalah :

1. The Sick Rose
2. The Chimney Sweeper (Innocence)
3. A Poison Tree
4. The Garden Of Love
5. The School Boy
6. The Echoing Green
7. The Tyger
8. Love's Secret
9. London
10. The Chimney-Sweeper (Experience)
11. The Lamb
12. The Land Of Dreams
13. Nurse's Song (Innocence)
14. And Did Those Feet In Ancient Time
15. Auguries Of Innocence
16. Evening Star
17. The Little Black Boy
18. Nurses Song (Experience)
19. Holy Thursday (Experience)
20. When A Man Has Married A Wife
21. My Pretty Rose Tree
22. The Angel
23. Infant Sorrow
24. Infant Joy
25. The Angel that presided o'er my birth
26. Great Things Are Done