Usuku lokuzalwa: Ngomhla wama-31 , Ngo-1819
Wafa eneminyaka: 72
Umqondiso welanga: IGemini
Uzalwe e:IWest Hills, eNew York
Idume njenge:Imbongi kunye noluntu
Iingcaphuno zikaWalt Whitman Ulwabelana ngesini
Usapho:utata:UWalter Whitman
umama:ULouisa Van Velsor Whitman
abantakwenu: Uxinzelelo
U.S. Urhulumente: Abantu baseNew York
Qhubeka nokuFunda apha ngezantsiKuyacetyiswa Wena
UGeorge Washington UThomas Jefferson UAndrew Jackson UEmily DickinsonNgubani uWalt Whitman?
UWalter Whitman wayeyimbongi yaseMelika, intatheli kunye noluntu. Imbongi yaziwa ikakhulu ngendlela yakhe eya kwi-Transcendentalism kunye nokuyinyani kunye nokulawula kwiivesi zasimahla, ezaziza kubonakala kwimisebenzi yakhe. Phakathi kwemisebenzi yakhe edumileyo, yingqokelela yakhe yemibongo ethi Leaves of Grass, ekwangumsebenzi wakhe wokuqala njengembongi. Ingqokelela yapapashwa okokuqala ngo-1855 kwaye ukusukela ngoko, wayigcina ihlaziya kwaye isanda de kwasekufeni kwakhe. Esi sihobe ekuqaleni sasibhalwa saza savalwa ngenxa yamanyala aso nangona kamva safumana ukuthandwa kwaye siguqulelwe kwiilwimi ezininzi zasemzini. U-Whitman wayekwangutitshala kunye nomabhalane waseburhulumenteni ngaphambi kokuba abhale kwaye wasebenza njengomongikazi ngexesha leMfazwe yaseMelika. Nangona wayeyichasa inkqubo yobukhoboka eMelika kwaye wabhala imibongo eshukunyiswa ziimbandezelo zabo, akazange athathe inxaxheba kumbutho wokupheliswa nangaliphi na ixesha ebomini bakhe. Imbongi yasweleka ngo-1892, ineminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe anesibini.Uluhlu olucetyiswayo:Uluhlu olucetyiswayo:
Ababhali beGay abadumileyo kwiMbali
Ityala lemifanekiso https://rosenbach.org/events/course-whitman-and-dickinson/ 
Ityala lemifanekiso https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walt_Whitman_-_Brady-Handy_restored.png (Mathew Brady / Indawo yoluntu)
Ityala lemifanekiso https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Whitman 
Ityala lemifanekiso https://www.investors.com/news/management/leaders-and-success/walt-whitman-built-democracy-into-his-poetry/ 
Ityala lemifanekiso https://oberon481.typepad.com/oberons_grove/2018/10/american-symphony-orchestra-walt-whitman-sampler.html Ngaphambili Okulandelayo Ubuntwana kunye noBomi bokuqala UWalt Whitman wazalwa nge-31 Meyi 1819 eLong Island. ENew York kwaye wayengowesibini kubantwana abasithoba abazalwa ngabazali bakhe uWalter noLouisa Van Velsor Whitman. Ubuntwana bakhe babungonwabanga kwaye wakhuliswa phakathi kwemali enzima yosapho. Baqhubeka nokuhamba besuka kwenye indawo besiya kwenye, ekwabangelwa yimeko yezoqoqosho embi kwaye waqalisa umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala kwabaninzi, kwiminyaka elishumi elinanye. Waqeshwa njengenkwenkwana yeofisi kumagqwetha kwaye kamva waba ngumfundi. Wayesebenza ke kwiphephandaba i-Patriot, apho wafunda khona ngomatshini wokushicilela kunye nokuseta. Usapho lwakhe lwafudukela eWest Hills lamshiya ngasemva, waqhubekeka esebenzela omnye umshicileli u-Alden Spooner, umhleli wephephandaba leveki ngeveki iLong-Island Star. Ngeli xesha, wayeqale ukufunda ngokuzimisela, waba ngumphathi wethala leencwadi kwaye wajoyina imibutho eyahlukeneyo yokuxoxa. Uye waqala ukubhala imibongo ngeli xesha, ezazingaziwa zapapashwa kwiNew York Mirror. Umsebenzi wokuqala Ngo-1836, uWhitman wajoyina usapho eHempstead apho wayefundisa khona kwizikolo ezahlukeneyo kule minyaka mibini izayo. Nangona wayengazange onwabe ngalo msebenzi kwaye ekugqibeleni wawushiya, ebuyela eNew York efuna ukuseta iphephandaba lakhe, iLong Islander. Emva kokusebenza apho iinyanga ezimbalwa, wathengisa ukupapashwa komnye umpapashi kwaye wajoyina iLong Island Democrat, njenge-typetter. Waphinda wabuyela ekufundiseni kwaye wapapasha uthotho lweenqaku ezilishumi zabahleli bamaphepha elangeni-Ukusuka kwiDesika yomphathi wesikolo. Ngo-1842, waba ngumhleli wokhozi lwaseBrooklyn. Amagqabi engca UWhitman ubanga imibongo ukuba luthando lwakhe lokuqala kwaye nokuba wenza msebenzi mni, uqhubeke nokubhala imibongo kwiminyaka yakhe yokuqala emnika impumelelo yokuqala. Ngexesha le-1850's, waqala ukubhala iLeaves of Grass, umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala owawuza kumzisela impumelelo enkulu. Ingqokelela yapapashwa ngemali yakhe ngo-1855. Yapapashwa ingaziwa kwaye yaphakamisa umdla omkhulu ngexeshana elifutshane. Abagxeki bawubiza lo mbongo njengamanyala, ongcolileyo kwaye bewugxeka kabukhali ngomxholo wesondo; nangona kunjalo, abanye bayincoma ngokusetyenziswa ngobuchule kweevesi zasimahla. URalph Waldo Emerson wayengomnye wabo. Ngokuza kukaEmerson ngenkxaso yakhe, ukuthengiswa kwencwadi kwaphakanyiswa kakhulu kwaye uhlelo lwayo lwesibini lwapapashwa ngo-1856. Ukusukela ngoko, uWhitman waqhubeka nokuhlaziya nokwandisa ingqokelela de kwasekufeni kwakhe. Ngomhla we-11 kuJulayi ngo-1855, utata kaWhiteman uWalt wasweleka eneminyaka engamashumi amathandathu anesihlanu. Ezi ndinyana zamzisela udumo kunye neengxabano, nangona impumelelo yezemali yayingamsindisi kwaye kwafuneka abuyele emsebenzini wakhe wobuntatheli. Ngo-1857, wajoyina iDaily Times yaseBrooklyn, apho wenza khona igalelo njengomhleli kunye nombhali kwada kwangowe-1859. Imfazwe yaseMelika kunye noWhitman Ngokuqala kweMfazwe yamakhaya yaseMelika, uWhitman wabhala umbongo wakhe Beat! Ukubetha! Amagubu, avele njengefowuni yelizwe. Ukubandakanyeka komntakwabo Whitman uGeorge emfazweni njengejoni kwamkhathaza njengoko iindaba zokubulawa kwabantu abaninzi zazisiza kwaye wabalekela emazantsi wamfumana. Endleleni yakhe eya emazantsi, uWhitman wangqina kwaye wayenamava asondeleyo entlungu kunye nokubandezeleka kwamajoni. Nangona ngethamsanqa wamfumana umntakwabo ephilile, ubundlobongela nokubulawa kwemfazwe kuye kwamchaphazela kakhulu kangangokuba wagqiba kwelokuba ashiye iNew York ngokulungileyo kwaye wemka waya eWashington ngo-1862. iofisi yomhlawuli-mkhosi kwaye waba ngumongikazi kwabo benzakeleyo emfazweni. Uya kuwakhumbula amava e-The Great Army of the Sick, eyapapashwa ngo-1863. Ngo-1864, umntakwabo Whitman uGeorge wabanjwa wavalelwa yi-Confederates eVirginia waza omnye umzalwana u-Andrew Jackson wabulawa sisifo sephepha. Emva kokuphela kobunzima be-1864, uWhitman waphumelela ekufumaneni umsebenzi kurhulumente kwi-Ofisi ye-Indian Affairs kwiSebe leNgaphakathi ngo-1865, nangona wagxothwa kwangoko nje njengombhali wencwadi yokunyelisa iLeaves of Grass yafunyanwa ngunobhala. Ngo-1865, uGeorge wakhululwa kwaye waxolelwa ngenxa yempilo enkenenkene. U-O'Connor, umhlobo wakhe, waba nomsindo kwiindaba zokudutyulwa kwakhe emsebenzini kwaye wapapasha isifundo esichazayo ngobomi bukaWhitman obizwa ngokuba yiGood Grey Poet ngo-1866. Isidima sikaWhitman sabuyiswa kwakhona ngokukhutshwa kombongo wakhe O Captain! Umphathi wam!, Umbongo ku-Abraham Lincoln. Ngo-1868, imibongo kaWalt Whitman yapapashwa eNgilani.
Uhlobo lokubhala kunye nomxholo UWhitman njengembongi wasebenzisa isimboli esingumfuziselo kwimibongo yakhe kwaye imisebenzi yakhe kubonakala ngathi yayinomdla kumxholo wokufa kunye nokwabelana ngesondo. Ukushiya uhlobo lwesiqhelo olufana nolwaseburhulumenteni, wabonisa amandla akhe kwiivesi zasimahla abizwa ngokuba nguyise weevesi zasimahla. Imisebenzi yakhe ithathwa njengesipili kwilizwe lakhe laseMelika, njengoko egxininisa unxibelelwano phakathi kwembongi nelizwe layo. Imisebenzi yakhe ikwachaphazelekile kwaye itsaleleke kakhulu kwinkolelo yakhe kwi-deism. Iminyaka kamva kunye nokufa
Kwangowe-1873, uWhitman waxhwaleka ngenxa yokufa icala. Umama wakhe, awayesondele kuye ngokungaqhelekanga, wasweleka kwangalo nyaka. Edandathekile kwaye ephukile, uWhitman wafudukela eNew Jersey ukuba abe nomninawa wakhe uGeorge, wahlala apho de wafumana ikhaya ngo-1884. Yencwadi, eyayiza kuba yeyokugqibela, ngo-1891. Ngeli thuba, waye wazithanda kakhulu ngeengcinga zokufa, kwaye wayedla ngokubhala ngentlungu yakhe nokubandezeleka kwincwadi yakhe yokubhalela. Uye wathenga indlu emile mausoleum ngeentsuku zakhe zokugqibela. UWalt Whitman wasweleka ngomhla wama-26 kuMatshi 1892 wenyumoniya. Umngcwabo omkhulu wabanjwa kwaye umzimba wakhe wangcwatyelwa engcwabeni lakhe eHarleigh Cemetry, apho kuhlala khona abazali bakhe nabantakwabo bafuduswa kunye naye.
