General Knowledge - Books and Authors - Discussion

Father of English poetry/literature is Chaucer.
Father of English drama is Shakespeare.

Major works:

Translation of Roman de la Rose, possibly extant as;

The Romaunt of the Rose
The Book of the Duchess.
The House of Fame.
Anelida and Arcite.
Parlement of Foules.
Translation of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy as Boece.
Troilus and Criseyde.
The Legend of Good Women.
The Canterbury Tales.
A Treatise on the Astrolabe.

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The father of english Poetry - Willium Seckspier

Geoffrey Chaucer is his full name.

GEOFFREY CHAUCER English poet. The name Chaucer, a French form of the Latin calcearius.

Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 - 25 October 1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey. While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author, philosopher, alchemist and astronomer,Chaucer also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Among his many works, which include The Book of the Duchess, the House of Fame, the Legend of Good Women and Troilus and Criseyde, he is best known today for The Canterbury Tales.

Why Geoffry chaucer called father of English poetry?

He was an English poet whose full name was Geoffrey Chaucer. He is known as the father of poetry.

The father of English poetry remains Geoffrey Chaucer. While the father of poet is known as Homer.