Who is Jonathan Swift?

Jonathan Swift was born in 1667 in Dublin, Ireland. Swift’s poetry has a relationship either by interconnections with or by reactions against, the poetry of his contemporaries and predecessors. He was probably influenced, in particular, by the Restoration writers John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester and Samuel Butler.  He was forced to move to England, where he secured employment under Sir William Temple. Here he got a taste of high living and power play. As a young man, he often traveled back and forth between Ireland and England. Later, he entered the Church of Ireland, which at that time was a poor cousin of the Church of England. To secure the rights of his church, he began to write pamphlets and finally entered the political arena. However, his political ambition was not long-lived and he returned to England for a short period. Soon he was back to Ireland where he became the Dean of St. Patrick Cathedral, a position he held until his death. As a writer, most of his works were written under pseudonyms. Today, he is best remembered for his prose satire, Gulliver’s Travel. Swift suffered a stroke in 1742, leaving him unable to speak. He died three years later and was buried at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin.

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