Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Born: November 5, 1850

Died: October 30, 1919

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Biography: Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was Solitude, which contains the lines: Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone. Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year before her death.