What language do both writer Harry Mathews and poet Robert Desnos know?
Harry Mathews Harry Mathews (February 14, 1930 – January 25, 2017) was an American writer. He is the author of various novels, volumes of poetry and short fiction, and essays. Mathews was also a translator of French.
Robert Gilchrist (poet) Robert Gilchrist (1797–1844) was a Tyneside poet, born in Gateshead in County Durham. Possibly his best-known work is "The Amphitrite" – (or sometimes called "The Skippers Erudition", an example of Geordie dialect).