A. U-E. Housman ubhekisela ku-Alfred Edward Housman, isazi sesiNgisi sasendulo nembongi, owaphila kusukela ngo-1859 kuya ku-1936. Waziwa kakhulu ngeqoqo lakhe lezinkondlo elithi "A Shropshire Lad," elibonisa izindikimba zobusha, uthando, ukulahlekelwa, nokufa. . Njengesazi, u-Housman waba negalelo elikhulu emkhakheni wokugxeka imibhalo futhi wahlela izinguqulo ezimbalwa zezincwadi zasendulo, kuhlanganise nezinkondlo zembongi yaseRoma uManilius kanye nembongi yamaGreki uJuvenal.