So here is a man who pushed the boundaries of life. A great poet, an outrageous life, an iconic figure of rebellion and unrestrained passions.
Why is he still so important for today? His poetry is full of wit and sarcasm. His life was full of scandal and sexual excess. He paid the consequences for his outrageous behavior. Exiled from England, he died in the swampy mess of the Greek war of Independence in 1824. A short life, but a life well lived.
His life was so outrageous that his publisher decided to burn the manuscript of his memoirs after his death. Imagine that? His life was that controversial.
Byron was a man who would have been quite at home among the Orange Mafia.