Who wrote the nonsense poem 'Jabberwocky'?

Who wrote the nonsense poem 'Jabberwocky'? Lewis Carroll wrote it.

“Jabberwocky” is a nonsense poem by the English writer Lewis Carroll, the pen name of mathematician and clergyman Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Carroll included the poem in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass, the sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. In the story, Alice discovers it in a book written in mirror writing and reads it by holding the pages up to a mirror.

Carroll created many memorable words in the poem, including “brillig,” “slithy,” and “frabjous.” Their meanings are often unclear, but their sounds, grammar, and placement make the invented language feel vivid and recognizable. The poem tells a loose monster-slaying story involving the Jabberwock, a vorpal sword, and the triumphant return of the hero.

The poem’s opening stanza has an earlier history: Carroll wrote a version in 1855 for a family publication called Mischmasch. A common mix-up is attributing it to Edward Lear, another famous writer of nonsense verse. Lear influenced the broader tradition, but “Jabberwocky” belongs to Carroll.