Anne Bronte - An Introducton. In the small village of Haworth in Yorkshire the Bronte family created novels and poems that are still admired to this day around the world. The youngest of the three Bronte sisters, Anne, was born on 17th January 1820. The author of 'Agnes Grey' and 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' she was also a very talented poet as witnessed here in this collection. She died of pulmonary tuberculosis at the age of only 29 on 28th May 1849.