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Abani,
Chris
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Christopher Abani (or Chris Abani) (born December 27, 1966) is a Nigerian author. Abani's first novel, Masters of the Board, was about a Neo-Nazi takeover of Nigeria. The book earned one reviewer to praise Abani as "Africa's answer to Frederick Forsyth." The Nigerian government, however, believed the book to be a blueprint for an actual coup, and sent the 18-year-old Abani to prison in 1985. After serving six months in jail, he was released, but he went on to perform in a guerilla theatre group. This action led to his arrest and imprisonment at Kiri Kiri, a notorious prison. He was released again, but after writing his play Song of a Broken Flute he was arrested for a third time, sentenced to death, and sent to the Kalakuta Prison, where he was jailed with other political prisoners and inmates on death row. His father is Igbo, while his mother was English born.. Nigerian poet
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Abercrombie,
Lascelles
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Abraham Grafström,
Anders
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Anders Abraham Grafström (January 10, 1790; Sundsvall – July 24, 1870; Umeå) was a Swedish historian, priest and poet.. Swedish historian priest and poet
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Abse,
Dannie
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Daniel Abse, better known as Dannie Abse (born 22 September 1923), is a Welsh poet.. Welsh poet
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Acorn,
Milton
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Milton James Rhode Acorn (March 30, 1923 – August 20, 1986), nicknamed The People's Poet by his peers, was a Canadian poet, writer, and playwright. He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.. Canadian poet writer and playwright
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Adams,
Léonie
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Léonie Fuller Adams (9 December 1899 – 27 June 1988) was an American poet. She was appointed the seventh Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1946.. American poet
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Adams,
Ryan
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David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, Ryan Adams left the band to pursue a solo career, releasing Heartbreaker in 2000. A longtime resident of New York City, Adams is probably best known for his song "New York, New York" off his critically acclaimed second album, Gold. He has since released five more solo albums and five albums with backing band The Cardinals.. singer-songwriter with Whiskeytown and The Cardinals who had his first book Infinity Blues published in 2009
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Adams,
Sarah Fuller Flower
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Adcock,
Fleur
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Kareen Fleur Adcock (known as Fleur Adcock), CNZM, OBE (born 10 February 1934 in New Zealand) is a poet and an editor of English and Northern Irish ancestry, who has lived much of her life in England.. poet and New Zealand native who has spent most of her life in England
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Addison,
Joseph
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Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 June 1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was a man of letters, eldest son of Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend, Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine.. English essayist poet writer and politician
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Addonizio,
Kim
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Kim Addonizio (born Kim Addie, July 31, 1954, Bethesda, Maryland) is an award-winning American poet and novelist.. American poet novelist
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Adolfo Becquer,
Gustavo
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Adriaensz Bredero,
Gerbrand
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Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero (March 16, 1585 – August 23, 1618) was a Dutch poet and playwright in the period known as the Dutch Golden Age.. Dutch poet and playwright
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Adrienne Miller,
Leslie
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Ady,
Endre
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Endre Ady (November 22, 1877 - January 27, 1919) was a Hungarian poet.. Hungarian poet
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Aeschylus,
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Afranius,
Lucius
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Lucius Afranius was an ancient Roman comic poet, who lived at the beginning of the 1st century BC. His comedies described Roman scenes and manners (the genre called comoediae togatae) and the subjects were mostly taken from the life of the lower classes (comoediae tabernariae). They were considered by some ancients to be frequently polluted with disgraceful amours, which, according to Quintilian, were only a representation of the conduct of Afranius. He depicted, however, Roman life with such accuracy that he is classed with Menander, from whom indeed he borrowed largely. He imitated the style of Gaius Titius, and his language is praised by Cicero. His comedies are spoken of in the highest terms by the ancient writers, and under the empire they not only continued to be read, but were even acted, of which an example occurs in the time of Nero. They seem to have been well known even at the latter end of the 4th century. Afranius had written many comedies, as the names and fragments of between twenty and thirty are still preserved.. Roman comic poet
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Agee,
James
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James Rufus Agee ( /'edi/ ay-jee; November 27, 1909 – May 16, 1955) was an American author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic. In the 1940s, he was one of the most influential film critics in the U.S. His autobiographical novel, A Death in the Family (1957), won the author a posthumous 1958 Pulitzer Prize.. American novelist screenwriter journalist poet film critic
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Agolli,
Dritëro
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Dritëro Agolli (born 1931) is an Albanian poet, writer, politician, and former president of the defunct Albanian League of Writers and Artists. He studied in Leningrad in the Soviet Union and wrote primarily poetry, but also short stories, essays, plays, and novels. He was head of the Albanian League of Writers and Artists from the purge of Fadil Paçrami and Todi Lubonja at the Fourth Plenary Session of the Albanian Party of Labour from 1973 until 1992.. Albanian poet
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Agustini,
Delmira
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Ahmad Said,
Ali
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Ali Ahmad Said Asbar (Arabic: ; transliterated: alî ahmadi sa'îdi asbar or Ali Ahmad Sa'id) born 1 st January 1930, also known by the pseudonym Adonis or Adunis (Arabic: ), is a Syrian poet and essayist who has made his career largely in Lebanon and France. He has written more than twenty books in his native Arabic.. (born 1930)
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Ahmed Gohar Shahi,
Riaz
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Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi ( ; 25 November 1941) is a spiritual leader, mystic and the founder of the spiritual movements Messiah Foundation International (MFI) and Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam. He is controversial for being declared the Mehdi, Messiah, and Kalki Avatar by the MFI.. Pakistani Sufi spiritual leader poet & author
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Ai,
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Aiken,
Conrad
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning American author.. American poet and author
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Akenside,
Mark
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Mark Akenside (9 November 1721 – 23 June 1770) was an English poet and physician.. English poet and physician
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Akhmadulina,
Bella
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Bella (Izabella) Akhatovna Akhmadulina (Russian: ´ (´) ´ ´, 10 April 1937 – 29 November 2010) was a Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer and translator known for her apolitical writing stance. She was part of the Russian New Wave literary movement. Akhmadulina was cited by Joseph Brodsky as the best living poet in the Russian language when she was alive.. Russian poet
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Akhmatova,
Anna
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One of the greatest Russian poets of the 20th-century.. Russian poet
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Alamanni,
Luigi
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Luigi Alamanni (sometimes spelt Alemanni) (6 March 1495 – 18 April 1556) was an Italian poet and statesman. He was regarded as a prolific and versatile poet. He was credited with introducing the epigram into Italian poetry.. Italian poet and statesman.
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Alcman,
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Alcott,
Louisa May
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Aldington,
Richard
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An English writer and poet.. English writer and poet
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Alecsandri,
Vasile
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Vasile Alecsandri (Romanian pronunciation: ; 21 July 1821 – 22 August 1890) was a Romanian poet, playwright, politician, and diplomat. He collected Romanian folk songs and was one of the principal animators of the 19th century movement for Romanian cultural identity and union of Moldavia and Wallachia.. Romanian poet
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Alegria,
Claribel
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Aleixandre,
Vicente
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Vicente Pío Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo (April 26, 1898 – December 13, 1984) was a Spanish poet who was born in Seville. Aleixandre was a Nobel Prize laureate for Literature in 1977. He was part of the Generation of '27. He died in Madrid in 1984.. Spanish poet Nobel Laureate 1977
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Alexander Allan,
James
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James Alexander Allan (1879 – 1967) was an Australian poet and local historian.. Australian poet
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Alexander Boyd,
Mark
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Mark Alexander Boyd (13 January 1562 – 10 April 1601) was a Scottish poet and soldier of fortune. He was born in Ayrshire, Scotland. His father was from Pinkell, Carrick in Ayrshire. Boyd left Scotland for France as a young man. There he studied civil law. He took part in the religious wars of the League, fighting on the Catholic side.. Scottish poet and soldier of fortune
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Alexander Essbaum,
Jill
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Alexander Wyon,
Edward
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Edward Alexander Wyon (born London 1842; died Hastings 1872) was a London architect and poet, descended from the Wyon family of engravers. His only known building is St John the Evangelist Church in Hollington, Hastings in East Sussex. His posthumous publication, A Memorial Volume of Poems (1874), continues to be reprinted in the 21st century. He died in Hastings prior to his thirtieth birthday.. London architect and poet
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Alger,
Julie Hill
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Ali,
Muhammad
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Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; January 17, 1942) is an American former boxer and three-time World Heavyweight Champion, who is widely considered one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. As an amateur, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. After turning professional, he went on to become the first boxer to win the lineal heavyweight championship three times.. boxer war protester civil rights protester and poet
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Alighieri,
Dante
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An Italian Florentine poet. His greatest work is la Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy).. Italian poet
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Alire Saenz,
Benjamin
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Allingham,
William
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An Irish man of letters and poet.. Irish man of letters and poet
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Alonso,
Damaso
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Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas (22 October 1898 – 25 January 1990) was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic. Though a member of the Generation of '27, his best-known work dates from the 1940s onwards.. Spanish poet philologist and literary critic
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Alterman,
Natan
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Nathan Alterman (Hebrew: , August 14, 1910, Warsaw – March 28, 1970, Tel Aviv) was an Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator who - though never holding any elected office - was highly influential in Socialist Zionist politics, both before and after the establishment of the State of Israel.. Israeli poet journalist and translator
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Alvarez,
Al
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Al Alvarez (born London, August 5, 1929) is an English poet, writer and critic who publishes under the name A. Alvarez and Al Alvarez.. English poet
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Ambroise,
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Amichai,
Yehuda
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An Israeli poet considered by many to be the greatest modern Israeli poet.. Israeli poet
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Amis,
Kingsley
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An English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher.. English author and poet
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Amjad,
Majeed
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Majeed Amjad (1914 – 1974) (Urdu: ) was one of the greatest of modern Urdu poets of the Indian subcontinent. In the popular culture he is not as well known or widely read as Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Noon Meem Rashid, Nasir Kazmi or Meeraji but amongst the cognoscenti and many critics he is widely regarded as a philosophical poet of great depth and sensitivity. His refined poetic mind was not widely recognized in his lifetime as he lived a life of bureaucratic obscurity in a small West Punjabi town. Also, he was not in the forefront of any political literary movements (such as the leftist "Progressive Writers Movement") that actively promoted even mediocre poets from within their own ranks.. Punjabi Urdu poet
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Ammons,
A R
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Anacreon,
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Andersch,
Alfred
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Alfred Hellmuth Andersch (4 February 1914 – 21 February 1980) was a German writer, publisher, and radio editor. The son of a conservative East Prussian army officer, he was born in Munich, Germany and died in Berzona, Ticino, Switzerland. Martin Andersch, his brother, was also a writer.. German writer publisher.
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Anderson,
Jon
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Aneirin,
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Angelou,
Maya
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Pulitzer Prize-winning African American author and an important figure in the American Civil Rights.. American Poet
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Anne Williams,
Sherley
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Sherley Anne Williams (August 25, 1944—July 6, 1999) was born in Bakersfield, California and was an African-American poet. Many of her works tell stories about her life in the African-American community. When she was little her family picked cotton in order to get money. At the age of eight her father died of tuberculosis and when she was sixteen her mother died. In 1966 she earned her bachelors degree in English at what is now California State University at Fresno and she received her master's degree at Brown University in 1972. The following year (1973) she became a professor of English Literature at the University of California at San Diego. Her works include collections of poetry such as The Peacock Poems (1975), the novel Dessa Rose (1986), and two picture books. She also published the groundbreaking work Give Birth to Brightness: A Thematic Study of Neo-Black Literature in 1972.. African American poet novelist professor and social critic
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Antler,
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Antoine d'Arcy,
Hugh
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Hugh Antoine d'Arcy (March 5, 1843 – November 11, 1925) was a French-born poet and writer and a pioneer executive in the American motion picture industry.. French-born poet and writer; pioneer executive in the American motion picture industry
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Antoninus,
Brother
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William Everson (September 10, 1912 – June 3, 1994), also known as Brother Antoninus, was an American poet of the San Francisco Renaissance and was also a literary critic and small press printer.. American poet
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Anwar,
Chairil
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Chairil Anwar (born Medan, North Sumatra July 26, 1922 - died Jakarta April 28, 1949) was an Indonesian poet and member of the "1945 generation" of writers. His father, Toeloes, was the former regent of Indragiri, Riau. His parents migrated from Payakumbuh, West Sumatra. Toeloes came from Taeh Baruah and his mother Saleha from Situjuh.. Indonesian poet
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Anyuru,
Johannes
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Johannes Anyuru, born 23 March 1979, is a Swedish poet and author. His father is from Uganda and his mother is Swedish.. Swedish poet
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Apollinaire,
Guillaume
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A poet, writer, and art critic. Among the foremost French poets of the early 20th century.. French poet
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Apostoloska,
Maja
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Maja Apostoloska (Macedonian: ) (born 7 December 1976) is an award-winning Macedonian poetess, essayist and literary critic. She holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from the "Blaže Koneski" Faculty of Philology in Skopje, where she is currently attending Macedonian language postgraduate studies. She is an editor of literary magazine "Kniževno žitie".. Macedonian poet
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Aquilina,
Pawlu
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Pawlu Aquilina (August 28, 1929 – January 29, 2009) was a Maltese poet and writer from Siggiewi, Malta. He studied at the Archbishop's Seminary and St Michael's Training College for Teachers.. Maltese poet
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Aragon,
Louis
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Louis Aragon (French pronunciation:, born Louis Andrieux (October 3, 1897 – December 24, 1982), was a French poet, novelist and editor, a long-time political supporter of the Communist Party and a member of the Académie Goncourt.. French poet novelist and editor
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Archilochus,
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Arghezi,
Tudor
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Tudor Arghezi (Romanian pronunciation: ; May 21, 1880 — July 14, 1967) was a Romanian writer, best known for his contribution to poetry and children's literature. Born Ion N. Theodorescu in Bucharest (where he also died), he explained that his pen name was related to Argesis, the Latin name for the Arges River.. Romanian poet
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Ariosto,
Ludovico
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Ludovico Ariosto (8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic Orlando Furioso (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato, describes the adventures of Charlemagne, Orlando, and the Franks as they battle against the Saracens with diversions into many sideplots. Ariosto composed the poem in the ottava rima rhyme scheme and introduced narrative commentary throughout the work.. Italian poet
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Armantrout,
Rae
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Rae Armantrout (born 13 April 1947) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet generally associated with the Language Poets. Armantrout was born in Vallejo, California but grew up in San Diego. She has published ten books of poetry and has also been featured in a number of major anthologies. Armantrout currently teaches at the University of California, San Diego, where she is Professor of Poetry and Poetics.. American Language poet
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Armitage,
Simon
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Simon Armitage CBE (born 26 May 1963, Huddersfield) is a British poet, playwright, and novelist.. British poet playwright and novelist
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Arnold,
Matthew
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An English poet and cultural critic.. British poet and cultural critic
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Arp,
Jean
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Jean Arp / Hans Arp (16 September 1886 – 7 June 1966) was a German-French, or Alsatian, sculptor, painter, poet and abstract artist in other media such as torn and pasted paper. A German-French sculptor, painter, and poet.. sculptor painter and poet
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Artaud,
Antonin
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Antonin Artaud (September 4, 1896, in Marseille – March 4, 1948 in Paris) was a French playwright, poet, actor and theatre director. Antonin is a diminutive form of Antoine "little Anthony", and was among a list of names which Artaud used throughout his writing career.. actor playwright poet essayist
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Ashbery,
John
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An American poet.. American poet; 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
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Ashton Smith,
Clark
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Clark Ashton Smith (13 January 1893 – 14 August 1961) was a self-educated American poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. He achieved early local recognition, largely through the enthusiasm of George Sterling, for traditional verse in the vein of Swinburne. As a poet, Smith is grouped with the West Coast Romantics (alongside Ambrose Bierce, Joaquin Miller, Sterling, Nora May French, and others) and remembered as 'The Last of the Great Romantics' and 'The Bard of Auburn'. As a member of the Lovecraft circle, (Smith's literary friendship with H. P. Lovecraft lasted from 1922 until Lovecraft's death in 1937), Smith remains second only to Lovecraft in general esteem and importance amongst contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales, where some readers objected to his morbidness and violation of pulp traditions. (It has been said of him that "Nobody since Poe has so loved a well-rotted corpse.") His work is marked chiefly by an extraordinarily wide and ornate vocabulary, a cosmic perspective and a vein of sardonic and sometimes ribald humour.. American poet sculptor painter and author
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Askerc,
Anton
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Atwood,
Margaret
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Margaret Eleanor Atwood, CC, O.Ont, FRSC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. While she is best known for her work as a novelist, she is also a poet, having published 15 books of poetry to date. Many of her poems have been inspired by myths and fairy tales, which have been interests of hers from an early age. Atwood has published short stories in Tamarack Review, Alphabet, Harper's, CBC Anthology, Ms., Saturday Night, and many other magazines. She has also published four collections of stories and three collections of unclassifiable short prose works.. poet novelist essayist
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Auden,
Wystan Hugh (W H)
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Ausonius,
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Austen,
Jane
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Austin,
Alfred
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Austin Dobson,
Henry
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Henry Austin Dobson (January 18, 1840 – September 2, 1921), commonly Austin Dobson, was an English poet and essayist.. English poet and essayist
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Avison,
Margaret
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Margaret Avison, OC (April 23, 1918 – July 31, 2007) was a Canadian poet who twice won Canada's Governor General's Award and has also won its Griffin Poetry Prize. "Her work has often been praised for the beauty of its language and images.". Canadian poet
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Awad,
Krayem
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Krayem Maria Awad (born 1948) is a prominent Vienna-based painter, sculptor and poet of Syrian origin.. Vienna-based painter sculptor and poet of Syrian origin
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Aygi,
Gennady
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Gennadiy Nikolaevich Aygi (Russian: , Chuvash: ; 21 August 1934 - 21 February 2006, Moscow) was a Chuvash poet and a translator. His poetry is written both in Chuvash and in Russian.. Russian poet
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Ayton,
Robert
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Azmi,
Kaifi
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Born as Akhtar Hussain Rizvi in a family of landlords of a small town of Uttar Pradesh, Kaifi Azmi was a very renowned Urdu poet of India. Though his father, Syed Fateh Hussain Rizvi was a landlord, he also worked as a Tehsildar in a small state in Uttar Pradesh. Urdu
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