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Gabriel Rossetti,
Dante
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882) was an English poet, illustrator, painter and translator. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais, and was later to be the main inspiration for a second generation of artists and writers influenced by the movement, most notably William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones. His work also influenced the European Symbolists and was a major precursor of the Aesthetic movement.. English poet illustrator painter and translator; co-founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
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Gagne,
Etienne-Paulin
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Etienne-Paulin Gagne (June 8, 1808 – August 1876) was a French poet, essayist, lawyer, politician, inventor, and eccentric whose best known poem, The Woman-Messiah, is among the longest poems in French, or any language. The poem is 25,000 verses (60 acts and 12 songs) and is notable for its 24th act entitled Bestiologie which enumerates the advantages that a citizen of Paris would have by marrying the animals of the Jardin des Plantes. He is also notable for proposing "Anthropophagy" at a public meeting and offering himself as food to starving Algerians.. French poet essayist lawyer politician inventor and eccentric
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Galvez,
Karina
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Karina Galvez is an Ecuadorian poet. She was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, July 7, 1964. She has lived in California, U.S.A. since 1985. In 1995, she published her book “Karina Galvez – Poetry and Songs”, which includes both English and Spanish versions of her poems and a prologue written by León Roldós Aguilera, former vice-president of Ecuador. In 1996, her “Poem For My Mother” won 2nd place in the annual Latin American poetry contest organized by the "Casa de la Cultura" in Long Beach, CA. She is also a song writer and has written children's poems and short children's stories.. Ecuadorian poet
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Galvin,
James
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James Galvin (born 1951 in Chicago) is an American poet. He has published six collections of poetry, most recently As Is (Copper Canyon Press, 2009), "X: Poems," and Resurrection Update, Collected Poems, 1975-1997 (Copper Canyon Press, 1997) which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award, the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, and the Poet’s Prize. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed prose book The Meadow (Holt, 1992) and a novel, Fencing the Sky (Holt, 1999).. American poet
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Gambril Nicholson,
John
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John Gambrill (Francis) Nicholson (6 October 1866 – 1 July 1931) was an English school teacher, Uranian poet, and an amateur photographer. He was the quintessential Uranian, forming the center of that semi-underground world, and frequently writing introductions for and receiving dedications from his peers.. English school teacher Uranian poet and an amateur photographer
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García Lorca,
Federico
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Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (Spanish pronunciation: ; 5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He is believed to be one of thousands who were summarily shot by anti-communist death squads during the Spanish Civil War. In 2008, a Spanish judge opened an investigation into Lorca's death. The Garcia Lorca family eventually dropped objections to the excavation of a potential gravesite near Alfacar. However, no human remains were found.. Spanish poet dramatist and theatre director
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Garrigue,
Jean
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Jean Garrigue was an American poet (1912–1972) born in Evansville, Indiana and wrote as an expatriate from Europe in 1953, 1957, and 1962. She eventually settled in . The Ego and the Centaur (1947) was Garrigue’s first full-length publication. She was a professor at Queens College, Smith College and several other colleges and universities. She was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 1960-61, and nominated for a National Book Award for Country Without Maps. The critic and poet Stanley Kunitz, called Garrigue "a wildly gifted poet…whose art took the road of excess that leads to the palace of wisdom." Garrigue was also romantically involved with Delmore Schwartz, Alfred Kazin, Stanley Kunitz, Larry Rivers and Josephine Herbst.. American poet
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Garth,
Samuel
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Sir Samuel Garth FRS (1661–1719) was an English physician and poet.. English physician and poet
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Gascoigne,
George
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George Gascoigne (c. 1535 – 7 October 1577) was an English poet, soldier, artist, and unsuccessful courtier. He is considered the most important poet of the early Elizabethan era, following Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey and leading to the emergence of Philip Sidney. He was the first poet to deify Queen Elizabeth I, in effect establishing her cult as a virgin goddess married to her kingdom and subjects. His most noted works include A Discourse of the Adventures of Master FJ (1573), an account of courtly sexual intrigue and one of the earliest English prose fictions; The Supposes, (performed in 1566, printed in 1573), an early translation of Ariosto and the first comedy written in English prose, which was used by Shakespeare as a source for The Taming of the Shrew; the frequently anthologised short poem "Gascoignes wodmanship" (1573); and "Certayne Notes of Instruction concerning the making of verse or ryme in English" (1575), the first essay on English versification.. English poet soldier artist and unsuccessful courtier
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Gascoyne,
David
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David Gascoyne (10 October 1916 - 25 November 2001) was an English poet associated with the Surrealist movement.. English poet associated with the Surrealist movement
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Gautier,
Théophile
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Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (pronounced: ) (August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic.. French poet dramatist novelist journalist art critic and literary critic
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Gay,
John
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John Gay (30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), set to music by Johann Christoph Pepusch. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names.. English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club
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George,
Stefan
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Stefan Anton George (12 July 1868 – 4 December 1933) was a German poet, editor, and translator.. German poet editor and translator
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Gerber,
Dan
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Dan Gerber (born 1940 in western Michigan, United States) is an American poet.. American poet
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Gerhardt,
Paul
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Paul Gerhardt (12 March 1607 – 27 May 1676) was a German hymn writer. He is commemorated as a hymnwriter in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on 26 October with Philipp Nicolai and Johann Heermann.. German hymn writer
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Geyer,
Bernadette
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Ghalib,
Mirza
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One of the best-known Urdu poets of all times, Mirza Ghalib is a name that is synonymous with Urdu poetry. Born Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, Ghalib was a pen name he adopted. It is like a pseudonym that most poets and writers adopt in the literary world. The life history of Ghalib is truly interesting and Ghalib biography indeed makes a good read. Ghalib was born in Agra, India in Turkish aristocratic ancestry on 27th December 1796.
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Ghazvini,
Aaref
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Ghigna (Father Goose),
Charles
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Gibran,
Kahlil
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Gilbert,
Jack
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Jack Gilbert is an American poet.. American poet
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Gillan,
Maria Mazziotti
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Gillespie Magee Jr,
John
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Gilmore,
Dame Mary
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Ginsberg,
Allen
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An American Beat poet born in Newark, New Jersey.. American poet; one of the leading figures of the Beat Generation
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Gioacchino Belli,
Giuseppe
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Gioia,
Dana
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Michael Dana Gioia (born December 24, 1950) is an American writer, critic and poet. He retired early from his career as a corporate executive at General Foods to write full-time. From January 29, 2003, until January 22, 2009, he was chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the U.S. government's arts agency, and has worked to revitalize an organization that had suffered bitter controversies about the nature of grants to artists in the late 1980s and early 1990s.. American writer critic poet and businessman
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Giorgio Di Cicco,
Pier
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Pier Giorgio Di Cicco (born July 5, 1949) is an Italian-Canadian poet. In 2005 he became the second Poet Laureate of Toronto.. Italian-Canadian poet; second Poet Laureate of Toronto
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Giovanni,
Nikki
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Githae Mugo,
Micere
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Micere Githae Mugo (born Madeleine Mugo in 1942) is a playwright, author, activist, instructer and poet from Kenya.. Kenyan playwright author activist instructor and poet
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Giusti,
Giuseppe
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Giuseppe Giusti (May 12, 1809 – May 31, 1850) was an Italian poet.. Italian poet
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Gjergj Nikolla,
Millosh
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Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (13 October 1911 - 26 August 1938) was an Albanian poet and writer. He is better known under his pen name Migjeni.. (1911–1938)
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Glover,
Denis
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Lieutenant Commander Denis James Matthews Glover DSC (9 December 1912-9 August 1980) was a New Zealand poet and publisher.. New Zealand poet and publisher
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Gluck,
Louise
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Glück,
Louise
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Louise Elisabeth Glück (born 22 April 1943) is an American poet of Hungarian Jewish heritage. She was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 2003, after serving as a Special Bicentennial Consultant three years prior in 2000.. American poet; US Poet Laureate
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Godden,
Rumer
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Margaret Rumer Godden, OBE (December 10, 1907 – November 8, 1998), was an English author of over 60 fiction and nonfiction books under the pen name of Rumer Godden. A few of her works were co-written by her sister, Jon Godden, who wrote several novels on her own. These include Two Under the Indian Sun, a memoir of the Goddens' childhood in a region of India that is now part of Bangladesh.. English writer poet
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Godfrey,
Thomas
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Godin,
Gérald
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Gérald Godin (November 13, 1938 – October 12, 1994) was a Quebec poet and politician.. Quebec poet and politician
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Godolphin,
Sidney
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Goedicke,
Patricia
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Patricia Goedicke was an American poet.. American poet
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Goga,
Octavian
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Octavian Goga (Romanian pronunciation: ; April 1, 1881 – May 7, 1938) was a Romanian politician, poet, playwright, journalist, and translator.. Romanian politician poet playwright journalist and translator
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Gökalp,
Ziya
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Goldberg,
Lea
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Goldsmith,
Oliver
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An Irish writer and physician known for his pastoral poem The Deserted Village.. Anglo-Irish writer and poet
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Golia,
Pavel
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Pavel Golia (1887 – 1959) was a Slovenian poet and dramatist.. Slovenian poet and playwright
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Goodison,
Lorna
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Lorna Goodison (born 1947) is a Jamaican poet, a leading West Indian writer of the generation born after World War II, currently dividing her time between Jamaica and Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she teaches at the University of Michigan.. Jamaican poet
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Gorakhpuri,
Firaq
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Firaq Gorakhpuri was born Raghupati Sahay in the year 1896 at Gorakhpur District of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. Born to a family of aristocrats, Firaq had a taste of Urdu poetry at very tender age. He started writing poetry in Urdu in teens and developed his own niche in an era that was marked by the likes of Sahir, Iqbal, Faiz and Kaifi.
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Gordon,
Adam Lindsay
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Adam Lindsay Gordon was an Australian poet, jockey and politician.. Australian poet jockey and politician.
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Gorodetsky,
Sergei
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Sergey Mitrofanovich Gorodetsky (Russian: ´ ´ ´; January 17 1884–June 8, 1967) was a Russian poet, one of the founders (together with Nikolay Gumilev) of Guild of Poets (" ").. Russian poet
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Gorry,
Godfrey Mutiso
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Gorski,
Hedwig
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Dr. Hedwig Gorski (born July 18, 1949, Trenton, New Jersey) is an American performance poet and an avant-garde artist who labels her aesthetic as American Futurism. She is a first-generation Polish-American, the first in her family born in the United States, who is both an academic scholar and popular writer.. American performance poet and an avant-garde artist
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Gorter,
Herman
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Herman Gorter (November 26, 1864, Wormerveer - September 15, 1927, Brussels) was a Dutch poet and socialist. He was a leading member of the Tachtigers, a highly influential group of Dutch writers who worked together in Amsterdam in the 1880s, centered around De Nieuwe Gids (The New Guide).. Dutch poet and socialist
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Gottfried Herder,
Johann
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Johann Gottfried von Herder (25 August 1744 – 18 December 1803) was a German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic. He is associated with the periods of Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, and Weimar Classicism.. German philosopher theologian poet and literary critic
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Gottlieb Klopstock,
Friedrich
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Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (pronounced ; 2 July 1724 – 14 March 1803) was a German poet.. German poet
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Graham,
Jorie
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Jorie Graham is a Pulitzer Prize winning poet. The U.S. Poetry Foundation suggests "She is perhaps the most celebrated poet of the American post-war generation". She replaced poet Seamus Heaney as Boylston Professor at Harvard, becoming the first woman to be awarded this position.. is an American poet the first woman to be appointed Boylston Professor at Harvard
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Grahn,
Judy
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Granier,
Mark
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Mark Granier born in London, England, is an Irish poet and photographer based in Dublin, Ireland.. Irish poet and photographer
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Grass,
Günter
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Günter Wilhelm Grass (born 16 October 1927) is a Nobel Prize-winning German author, poet, playwright, sculptor and artist.. German novelist poet playwright illustrator graphic artist and sculptor; 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature
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Graves,
Richard
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Richard Graves (4 May 1715 – 23 November 1804) was an English minister, poet, and novelist.. British poet and essayist
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Graves,
Robert
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An English scholar, poet, and novelist.. British author scholar
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Gray,
Thomas
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Thomas Gray was an English poet, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge University.. British poet
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Green,
Adrian
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Greene,
Robert
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Robert Greene (11 July 1558 – 3 September 1592) was an English author best known today for a posthumously published pamphlet attributed to him, Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit, which may contain a polemic attack on William Shakespeare. He was born in Norwich and attended Cambridge University, receiving a B.A. in 1580, and an M.A. in 1583 before moving to London, where he arguably became the first professional author in England. Greene published in many genres including autobiography, plays, and romances, while capitalizing on a scandalous reputation.. English author poet
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Greenwell,
Dora
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Dora Greenwell, born Dorothy Greenwell (1821–1882) was an English poet.. English poet
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Gregg,
Linda
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Linda Alouise Gregg (born September 9, 1942 in Suffern, New York) is an award-winning American poet.. American poet
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Gregory,
Horace
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Horace Gregory (April 10, 1898 Milwaukee, Wisconsin - March 11, 1982 Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts) was a prize-winning American poet, translator of classic poetry, literary critic and college professor.. American poet translator literary critic and professor
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Gregory,
Rg
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Grennan,
Eamon
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. Irish poet
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Greville,
Fulk
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Griffin,
Susan
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Susan Griffin (born January 26, 1943) is an eco-feminist author. She describes her work as "draw connections between the destruction of nature, the diminishment of women and racism, and trac the causes of war to denial in both private and public life." She received a MacArthur grant for Peace and International Cooperation, an NEA Fellowship, and an Emmy Award for the play Voices.. American ecofeminist poet writer
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Griffiths,
Bill
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Bill Griffiths (August 20, 1948 – September 13, 2007) was a poet and Anglo-Saxon scholar associated with the British Poetry Revival.. English poet and Anglo-Saxon scholar associated with the British Poetry Revival
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Grillparzer,
Franz
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Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (15 January 1791 – 21 January 1872) was an Austrian writer who is chiefly known for his dramas.. Austrian writer poet dramatist
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Grimald,
Nicholas
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Nicholas Grimald (or Grimoald) (1519–1562), English poet, was born in Huntingdonshire, the son probably of Giovanni Baptista Grimaldi, who had been a clerk in the service of Empson and Dudley in the reign of Henry VII.. English poet and dramatist
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Grochowiak,
Stanislaw
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Gross,
Philip
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Philip Gross (born 1952) is a poet, novelist and playwright. He was born in Delabole, Cornwall and grew up in Plymouth. He lives in Penarth, South Wales, and was appointed Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Glamorgan in 2004, a position he still holds. He previously taught creative writing at Bath Spa University College.. British poet novelist playwright and academic
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Gruden,
Igo
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Igo Gruden (18 April 1893 - 29 November 1948) was a Slovene poet and translator.. Slovene poet and translator
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Guest,
Edgar Albert
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Guest,
Paul
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Guha,
Bimal
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Bimal Guha (Bangla: ) (born 27 October 1952) is a Bangladeshi poet, and a leading poet of his generation. He appeared on the literary scene of Bangladesh in the seventies of last century. His themes revolve round our war of liberation and the eternal subjects of love, nature, motherland, mother-tongue, tradition and modernity.. Leading Bangladeshi modern poet
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Guillen,
Jorge
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Guillen,
Rafael
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Guillén,
Nicolas
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Guinizelli,
Guido
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Guido Guinizzelli (c. 1230–1276), born in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, was an Italian poet and 'founder' of the Dolce Stil Novo. He was the first to write in this new style of poetry writing, and thus is held to be the ipso facto founder.. Italian poet and 'founder' of the Dolce Stil Novo
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Gulzar,
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Gulzar was born Sampooran Singh at Deena in Pakistan in the year 1934. After partition in 1947, he came to Delhi. Gulzar started his career as an assistant to celebrated director Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. He started his career as a lyricist with Bimal Roy's 'Bandini'. Urdu
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Gumilyov,
Nikolay
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Nikolay Stepanovich Gumilev (Russian: ´ ´, April 15 NS 1886 – August 1921) was an influential Russian poet who founded the acmeism movement.. Russian poet who founded the acmeism movement
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Gundulic,
Ivan
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Gunn,
Thom
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. Anglo-American poet; associated with The Movement
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Gurga,
Lee
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Lee Gurga (born 1949 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American haiku poet. In 1997 he served as president of the Haiku Society of America. He was the editor of Modern Haiku magazine from 2002 to 2006, and is the current editor of the Modern Haiku Press. He has won a number of awards in the field of English-language haiku poetry. Gurga lives in Lincoln, Illinois, where he works as a dentist.. American haiku poet
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Gurney,
Ivor
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Ivor Bertie Gurney (28 August 1890 – 26 December 1937) was an English composer and poet.. English composer and poet
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Gustafsson,
Lars
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Lars Gustafsson (born May 17, 1936) is a Swedish, poet, novelist and scholar. He was born in Västerås, completed his secondary education at the Västerås gymnasium and continued to Uppsala University; he received his Licentiate degree in 1960 and was awarded his Ph.D. in Theoretical Philosophy in 1978. He lived in Austin, Texas until 2003, and has recently returned to Sweden. From 1983 he served as a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught Philosophy and Creative Writing, until May 2006, when he retired. In 1981 Gustafsson converted to Judaism.. Swedish poet novelist and scholar
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Gysin,
Brion
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Brion Gysin (January 19, 1916 – July 13, 1986) was a painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist born in Taplow, Buckinghamshire.. English painter writer sound poet and performance artist
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