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Jac,
FP
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F. P. Jac (11 November 1955 – 25 December 2008), born Flemming Palle Jakobsen, was a Danish poet.. Danish poet
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Jackson,
Helen Hunt
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Jackson,
Laura Riding
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Jacobsen,
Rolf
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Rolf Jacobsen (March 8, 1907—February 20, 1994) could be said to be the first modernist writer in Norway. Jacobsen's career as a writer spanned more than fifty years. He is one of Scandinavia’s most distinguished poets, who launched poetic modernism in Norway with his first book, Jord og jern (Earth and Iron) in 1933. Jacobsen's work has been translated into over twenty languages. The central theme in his work is the balance between nature and technology - he was called "the Green Poet" in Norwegian literature.. Norwegian poet writer
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Jafri,
Ali Sardar
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Ali Sardar Zafri was born in Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh. He came to Mumbai in 1942 and made it his home. Arrested for writing against British rule in India, Zafri was among the votaries of the progressive movement in Urdu literature. Zafri 's literary career began at the young age of 17.
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Jago,
Richard
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Richard Jago (October 1, 1715 – May 8, 1781) was an English poet. He was the third son of Richard Jago, Rector of Beaudesert, Warwickshire.. English poet
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James,
Clive
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Clive James, AM (born 7 October 1939) is an Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet and memoirist, best known for his autobiographical series Unreliable Memoirs, for his chat shows and documentaries on British television and for his prolific journalism. He has lived and worked in the United Kingdom since the early 1960s.. Australian author critic broadcaster poet and memoirist
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Jamili,
Fazil
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Fazil Jamili (Urdu: ) (born 1968) is an Urdu Poet and journalist from Pakistan. He is Editor of Jang Group Online Editions in Karachi. Before rejoining the Jang Group he was Editor Content at Samaa Tv. And before Samaa he was Resident Editor of Daily AAJKAL. Previously he was associated with Jang Group as News Editor of Daily Awam, widely circulated Tabloid of Karachi. He has been active in struggle for journalists' rights and has twice been elected as general secretary of Karachi Union of Journalists. He is also elected member of federal executive committee of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ). His poems like darakhon key liyee aik nazm, aalmi maqtool and iqbal e jurm are considered new dimensions of Urdu Poetry.. Urdu Poet Journalist from Pakistan
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Jarrell,
Randall
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. American poet literary critic children's author essayist novelist; US Poet Laureate
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Jay Smith,
William
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William Jay Smith (born 22 April 1918) is an American poet. He was appointed the nineteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1968 to 1970.. American poet; US Poet Laureate 1968–70
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Jeffers,
Robinson
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John Robinson Jeffers was an American poet, known for his work about the central California coast. Most of Jeffers' poetry was written in classic narrative and epic form, but today he is also known for his short verse, and considered an icon of the environmental movement.. American poet
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Jenko,
Simon
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Simon Jenko (October 27, 1835 – October 18, 1869) was a Slovene poet, lyricist and writer.. Slovene poet lyricist and writer
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Jennings,
Elizabeth
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. English poet
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Jobe,
James Lee
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John,
David St
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John,
Edmund
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Edmund John (27 November 1883 - 28 February 1917) was a British poet of the Uranian school. His verses were modeled on the Symbolist poetry of Swinburne and other earlier poets. Much of his work was condemned by critics for being overly decadent and unfashionable. He fought in the First World War but was invalided out in 1916. He died a year later in Taormina, Sicily.. British poet of the Uranian school
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John,
Sharmagne Leland-St
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Johnson,
Helene
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Helen Johnson, who was better known as Helene Johnson (1906–1995) was an African American poet during the Harlem Renaissance. She was also a cousin of author Dorothy West.. African American poet during the Harlem Renaissance
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Johnson,
James Weldon
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A leading American author, poet, and early civil rights activist.. author poet folklorist and civil rights leader
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Johnson,
Lionel
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Lionel Pigot Johnson (15 March 1867 - 4 October 1902) was an English poet, essayist and critic. He was born at Broadstairs, and educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, graduating in 1890. He became a Catholic convert in 1891. He lived a rather solitary life in London, struggling with alcoholism and his repressed homosexuality. He died of a stroke after a fall in the street, though it was said to be a fall from a barstool.. English poet essayist and critic
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Johnson,
Samuel
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. English poet essayist moralist literary critic biographer editor and lexicographer
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Jones,
Chris
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Jones,
David
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David Jones CH (1 November 1895 – 28 October 1974) was both an artist and one of the most important first generation British modernist poets. His work was formed by his Welsh heritage and his Catholicism. T. S. Eliot considered Jones to be a writer of major importance and his The Anathemata was considered by W. H. Auden to be the best long poem written in English in the 20th century.. British artist and poet
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Jones,
Richard
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Jones,
Ryan
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Jong,
Erica
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Jonson,
Ben
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An English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor.. poet and dramatist
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Jordan,
June
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June Millicent Jordan (July 9, 1936 - June 14, 2002) was a Caribbean American poet, novelist, journalist, biographer, dramatist, teacher, and committed activist. In her three decade career Jordan made her mark as one of the fiercest and most compassionate voices of her time. She became a passionate voice of a generation battling the constructions of race, gender, sexuality, politics, war, violence, and human rights. Jordan played an important role in the development of black artistic, social, and politic movements and is still widely regarded as one of the most significant and prolific Black, bisexual writers of the twentieth century.. American poet and educator
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Joseph,
Anthony
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Joseph,
Jenny
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. English poet
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Jovanovic Zmaj,
Jovan
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Joyce,
James
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. Irish novelist and poet
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Juan Gutiérrez,
Pedro
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Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, born in 1950 (Matanzas, Cuba), is a Cuban novelist.. Cuban novelist poet
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Juana Inés de la Cruz,
Sor
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Sor (Sister) Juana Inés de la Cruz (12 November 1648 – 17 April 1695), fully Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, was a self-taught scholar and poet of the Baroque school, and nun of New Spain. Although she lived in a colonial era when Mexico was part of the Spanish Empire, she is considered today a Mexican writer, and stands at the beginning of the history of Mexican literature in the Spanish language.. 17th Century Mexican poet
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Judge,
Frank
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Frank Judge is an American poet, publisher, translator, journalist, film critic, teacher, and arts administrator.. American editor & publisher poet translator and film critic
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Jumá,
Jamal
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Justice,
Donald
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. American poet; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1980
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Juvenal,
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Juyi,
Bai
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Bai Juyi (Chinese: ; pinyin: Bái Juyì; Wade-Giles: Po Chü-i) (772–846) was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty. His poems mostly concern his responsibilities as governor of several small provinces. He is also renowned in Japan (where his name is read Haku Kyo'i, ).. Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty
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