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Rabikovich,
Dalia
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Rahman,
Shamsur
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Shamsur Rahman (Bangla: Shamsur Ruhman) (October 23, 1929 – August 17, 2006) was a Bangladeshi poet, columnist and journalist. Rahman, who emerged in the latter half of the 20th century, wrote more than sixty books of poetry and is considered a key figure in Bengali literature. He was regarded the unofficial poet laureate of Bangladesh. Major themes in his poetry and writings include liberal humanism, human relations, romanticised rebellion of youth, the emergence of and consequent events in Bangladesh, and opposition to religious fundamentalism.. Bangladeshi poet columnist and journalist; key figure in Bengali literature
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Raine,
Craig
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. English poet associated with Martian poetry
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Raine,
Kathleen
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. British poet critic and scholar
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Raja,
Samina
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Samina Raja is a renowned Pakistani poetess, writer, editor, translator, educationist and broadcaster. She writes in Urdu. She lives in Islamabad, Pakistan and works in the National Language Authority as a Subject Specialist.. Pakistani poet writer editor translator educationist and broadcaster
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Rakosi,
Carl
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. American Objectivist poet
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Raleigh,
Sir Walter
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A famed English writer, poet, courtier and explorer.. English aristocrat writer poet soldier courtier spy and explorer
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Randall,
Dudley
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Dudley Randall (January 14, 1914 - August 5, 2000) was an African American poet and poetry publisher from Detroit, Michigan. He founded a publishing company called Broadside Press in 1965, which published many leading African American writers. Randall's most famous poem is "The Ballad of Birmingham", written during the 1960s, about the 1963 bombing of the church Martin Luther King, Jr. belonged to in Birmingham, Alabama. Randall's poetry is characterized by simplicity and realism.. African American poet and publisher
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Randolph,
Thomas
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Thomas Randolph (15 June 1605, Newnham-cum-Badby, near Daventry, Northamptonshire, England – March 1635, Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire) was an English poet and dramatist. He was baptized on 18 June 1605 and was the uncle of American colonist William Randolph.. English poet and dramatist
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Ransom,
John Crowe
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. American poet essayist magazine editor and professor
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Rapai,
Agnes
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Ratcliffe,
Stephen
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Stephen Ratcliffe (born July 7, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a contemporary U.S. poet and critic who has published numerous books of poetry and three books of criticism. He lives in Bolinas, CA and is the publisher of Avenue B Press. Formerly the director of the Creative Writing program at Mills College in Oakland, CA where he has been an instructor for more than 25 years, Ratcliffe continues to teach Creative Writing (poetry) and Literature (poetry, Shakespeare) courses there.. American poet and critic
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Raworth,
Tom
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Tom Raworth (Thomas Moore Raworth) (born 1938) is a London-born poet and visual artist who has published over forty books of poetry and prose since 1966. His works has been translated and published in many countries. Raworth is a key figure in the British Poetry Revival. He lives in Brighton, England.. British poet and visual artist; key figure in the British Poetry Revival
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Ray,
Man
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Ray,
Wayne
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Wayne Scott Ray (born 1950 in Alabama) is a Canadian poet and photographer.. American-born Canadian poet and photographer
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Readman,
Angela
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Angela Readman (born 1973 in Middlesbrough) is an English poet.. English poet
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Reaney,
James
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James Crerar Reaney was an influential Canadian poet, playwright, librettist, and professor, "whose works transform small-town Ontario life into the realm of dream and symbol.". Canadian poet playwright librettist and professor
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Reed,
Henry
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Henry Reed (22 February 1914 - 8 December 1986) was a British poet, translator, radio dramatist and journalist.. British poet translator radio dramatist and journalist
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Reed,
Ishmael
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Ishmael Scott Reed (born 22 February 1938) is an American poet, essayist, and novelist. A prominent African-American literary figure, Reed is known for his satirical works challenging American political culture, and highlighting political and cultural oppression.. American poet essayist playwright and novelist
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Reese,
Lizette Woodworth
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Reeser,
Jennifer
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Regelson,
Abraham
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Abraham Regelson (1896–1981; Hebrew: ) was a Hebrew poet, author, children's author, translator, and editor.. Israeli Hebrew poet author children's author translator and editor
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Reid,
Christopher
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Christopher Reid (born 13 May 1949) is a Hong Kong-born British poet, essayist, cartoonist, and writer. He has been nominated twice for the Whitbread Awards in 1996 and in 1997. A contemporary of Martin Amis, he was educated at Exeter College, Oxford. He is one of the exponents of Martian poetry which employs unusual metaphors to render everyday experiences and objects unfamiliar. He has worked as poetry editor at Faber and Faber and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Hull. In January 2010 he was awarded the 2009 Costa Book Award for A Scattering, written as a tribute to his late wife, Lucinda Gane. The work won in the poetry category, and overall Best Book of the Year, becoming the first poet to take the overall prize since Seamus Heaney in 1999.. Hong Kong-born British poet essayist cartoonist and writer
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Reverdy,
Pierre
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. French poet inspired by and influencing Surrealism Dadaism and Cubism
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Rexroth,
Kenneth
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Kenneth Rexroth (December 22, 1905–June 6, 1982) was an American poet, translator and critical essayist. He was among the first poets in the United States to explore traditional Japanese poetic forms such as haiku. He is regarded as a central figure in the San Francisco Renaissance.. American poet translator and critical essayist
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Reznikoff,
Charles
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Charles Reznikoff (August 31, 1894 - January 22, 1976) was the poet for whom the term Objectivist was first coined. When asked by Harriet Munroe to provide an introduction to what became known as the Objectivist issue of Poetry, Louis Zukofsky provided his essay Sincerity and Objectification: With Special Reference to the Work of Charles Reznikoff. This established the name of the loose-knit group of 2nd generation modernist poets and the two characteristics of their poetry: sincerity and objectification.. American Objectivist poet
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Rice,
Stan
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Stan Rice (November 7, 1942 – December 9, 2002) was an American poet and artist. He was the husband of author Anne Rice.. American poet and artist; husband of author Anne Rice
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Rich,
Adrienne
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. American poet essayist and feminist
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Rich,
Susan
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Ridge,
Lola
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. Irish-born American anarchist poet and editor
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Riding,
Laura
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Laura (Riding) Jackson (January 16, 1901 – September 2, 1991) was an American poet, critic, novelist, essayist and short story writer.. American poet critic novelist essayist and short story writer
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Ridler,
Anne
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Anne Barbara Ridler OBE (née Bradby) (30 July 1912 – 15 October 2001) was a British poet, and Faber and Faber editor, selecting the Faber A Little Book of Modern Verse with T. S. Eliot (1941). Her Collected Poems (Carcanet Press) were published in 1994. She turned to libretto work and verse plays; it was later in life that she earned official recognition, receiving an OBE in 2001.. British poet and editor
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Riley,
James Whitcomb
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Beloved American writer and poet called the "Hoosier poet".. American writer poet; known as the Hoosier Poet and Children's Poet
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Rilke,
Rainer Maria
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Rainer Maria Rilke was a Bohemian–Austrian poet and art critic. He is considered one of the most significant poets in the German language.. Bohemian-Austrian poet
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Rimbaud,
Arthur
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. French symbolist poet; part of the decadent movement
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Rios,
Alberto
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Rixiu,
Pi
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Pi Rixiu (Chinese: ; pinyin: Pí Rìxiu; Wade–Giles: P'i Jihhsiu) (ca. 834 – 883) was a Tang Dynasty poet. His courtesy names ware Yishao and Ximei, and he wrote under the pen name Lumengzhi . Pi was a contemporary of poet Lu Guimeng; these two poets are often referred to as Pi-Lu.. Tang Dynasty poet
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Rizvi,
Khawar
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Khawar Rizvi(June 1, 1938—November 15, 1981) was a prominent poet of Urdu and Persian. He was respected as an enlightened intellectual and scholar as well. Mainly his fame is due to his poetry. His real name was Syed Sibte Hassan Rizvi. He adopted” Khawar” as his pen-name for writing poetry and essays. Khawar means in Persian “The East”. Khawar was a great lover and admirer of East, eastern way of life and eastern values.. Urdu and Persian poet scholar
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Robinson,
Edwin Arlington
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Edwin Arlington Robinson was an American poet who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his work.. American poet; won three Pulitzer Prizes
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Robinson,
Mary
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Mary Therese Winifred Robinson (née Bourke) (Irish: Máire Mhic Róibín; born 21 May 1944) served as the seventh, and first female, President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002. She first rose to prominence as an academic, barrister, campaigner and member of the Irish Senate (1969–1989). She defeated Fianna Fáil's Brian Lenihan and Fine Gael's Austin Currie in the 1990 presidential election becoming, as an Independent candidate nominated by the Labour Party, the Workers' Party and independent senators, the first elected president in the office's history not to have had the support of Fianna Fáil.. English poet and novelist
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Robinson,
Mary Darby
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Rodenbach,
Georges
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Georges Raymond Constantin Rodenbach (16 July 1855 – 25 December 1898) was a Belgian Symbolist poet and novelist.. Belgian Symbolist poet and novelist
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Roethke,
Theodore
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. American poet; 1954 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
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Rohrer,
Matthew
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Matthew Rohrer (born 1970) is an American poet.. American poet
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Romtvedt,
David
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Rose Benét,
William
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William Rose Benét (February 2, 1886 – May 4, 1950) was an American poet, writer, and editor. He was the older brother of Stephen Vincent Benét.. American poet writer and editor
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Rosegger,
Peter
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Peter Rosegger (31 July 1843 – 26 June 1918) was an Austrian poet from the province of Styria. He was a son of a farmer and grew up in the forests and fields. Rosegger (or Rossegger) went on to become a most productive poet and author as well as an insightful teacher and visionary. In his later years, he was honoured by officials from various Austrian universities and the city of Graz (the capital of Styria). He was nearly awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913 and is (at least among the people of Styria) something like a national hero to this day.. Austrian poet
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Rosemont,
Franklin
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Franklin Rosemont (2 October 1943 – 12 April 2009) was a celebrated poet, artist, historian, street speaker, and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group. Over four decades, Franklin produced a body of work, of declarations, manifestos, poetry, collage, hidden histories, and other interventions intended to inspire a new generation of revolution, and became perhaps "the most productive scholar of labor and the left in the United States.". American poet artist historian street speaker; co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group
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Rosemont,
Penelope
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Penelope Rosemont (born 1942 Chicago, Illinois), attended Lake Forest College. She has been a painter, photographer, collagist (having invented a number of surrealist collage methods including the "landscapade" and "insect music" .) and writer, and "graphic designer for and other publications," Her painting The Night Time is the Right Time "was selected by the Chicago Jazz Institute for the 2000 Chicago Jazz Festival t-shirt".. American poet writer painter photographer collagist; co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group
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Rosenberg,
Isaac
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An English poet of the First World War. English poet of World War I
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Rossetti,
Christina
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Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems. She is best known for her long poem Goblin Market, her love poem Remember, and for the words of the Christmas carol In the Bleak Midwinter.. English poet
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Rothenberg,
Jerome
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Rõuk,
Andrus
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Andrus Rõuk (born 1957) is an Estonian artist and poet.. Estonian artist and poet
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Rowe,
Nicholas
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Nicholas Rowe (20 June 1674 – 6 December 1718), English dramatist, poet and miscellaneous writer, was appointed Poet Laureate in 1715.. English dramatist poet and miscellaneous writer; Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom in 1715
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Rowlands,
Richard
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Roxman,
Susanna
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Rozewicz,
Tadeusz
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Rózewicz,
Tadeusz
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Rückert,
Friedrich
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Friedrich Rückert (16 May 1788 – 31 January 1866) was a German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages.. German poet translator and professor
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Rukeyser,
Muriel
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. American poet and political activist
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Rumi,
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad
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Ruskin,
John
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Russell,
George William
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Russell,
Nipsey
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Julius "Nipsey" Russell (September 15, 1918 – October 2, 2005) was an American comedian, best known today for his appearances as a guest panelist on game shows from the 1960s through the 1990s, especially Match Game, Password, Hollywood Squares, To Tell the Truth and Pyramid. His appearances were distinguished in part by the short, humorous poems he would recite during the broadcast. These lyrics became so closely associated with Russell that Dick Clark, Bill Cullen, Betty White, and others regularly referred to him as "the poet laureate of television." He also had a leading role in the film version of The Wiz. Russell was also a frequent guest on Dean Martin's Celebrity Roasts.. American comedian; regarded as the "poet laureate of television"
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Russell Lowell,
James
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James Russell Lowell (February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets who rivaled the popularity of British poets. These poets usually used conventional forms and meters in their poetry, making them suitable for families entertaining at their fireside.. American Romantic poet critic editor and diplomat; Fireside Poets
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Ryokan,
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