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S. Taylor,
Henry S
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Saba,
Umberto
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Umberto Poli (9 March 1883–26 August 1957) was an Italian poet and novelist, born in the cosmopolitan Mediterranean port of Trieste when it was the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Poli assumed the nom de plume "Saba" in 1910, and his name was officially changed to Umberto Saba in 1928. From 1919 he was the proprietor of an antiquarian bookshop in Trieste. He suffered from depression all his adult life.. Italian poet and novelist
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Sackville-West,
Vita
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Sanchez,
Sonia
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Sonia Sanchez is an African American poet most often associated with the Black Arts Movement. She has authored over a dozen books of poetry, as well as plays and children's books. She was a 1993 Pew Fellowships in the Arts.. African American poet; associated with the Black Arts Movement
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Sandburg,
Carl
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An American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer and folklorist.. American poet writer and editor; three Pulitzer Prizes
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Sansom,
Ann
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Santoka,
Taneda
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Sapgir,
Genrikh
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Genrikh Sapgir (Russian: ´ ´ ´; November 20, 1928, Biysk, Altai Krai, Russia — October 7, 1999, Moscow) was a Russian poet and fiction writer.. Russian poet and fiction writer
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An Ancient Greek lyric poetess, born in Eresos on the island of Lesbos. Sappho ( /'sæfo/; Attic Greek Sapf, Aeolic Greek pf ) was an Ancient Greek poet, born on the island of Lesbos. Later Greeks included her in the list of nine lyric poets. Her birth was sometime between 630 and 612 BC, and it is said that she died around 570 BC, but little is known for certain about her life. The bulk of her poetry, which was well-known and greatly admired throughout antiquity, has been lost, but her immense reputation has endured through surviving fragments.. ancient Greek lyric poet from island of Lesbos
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Saroyan,
William
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William Saroyan ( /s'r.n/; Armenian: Vilyam Saroyan; 31 August 1908 – 18 May 1981) was an Armenian American dramatist and author. The setting of many of his stories and plays is the center of Armenian-American life in California in his native Fresno.. American author of Armenian descent
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Sassoon,
Siegfried
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An English poet and author.. British war poet
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Sastrowardoyo,
Subagio
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Subagio Sastrowardoyo (1 February 1924 - 18 July 1995) was an Indonesian poet, short-story writer, essayist and literary critic. Born in Madiun, East Java, the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), he was educated at Gadjah Mada University, Cornell University and Yale University. For many years, he was a director of Balai Pustaka, a publishing firm in Indonesia, as well as a senior lecturer at Salisbury College of Advanced Education and Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia. In the summer of 1984, he was a guest instructor at Ohio University, teaching Indonesian.. Indonesian poet short-story writer essayist and literary critic
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Scalapino,
Leslie
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Leslie Scalapino (July 25, 1944 – May 28, 2010) was a United States poet, experimental prose writer, playwright, essayist, and editor, sometimes grouped in with the Language poets, though she felt closely tied to the Beat poets. A longtime resident of California's Bay Area, she earned an M.A. in English from the University of California at Berkeley. Among her works, Scalapino is the author of way (North Point Press, 1988), a long poem which won the Poetry Center Award, the Lawrence Lipton Prize, and the American Book Award.. American poet experimental prose writer playwright essayist and editor; associated with the Language and Beat poets
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Scannell,
Vernon
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Scawen Blunt,
Wilfrid
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Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (17 August 1840 – 10 September 1922) (Sometimes spelled "Wilfred") was an English poet and writer. He was born at Petworth House in Sussex, and served in the Diplomatic Service from 1858 to 1869. His mother was a Catholic convert and he was educated at Twyford School, Stonyhurst and at St Mary's College, Oscott. He is best known for his poetry, which was published in a collected edition in 1914, but also wrote a number of political essays and polemics.. English poet and writer
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Scève,
Maurice
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Maurice Scève (c. 1500-c. 1564), French poet, was born at Lyon, where his father practised law.. French poet
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Schiller,
Friedrich von
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Schmidt,
Arno
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Arno Schmidt (18 January 1914 - 3 June 1979) was a German author and translator.. German author and translator
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Schmitz,
Dennis
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Dennis Schmitz (born August 11, 1937 Dubuque, Iowa) is an American poet.. American poet
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Schnitzler,
Arthur
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Dr. Arthur Schnitzler (May 15, 1862, Leopoldstadt, Vienna - October 21, 1931, Vienna) was an Austrian author and dramatist.. Austrian author and dramatist
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Schuyler,
James
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. American poet; 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for The Morning of the Poem
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Schwartz,
Delmore
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. American poet and short story writer
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Schwartz,
Ruth L
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Scott,
Duncan Campbell
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Scott,
Sir Walter
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A prolific Scottish historical novelist and romantic poet of the 19th century.. Scottish historical novelist playwright and poet
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Scott-Heron,
Gil
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Gilbert "Gil" Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author known primarily for his work as a spoken word performer in the 1970s and '80s, and for his collaborative works with musician Brian Jackson. His collaborative efforts with Jackson featured a musical fusion of jazz, blues, and soul, as well as lyrical content concerning social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles by Scott-Heron. His own term for himself was "bluesologist", which he defined as "a scientist who is concerned with the origin of the blues". The music of these albums, most notably Pieces of a Man and Winter in America in the early 1970s, influenced and helped engender later African-American music genres such as hip hop and neo soul.. American soul musician and jazz poet
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Seaton,
Peter
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Peter Seaton (December 16, 1942 – May 18, 2010) was a U.S. poet associated with the first wave of Language poetry in the 1970s. During the opening and middle years of Language poetry many of his long prose poems were published, widely read and influential. Seaton was also a frequent contributor to L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, one of the influential magazines and theoretical venues for Language poetry, co-edited by Charles Bernstein. In 1978, Bernstein published Seaton's first book of poetry, Agreement, the same year that L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E magazine made its first appearance. Some of Seaton's work from this time has been reprinted in The L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Book (1984).. American Language poet
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Secundus,
Johannes
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Johannes Secundus (also Janus Secundus) (15 November 1511 – 25 September 1536) was a New Latin poet of Dutch nationality.. Dutch Neo-Latin poet
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Seeger,
Alan
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Seiferle,
Rebecca
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Seifert,
Jaroslav
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Jaroslav Seifert (Czech pronunciation: ; 23 September 1901 – 10 January 1986) was a Nobel Prize winning Czech writer, poet and journalist.. Czech writer poet and journalist; 1984 Nobel Prize in Literature
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Senghor,
Léopold
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Service,
Robert W
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Service,
Robert William
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Seth,
Vikram
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Vikram Seth (Hindi: , pronounced ; born June 20, 1952) is an Indian poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist.. Indian author and poet
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Sexton,
Anne
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. American poet; Confessional poetry 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
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Shadwell,
Thomas
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Thomas Shadwell (c. 1642 – 19 November 1692) was an English poet and playwright who was appointed poet laureate in 1689.. English poet and playwright; Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 1689–1692
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Shakespeare,
William
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16th century English playwright and poet (British).. English poet and playwright; called "Bard of Avon" and England's national poet
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Shakur,
Tupac
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Tupac Amaru Shakur, known by his stage names 2Pac (or simply Pac) and Makaveli, was an American rapper. Shakur has sold over 75 million albums worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. In the United States alone he has sold 37.5 million records. Rolling Stone Magazine named him the 86th Greatest Artist of All Time.. African American rapper actor producer poet and black activist
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Shamaya,
Otep
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Otep Shamaya (born on November 7, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter, the lead vocalist of the metal band Otep. She made her debut in 2000 with her band and released the full length albums Sevas Tra, House of Secrets, The Ascension, and Smash the Control Machine in June 2002, July 2004, October 2007, and August 2009 respectively. She is openly lesbian and a vegetarian. Otep Shamaya is known to be an advocate of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).. American singer-songwriter actress poet writer and painter; lead singer of Otep
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Shange,
Ntozake
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Ntozake Shange born October 18, 1948, is an American playwright, and poet. As a self proclaimed black feminist, much of the content of her work addresses issues relating to race and feminism.. American playwright and poet
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Shangyin,
Li
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Li Shangyin (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: Li Shangyin, ca. 813–858), courtesy name Yishan, was a Chinese poet of the late Tang Dynasty, born in Henei (now Qinyang, Henan). Along with Li He, he was much admired and "rediscovered" in the 20th century by the young Chinese writers for the imagist quality of his poems. He is particularly famous for his tantalizing "no title" poems.. Chinese poet of the late Tang Dynasty
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Shapcott,
Jo
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Jo Shapcott FRSL, (born 24 March 1953, London) is an English poet, editor and lecturer who has won the National Poetry Competition, the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, the Costa Book of the Year Award, a Forward Poetry Prize and the Cholmondeley Award.. English poet editor and lecturer
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Shapiro,
Karl
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. American poet; US Poet Laureate 1946–1947
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Shaughnessy,
Brenda
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Brenda Shaughnessy (b. 1970 Okinawa, Japan) is an American poet.. American poet
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Shelley,
Mary
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Shelley,
Percy Bysshe
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One of the major English Romantic poets.. one of the major English Romantic poets
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Shenstone,
William
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William Shenstone (18 November 1714 – 11 February 1763) was an English poet and one of the earliest practitioners of landscape gardening through the development of his estate, The Leasowes.. English poet
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Sherchan,
Bhupi
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Bhupi Sherchan is a Nepalese poet. He was born on Mustang district in 1993 B.S. (approximately 1937) and died in 2046 B.S. (approximately 1990). He went to Banaras College. He was awarded with Sajha Puraskar in 2026 B.S. (approximately 1970).. Nepalese poet
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Shevchenko,
Taras
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Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (Ukrainian: ´ ´ ´, Russian: ´ ´ ´) (March 9 1814 – March 10 1861) was a Ukrainian poet, artist and humanist. His literary heritage is regarded to be the foundation of modern Ukrainian literature and, to a large extent, the modern Ukrainian language. Shevchenko also wrote in Russian and left many masterpieces as a painter and an illustrator.. Ukrainian poet and artist
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Shi,
Su
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Su Shi (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: Su Shì) (January 8, 1037 – August 24, 1101), was a writer, poet, artist, calligrapher, pharmacologist, and statesman of the Song Dynasty, and one of the major poets of the Song era. His courtesy name was Zizhan and his pseudonym was Dongpo Jushi, and he is often referred to as Su Dongpo . Besides his renowned poetry, his other extant writings are of great value in the understanding of 11th century Chinese travel literature as well as details of the 11th century Chinese iron industry.. Song Dynasty writer poet artist calligrapher pharmacologist gastronome and statesman
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Shiki,
Masaoka
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Masaoka Shiki (, September 17, 1867 – September 19, 1902), the pen-name of Masaoka Noboru ( ) was a Japanese author, poet, literary critic, and journalist in Meiji period Japan. Shiki is generally regarded as the major figure in the development of modern haiku poetry and also played an important role in revitalizing tanka poetry.. Japanese author poet literary critic and journalist
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Shirazi,
Saadi (Sa di)
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Shirley,
James
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James Shirley (or Sherley) (September 1596 – October 1666) was an English dramatist.. English dramatist
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Shlonsky,
Avraham
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Avraham Shlonsky (March 6, 1900 – May 18, 1973; Hebrew: ; Russian: ) was a significant and dynamic Israeli poet and editor born in Russian Empire. He was influential in the development of modern Hebrew and its literature in Israel through his many acclaimed translations of literary classics, particularly from Russian, as well as his own original Hebrew children's classics. Known for his humor, Avraham Shlonsky earned the nickname "Lashonsky" from the wisecrackers of his generation (lashon means "tongue", i.e. "language") for his unusually clever and astute innovations in the newly evolving Hebrew language.. Israeli poet and editor
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Sidney,
Sir Philip
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Sir Philip Sidney became one of the Elizabethan Age's most prominent figures. Famous in his day in England as a poet, courtier and soldier, he remains known as the author of Astrophel and Stella (1581, pub. 1591), The Defence of Poetry and The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (1580, pub. 1590).. Elizabethan era English poet courtier and soldier
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Siegel,
Eli
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Eli Siegel (August 16, 1902–November 8, 1978) was the poet and critic who founded the philosophy Aesthetic Realism in 1941. He wrote the award-winning poem, "Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana", two highly acclaimed volumes of poetry, a critical consideration of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw titled James and the Children, and Self and World: An Explanation of Aesthetic Realism.. Latvian-American poet and critic; founded the philosophy Aesthetic Realism
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Silliman,
Ron
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Ron Silliman (born 5 August 1946 in Pasco, Washington) is a contemporary American poet. He has written and edited over 30 books, and has had his poetry and criticism translated into 12 languages. He is often associated with language poetry. Between 1979 and 2004, Silliman wrote a single poem, The Alphabet. He has now begun writing a new poem, Universe, the first section of which appears to be called Revelator.. American poet; associated with Language poetry
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Silva,
Jose Asuncion
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Silverstein,
Shel
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An American poet, songwriter, musician, composer, screenwriter, and author of children's books.. American poet singer-songwriter musician composer cartoonist screenwriter and author of children's literature
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Simev,
Simeon
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Simeon or Simyon Simev (born on May 30, 1949 in Štip) is a poet, essayist and journalist in the Republic of Macedonia.. Macedonian poet essayist and journalist
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Simic,
Charles
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. Serbian-American poet; 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry US Poet Laureate 2007–2008
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Simpson,
Louis
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Louis Aston Marantz Simpson (born March 27, 1923 in Jamaica) is an American poet. He won the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his work At The End Of The Open Road.. Jamaican poet; 1964 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
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Singer,
Marilyn
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Marilyn Singer (born 1948) is an award-winning author of children's books in a wide variety of genres, including fiction and non-fiction picture books, juvenile novels and mysteries, young adult fantasies, and poetry.. American children's literature writer and poet
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Sinha,
Amara
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Amara Sinha (c. AD 375) was a Sanskrit grammarian and poet, of whose personal history hardly anything is known. He is said to have been "one of the nine gems that adorned the throne of Vikramaditya," and according to the evidence of Hsuan Tsang, this is the Chandragupta Vikramaditya (Chandragupta II) that flourished about AD 375.. Sanskrit grammarian and poet
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Sissay,
Lemn
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Sisson,
Charles Hubert (C H)
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Sitwell,
Dame Edith
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Skelton,
John
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John Skelton, also known as John Shelton (c. 1460 – 21 June 1529), possibly born in Diss, Norfolk, was an English poet.. English poet
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Skenderija,
Sasha
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Sasha (Saša) Skenderija (Vitez, Bosnia, former Yugoslavia, 4 July 1968) is a Bosnian poet currently residing in Ithaca, New York. He began publishing poetry, prose and criticism in Yugoslav literary journals in the late 1980s, graduating from the University of Sarajevo in 1991. After surviving six months of the siege of Sarajevo, he fled to Prague, where he received a Ph.D. in Information Science from Charles University (1997). Before moving to the United States, he worked as Assistant Professor at the LIS Institute of Charles University and as a Systems Librarian at the Czech State Library of Science and Technology in Prague. In 1999, with the help of translator and Cornell University linguistics professor Wayles Browne, Skenderija arrived in Ithaca, where he is Research Technology Coordinator at the Cornell Law Library. He continues to contribute to Charles University's New Media Studies Program, which he co-founded and where he co-developed the curriculum, as a visiting professor.. Bosnian-American poet
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Skillman,
Judith
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Skoog,
Ed
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Ed Skoog (born 1971, Topeka, Kansas) is an American poet.. American poet
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Slaveykov,
Pencho
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Pencho Petkov Slaveykov (Bulgarian: ) (27 April 1866 – 10 June 1912) was a noted Bulgarian poet and one of the participants in the Misal ("Thought") circle. He was the youngest son of the writer Petko Slaveykov.. Bulgarian poet
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Slaveykov,
Petko
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Petko Rachov Slaveykov (Bulgarian: ) (17 November 1827 - 1 July 1895) was a noted nineteenth-century Bulgarian poet, publicist, public figure and folklorist.. Bulgarian poet publicist folklorist
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Slessor,
Kenneth
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. Australian poet and journalist
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Slowacki,
Juliusz
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Slutsky,
Boris
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Boris Slutsky (Russian: ´ ´ ´; 7 May 1919 in Slovyansk, Ukraine — 22 February 1986 in Tula) was a Soviet poet of Russian language.. Russian poet
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Smart,
Christopher
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. English poet playwright
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Smart,
Elizabeth
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Smirnenski,
Hristo
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Hristo Smirnenski (Bulgarian: ), born as Hristo Izmirliev, (September 29, 1898 - June 18, 1923) was a Bulgarian poet and prose writer. His hometown was Kukush in Macedonia, Ottoman Empire, (today Kilkis, Greece), which had militant traditions and an enterprising population. Hristo spent a happy childhood in a friendly and understanding patriarchal home. He was a free, witty and playful child with a vivid imagination and keen sense of humour. He wrote songs, stories about birds and animals and rhyming jokes.. Bulgarian poet and writer
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Smith,
Margaret
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Margaret D. Smith (born 1958 in Norfolk, Virginia) is a poet, musician, and artist.. American poet musician and artist
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Smith,
Patti
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Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "Godmother of Punk", her work was a fusion of rock and poetry. Smith's most widely known song is "Because the Night", which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen and reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978. In 2005, Patti Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture, and in 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On November 17, 2010, she won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids.. American singer-songwriter poet and visual artist
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Smith,
Stevie
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. English poet and novelist
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Smollett,
Tobias
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Tobias George Smollett (19 March 1721 – 17 September 1771) was a Scottish poet and author. He was best known for his picaresque novels, such as The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748) and The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751), which influenced later novelists such as Charles Dickens.. Scottish poet and author
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Snyder,
Gary
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. American poet essayist lecturer and environmental activist; 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
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Södergran,
Edith
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Edith Irene Södergran (4 April 1892 – 24 June 1923) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish poet. She was one of the first modernists within Swedish-language literature and her influences came from French Symbolism, German expressionism and Russian futurism. At the age of 24 she released the first collection of poetry entitled Dikter ("Poems"). Södergran died at the age of 31, having contracted tuberculosis as a teenager, and did not live to experience the world wide appreciation of her poetry. Her poetry has influenced many lyrical poets and today Södergran is considered to have been one of the greatest modern Swedish poets. Södergran continues to influence Swedish poetry and musical lyrics, e.g. in the works of Mare Kandre, Gunnar Harding, Eva Runefelt and Eva Dahlgren.. Swedish-speaking Finnish poet
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Sogi,
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Soin,
Nishiyama
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Solway,
David
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David Solway (born 8 December 1941) is a Canadian poet, educational theorist, travel writer and literary critic of Jewish descent.. Canadian poet educational theorist travel writer and literary critic
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Somervile,
William
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William Somervile or Somerville (2 September 1675 – 19 July 1742) was an English poet.. English poet
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Sorley,
Charles
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. British war poet of World War I
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Soseki,
Natsume
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Soto,
Gary
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An American author and poet.. Mexican-American author and poet
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Southey,
Robert
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. English Romantic poet one of the "Lake Poets"; Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 1813–1843
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Southwell,
Robert
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Sir Robert Southwell (c. 1561 – 21 February 1595), also Saint Robert Southwell, was an English Jesuit priest and poet who worked as a missionary in post-Reformation England. He was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, and became a Catholic martyr. He was born at Horsham St. Faith in Norfolk, England.. English Roman Catholic priest of the Jesuit Order; poet and clandestine missionary
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Soyinka,
Wole
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Wole Soyinka was born on 13 July 1934 at Abeokuta, near Ibadan in western Nigeria. After preparatory university studies in 1954 at Government College in Ibadan, he continued at the University of Leeds, where, later, in 1973, he took his doctorate. During the six years spent in England, he was a dramaturgist at the Royal Court Theatre in London 1958-1959. In 1960, he was awarded a Rockefeller bursary and returned to Nigeria to study African drama. At the same time, he taught drama and literature at various universities in Ibadan, Lagos, and Ife, where, since 1975, he has been professor of comparative literature. In 1960, he founded the theatre group, "The 1960 Masks" and in 1964, the "Orisun Theatre Company", in which he has produced his own plays and taken part as actor.
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Soyinka,
Wole
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. Nigerian poet and playwright and poet awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature
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Spender,
Stephen
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Sir Stephen Harold Spender CBE (28 February 1909 – 16 July 1995) was an English poet, novelist and essayist who concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle in his work. He was appointed the seventeenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the United States Library of Congress in 1965.. English poet novelist and essayist; US Poet Laureate 1965–66
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Spenser,
Edmund
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Edmund Spenser was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of Modern English verse in its infancy, and one of the greatest poets in the English language.. English poet best known for The Faerie Queene
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Spicer,
Jack
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St Vincent Millay,
Edna
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Staff,
Leopold
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Leopold Staff (14 November 1878 in Lemberg – 31 May 1957 in Skarzysko-Kamienna) was a Polish poet and one of the greatest artists of European modernism honored two times by honorary degrees (honoris causa). He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Representative of classicism and symbolism in the poetry of Young Poland, an author of many philosophical poems strong influenced by the idea of the Übermensch, the ideas of the Franciscan order, and paradoxes of Christianity.. Polish poet
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Stafford,
William
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. American poet and pacifist; US Poet Laureate 1970–1971
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Standish,
Harold
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Harold Edwin Standish (24 September 1919 - 15 April 1972) was a Canadian poet and novelist, best known for his 1949 novel The Golden Time and his long poem The Lake of Souls (1957). A significant Canadian modernist along with the likes of Earle Birney, Douglas LePan, and Sheila Watson, Standish was known for his experiments with literary form and skeptical views of Canadian nationalism at a time, during the 1950s and 60s, when many Canadians sought to establish a distinctive literary tradition for Canada. Largely forgotten in recent years, his work remains significant for its vivid evocations of working class life in rural Southern Ontario.. Canadian poet and novelist
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Stanford,
Ann
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Ann Stanford (born November 25, 1916 La Habra, California - July 12, 1987) was an American poet.. American poet
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Stanhope Worsley,
Philip
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Philip Stanhope Worsley (12 August 1835 – 8 May 1866) was an English poet.. English poet
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Starbuck,
George
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George Edwin Starbuck (June 15, 1931 Columbus, Ohio - August 15, 1996 Tuscaloosa, Alabama) was an American poet of the neo-formalist school.. American neo-formalist poet
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Stavre Drenova,
Aleksander
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Aleksandër Stavre Drenova, best known under his pen name Asdreni (11 April 1872 - 1947), was one of the most well-known Albanian poets. One of his most recognizable poems is the Albanian National Anthem, Hymni i Flamurit.. Albanian poet
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Stefan,
Joseph
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Joseph Stefan (Slovene: Jožef Stefan) (24 March 1835 – 7 January 1893) was a physicist, mathematician and poet of Slovene mother tongue and Austrian citizenship.. Carinthian Slovene physicist mathematician and poet who lived in Austria
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Stein,
Gertrude
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An American writer, poet, feminist and playwright.. American Modernist innovator in prose and poetry art collector
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Stenbock,
Eric
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Count Eric Stanislaus (or Stanislaus Eric) Stenbock (March 12, 1860- April 26, 1895) was a Baltic German poet and writer of macabre fantastic fiction.. Baltic German poet and writer of macabre fantastic fiction
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Stepanek,
Mattie
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Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek (July 17, 1990 – June 22, 2004), known as Mattie Stepanek, was an American poet, who had six books of poetry and one book of essays all reach The New York Times bestsellers list. He became a peace advocate and motivational speaker, and lobbied on Capitol Hill on behalf of peace, people with disabilities, and children with life-threatening conditions.. American poet and advocate
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Stephen Hawker,
Robert
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Robert Stephen Hawker (3 December 1803 – 15 August 1875), was an Anglican clergyman, poet, antiquarian of Cornwall and reputed eccentric. He is best known as the writer of The Song of the Western Men, with its chorus line, And shall Trelawny die / Here's twenty thousand Cornish men / will know the reason why!, which he published anonymously in 1825. His name became known after Charles Dickens acknowledged his authorship of "The Song of the Western Men" in the serial magazine Household Words.. Anglican priest poet antiquarian of Cornwall
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Stephens,
James
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Sterenborg,
Fenny
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Stern,
Gerald
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. American poet
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Stevens,
C J
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Stevens,
Wallace
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A major American Modernist poet.. American Modernist poet
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Stevenson,
Robert Louis
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A Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a representative of Neo-romanticism in England.. Scottish novelist poet essayist and travel writer
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Stewart,
Douglas
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Stickney,
Trumbull
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Joseph Trumbull Stickney (June 20, 1874 – October 11, 1904) was an American classical scholar and poet. His style has been characterised as fin de siècle and he is known for his sonnets in particular.. American classical scholar and poet
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Still,
James
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Looking for James Still, Playwright. American poet novelist and folklorist
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Stojanovic,
Dejan
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Stone,
Donna J
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Stone,
Ruth
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Ruth Stone is an American poet, author, and teacher.. American poet author and teacher
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Stone Coates,
Grace
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Grace Stone Coates (1881–1976) wrote short stories, novels, poetry, and news articles. She spent most of her time writing out of her home in Martinsdale, Montana. Coates published her first poem, "The Intruder," in 1921 and her first novel, Black Cherries, in 1931. She co-edited and wrote for Frontier, a literary magazine edited by Harold G. Merriam, a creative writing professor at the University of Montana.. Montana writer
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Storm,
Theodor
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Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (14 September 1817 – 4 July 1888) was a German writer.. German writer poet
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Storni,
Alfonsina
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. Latin American Modernist poet
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Strand,
Mark
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. Canadian-born American poet essayist and translator; US Poet Laureate 1990–1991
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Strauss,
Botho
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Strode,
William
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Stroud,
Joseph
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Joseph Stroud, (born 1943, Glendale, California) is an American poet.. American poet
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Stuart,
Jesse
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Jesse Hilton Stuart (August 8, 1907 – February 17, 1984) was an American writer who is known for writing short stories, poetry, and novels about Southern Appalachia. Born and raised in Greenup County, Kentucky, Stuart relied heavily on the rural locale of Northeastern Kentucky for his writings. Stuart was named the Poet Laureate of Kentucky in 1954. He died at Jo-Lin nursing home in Ironton, Ohio, which is near his boyhood home.. American writer who is known for writing short stories poetry and novels about Southern Appalachia
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Subraman,
Belinda
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Suckling,
Sir John
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. English poet and inventor of the card game cribbage
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Summers,
Paul
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Paul G. Summers (born March 28, 1950) served as attorney general of the state of Tennessee, United States, from 1999 through September 2006. He previously served as a Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals (1990–1999) and as a District Attorney.. English poet
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Süreya,
Cemal
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Cemal Süreyya (born 1931 in Tunceli; died 1990 in Istanbul) was a poet and writer.. Turkish poet and writer
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Süskind,
Patrick
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Sutphen,
Joyce
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Sward,
Robert
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Robert Sward (born 1933) is an American and Canadian poet and novelist. Jack Foley, in his Introduction to Sward's Collected Poems, 1957-2004 (Black Moss Press, 2004) calls him, "in truth, a citizen, at heart, of both countries. At once a Canadian and American poet, one with a foot in both worlds, Sward also inhabits an enormous in-between." Or, as Rainer Maria Rilke puts it, "Every artist is born in an alien country; he has a homeland nowhere but within his own borders.". American and Canadian poet and novelist
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Swensen,
Cole
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Cole Swensen (b. 1955—, in Kentfield near San Francisco) is an American poet, translator, editor, copywriter, and professor. Swensen was awarded a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship and is the author of more than ten poetry collections and as many translations of works from the French. She received her B.A. and M.A. from San Francisco State University and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz before going on to become the now-Previous Director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Denver. She now teaches at the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa.. American poet translator editor copywriter and professor; Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry 2006
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Swenson,
Karen
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Karen Swenson (born July 29, 1936 New York City) is an American poet.. American poet
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Swenson,
May
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. American poet and playwright
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Swift,
Jonathan
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An Irish priest, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, and poet.. Anglo-Irish satirist essayist political pamphleteer poet and cleric
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Swinburne,
Algernon Charles
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. English poet playwright novelist and critic
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Swir,
Anna
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Sylvester,
Joshua
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Joshua Sylvester (1563 – 28 September 1618) was an English poet.. English poet
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Symons,
Arthur
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Szabó,
Lorinc
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Sze,
Arthur
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. Chinese American poet
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Szymborska,
Wislawa
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