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Tagore,
Rabindranath
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A Bengali poet, philosopher, visual artist, playwright, composer, and novelist from India.. Bengali polymath; 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature
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Tahir ul-Qadri,
Muhammad
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Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri (Urdu: ) (born February 19, 1951, Jhang, Pakistan) is a Canada-based Pakistani Islamic Scholar and former professor of international constitutional law at the University of the Punjab.. Pakistani Sufi poet and scholar
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Tasevski-Eternijan,
Jovica
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Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan (Macedonian: -, pronounced ; born 25 July 1976, Skopje) is a renowned Macedonian poet, essayist and literary critic.. Macedonian poet essayist and literary critic
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Tasso,
Torquato
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Torquato Tasso (11 March 1544 – 25 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, best known for his poem La Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Delivered, 1580), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the siege of Jerusalem. He suffered from mental illness and died a few days before he was due to be crowned as the king of poets by the Pope. Until the beginning of the 19th century, Tasso remained one of the most widely read poets in Europe.. Italian poet; best known for Jerusalem Delivered
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Tate,
Allen
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John Orley Allen Tate (November 19, 1899 - February 9, 1979) was an American poet, essayist, social commentator, and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1943 to 1944.. American poet essayist social commentator; US Poet Laureate 1943–1944
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Tate,
James
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. American poet; 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
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Taylor,
Ann
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Taylor,
Edward
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. colonial American poet physician and pastor
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Taylor,
Henry
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Sir Henry Taylor (18 October 1800 – 27 March 1886) was an English dramatist.. English poet and dramatist
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Taylor,
Jane
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Taylor,
Marilyn L
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Teasdale,
Sara
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Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933), was an American lyrical poet. She was born Sara Trevor Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri, and after her marriage in 1914 she went by the name "'Sara Teasdale Filsinger'".. American lyrical poet
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Tebb,
Barry
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Telesilla,
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Tennyson,
Alfred Lord
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Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and is one of the most popular English poets. Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language.. English poet; Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 1850–1892
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Terranova,
Elaine
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Elaine Terranova (b. 1939 Philadelphia) is an American poet.. American poet
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Terry,
Lucy
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Lucy Terry (c.1730-1821) is the author of the oldest known work of literature by an African American.. African American poet; author of the oldest known work of literature by an African American
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Tessimond,
A S J
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Tevfik,
Neyzen
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Neyzen Tevfik (March 24, 1879 – January 28, 1953) was a Turkish poet, satirist, and neyzen (a "ney performer" in Turkish). He was born in Bodrum on March 24, 1879, and died in Istanbul on January 28, 1953. His name is occasionally misspelled as Neyzen Teyfik.. Turkish poet satirist and neyzen
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Thayer,
Ernest Lawrence
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the Magnificent,
Suleiman
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Suleiman I ( /sl i 'mn/; Ottoman Turkish: Suleyman, Modern Turkish: Süleyman (Turkish pronunciation: ), almost always Kanuni Sultan Süleyman; 6 November 1494 – 5/6/7 September 1566) was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1520 to his death in 1566. He is known in the West as Suleiman the Magnificent and in the East, as the Lawgiver (Turkish: Kanuni; Arabic:, al-Qanuni), for his complete reconstruction of the Ottoman legal system. Suleiman became a prominent monarch of 16th century Europe, presiding over the apex of the Ottoman Empire's military, political and economic power. Suleiman personally led Ottoman armies to conquer the Christian strongholds of Belgrade, Rhodes, and most of Hungary before his conquests were checked at the Siege of Vienna in 1529. He annexed most of the Middle East in his conflict with the Safavids and large swathes of North Africa as far west as Algeria. Under his rule, the Ottoman fleet dominated the seas from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.. ruler of the Ottoman Empire and Islamic poet
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Theocritus,
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Theuninck,
Jan
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Jan Theuninck (born 7 June 1954), is a Belgian painter and poet. Although born in Zonnebeke, Belgium, and a native speaker of Dutch, he writes in French and occasionally English. His painting is abstract, falling somewhere between minimalism and monochrome expressionism.. Belgian painter and poet
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Thiruvalluvar,
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Thomas,
Dylan
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A Welsh poet and writer.. Welsh poet and writer
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Thomas,
Edward
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. Anglo-Welsh poet and essayist
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Thomas,
Lorenzo
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Lorenzo Thomas (August 31, 1944 – July 4, 2005) was an American poet and critic. He was born in the Republic of Panama and grew up in New York City, where his family immigrated in 1948.. American poet and critic
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Thomas,
R S
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Thomas Malory,
Sir
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Sir Thomas Malory (c. 1405 – 14 March 1471) was an English writer, the author or compiler of Le Morte d'Arthur. The antiquary John Leland (1506–1552) as well as John Bale believed him to be Welsh, but most modern scholars, beginning with G. L. Kittredge in 1894, assume that he was Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel in Warwickshire, who was a knight, land-owner and Member of Parliament. The surname appears in various spellings, including, Mallerre, Maillorie, Mallory, Mallery, Maelor, Maleore, and as it seems he may have spelled it, Malleorré. The name comes from the Old French adjective maleüré (from Latin male auguratus) meaning ill-omened or unfortunate.. English writer and author of Le Morte d'Arthur
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Thompson,
Francis
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. English poet and ascetic
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Thompson,
John
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Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, KCMG, PC, QC (November 10, 1845 – December 12, 1894) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, politician, and university professor, who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Canada from December 5, 1892 to December 12, 1894, as well as the fifth Premier of Nova Scotia in 1882. He was the first Roman Catholic to hold the office of prime minister.. English-born Canadian poet
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Thomson,
James
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. Scottish poet and playwright; wrote lyrics of Rule Britannia!
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Thoreau,
Henry David
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An American author, development critic, transcendentalist, pacifist, and philosopher.. American author poet philosopher abolitionist naturalist tax resister development critic surveyor historian and leading transcendentalist
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Tibullus,
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Tichborne,
Chidiock
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Chidiock (Charles) Tichborne (1558 – 20 September 1586) is remembered as an English conspirator and poet.. English conspirator and poet
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Tickell,
Thomas
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Thomas Tickell (17 December 1685 – 23 April 1740) was a minor English poet and man of letters.. English poet and man of letters
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Tieck,
Ludwig
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Johann Ludwig Tieck (May 31, 1773 – April 28, 1853) was a German poet, translator, editor, novelist, writer of Novellen, and critic, who was one of the founding fathers of the Romantic movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.. German poet translator editor novelist and critic
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Tolkien,
J R R
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Toomer,
Jean
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. American poet and novelist; important figure of the Harlem Renaissance
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Traherne,
Thomas
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Thomas Traherne, MA (1636 or 1637 – ca. 27 September 1674) was an English poet and religious writer. His style is often considered Metaphysical.. English poet clergyman theologian and religious writer
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Trakl,
Georg
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. Austrian poet; considered one of the most important Austrian Expressionists
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Treadwell,
Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Treadwell (born 1967) is an American poet and fiction writer. Her works in prose include the novel The Queen of Cups (SFSU, 1997) and the story collection Populace (Avec Books, 1999). Her works in verse include the collections LILYFOIL + 3 (O Books, 2004), Chantry (Chax Press, 2004), Cornstarch Figurine (Dusie Books, 2006), Birds & Fancies (Shearsman Books, 2007), and Wardolly (Chax Press, 2008).. American poet
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Tremblay,
Michel
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Trethewey,
Natasha
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Trillin,
Calvin
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Calvin (Bud) Marshall Trillin (born December 5, 1935 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American journalist, humorist, food writer, poet, memoirist and novelist.. American journalist humorist food writer poet memoirist and novelist
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Troupe,
Quincy
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. American poet editor journalist and professor
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Trubetsky,
Tõnu
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Tõnu Trubetsky (born 24 April 1963), also known as Tony Blackplait, is an Estonian punk rock/glam punk musician, film and music video director, and individualist anarchist.. Estonian punk rock/glam punk musician film and music video director poet and individualist anarchist
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Trumbull,
John
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Tsvetaeva,
Marina
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. Russian and Soviet poet
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Tucholsky,
Kurt
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Kurt Tucholsky (January 9, 1890 – December 21, 1935) was a German-Jewish journalist, satirist and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser, Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wrobel. Born in Berlin-Moabit, he moved to Paris in 1924 and then to Sweden in 1930.. German-Jewish journalist satirist and writer
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Tumanyan,
Hovhannes
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Hovhannes Tumanyan (Armenian: ) (February 19, 1869 - March 23, 1923), is considered to be one of the greatest Armenian poets and writers. His work was mostly written in tragic form, often centering on the harsh lives of villagers in the Lori region.. Armenian writer and public activist; considered the national poet of Armenia
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Tuqay,
Gabdulla
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Turner,
Julian
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Julian Turner (born 1955) is a British poet and mental health worker. Turner was born in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, then moved to Cheshire in 1955. He now lives in Otley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, with his partner and their daughter.. British poet and mental health worker
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Turner Palgrave,
Francis
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Francis Turner Palgrave (28 September 1824 - 24 October 1897) was a British critic and poet.. British critic and poet
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Turner Smith,
Charlotte
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Charlotte Turner Smith (4 May 1749 – 28 October 1806) was an English Romantic poet and novelist. She initiated a revival of the English sonnet, helped establish the conventions of Gothic fiction, and wrote political novels of sensibility.. English Romantic poet and novelist
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Tusa,
Chris
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Tusser,
Thomas
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Thomas Tusser (1524–1580) was an English poet and farmer, best known for his instructional poem Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, published in 1557, and for the oft-repeated proverb, "A fool and his money are soon parted.". English poet and farmer
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Tuwhare,
Hone
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Hone Tuwhare (21 October 1922 – 16 January 2008) was a noted New Zealand poet of Maori ancestry. He is closely associated with The Catlins in the Otago region of New Zealand, where he lived for the latter part of his life.. New Zealand poet of M?ori ancestry
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Tuwim,
Julian
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Julian Tuwim (September 13, 1894 – December 27, 1953) (the surname comes from the Hebrew "", "tovim", "good"), sometimes used pseudonym "Oldlen" when writing song lyrics. He was a Polish poet, born in Lódz, Congress Poland, Russian Empire, of Jewish parents, and educated in Lódz and Warsaw where he studied law and philosophy at Warsaw University. In 1919 Tuwim co-founded the Skamander group of experimental poets with Antoni Slonimski and Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz. He was a major figure in Polish literature, and was also known for his contribution to children's literature.. Polish poet of Jewish descent
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Twain,
Mark
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Twardowski,
Jan
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Jan Jakub Twardowski (June 1, 1915 – January 18, 2006) was a famous Polish poet, but, as he said of himself, he was a priest (of the Catholic Church) first of all. He was a chief Polish representative of contemporary religious lyrics. He wrote short, simple poems, humorous, sometimes with colloquialisms. He joins observation of nature with philosophical reflexion.. Polish poet and priest
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Twichell,
Chase
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Chase Twichell (born 1950) is an American poet, professor, and publisher, the founder in 1999, of Ausable Press. Her most recent poetry collection is Horses Where the Answers Should Have Been (Copper Canyon Press, 2010). She is the winner of several awards in writing from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the American Academy of Arts and Letters and The Artists Foundation. Additionally, she has received fellowships from both the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Her poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including The New Yorker, Field, Ploughshares, The Georgia Review, The Paris Review, Poetry, The Nation, and The Yale Review.. American poet professor and publisher
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Tynan,
Katharine
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Tyutchev,
Fyodor
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Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (Russian: ´ ´; December 5 1803 - July 27 1873) is generally considered the last of three great Romantic poets of Russia, following Alexander Pushkin and Mikhail Lermontov.. Russian poet; last of three great Romantic poets of Russia
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Tzara,
Tristan
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. Romanian and French avant-garde poet essayist and performance artist; one of the founders and central figures of the Dada movement
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