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Born February 2, 1583? • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Died December 6, 1651 • Alkmaar • Netherlands
Notable Works “Sinnepoppen”
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Guido Gezelle
Flemish poet and priest
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel
Dutch writer
Cats, Jacob
Jacob Cats
Dutch author
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Albert Verwey
Dutch poet
Coornhert, Dirck Volckertszoon
Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert
Dutch author
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Hermanus Johannes Aloysius Maria Schaepman
Dutch statesman
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Frederik Willem van Eeden
Dutch author and physician
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Willem Kloos
Dutch author
Heinsius, Daniël
Daniël Heinsius
Dutch poet
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Roemer Visscher
Dutch poet
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Hendrik Marsman
Dutch poet and critic
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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Norwegian author
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Charlotte Endymion Porter
American editor
Portrait of poet Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
English author
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Martial
Roman poet
Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes
English poet
Merwin, W.S.
W.S. Merwin
American poet and translator
Haim Naḥman Bialik.
Haim Naḥman Bialik
Russian-Jewish writer
Eugenio Montale
Eugenio Montale
Italian author
Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov, portrait by an unknown artist.
Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov
Russian author

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