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Also Known As Daniël Heins
Born January 9, 1580 or June 9, 1580 • Ghent • Belgium
Died February 25, 1655 • Leiden • Netherlands
Notable Works “Poetics”

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Heinsius, Daniël
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Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
Quasimodo
Salvatore Quasimodo
Italian poet
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel
Dutch writer
Painting of Samuel Johnson showing Johnson seated at a desk with a quill in hand and papers before him, wearing a brown coat and white wig.
Samuel Johnson
English author
Poet John Dryden
John Dryden
British author
Wole Soyinka, 2015
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian author
Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy
British poet
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Constance Lindsay Skinner
American writer and historian
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Jean de La Taille
French author
Gerstenberg, engraving
Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg
German writer
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Pedro António Correia Garção
Portuguese poet
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Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin
French author
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Douglas Stewart
New Zealand writer
Catulle Mendès.
Catulle Mendès
French author
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Jacques Grévin
French author
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Sir J. C. Squire
British journalist and author
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Hella S. Haasse
Dutch author
Portrait of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft by Joachim von Sandrart, showing Hooft with light brown hair, a trimmed beard, and a white lace collar against a dark background.
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
Dutch author
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Albert Verwey
Dutch poet
Coornhert, Dirck Volckertszoon
Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert
Dutch author

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