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Born October 31, 1864 • Iceland
Died January 12, 1940 (aged 75) • Iceland
Notable Works “Hafblik” • “Hrannir” • “Hvammar” • “Sögur og kvaedi” • “Vogar”
Movement / Style Neoromanticism • Symbolism
Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov, portrait by an unknown artist.
Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov
Russian author
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Jóhannes Bjarni Jónasson
Icelandic poet
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Tómas Gudmundsson
Icelandic poet
Hallgrímsson, Jónas
Jónas Hallgrímsson
Icelandic poet
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Gudbrandur Vigfússon
Icelandic linguist
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Matthías Jochumsson
Icelandic author
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Steingrímur Thorsteinsson
Icelandic poet
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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
Quasimodo
Salvatore Quasimodo
Italian poet
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Guido Gezelle
Flemish poet and priest
Opitz, Martin
Martin Opitz
German poet
António Feliciano de Castilho
António Feliciano de Castilho
Portuguese poet and translator
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Artur Lundkvist
Swedish writer and critic

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