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Also Known As Gustavo Adolfo DomĂ­nguez Bastida
Born February 17, 1836 ‱ Sevilla ‱ Spain
Died December 22, 1870 (aged 34) ‱ Madrid ‱ Spain
Notable Works “Leyendas” ‱ “Rimas”
Early 20th century black and white portrait of poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, seated and resting his face on his hand.
Federico GarcĂ­a Lorca
Spanish writer
Luis de LeĂłn
Luis de LeĂłn
Spanish poet
Spanish poet Quevedo y Villegas
Francisco GĂłmez de Quevedo y Villegas
Spanish writer
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José Ángel Valente
Spanish poet and essayist
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Rosa Chacel
Spanish writer
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Rosario de Acuña
Spanish writer
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Vicente Aleixandre
Spanish poet
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DĂĄmaso Alonso
Spanish writer
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José de Cadalso y Våzquez
Spanish 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
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John Donne
English poet
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Anglo-Irish author and clergyman
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley
English poet
William Butler Yeats seated, wearing round glasses and a textured jacket, looking directly at the camera in a black and white portrait from around 1923.
William Butler Yeats
Irish author and poet
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
British author
Pound, Ezra
Ezra Pound
American poet
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Tillie Olsen
American author
Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison
English author
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William Morris
British artist and author
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Lu Xun
Chinese writer

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