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Also Known As Bhartendu
Born September 9, 1850 • Varanasi • India
Died January 6, 1885 (aged 34) • Varanasi • India
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Kalidasa
Indian author
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Bhavabhuti
Indian writer
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Nissim Ezekiel
Indian poet and playwright
Portrait of Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore with long wavy hair and a full beard, wearing a simple robe and looking directly at the camera.
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Indian author
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Ashvaghosha
Indian philosopher and poet
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
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
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker
American author
Émile Verhaeren, drawing by Lucien Wolles, c. 1900; in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels.
Émile Verhaeren
Belgian poet
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Jeannette Leonard Gilder
American editor and writer
John Jay Chapman.
John Jay Chapman
American writer
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Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe
American writer
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Charles Van Lerberghe
Belgian poet
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Marya Mannes
American author and critic
Paulding, James Kirke
James Kirke Paulding
American writer
Robert Duncan
Robert Duncan
American poet
Schickele
René Schickele
German writer
Kästner, 1970
Erich Kästner
German author

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