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Born December 21, 1860 • Baltimore • Maryland
Died February 13, 1945 (aged 84) • Jerusalem • Israel
Founder Hadassah
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Zalman Shazar
president of Israel
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W.H. Auden
W. H. Auden
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Paula Gunn Allen
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
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David Remnick
David Remnick
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James Russell Lowell.
James Russell Lowell
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Art Spiegelman, 2008.
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Merwin, W.S.
W.S. Merwin
American poet and translator
H. L. Mencken stands on a staircase at his Baltimore home, holding a cigar and leaning on the banister, with framed pictures covering the wall behind him.
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