Jan van Nijlen: Quick Facts

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Born	November 10, 1884 • Antwerp • Belgium
Died	August 14, 1965 (aged 80) • Belgium
Notable Works	“Gedichten, 1904–1938”

Guido Gezelle

Flemish poet and priest

Paul van Ostaijen

Flemish writer

Herman Teirlinck

Flemish author

Hugo Claus

Belgian writer, director, and painter

Willem Elsschot

Belgian writer

Karel van de Woestijne

Flemish author

Felix Timmermans

Belgian novelist

Albrecht Rodenbach

Flemish writer

Jacob van Maerlant

Dutch poet

Edgar du Perron

Dutch writer and critic

Henriëtte Goverdina Anna Roland Holst-van der Schalk

Dutch poet and socialist

Marcel Broodthaers

Belgian artist

Maurice Maeterlinck

Belgian author

Émile Verhaeren

Belgian poet

Hendrik Conscience

Belgian novelist

Françoise Mallet-Joris

Belgian author

Dominique Rolin

Belgian author

Charles Van Lerberghe

Belgian poet

Jean Ray

Belgian author

Charles Plisnier

Belgian author

Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

Poetry: First Lines

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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