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Born December 25, 1857 • Angola
Died March 2, 1894 (aged 36) • Angola
Notable Works “Delirios”
Subjects Of Study Angolan literature • oral literature • Mbundu • folklore
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Óscar Ribas
Portuguese-Angolan folklorist
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Manuel dos Santos Lima
Angolan author
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Mário António
Angolan author
António Feliciano de Castilho
António Feliciano de Castilho
Portuguese poet and translator
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Şemseddin Sami Fraşeri
Albanian author and lexicographer
Almeida de Portugal, Leonor de
Leonor de Almeida de Portugal
Portuguese poet
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Tiyo Soga
South African author
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S. Adeboye Babalola
Nigerian poet and scholar
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José Luandino Vieira
Angolan author
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Fernando Monteiro de Castro Soromenho
Angolan novelist
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Geraldo Bessa Victor
Angolan poet
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António Jacinto
Angolan poet
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Arlindo Barbeitos
Angolan poet
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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Norwegian author
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm
German author, folklorist, and philologist
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
James Joyce wearing a dark suit, light tie, round glasses, and a hat, looking to the side outdoors in Zurich, Switzerland.
James Joyce
Irish author
Daniel Defoe, engraving by M. Van der Gucht, after a portrait by J. Taverner, first half of the 18th century.
Daniel Defoe
English author
Anne Carson
Anne Carson
Canadian poet
Friedrich Hölderlin
Friedrich Hölderlin
German poet

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