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Born	November 27, 1881 • Finland
Died	1934 (aged 52) • Helsinki • Finland
Notable Works	“Henkien taistelu” • “Hyvastijatto Lintukodolle” • “Kuolleet omenapuut” • “Putkinotko” • “Rakastunut rampa”
Movement / Style	naturalism

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Paavo Haavikko

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Theodore Dreiser

Theodore Dreiser

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Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane

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Gerhart Hauptmann

Gerhart Hauptmann

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Jens Peter Jacobsen, detail of an oil painting by E. Josephson, 1879; in the Nationalhistoriske Museum at Frederiksborg, Denmark.

Jens Peter Jacobsen

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Frans Eemil Sillanpää

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Veijo Meri

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Juhani Aho

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Aleksis Kivi

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Minna Canth

Minna Canth

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John Banim

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Concha Espina de Serna

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma.

Miguel de Cervantes

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D.H. Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence

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James Joyce wearing a dark suit, light tie, round glasses, and a hat, looking to the side outdoors in Zurich, Switzerland.

James Joyce

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Aleksandr Pushkin

Aleksandr Pushkin

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Ivan Turgenev

Ivan Turgenev

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Herman Melville

Herman Melville

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William Faulkner

William Faulkner

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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

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

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

A Study of Poetry