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Also Known As John Anthony Ciardi
Born June 24, 1916 • Boston • Massachusetts
Died March 30, 1986 (aged 69) • Edison • New Jersey
Notable Works “Inferno” • “Paradiso” • “Purgatorio”
Robert Pinsky
Robert Pinsky
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Eugenio Montale
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Kenneth Rexroth
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Robert Bly
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H.D.
American poet
Hearn, Lafcadio
Lafcadio Hearn
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American poet Carolyn Forché, 1989
Carolyn Forché
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Babette Deutsch
American poet, critic, translator, and novelist

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