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Born	1940 (age 86) • Maputo • Mozambique
Political Affiliation	Frelimo

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Rui de Noronha

African poet and journalist

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Luís Bernardo Honwana

Mozambican author

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José Craveirinha

East African writer

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Charlotte Endymion Porter

American editor

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

Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Mazzini

Giuseppe Mazzini

Italian revolutionary

Senegalese Pres. Léopold Senghor addressing the United Nations General Assembly, 1961

Léopold Senghor

president of Senegal

Drawing of Sri Aurobindo with long hair, mustache, and a pointed beard, shown facing forward with a calm expression.

Sri Aurobindo

Indian philosopher and yogi

Photo of Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu

Indian writer and political leader

Eugenio Montale

Eugenio Montale

Italian author

Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov, portrait by an unknown artist.

Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov

Russian author

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Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

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Dato’ Onn bin Jaafar

Malaysian politician

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John Crowe Ransom

American poet and critic

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Metta Victoria Fuller Victor

American author

António Feliciano de Castilho

António Feliciano de Castilho

Portuguese poet and translator

Thomas Hood, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Thomas Hood

British poet

Portrait of William Michael Rossetti by Sir William Rothenstein, oil on canvas, 1909; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

William Michael Rossetti

English art critic

Schickele

René Schickele

German writer

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Clément Pansaers

Belgian poet

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

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