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Born	May 5, 1862 • Antwerp • Belgium
Died	December 10, 1931 (aged 69) • Antwerp • Belgium
Notable Works	“La Louange de la vie” • “Sous les tentes de l’Exode”
Movement / Style	Symbolism

Émile Verhaeren

Belgian poet

Georges Rodenbach

Belgian poet

Marcel Broodthaers

Belgian artist

Charles Plisnier

Belgian author

Suzanne Lilar

Belgian author

Paul Nougé

Belgian author

Clément Pansaers

Belgian poet

Henry Bauchau

Belgian author

Christian Dotremont

Belgian author

André van Hasselt

Belgian poet

Conrad Detrez

Belgian author

Max Waller

Belgian poet

Marcel Thiry

Belgian author

Marie Gevers

Belgian writer

Émile Cammaerts

Belgian poet and writer

Géo Norge

Belgian author

Maurice Maeterlinck

Belgian author

Charles Van Lerberghe

Belgian poet

Karel van de Woestijne

Flemish author

Jean Lemaire de Belges

Belgian poet

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

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