Mihály Babits: Quick Facts

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Born	November 26, 1883 • Szekszárd • Austria-Hungary
Died	August 4, 1941 (aged 57) • Budapest • Hungary
Notable Works	“Halálfiai”

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Nahum Tate

English writer

Tieck, detail of an oil painting by K. Vogel von Vogelstein, 1834; in the National Gallery, Berlin

Ludwig Tieck

German writer

Christoph Martin Wieland.

Christoph Martin Wieland

German poet

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Gabre-Medhin Tsegaye

Ethiopian author

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Gregorio Martínez Sierra

Spanish dramatist

Portrait of poet Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

English author

Schlegel, August Wilhelm von

August Wilhelm von Schlegel

German scholar and critic

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Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt

German writer and translator

David Garrick as Richard III

David Garrick

English actor, poet, and producer

Vajiravudh

Vajiravudh

king of Siam

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Tsubouchi Shōyō

Japanese author

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Wolf Heinrich, count von Baudissin

German diplomat and translator

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Charlotte Endymion Porter

American editor

Lamb, Mary Ann; Lamb, Charles

Charles Lamb

British author

Harley Granville-Barker, detail of an oil painting by Jacques-Emile Blanche, 1930; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Harley Granville-Barker

British author and producer

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Delia Salter Bacon

American author

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Jan Kasprowicz

Polish writer

Mary Ann Lamb, detail of an oil painting by Francis Stephen Cary, 1834; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Mary Ann Lamb

British author

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Otto Ludwig

German writer

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Johann Elias Schlegel

German author and critic

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

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