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Portrait of Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist and poet, with glasses, prominent sideburns, and formal attire, photographed in 1901.

Sigrid Undset seated at a desk with bookshelves behind her, looking toward the camera, in a black and white photograph from around 1928.

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Portrait of Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist and poet, with glasses, prominent sideburns, and formal attire, photographed in 1901.

Henrik Ibsen

Norwegian dramatist and poet

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Jørgen Engebretsen Moe

Norwegian author

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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Norwegian author

Jon Fosse

Jon Fosse

Norwegian author

Sigrid Undset

Sigrid Undset

Norwegian author

Karl Ove Knausgaard

Karl Ove Knausgaard

Norwegian author

Jo Nesbø

Jo Nesbø

Norwegian writer and musician

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson.

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson

Norwegian author

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Robert Bly

American author

Knut Hamsun

Knut Hamsun

Norwegian author

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Jostein Gaarder

Norwegian writer

Garborg, Arne Evensen

Arne Evensen Garborg

Norwegian author

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Sverre Fehn

Norwegian architect

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Nordahl Grieg

Norwegian author

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Alfred Hauge

Norwegian writer

Fløgstad, Kjartan

Kjartan Fløgstad

Norwegian writer

Duun, Olav

Olav Duun

Norwegian writer

Kielland, Alexander Lange

Alexander Lange Kielland

Norwegian writer

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Jens Bjørneboe

Norwegian author

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Johan Borgen

Norwegian author

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