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Born August 3, 1857 • Davenport • Iowa
Died April 24, 1934 (aged 76) • Chicago • Illinois
Notable Works “The Republic”
Subjects Of Study Plato • Platonism
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Donald Justice
American poet and editor
Engraved portrait of Marsilio Ficino wearing a cap and cloak, shown in three-quarter view looking over his shoulder, with detailed lines and shading.
Marsilio Ficino
Italian philosopher and theologian
Quasimodo
Salvatore Quasimodo
Italian poet
Opitz, Martin
Martin Opitz
German poet
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Charlotte Endymion Porter
American editor
Merwin, W.S.
W.S. Merwin
American poet and translator
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Louis Zukofsky
American poet
Robert Pinsky
Robert Pinsky
American poet and critic
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Dudley Fitts
American teacher, critic, poet and translator
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Richmond Lattimore
American poet and translator
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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Norwegian author
Portrait of poet Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
English author
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
Chilean poet
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Martial
Roman poet
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, woodcut, 1537.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman
Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes
English poet
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Poliziano
Italian poet and humanist
Haim Naḥman Bialik.
Haim Naḥman Bialik
Russian-Jewish writer
Eugenio Montale
Eugenio Montale
Italian author
Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov, portrait by an unknown artist.
Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov
Russian author

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