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Also Known As	Aage Tom Kristensen
Born	August 4, 1893 • London • England
Died	June 2, 1974 (aged 80) • near Svendborg • Denmark
Notable Works	“Abenhjertige fortielser: Erindringsglimt” • “Fribytterdrømme” • “Havoc” • “Paafuglefjeren”

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Johannes V. Jensen

Danish author

C. Day-Lewis, 1968.

C. Day-Lewis

British poet

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Babette Deutsch

American poet, critic, translator, and novelist

Jens Peter Jacobsen, detail of an oil painting by E. Josephson, 1879; in the Nationalhistoriske Museum at Frederiksborg, Denmark.

Jens Peter Jacobsen

Danish author

Hans Adolf Brorson, engraving by M. Bernigeroth.

Hans Adolf Brorson

Danish clergyman and author

Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire

French author

C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis

Irish-born author and scholar

Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

American author

François Mauriac

François Mauriac

French author

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Cesare Pavese

Italian author

Louise Bogan, 1967

Louise Bogan

American poet and literary critic

H.D.

H.D.

American poet

Portrait of Gilbert Keith Chesterton wearing glasses and a suit, with a mustache and tousled hair, looking directly at the camera.

G.K. Chesterton

British author

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Robert Graves

British writer

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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José Emilio Pacheco

Mexican author

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Jacob Glatstein

American author and literary critic

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Suzanne Lilar

Belgian author

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Artur Lundkvist

Swedish writer and critic

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