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Born February 9, 1783 • Tula • Russia
Died April 24, 1852 (aged 69) • Baden-Baden • Germany
Movement / Style Arzamas society
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Wilhelm Müller
German poet
Hviezdoslav
Hviezdoslav
Slovak poet
Opitz, Martin
Martin Opitz
German poet
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Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt
German writer and translator
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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Robert Bly
American author
Bürger, Gottfried August
Gottfried August Bürger
German poet
Freiligrath, Ferdinand
Ferdinand Freiligrath
German poet
Johann Heinrich Voss, lithograph.
Johann Heinrich Voss
German poet
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Andrew Lang
British scholar
Christoph Martin Wieland.
Christoph Martin Wieland
German poet
Elijah Fenton, engraving
Elijah Fenton
British poet
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Edwin Muir
Scottish writer
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Salomon Gessner
Swiss writer and artist
Broome, engraving by J.-M. Delattre after a portrait by D. Heins, 18th century
William Broome
British scholar and poet
Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov, portrait by an unknown artist.
Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov
Russian author
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Nina Berberova
Russian-American writer
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
English artist
Simon Armitage
Simon Armitage
British poet, playwright, and novelist

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