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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

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Also Known As	Ch’ien Chung-shu
Born	November 21, 1910 • Wuxi • China
Died	December 19, 1998 (aged 88) • Beijing • China
Notable Works	“Fortress Besieged” • “Limited Views”
Subjects Of Study	literature

Robert Louis Stevenson

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D.H. Lawrence

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James Joyce

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William Butler Yeats

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Oscar Wilde

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Luigi Pirandello

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Rudyard Kipling

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Graham Greene

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Margaret Atwood

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Edmund Wilson

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G.K. Chesterton

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Chinua Achebe

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Sir Stephen Spender

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Doris Lessing

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Muriel Spark

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Carl Spitteler

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Claude McKay

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Nick Joaquin

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Ben Okri

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James Crerar Reaney

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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

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