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Poetry: First Lines
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Born February 25, 1937 • Camagüey • Cuba
Died June 8, 1993 (aged 56) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Cobra” • “From Cuba with a Song” • “Gestos” • “Maitreya”
Lezama Lima, José
José Lezama Lima
Cuban author
José Martí
José Martí
Cuban patriot
Roberto Fernández Retamar
Cuban author and critic
Cintio Vitier
Cuban writer
Augusto de Campos
Brazilian poet and critic
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
Leopoldo Lugones
Argentine poet
Vicente Huidobro
Chilean writer
Edgar du Perron
Dutch writer and critic
Antonio Benítez Rojo
Cuban writer
Miguel Barnet
Cuban writer
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Cuban author
Virgilio Piñera
Cuban writer
Reinaldo Arenas
Cuban writer
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
English author
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
French critic
Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian author

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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
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
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