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Adolfo Bioy Casares
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Also Known As B. Lynch Davis • H. Bustos Domecq • Honorio Bustos Domecq • B. Suarez Lynch • Martin Sacastru • Javier Miranda
Born September 15, 1914 • Buenos Aires • Argentina • (Birthday in 6 days)
Died March 8, 1999 (aged 84) • Buenos Aires • Argentina
Awards And Honors Cervantes Prize (1990)
Notable Works “Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi” • “The Dream of Heroes” • “The Invention of Morel”
Tomás Eloy Martínez
Argentine novelist, journalist, and educator
José Bianco
Argentine writer and editor
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine author
Kay Boyle
American author
Joan Aiken.
Joan Aiken
British author
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Augusto Roa Bastos
Paraguayan writer
Mutis, Álvaro
Álvaro Mutis
Colombian author
José Emilio Pacheco
Mexican author
Victoria Ocampo
Argentine editor and publisher
Leopoldo Lugones
Argentine poet
Cortázar, Julio
Julio Cortázar
Argentine author
Manuel Mujica Láinez
Argentine writer
Esteban Echeverría
Argentine writer
Storni, Alfonsina
Alfonsina Storni
Argentine writer
Manuel Rojas
Chilean writer
Leopoldo Marechal
Argentine author
Ezequiel Martínez Estrada
Argentine author
Ricardo Piglia
Argentine author and critic
Ricardo Güiraldes
Argentine writer

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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