Aleksis Kivi

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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	Aleksis Stenvall
Born	October 10, 1834 • Finland
Died	December 31, 1872 (aged 38) • Finland
Notable Works	“Nummisuutarit” • “Seven Brothers”

Paavo Haavikko

Finnish author

Veijo Meri

Finnish author

Eeva Liisa Manner

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Minna Canth

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish writer

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

Victor Hugo

French writer

Aleksandr Pushkin

Russian author

Ivan Turgenev

Russian author

James Joyce

Irish author

Oscar Wilde

Irish author

Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

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Luigi Pirandello

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Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

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Oliver Goldsmith

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Bertolt Brecht

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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:

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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

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