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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	Beidao • Zhao Zhenkai • Pei Tao
Born	August 2, 1949 (age 75) • Beijing • China
Founder	“Jintian”

Qian Zhongshu

Chinese scholar and author

Hu Feng

Chinese literary theorist

Ezra Pound

American poet

Ziya Gökalp

Turkish author

Donald Davidson

American author

Hu Shih

Chinese leader and scholar

Ouyang Xiu

Chinese author and statesman

Lu Xun

Chinese writer

Mi Fu

Chinese artist

Han Yu

Chinese author

Bingxin

Chinese author

Gu Kaizhi

Chinese painter

Gong Zizhen

Chinese author

Augusto de Campos

Brazilian poet and critic

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Samuel Johnson

English author

John Donne

English poet

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Henry David Thoreau

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Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

French critic

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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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