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Born	November 4, 1862 • Abu • India
Died	December 29, 1960 (aged 98) • near Exeter • England

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English poet

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Noël Coward

English playwright, actor, and composer

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Robin Maugham

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Keith Waterhouse

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Simon Raven

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Robert Williams Buchanan

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Patrick Kavanagh

Irish poet

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Christopher Isherwood

British-American author

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English poet, novelist, and playwright

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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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