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Also Known As	Herman Theodor Portaas
Born	July 20, 1886 • Norway
Died	September 27, 1959 (aged 73) • Norway
Notable Works	“Høstens lyre” • “Kjœrtegn” • “Nyinger” • “Owls to Athens”

Jørgen Engebretsen Moe

Norwegian author

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Norwegian author

Henrik Ibsen

Norwegian dramatist and poet

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson

Norwegian author

Arne Evensen Garborg

Norwegian author

Nordahl Grieg

Norwegian author

Alfred Hauge

Norwegian writer

Kjartan Fløgstad

Norwegian writer

Jens Bjørneboe

Norwegian author

Arnulf Øverland

Norwegian poet

Aasmund Olafson Vinje

Norwegian writer

Henrik Arnold Wergeland

Norwegian poet

Petter Dass

Norwegian poet

Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer Welhaven

Norwegian poet

Nils Collett Vogt

Norwegian author

Magnus Brostrup Landstad

Norwegian poet

Tore Ørjasæter

Norwegian poet

Johan Nordahl Brun

Norwegian author

Olav Aukrust

Norwegian poet

Kristofer Oliver Uppdal

Norwegian novelist

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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

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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