Jean Renart

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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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Flourished	1200 - 1222
Notable Works	“Guillaume de Dôle” • “L’Escoufle” • “Lai de l’ombre”

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Chrétien de Troyes

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Scarron, engraving by Georg Friedrich Schmidt after a drawing by Antoine Boizot

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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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