León Felipe

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Also Known As	Felipe Camino Galicia de la Rosa
Born	April 11, 1884 • Spain
Died	September 18, 1968 (aged 84) • Mexico City • Mexico
Notable Works	“Song of Myself”

Manuel José Quintana

Spanish poet

Gregorio Martínez Sierra

Spanish dramatist

Luis Cernuda

Spanish poet and critic

Carlos Bousoño

Spanish poet and critic

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Spanish author

José Francisco de Isla

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Esteban Manuel de Villegas

Spanish poet

Juan Boscán Almogáver

Spanish poet

Pedro de Espinosa

Spanish poet

Charlotte Endymion Porter

American editor

Ezra Pound

American poet

Robert Bly

American author

Guo Moruo

Chinese scholar

Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov

Russian author

José Emilio Pacheco

Mexican author

Anthony Munday

English poet, dramatist, pamphleteer, and translator

Edward FitzGerald

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Louis Zukofsky

American poet

Robert Pinsky

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Mark Strand

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