Miguel Hernández

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Miguel Hernández: Facts & Related Content

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Born	October 30, 1910 • Orihuela • Spain
Died	March 28, 1942 (aged 31) • Alicante • Spain
Notable Works	“Cancionero y romancero de ausencias” • “El rayo que no cesa”

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish writer

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Spanish author

Lope de Vega

Spanish author

Federico García Lorca

Spanish writer

Juan del Encina

Spanish author and composer

José Zorrilla y Moral

Spanish writer

Ángel de Saavedra, duke de Rivas

Spanish author

José de Espronceda y Delgado

Spanish poet

Gregorio Martínez Sierra

Spanish dramatist

Antonio Machado

Spanish author

Gómez Manrique

Spanish author

Manuel Machado

Spanish author

Gaspar Núñez de Arce

Spanish poet

Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch

Spanish writer

Gil Vicente

Portuguese dramatist

Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda

Cuban Spanish playwright

Serafín Álvarez Quintero

Spanish writer

Joaquín Álvarez Quintero

Spanish writer

Tirso de Molina

Spanish dramatist

Antonio Buero Vallejo

Spanish playwright

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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

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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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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

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