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Johan Borgen

Norwegian author

Jon Fosse

Jon Fosse

Norwegian author

Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen

Norwegian dramatist and poet

Robert Bly

American author

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson.

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson

Norwegian author

Karl Ove Knausgaard

Karl Ove Knausgaard

Norwegian author

Jo Nesbø

Jo Nesbø

Norwegian writer and musician

Knut Hamsun

Knut Hamsun

Norwegian author

Garborg, Arne Evensen

Arne Evensen Garborg

Norwegian author

Jostein Gaarder

Norwegian writer

Sverre Fehn

Norwegian architect

Jens Bjørneboe

Norwegian author

Nordahl Grieg

Norwegian author

Duun, Olav

Olav Duun

Norwegian writer

Sigrid Undset

Sigrid Undset

Norwegian author

Alfred Hauge

Norwegian writer

Fløgstad, Kjartan

Kjartan Fløgstad

Norwegian writer

Kielland, Alexander Lange

Alexander Lange Kielland

Norwegian writer

Amalie Skram

Amalie Skram

Norwegian novelist

Falkberget, Johan Petter

Johan Petter Falkberget

Norwegian novelist

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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:

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