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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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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

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Born	June 18, 1903 • France
Died	December 12, 1923 (aged 20) • Paris • France
Notable Works	theatrical production • “The Devil in the Flesh”

Victor Hugo

French writer

Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

French author

Alphonse Daudet

French author

Jean Cocteau

French poet and artist

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Moroccan author

François Mauriac

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Jules Romains

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

Paul Scarron

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Catulle Mendès

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Chapelain, engraving by Robert Nanteuil, 1655

Jean Chapelain

French author

Jean Richepin

French author

Jacques Audiberti

French playwright

Jean Aicard

French poet

Jules Supervielle

French author

Anne Hébert

Canadian poet and novelist

Assia Djebar

Algerian writer and filmmaker

Mohammed Dib

Algerian author

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Italian-French author

Suzanne Lilar

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Kateb Yacine

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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

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

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