Sei Shōnagon

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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).

World Poetry Day

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger. Hardcover Book first sold: July 16, 1951. Current cover design dated 1991? Previous solid maroon book cover with gold font designed by J.D. Salinger in response to racey pulp paper back book cover. bad books

5 Good Books That Inspired Bad Deeds

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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.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn in Ilulissat in Greenland. These ancient graves are pre christian and are at least 2000

14 Tough Questions Answered

Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.

Where Do Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories About the Rothschild Family Come From?

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci

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10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

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Sei Shōnagon: Facts & Related Content

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Born	c.966 • Japan
Died	c.1025 • Japan
Notable Works	“Pillow Book”

Abe Kōbō

Japanese author

Kakinomoto Hitomaro

Japanese poet

Ishikawa Takuboku

Japanese poet

Ki no Tsurayuki

Japanese writer

Kitano Takeshi

Japanese actor, director, writer, and television personality

Bashō

Japanese poet

Lafcadio Hearn

British-born writer and translator

Murasaki Shikibu

Japanese courtier and author

Ihara Saikaku

Japanese author

Hagiwara Sakutarō

Japanese poet

Kamo Chōmei

Japanese poet

Fujiwara Sadaie

Japanese poet

Kūkai

Japanese Buddhist monk

Iio Sōgi

Japanese poet

Kawakami Hajime

Japanese journalist

Buson

Japanese artist and poet

Masaoka Shiki

Japanese author

Fujiwara Shunzei

Japanese poet and critic

Issa

Japanese poet

Higuchi Ichiyō

Japanese author

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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

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

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

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

A Study of Poetry

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