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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
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
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Gyula Illyés: Facts & Related Content

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Born November 2, 1902 • Hungary
Died April 14, 1983 (aged 80) • Budapest • Hungary
Notable Works “People of the Puszta”
Tibor Déry
Hungarian writer
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson.
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson
Norwegian author
Mihály Vörösmarty, detail of a steel engraving by C.A. Schwerdgeburth, after a drawing by Miklós Barabás.
Mihály Vörösmarty
Hungarian writer
Béla Balázs
Hungarian writer
János Mailáth, lithograph by J. Ruprecht.
János, Count Mailáth
Hungarian author
Ferenc Herczeg
Hungarian writer
Mihály Babits
Hungarian author
Lajos Kassák
Hungarian writer
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Tobias Smollett
Scottish novelist
Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian author
Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
Constance Lindsay Skinner
American writer and historian
Schickele
René Schickele
German writer
Catulle Mendès.
Catulle Mendès
French author
Klaus Rifbjerg
Danish writer
Eunice Tietjens
poet, novelist, and editor
Farkas Bolyai
Hungarian mathematician and writer
Péter Nádas
Hungarian author
János Arany
János Arany
Hungarian poet

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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
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry