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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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Camel at Khor Rori, Oman; mammal.

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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.

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Hindu Holi Festival celebrations with colored water, powder and colorful flower petals thrown over celebrants at a Hindu temple in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India on March 24, 2021.

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Panoramic view at sunrise of moai, Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile

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Also Known As	Julian Randolph Stow
Born	November 28, 1935 • Geraldton • Australia
Died	May 29, 2010 (aged 74) • Harwich • England
Notable Works	“Midnite: The Story of a Wild Colonial Boy” • “A Haunted Land” • “The Bystander” • “The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea” • “Suburbs of Hell, The” • “To the Islands”

David Malouf

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Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht

German dramatist

Hofmannsthal, photograph by Thea Sternheim, 1911; in the Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Marbach, Ger.

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

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Stein, Gertrude

Gertrude Stein

American writer

Kylie Tennant

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Colin Johnson

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Oodgeroo Noonuccal

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Vance Palmer.

Vance Palmer

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Tim Winton

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Thea Astley

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Judith Wright

Australian poet

Katharine Susannah Prichard.

Katharine Susannah Prichard

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Hal Porter

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Bruce Beaver

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Ethel Turner

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Furphy

Joseph Furphy

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Elizabeth Coatsworth

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll

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Alice Walker

Alice Walker

American writer

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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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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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