Benedict Wallet Vilakazi

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Born	January 6, 1906 • Natal
Died	October 26, 1947 (aged 41) • Johannesburg • South Africa
Subjects Of Study	poetry • Zulu language

Samuel Johnson

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Cesare Pavese

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H.D.

American poet

Lafcadio Hearn

British-born writer and translator

John Ciardi

American poet and critic

Jens Peter Jacobsen

Danish author

Rosario Ferré

Puerto Rican writer

William Plomer

South African writer

Ahmed Ali

Pakistani writer

Louis Zukofsky

American poet

Joaquim Dias Cordeiro da Matta

Angolan scholar

Paul Bowles

American composer, translator, and author

Andrew Lang

British scholar

Christoph Martin Wieland

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Babette Deutsch

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James Stephens

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Mihály Babits

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Rex Warner

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Jordan Kush Ngubane

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John Langalibalele Dube

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