Catulle Mendès

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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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Born	May 22, 1841 • Bordeaux • France
Died	February 9, 1909 (aged 67) • Paris • France
Founder	“La Revue fantaisiste” • Parnassian
Notable Works	“La Revue fantaisiste” • “Rapport sur le mouvement poétique français de 1867-1900”
Subjects Of Study	Parnassian

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Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

French writer

Théophile Gautier

French author

François Mauriac

François Mauriac

French author

Chapelain, engraving by Robert Nanteuil, 1655

Jean Chapelain

French author

Wole Soyinka, 2015

Wole Soyinka

Nigerian author

Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

Ana Castillo

Ana Castillo

American poet and author

Constance Lindsay Skinner

American writer and historian

Suzanne Lilar

Belgian author

Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

French author

Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre

French philosopher and author

Alphonse Daudet

Alphonse Daudet

French author

Jean Cocteau, 1939.

Jean Cocteau

French poet and artist

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Moroccan author

Romains

Jules Romains

French author

Antonin Artaud as Jean Massieu

Antonin Artaud

French author and actor

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

Paul Scarron

French author

Gresset, oil painting by Louis Tocqué; in the Château de Versailles

Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset

French author

Hélène Cixous

French author

Jean de La Taille

French author

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

A Study of Poetry

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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