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Also Known As	Fazil Abdulovich Iskander
Born	March 6, 1929 • Sokhumi • Abkhazia
Died	July 31, 2016 (aged 87) • Russia
Notable Works	“Sandro of Chegem”

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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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