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Also Known As	Jorge Vera-Cruz Barbosa
Born	May 25, 1902 • Praia • Cabo Verde
Died	January 6, 1971 (aged 68) • Cabo Verde
Notable Works	“Claridade”

Manuel Ferreira

Portuguese author

Baltasar Lopes

Cabo Verdean author

Manuel Lopes

Cabo Verdean author

Eugénio Tavares

Cabo Verdean poet

Luís Romano

Cabo Verdean author

António Feliciano de Castilho

Portuguese poet and translator

Pedro António Correia Garção

Portuguese poet

Garcia de Resende

Portuguese poet

Miguel Torga

Portuguese poet and diarist

Camilo Pessanha

Portuguese poet

Tomaz Vieira da Cruz

Portuguese poet, musician and journalist

Mário de Sá-Carneiro

Portuguese author

Jorge Rebelo

Mozambican poet, lawyer, and journalist

Teixeira de Pascoaes

Portuguese poet-philosopher

António Aurélio Gonçalves

Cabo Verdean writer

Fausto Duarte

Cabo Verdean author and government official

Helen Archibald Clarke

American writer and editor

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Norwegian author

Jørgen Engebretsen Moe

Norwegian author

Charlotte Endymion Porter

American editor

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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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