Manuel Scorza

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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	1928 • Lima • Peru
Died	November 27, 1983 (aged 55) • Madrid • Spain
Notable Works	“Drums for Rancas”

César Vallejo

Peruvian poet

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian author

José María Arguedas

Peruvian author

Julio Ramón Ribeyro

Peruvian writer

Carlos Germán Belli

Peruvian author

Ricardo Palma

Peruvian writer

Alfredo Bryce Echenique

Peruvian novelist

Ciro Alegría

Peruvian author

José María Eguren

Peruvian poet

José Santos Chocano

Peruvian poet

José Lezama Lima

Cuban author

Adolfo Bioy Casares

Argentine author

Severo Sarduy

Cuban writer

Augusto Roa Bastos

Paraguayan writer

Cristina Peri Rossi

Uruguayan writer

Jaime Torres Bodet

Mexican writer and statesman

Álvaro Mutis

Colombian author

Leopoldo Lugones

Argentine poet

Miguel Barnet

Cuban writer

Rafael Arévalo Martínez

Guatemalan writer

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

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