Miguel Torga

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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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Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

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Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

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Also Known As	Adolfo Correia da Rocha
Born	August 12, 1907 • Portugal
Died	January 17, 1995 (aged 87) • Coimbra • Portugal
Notable Works	“Diário” • “Presença”

Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

Manuel Ferreira

Portuguese author

Mário de Sá-Carneiro

Portuguese author

Tibor Déry

Hungarian writer

Muriel Spark

British writer

Sylvia Townsend Warner

British author

José Régio

Portuguese author and critic

Charlotte Endymion Porter

American editor

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Theodore Dreiser

American author

Khushwant Singh

Indian writer

Vladimir Nabokov

American author

Sylvia Plath

American author

Rudyard Kipling

British writer

J.R.R. Tolkien

English author

John G. Neihardt

American poet

Wole Soyinka

Nigerian author

Gabriele D’Annunzio

Italian writer and political leader

Günter Grass

German writer

Janet Frame

New Zealand writer

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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

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

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