Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

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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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Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft: Facts & Related Content

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Born	March 16, 1581 • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Died	May 21, 1647 (aged 66) • The Hague • Netherlands
Notable Works	“Grandida” • “Nederlandse historiën”

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Jan van Hout

Dutch scholar

Albrecht Rodenbach

Flemish writer

Hugo Grotius

Dutch statesman and scholar

Joost van den Vondel

Dutch writer

Hella S. Haasse

Dutch author

Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert

Dutch author

Martinus Nijhoff

Dutch poet

Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero

Dutch author

Henriëtte Goverdina Anna Roland Holst-van der Schalk

Dutch poet and socialist

Daniël Heinsius

Dutch poet

Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Tobias Smollett

Scottish novelist

Ludvig Holberg, Baron Holberg

Scandinavian author

Mercy Otis Warren

American writer and historian

Allen Curnow

New Zealand author

Constance Lindsay Skinner

American writer and historian

Herman Teirlinck

Flemish author

Heijermans, crayon drawing by Jan Toorop, 1914

Herman Heijermans

Dutch author

Jan de Hartog

Dutch-American author

Farkas Bolyai

Hungarian mathematician and writer

Iancu Văcărescu

Romanian author

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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

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

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

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

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