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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).

World Poetry Day

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Britannica’s Book Bingo

10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles

9 American Countercultural Books

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Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

Titanic infographic. The 30th anniversary of its discovery is September 1, 2015. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.

Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

What is Holy Week?

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

Uwe Johnson: Facts & Related Content

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Born	July 20, 1934 • Poland
Found Dead	March 12, 1984 • England
Notable Works	“Anniversaries: From the Life of Gesine Cresspahl” • “Ingrid Babendererde: Reifeprüfung 1953” • “Speculations About Jakob”
Movement / Style	Gruppe 47

Charles Plisnier

Belgian author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Gerhart Hauptmann

German writer

Paul Ernst

German writer

Ha Jin

Chinese American writer

Carl Spitteler

Swiss poet

Ilse Aichinger

Austrian author

Thomas Mann

German author

Günter Grass

German writer

Arno Schmidt

German author

Herta Müller

Romanian-born German writer

Micah Joseph Berdichevsky

Russian author

Joseph, baron von Eichendorff

German writer

Volker Braun

German author

Gert Hofmann

German author

Else Lasker-Schüler

German author

W.G. Sebald

German-English author

Marie Luise Kaschnitz

German author

Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse

German writer

Gustav Falke

German author

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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

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

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

A Study of Poetry

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