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Branch, Anna Hempstead
Americas.
Born: 1875,
Died: 1937,
17 poems.
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Levy, D A
Americas.
Born: 1942,
Died: 1968 (modern),
20 poems.
A major controversial poet who only lived for a short while but heavily influenced many with his "beat" style, and non-conformity.
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Allison, Young
Americas.
Born: 1853,
Died: 1932,
1 poems.
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Seeger, Alan
Americas.
Born: 1888,
Died: 1916,
76 poems.
Ww1 Poet: "If it must be, let it come in the heat of action. Why flinch? It is by far the noblest form in which death can come. It is in a sense almost a privilege. . . ."
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Morgan, Angela
Americas.
Born: 1873,
Died: 1957 (modern),
5 poems.
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Scott, David John
Americas.
Born: 1817,
Died: 1885,
37 poems.
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Jarrell, Randall
Americas.
Born: 1914,
Died: 1965 (modern),
28 poems.
Poet, critic and teacher, Randall Jarrell was born in Nashville, Tennessee, to Anna (Campbell) and Owen Jarrell on May 6, 1914. Mr. Jarrell attended the Vanderbilt University and later taught at the University of Texas.
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Heredia y Campuzano, Jose Maria de
Americas.
Born: 1803,
Died: 1839,
4 poems.
Cuban author, born in Santiago de Cuba, 31 December, 1803; died in Mexico in May, 1839.
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Lugones, Leopoldo
Americas.
Born: 1874,
Died: 1938,
9 poems.
Born in Argentina in 1874, he is remembered not only as a poet but as a literary and social critic, and cultural ambassador.
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S, M
Americas.
Born: 1800,
Died: 1900,
1 poems.
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Stafford, William
Americas.
Born: 1914,
Died: 1993 (modern),
38 poems.
His poetry was strongly influenced by both the people and the plains region of his youth and young adulthood.
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Lopez Velarde, Ramon
Americas.
Born: 1888,
Died: 1921,
101 poems.
In his poetry he always sought to be original. His themes included exploring the Mexican landscape and the contrast between the traditions of the countryside and the turbulence of the city.
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Bronte, Anne
Americas.
Born: 1820,
Died: 1849,
67 poems.
Beginning to feel the first symptoms of her own fatal illness. The only thing that cheered her was the quiet but noticeable success of her poems in various literary magazines.
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Gutierrez Najera, Manuel
Americas.
Born: 1859,
Died: 1895,
9 poems.
His elegant poetry, edited after his death, is delicately musical and wistful
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Nemerov, Howard
Americas.
Born: 1920,
Died: 1991 (modern),
38 poems.
Nemerov's virtues are all in fact unfashionable ones for our time: vivid intelligence, an irreverent sense of humor, a mastery of formal verse, an awareness of mystery.
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Paz, Octavio
Americas.
Born: 1914,
Died: 1998 (modern),
15 poems.
An anti-facist, Mexican poet and essayist, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990.
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Dorr, Julia
Americas.
Born: 1825,
Died: 1913,
10 poems.
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Campbell, William Wilfred
Americas.
Born: 1861,
Died: 1918,
33 poems.
First two volumes of verse were Sunshine and Snowflakes (1888), and Lake Lyrics (1889).
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Van Doren, Mark
Americas.
Born: 1894,
Died: 1972 (modern),
10 poems.
He served as literary editor of the Nation. The author of numerous short stories, novels, and plays
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Ellis, William Anderson
Americas.
Born: 1837,
Died: 1864,
2 poems.
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Taggard, Genevieve
Americas.
Born: 1894,
Died: 1948,
48 poems.
Genevieve Taggard was born November 28, 1894, Waitsburg, Washington. She grew up in Hawaii where her parents built and ran a large "Multi-cultural" school, they were missionaries. She obtained a scholarship which allowed her to attend the University
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Gonzalez Martinez, Enrique
Americas.
Born: 1871,
Died: 1952,
11 poems.
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Bogan, Louise
Americas.
Born: 1897,
Died: 1970 (modern),
27 poems.
The majority of her poetry was written in the earlier half of her life when she published Body of This Death
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Wright, James
Americas.
Born: 1927,
Died: 1980 (modern),
38 poems.
Born in 1927 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, one of the steel-producing towns strung out along the heavily-industrialized Upper Ohio River as it borders West Virginia and Pennsylvania, James Wright graduated with honors from Kenyon College in 1952 and studie
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Dunbar-Nelson, Alice
Americas.
Born: 1875,
Died: 1935,
1 poems.
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Corso, Gregory
Americas.
Born: 1930,
Died: 2001 (modern),
17 poems.
During his incarceration, he read avidly from the prison library and began writing poetry
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Guiney, Louise Imogen
Americas.
Born: 1861,
Died: 1920,
31 poems.
A Little English Gallery (1894), and Patrins (1897) brought her to the center of aesthetic life in Boston.
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Moorer, Lizelia Augusta Jenkins
Americas.
Born: 1861,
29 poems.
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Allen, Elizabeth Akers
Americas.
Born: 1832,
Died: 1911,
12 poems.
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Bangs, John Kendrick
Americas.
Born: 1862,
Died: 1922,
20 poems.
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Smith, Clark Ashton
Americas.
Born: 1893,
Died: 1961 (modern),
165 poems.
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Pales Matos, Luis
Americas.
Born: 1898,
Died: 1959 (modern),
3 poems.
A Puerto Rican poet and essayist, who's work made Afro-Antillean poetry famous.
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Akins, Zoe
Americas.
Born: 1886,
Died: 1958 (modern),
6 poems.
Other plays written by Akins include: "Foot-Loose," "Daddy's Gone A-Hunting," "The Little Miracle," and "The Love Duel." She also authored many screenplays, two volumes of poetry Interpretations, and The Hills Grow Smaller, and a novel, Forever Young
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Adams, Leonie
Americas.
Born: 1899,
Died: 1988 (modern),
19 poems.
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Adams, John Quincy
Americas.
Born: 1767,
Died: 1848,
18 poems.
Sixth president of the United States of America.
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Villaurrutia, Xavier
Americas.
Born: 1903,
Died: 1950,
4 poems.
Mexican poet, playwright and founder of the first experimental theater group in Mexico City.
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Acuna, Manuel
Americas.
Born: 1849,
Died: 1873,
1 poems.
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Untermeyer, Louis
Americas.
Born: 1885,
Died: 1977 (modern),
29 poems.
Louis Untermeyer is an expert parodist, a poetry critic, a musician, aspiring composer, pianist, jeweler, journalist, editor, lecturer, teacher, radio commentator, Tv panelist, poetry consultant, a great poet all rolled into one.
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Roberts, Charles G. D.
Americas.
Born: 1860,
Died: 1943,
37 poems.
Known as the Father of Canadian Poetry, Charles G.D. Roberts was a poet and prose writer who inspired creativity in other poets of his generation, among them Bliss Carman (his cousin), Archibald Lampman and Duncan Campbell Scott. Together, these four
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Moore, Marianne
Americas.
Born: 1887,
Died: 1972 (modern),
20 poems.
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Channing, William Ellery
Americas.
Born: 1817,
Died: 1901,
15 poems.
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Mackay, Isabel
Americas.
Born: 1875,
Died: 1928,
102 poems.
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Adams, Franklin P.
Americas.
Born: 1881,
Died: 1960 (modern),
166 poems.
Adams' poetry is light and conventionally rhymed. He hated free verse and was never slow in expressing this opinion. His verse is collected in 10 volumes
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Follen, Eliza
Americas.
Born: 1787,
Died: 1860,
22 poems.
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Timrod, Henry
Americas.
Born: 1828,
Died: 1867,
93 poems.
A nineteenth century American poet, known at the time as “the laureate of the Confederacy” for his staunchly patriotic works.
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Kemp, Harry
Americas.
Born: 1883,
Died: 1960 (modern),
36 poems.
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Kees, Weldon
Americas.
Born: 1914,
Died: 1955,
39 poems.
Born in Beatrice, Nebraska. A Poet, Author, Painter and Jazz musician.
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Franklin, Benjamin
Americas.
Born: 1706,
Died: 1790,
7 poems.
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Shapiro, Karl
Americas.
Born: 1913,
Died: 2000 (modern),
19 poems.
Shapiro was one of the most distinctive American writers of the twentieth century. He was the author of numerous beautifully made poems written in an everyday American idiom.
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Howells, William Dean
Americas.
Born: 1837,
Died: 1920,
17 poems.
Known in the late 18th and early 19th century as the 'dean of American letters', William Dean Howells was a very successful Us writer and critic.
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