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  1. L, E   English. Born: 1500, Died: 1600, 1 poems.
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  2. L, F   English. Born: 1500, Died: 1600, 3 poems.
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  3. L, J   English. Born: 1650, Died: 1750, 1 poems.
  4. L, A C   Americas. Born: 1780, Died: 1880, 1 poems.
  5. L Anselme, Jean   European. Born: 1914, Died: 1957 (modern), 0 poems.
  6. L Estrange, Sir Roger   Born: 1616, Died: 1704, 1 poems.
  7. La Boetie, Etienne de   European. Born: 1530, Died: 1563, 1 poems.
    A sixteenth century French writer whose work includes a few sonnets, translations from the classics, and an essay attacking absolute monarchy.
  8. La Cour, Paul   European. Born: 1902, Died: 1956 (modern), 1 poems.
  9. La Fontaine, Jean de   European. Born: 1621, Died: 1695, 69 poems.
    French poet, whose fables rank among the masterpieces of world literature. Because of the universal nature of his fables, La Fontaine's poems about industrious ants, brave lions, and carefree grasshoppers are still widely read.
  10. Labe, Louise   European. Born: 1524, Died: 1566, 5 poems.
    A sixteenth century French writer and a member of the Lyon bourgeoisie.
    Her first colelction of poetry and prose, Euvres de Louize Labe Lionnoize was published in 1555.
  11. Labruine, Gerard   European. Born: 1808, Died: 1855, 4 poems.
    pseudonym: Gerard de Nerval.
  12. Laforgue, Jules   European. Born: 1860, Died: 1887, 1 poems.
  13. Lagerkvist, Par   European. Born: 1891, Died: 1974 (modern), 2 poems.
  14. Laighton, Albert   Americas. Born: 1829, Died: 1887, 43 poems.
  15. Lalic, Ivan   European. Born: 1931, Died: 1995 (modern), 1 poems.
  16. Lamartine, Alphonse Marie Lois de   European. Born: 1790, Died: 1869, 4 poems.
    A nineteenth century French poet who won acclaim for his lyricism. Also a politician who at one time headed the government.
  17. Lamb, Lady Caroline   English. Born: 1785, Died: 1828, 21 poems.
    Lamb is best known for the affair that she had with Lord George Gordon Byron, and has been quoted for referring to him as:

    '... mad bad and dangerous to know.'
  18. Lamb, Charles   English. Born: 1775, Died: 1834, 130 poems.
    An eighteenth century English poet and journalist. He contributed poems to the collections Poems on Various Subjects, Blank Verse and Pride's Cure.
  19. Lamb, Mary Anne   English. Born: 1764, Died: 1847, 2 poems.
  20. Lambert, Mary Eliza Perine Tucker   Americas. Born: 1838, Died: 1938, 41 poems.
  21. Lamdan, Isaac   European. Born: 1900, Died: 1950, 1 poems.
  22. Lampman, Archibald   Americas. Born: 1861, Died: 1899, 158 poems.
    A nineteenth century writer whose reputation as the finest of Canada's late 19th-century English poets stands to this day. He was a master of the sonnet, and his nature poems abound in vivid pictures of the Canadian landscape.
  23. Lampton, William   Americas. Born: 1859, Died: 1917, 3 poems.
  24. Lancaster, George   English. Born: 1846, Died: 1946, 1 poems.
  25. Lander, Frederick West   Americas. Born: 1821, Died: 1862, 1 poems.
  26. Landon, Letitia Elizabeth   English. Born: 1802, Died: 1838, 62 poems.
    A nineteenth century English writer of whom little is known about her private life and much of her work remains uncollected, misrepresented, and undervalued.
  27. Landor, Walter Savage   English. Born: 1775, Died: 1864, 116 poems.
    A nineteenth century English writer who later moved to Italy. He is best known for his Imaginary Conversations of Literary men and Statesmen (1824-1829) which had the authourities threatening him with expultion from his home in Florence.
  28. Landstad, Magnus Brostrup   European. Born: 1802, Died: 1880, 0 poems.
  29. Lang, Andrew   English. Born: 1844, Died: 1912, 115 poems.
    A nineteenth century Scottish poet, novelist and noted scholar.
  30. Lang, John   Born: 1799, Died: 1878, 91 poems.
  31. Lange, Thor   European. Born: 1851, Died: 1915, 1 poems.
  32. Lange, Johann Peter   European. Born: 1802, Died: 1884, 1 poems.
  33. Lange, Antoni   European. Born: 1863, Died: 1928, 0 poems.
  34. Langenhoven, Cornelis Jacobus   Born: 1873, Died: 1932, 1 poems.
  35. Langer, Jiri Mordecai   European. Born: 1894, Died: 1943, 1 poems.
    A twentieth century Jewish writer from Prague. As well as writing and translating poetry, he produced a number of accounts of Jewish ritual and literature.
  36. Langhorne, John   English. Born: 1735, Died: 1779, 1 poems.
  37. Langland, William   Olde English. Born: 1330, Died: 1390, 22 poems.
    A fourteenth century British writer most remembered for his allegorical poem The Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman
  38. Langley, Eve Maria   Oceania. Born: 1904, Died: 1974 (modern), 1 poems.
    A twentieth century New Zealand poet and novelist whose work "has colour and a swift imagery, which changes shape in her exotic mind without effort or strain".
  39. Lanier, Sidney   Americas. Born: 1842, Died: 1881, 99 poems.
    A nineteenth century American romantic poet. He is most remembered for his much anthologized works such as such as The Marshes of Glynn and Song of the Chattahoochee.
  40. Lanigan, George T   Americas. Born: 1846, Died: 1886, 2 poems.
  41. Lanyer, Aemilia   English. Born: 1569, Died: 1645, 14 poems.
  42. Lapcij, Leonid   Asian. Born: 1932, Died: 1982 (modern), 0 poems.
  43. Larbaud, Valery   European. Born: 1881, Died: 1957 (modern), 1 poems.
  44. Larcom, Lucy   Americas. Born: 1824, Died: 1893, 86 poems.
  45. Larkin, Philip   English. Born: 1922, Died: 1985 (modern), 99 poems.
    Renowned twentieth century writer. He was a leading voice of young English writers called 'The Movement',using intensity of emotion while avoiding sentiment and self-pity in his pieces.
  46. Larrea, Juan   European. Born: 1895, Died: 1980 (modern), 22 poems.
  47. Larreguy de Civrieux, Marc de   European. Born: 1895, Died: 1916, 1 poems.
  48. Larremore, Wilbur   Americas. Born: 1855, Died: 1918, 2 poems.
  49. Larsen, Thoger   European. Born: 1875, Died: 1928, 3 poems.
  50. Lasker-Schuler, Else   European. Born: 1869, Died: 1945, 1 poems.
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