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  Langston Hughes

  Langston Hughes (1902-1967) was an African-American poet, novelist, and playwright, who became one of the foremost interpreters of racial relationships in the United States. Influenced by the Bible, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Walt Whitman, Hughes depicted realistically the ... more

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  Jorge Luis Borges

  Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) was an Argentine poet, essayist, and short-story writer, whose tales of fantasy and dreamworlds are classics of the 20th-century world literature. Borges was profoundly influenced by European culture, English literature, and such thinkers as Berkeley. Most ... more

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  Walt Whitman

  Walter Whitman (1819 – 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. He was a part of the transition between Transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon ... more

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  John Ashbery

  John Ashbery (born 1927) is a poet and critic, who has deeply influenced American poetry from the 1970s. Ashbery is the best-known writer of the "New York School." The label was coined by John Bernard Mayers in 1961 in an ... more

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  Philip Larkin

  Philip Larkin (1922 - 1985) was an English poet, novelist and jazz critic. His early work shows the influence of Yeats, but his later poetic identity was influenced mainly by Thomas Hardy. He is well-known for his use of slang and ... more

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  Michael Köpf

  An Austrian writer who likes to experiment with paintings, photography and interactive digital art. more

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  Diane Wakoski

  Diane Wakoski (born August 3, 1937) is an American poet. Wakoski's unified poetic vision has earned her a distinguished position in contemporary American literature. Her poems are personal narratives through which she weaves repeated images and themes, forming a ... more

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  Bertolt Brecht

  Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was a German poet, playwright, and theatrical reformer, one of the most prominent figures in the 20th-century theatre. Bertolt Brecht was concerned with encouraging audiences to think rather than becoming too involved in the story line and ... more

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  Galway Kinnell

  Galway Kinnell (born 1927) is one of the most influential American poets of the latter half of the 20th century. Kinnell's poetry has been devoted to a remarkably consistent, though by no means limited, range of concerns. The subjects ... more

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  Marge Piercy

  Marge Piercy (born 1936) is an American poet, novelist, and social activist. As of 2004 she is author of seventeen volumes of poems. Her novels and poetry often focus on feminist or social concerns, although her settings vary. more

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