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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”

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10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles

9 American Countercultural Books

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The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.

26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History

Shadow of a man holding large knife in his hand inside of some dark, spooky buiding

7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

Why Are There Only 28 Days in February?

Prisoners of Buchenwald concentration camp, near Weimar, Germany, April 16, 1945, liberated by American troops of the 80th Division. Elie Wiesel (7th from the left on the middle bunk next to the vertical post) World War II Holocaust

What Is the Origin of the Term Holocaust?

Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.

Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.

What If the President Is Impeached?

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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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Gerhart Hauptmann

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Paul Ernst

German writer

Ha Jin

Chinese American writer

Carl Spitteler

Swiss poet

Charles Plisnier

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Ilse Aichinger

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Thomas Mann

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Günter Grass

German writer

Arno Schmidt

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Herta Müller

Romanian-born German writer

Micah Joseph Berdichevsky

Russian author

Joseph, baron von Eichendorff

German writer

Volker Braun

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Gert Hofmann

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Else Lasker-Schüler

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W.G. Sebald

German-English author

Marie Luise Kaschnitz

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Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse

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Gustav Falke

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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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