Adam Zagajewski

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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).

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Adam Zagajewski: Facts & Related Content

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Born	June 21, 1945 • Poland
Died	March 21, 2021 (aged 75) • Kraków • Poland
Notable Works	“Another Beauty” • “Anteny” • “Cienka kreska” • “Ciepło, zimno” • “Drugi oddech” • “Dwa miasta” • “Jechać du Lwona” • “Komunikat” • “List oda do wielości” • “Obrona żarliwoṡci” • “Sklepy mięsne” • “Solidarność i samtoność” • “Ziemia ognista”

Adam Ważyk

Polish author

Józef Wittlin

Polish author

Czesław Miłosz

Czesław Miłosz

Polish-American author, translator, critic, and diplomat

Ferdynand Goetel

Polish author

Mieczysław Jastrun

Polish author and poet

Alice Walker

Alice Walker

American writer

Graham Greene

Graham Greene

British author

N. Scott Momaday

N. Scott Momaday

American author

Leslie Marmon Silko

American author

Alain Mabanckou

Alain Mabanckou

Congolese author

Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe

Nigerian author

Robert Penn Warren

Robert Penn Warren

American writer

Jeannette Leonard Gilder

American editor and writer

Carl Spitteler

Swiss poet

Larry Woiwode

American author

Kamala Das

Indian author

Pierre-Jean Jouve

French author

Reynolds Price

American writer

Ratushinskaya, Irina Georgiyevna

Irina Georgiyevna Ratushinskaya

Russian poet, essayist and dissident

Alvaro, Corrado: Gente d'Aspromonte

Corrado Alvaro

Italian author

Quiz

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

A Study of Poetry

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

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