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Robert Burns

Scottish

Robert Burns

Scottish poet. A son of farmers, and a self-taught farmer himself, he wrote poems from an early age in the southern Lawland dialect, which earned him immediate success. This success radically changed his life: he soon abandoned life on the farm and began to publish, in several collections, more...

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Charlotte Smith

Great Britain

Charlotte Smith

Charlotte Turner, known as Charlotte Smith (May 4, 1749 – October 28, 1806), was more than a poet...
Maya Angelou

USA

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, essayist, poet, and civil rights activist. She ...
Thomas Parnell

Ireland

Thomas Parnell

Thomas Parnell (September 11, 1679 – October 24, 1718) was a poet and clergyman, born in Dublin, where he studied at Trinity College. He was a frien...

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