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Maurice Maeterlinck

Belgium

Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Maeterlinck (by his real name Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck), born on 29 August 1862 in Ghent (Belgium) and died on 6 May 1949 in Nice (France), is a French-speaking Belgian poet and writer who was a major figure in symbolism. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in...

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Emily Dickinson

United States

Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson, born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts and died on May 15, 1886 in...
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 ...
Alfred Lord Tennyson

United Kingdom

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Born on 6 August 1809 in Somersby, Lincolnshire, and died on 6 October 1892 in Aidworth, Surrey, Alfred Tennyson was an iconic figure in Victorian Eng...

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