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Adam MickiewiczAuthor · BooksAdam Bernard Mickiewicz (24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist.
Agrippa d'AubignéAuthor · BooksThéodore-Agrippa d'Aubigné (teo.dɔʁ aɡʁipa dobiɲe, 8 February 155229 April 1630) was a French poet, soldier, propagandist and chronicler.
Alexander BlokAuthor · BooksAlexander Alexandrovich Blok (Александр Александрович Блок; 7 August 1921) was the most well-known Russian lyrical poet during the Silver Age of Russian Poetry.
Alexander MontgomerieAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of a courtier poet typical in Montgomerie's day
Alexander YashinAuthor · BooksAlexander Yakovlevich Yashin (March 27, 1913 – July 11, 1968) was a Soviet writer associated with the Village Prose movement.
Alonso de ErcillaAuthor · BooksAlonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga (7 August 153329 November 1594) was a Spanish soldier and poet, born in Madrid.
Anatoly SofronovAuthor · BooksAnatoly Vladimirovich Sofronov (19 January 1911 – 9 September 1990) was a Soviet Russian writer, poet, playwright, screenwriter, editor (Ogoniok, 1953–1986) and literary administrator, the…
Andrii MalyshkoAuthor · BooksAndriy Samiylovych Malyshko (Ukrainian: Андрій Самійлович Малишко; 14 November [O.S. 1 November] 1912, Obukhiv – 17 February 1970, Kyiv) was a Soviet Ukrainian poet and translator.
Antoine Girard de Saint-AmantAuthor · BooksAntoine Girard, sieur de Saint-Amant (September 30, 1594December 29, 1661) was a French poet.
Avetik IsahakyanAuthor · BooksAvetik Sahaki Isahakyan (October 30, 1875 – October 17, 1957) was an Armenian lyric poet, writer and public activist.
Borys OliynykAuthor · BooksBorys Oliynyk was a Soviet and Ukrainian journalist, poet, writer, politician and translator (1935–2017). He was born in Zachepilivka and died in Kyiv.
Esaias TegnérAuthor · BooksEsaias Tegnér (lang; 13 November 1782 –) was a Swedish writer, professor of Greek, and bishop.
Frans G. BengtssonAuthor · BooksFrans Gunnar Bengtsson (4 October 1894 – 19 December 1954) was a Swedish novelist, essayist, poet and biographer.
George CrabbeAuthor · BooksGeorge Crabbe (24 December 1754 – 3 February 1832) was an English poet and clergyman.
Giambattista MarinoAuthor · BooksGiambattista Marino (also Giovan Battista Marini) (14 October 1569 – 26 March 1625)[2] was an Italian poet who was born in Naples. He is most famous for his epic L'Adone.
Giorgi LeonidzeAuthor · BooksGiorgi Leonidze (Georgian: გიორგი ლეონიძე; 27 December 1899 – 9 August 1966) was a Georgian poet, prose writer, and literary scholar.
Gregory of NarekAuthor · BooksGrigor Narekatsi (anglicized as Gregory of Narek; c. 950 – 1003/1011) was an Armenian mystical and lyrical poet, monk, and theologian.
Guillaume de Salluste Du BartasAuthor · BooksGuillaume de Salluste du Bartas (Guilhèm de Sallusti deu Bartàs, ɡiˈʎɛm de salˈlysti ðeu βarˈtas; 1544, in Monfort – July 1590, in Mauvezin) was a Gascon Huguenot courtier and poet.
Hadi TaqtaşAuthor · BooksMöxämmäthadi Xäyrulla ulı Taqtaşev better known as Hadi Taqtaş (tt-Cyrl; 1901–1931) was a Soviet–Tatar poet, writer and publicist.
Halldór LaxnessAuthor · BooksHalldór Kiljan Laxness (born Halldór Guðjónsson; 23 April 1902 – 8 February 1998) was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Ilya SelvinskyAuthor · BooksIlya Lvovich Selvinsky (Russian: Илья Львович Сельвинский, 24 October 1899 – 22 March 1968) was a Soviet poet, dramatist, memoirist, and essayist born in Simferopol, Crimea.
Ivan KotliarevskyiAuthor · BooksIvan Petrovych Kotliarevsky (iˈʋan petˈrɔwɪt͡ʃ kotlʲɐˈrɛu̯sʲkɪi̯; –) was a Ukrainian writer, poet, playwright, and social activist, regarded as the pioneer of modern Ukrainian literature.
Jabir NovruzAuthor · BooksJabir Novruz (born Cabir Mirzəbəy oğlu Novruzov, 12 March 1933 – 12 December 2002) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet poet, translator, editor, and secretary of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers…
Konstantin IvanovAuthor · BooksKonstantin Vasilyevich Ivanov (– 26 March 1915) was a Chuvash poet and important figure in Chuvash literature.
Lord ByronAuthor · BooksGeorge Noel Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), was a British poet.
Majit GafuriAuthor · BooksMajit Gafuri (Məƶit Ƣafuri; tt-Cyrl, Mäcit Ğafuri; 20 July [O.S. 8 July] 188028 October 1934) was a Bashkir and Tatar poet, writer, and playwright.
Maksim BahdanovičAuthor · BooksMaksim Adamavich Bahdanovich (makˈsʲim aˈdamavʲid͡ʐ baɣdaˈnɔvʲit͡ɕ; 9 December 1891 – 25 May 1917) was a Belarusian poet, journalist, translator, literary critic and historian of…
Marco Girolamo VidaAuthor · BooksMarco Girolamo Vida or Marcus Hieronymus Vida (1485 – September 27, 1566) was an Italian humanist, bishop and important poet in Christian Latin literature.
Margarita AligerAuthor · BooksMargarita Iosifovna Aliger (Маргари́та Ио́сифовна Алиге́р; née Zeliger; October 7 1915 – August 1, 1992) was a Soviet-Russian poet, translator, and journalist.
Maurice ScèveAuthor · BooksMaurice Scève (c. 1501 – c.
Mikhail LermontovArtist · PaintingsMikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (USalso; mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲerməntəf; –) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", the most important…
Mikhail PrishvinPhotographer · PhotographyMikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin (4 February 1873 – 16 January 1954) was a Russian and Soviet novelist, prose writer and publicist.
Musa CälilAuthor · BooksMusa Cälil (tt-Cyrl; Musa Dzhalil; – 25 August 1944) was a Soviet Tatar poet and resistance fighter during World War II.
Mustai KarimAuthor · BooksMustai Karim (Bashkir: Мостай Кәрим; born Mustafa Safich Karimov, Bashkir: Мостафа Сафа улы Кәримов; 20 October 1919 – 21 September 2005) was a Bashkir Soviet poet, writer and playwright.
Mykola BazhanAuthor · BooksMykola Platonovych Bazhan (– 23 November 1983) was a Soviet Ukrainian writer, poet, highly decorated political and public figure.
Nerses of LambronAuthor · BooksSaint Nerses of Lambron (Armenian: Ներսես Լամբրոնացի, Nerses Lambronatsi) (1153–1198) was the Archbishop of Tarsus in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia who is remembered as one of the most…
Nikolay GumilevAuthor · BooksIllustration — Gumilev during his senior years in gymnasium
Qol GhaliAuthor · BooksQul Ghali (Volga Türki: قل علی; tt-Cyrl, Qol Ğali; c. 1183 – 1236) was a famous Muslim Volga Bulgarian poet.
Rasul GamzatovAuthor · BooksRasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov (Ħamzatazul Rasul Ħamzatil vas, ħamzatil rasul; Расу́л Гамза́тович Гамза́тов; 8 September 19233 November 2003) was a Soviet and Russian poet who wrote in Avar.
Remy BelleauAuthor · BooksRemy (or Rémi) Belleau (1528 – 6 March 1577) was a poet of the French Renaissance. He is most known for his paradoxical poems of praise for simple things and his poems about precious stones.
Robert BurnsAuthor · BooksRobert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist.
Salomėja NėrisAuthor · BooksSalomėja Bačinskaitė-Bučienė, mostly known by her pen name Nėris (17 November 1904 – 7 July 1945) was a Lithuanian poet.
Sasha SokolovAuthor · BooksSasha Sokolov (Alexander Vsevolodovitch Sokolov; born November 6, 1943, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a writer of Russian literature.
Semyon LipkinAuthor · BooksSemyon Izrailevich Lipkin (6 September 1911 – 31 March 2003) was a Russian writer, poet, and literary translator.
Sergei YeseninAuthor · BooksSergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin (3 October [O.S. 21 September] 1895 – 28 December 1925) was a Russian lyric poet.
Tomasz ZanAuthor · BooksIllustration — Tomasz Zan, in a drawing by R. Żukowski (1825–1855)
Vladimir MayakovskyEngraver · PrintsVladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (19 July [O.S. 7 July] 1893 – 14 April 1930) was a Russian poet, playwright, artist, and actor.
William ShakespeareAuthor · BooksWilliam Shakespeare (c. 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.
Xəlil Rza UlutürkAuthor · BooksKhalil Rza Uluturk (Xəlil Rza Ulutürk), (21 October 1932, Salyan – 22 June 1994, Baku) was an Azerbaijani poet, critic, literary scholar, translator, member of the Azerbaijan Writers' Union…
Yury OleshaAuthor · BooksYury Karlovich Olesha (3 March 1899 – 10 May 1960) was a Russian and Soviet novelist.

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