Poet

501 famous people found

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  Walter SCOTT

  Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet

  1771 - 1832
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  André BRETON

  French writer and poet

  1896 - 1966
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  Alphonse DE LAMARTINE

  French writer, poet and politician

  1790 - 1869
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  Leconte de Lisle

  French poet

  1818 - 1894
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  Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

  French writer, poet, journalist and aviator

  1900 - 1944
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  Arthur RIMBAUD

  French Poet

  1854 - 1891
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  Charles PEGUY

  French poet, essayist, and editor

  1873 - 1914
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  Heinrich HEINE

  Journalist, essayist, literary critic, and one of the most significant German romantic poets

  1797 - 1856
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  Charles BAUDELAIRE

  French poet, critic, and translator

  1821 - 1867
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  Paul FORT

  French poet

  1872 - 1960
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  Claude ROY

  French poet and essayist

  1915 - 1997
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  Graeme Edge

  English musician, songwriter, and poet, best known as the co-founder and drummer of the English band the Moody Blues

  1941 - 2021
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  Raymond LEVESQUE

  Canadian singer-songwriter and poet from Quebec.

  1928 - 2021
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  Antonio Machado

  Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98

  1875 - 1939
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  Léo MALET

  French crime novelist and surrealist

  1909 - 1996
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  Maya ANGELOU

  American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist

  1928 - 2014
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  Louis SCUTENAIRE

  Belgian poet, anarchist, surrealist and civil servant

  1905 - 1987
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  Max JACOB

  French poet, painter, writer, and critic

  1876 - 1944
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  Artur LUNDQVIST

  Swedish writer, poet and literary critic

  1906 - 1991
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  Emile NELLIGAN

  Canadian Francophone poet

  1879 - 1941