Famous poets

person who writes poetry

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Jack London

Jack London

1876 – 1916 · Age 40
Deceased
Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

1817 – 1862 · Age 44
Deceased
Federico García Lorca

Federico García Lorca

1898 – 1936 · Age 38
Deceased
Tacitus

Tacitus

0056 – 0120 · Age 64
Deceased
Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe

1660 – 1731 · Age 70
Deceased
Václav Havel

Václav Havel

1936 – 2011 · Age 75
Deceased
Sima Qian

Sima Qian

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Zoroaster

Zoroaster

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Al-Ghazali

Al-Ghazali

1058 – 1111 · Age 53
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L. L. Zamenhof

L. L. Zamenhof

1859 – 1917 · Age 57
Deceased
Boris Pasternak

Boris Pasternak

1890 – 1960 · Age 70
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Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley

1894 – 1963 · Age 69
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John Keats

John Keats

1795 – 1821 · Age 25
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Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

1533 – 1592 · Age 59
Deceased
Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray

1921 – 1992 · Age 70
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Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley

1792 – 1822 · Age 29
Deceased
Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi

1182 – 1226 · Age 44
Deceased
Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett

1906 – 1989 · Age 83
Deceased
Du Fu

Du Fu

0712 – 0770 · Age 58
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Walter Scott

Walter Scott

1771 – 1832 · Age 61
Deceased
Günter Grass

Günter Grass

1927 – 2015 · Age 87
Deceased
George Eliot

George Eliot

1819 – 1880 · Age 61
Deceased
William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth

1770 – 1850 · Age 80
Deceased
Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda

1863 – 1902 · Age 39
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José Saramago

José Saramago

1922 – 2010 · Age 87
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q49757