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- die deutsche Literatur
- In diesem zeitgeschichtlichen Tableau stehen Hauptwerke der deutschen Literatur im Mittelpunkt.
- Emily Dickinson
- Although virtually unknown in her lifetime, Emily Dickinson, together with Walt Whitman, has come to be regarded, as one of the two quintessential American poets of the 19th century. Noted for her unconventional broken rhyming meter and use of dashes and random capitalization as well as her creative...
- William Shakespeare's Colorful Life
- William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He wrote approximately 38 plays and 154 sonnets, as well as a variety of other poems. Alre...
- Victor Hugo
- Victor-Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France.
In France, Hugo's literary reputation rests primarily on his poetic and dramatic output and only se...
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- Biography of Langston Hughes
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Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist. Hughes is known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance.
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- Biography of Maya Angelou
- Maya Angelou, (born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928) is an American poet, memoirist, actress and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. Angelou is known for her series of six autobiographies, starting with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, (1969) which was nominated for a...
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- Biography of JRR Tolkien
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist and university professor, best known as the author of the high fantasy classic works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Prof...
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- Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer. Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was ...