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N, A
English.
Born: 1500,
Died: 1600,
4 poems.
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Asian.
Born: 1899,
Died: 1977 (modern),
1 poems.
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English.
Born: 1858,
Died: 1889,
127 poems.
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Asian.
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Died: 1887,
17 poems.
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Nagrella, Shemuel Ha-Levi Ben Yosef
European.
Born: 993,
Died: 1056,
0 poems.
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Nagy, Agnes Nemes
European.
Born: 1922,
Died: 1991 (modern),
1 poems.
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European.
Born: 1920,
Died: 1996 (modern),
14 poems.
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Naidu, Sarojini
Asian.
Born: 1879,
Died: 1949,
49 poems.
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Naimy, Mikhail
Born: 1889,
Died: 1988 (modern),
2 poems.
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Nakahara, Chuya
Asian.
Born: 1907,
Died: 1937,
1 poems.
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Nalbandian, Mikayel
Asian.
Born: 1830,
Died: 1866,
2 poems.
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Nam-Sun, Choi
Asian.
Born: 1890,
Died: 1957 (modern),
0 poems.
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Nanmor, Dafydd
Olde English.
Born: 1440,
Died: 1480,
1 poems.
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Nantel, Antonin
Americas.
Born: 1839,
Died: 1929,
0 poems.
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Napier, Elliott
Oceania.
Born: 1870,
Died: 1940,
4 poems.
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Narai, King
Asian.
Born: 1632,
Died: 1688,
0 poems.
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Narekatsi, Saint Gregory
Asian.
Born: 951,
Died: 1001,
1 poems.
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Narihira, Ariwara no
Asian.
Born: 823,
Died: 880,
2 poems.
Best known for his poetry, which made a major contribution to the culture of the Heian period (794-1185).
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Nash, Ogden
Americas.
Born: 1902,
Died: 1971 (modern),
121 poems.
Created many childrens poems, musical comedies (collaborations), various poetry.
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Nash, D W
English.
1 poems.
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Nashe, Thomas
English.
Born: 1567,
Died: 1601,
13 poems.
A versatile writer of controversial pamphlets, satires, plays, a novel, and lyric verse. One of the "University Wits" writing for stage and press.
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Nasir, Kamal
Asian.
Born: 1925,
Died: 1973 (modern),
1 poems.
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Nathan, Robert
Americas.
Born: 1894,
Died: 1985 (modern),
1 poems.
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Naum, Gellu
European.
Born: 1915,
Died: 2001 (modern),
0 poems.
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Naur, Elias Eskildsen
European.
Born: 1650,
Died: 1728,
0 poems.
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Navrovchatov, Sergei
Asian.
Born: 1919,
Died: 1981 (modern),
0 poems.
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Neale, John
English.
Born: 1818,
Died: 1886,
1 poems.
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Nebesky, Vaclav Bolemir
European.
Born: 1818,
Died: 1882,
0 poems.
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Negri, Ada
European.
Born: 1870,
Died: 1945,
1 poems.
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Neidhart von Reuenthal,
European.
Born: 1180,
Died: 1240,
0 poems.
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Neihardt, John Gneisenau
Americas.
Born: 1881,
Died: 1973 (modern),
29 poems.
Epic Poet of The American West.
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Neilson, John Shaw
Oceania.
Born: 1872,
Died: 1942,
26 poems.
John Shaw Neilson has become recognised as a great Australian writer. In 1914, A G Stephens called him "chief of Australian poets", a view echoed by many.
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Nekrasov, Nikolay Alekseyevich
European.
Born: 1821,
Died: 1878,
11 poems.
Russian poet and journalist whose poetry was closely connected to the folklore and life of Russian peasantry.
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Nelligan, Emile
Americas.
Born: 1879,
Died: 1941,
1 poems.
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Nelson, Vera Joyce
Americas.
Born: 1903,
2 poems.
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Nemerov, Howard
Americas.
Born: 1920,
Died: 1991 (modern),
38 poems.
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Nenyang, Lyubov
Asian.
Born: 1931,
Died: 1996 (modern),
1 poems.
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Neris, Salomeja
European.
Born: 1904,
Died: 1945,
17 poems.
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Nerses the Gracious, Saint
Asian.
Born: 1102,
Died: 1172,
1 poems.
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Neruda, Pablo
Americas.
Born: 1904,
Died: 1973 (modern),
117 poems.
Neruda is the most widely read of the Spanish American poets.
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Neruda, Jan
European.
Born: 1834,
Died: 1891,
38 poems.
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Nerval, Gerard de
European.
Born: 1808,
Died: 1855,
10 poems.
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Nervo, Amado Ruiz de
Americas.
Born: 1870,
Died: 1919,
31 poems.
Nervo traveled to Paris on the occasion of the Universal Exhibition in 1900, visiting Spain, Germany and Austria as well. He was profoundly influenced by modernism
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Nesbit, Edith
Born: 1858,
Died: 1924,
308 poems.
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Nevay, John
English.
Born: 1792,
Died: 1870,
1 poems.
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Newbolt, Sir Henry
English.
Born: 1862,
Died: 1938,
80 poems.
Higly respected, Newbolt was a lawyer, novelist, playwright and magazine editor. Above all, he was a poet who championed the virtues of chivalry and sportsmanship.
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Newboult, F J
English.
Born: 1860,
Died: 1960 (modern),
1 poems.
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Newman, Cardinal John
English.
Born: 1801,
Died: 1890,
20 poems.
Newman powerfully affected the thinking of his contemporaries, and created quite a stir with his thinking in Victorian England.
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Newton, Rev. John
English.
Born: 1725,
Died: 1807,
150 poems.
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Newton, Eileen
English.
2 poems.
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