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  1. Ròzewicz, Tadeusz   3 poems.
  2. Racan, Honorat de Beuil Seigneur de   European. Born: 1589, Died: 1670, 1 poems.
  3. Racine, Jean   European. Born: 1639, Died: 1699, 1 poems.
    An enormously popular playwright who suffered great religous repression in the early 1600's.
  4. Radauskas, Henrikas   European. Born: 1910, Died: 1970 (modern), 48 poems.
  5. Radcliffe, Ann   English. Born: 1764, Died: 1823, 12 poems.
    Popular author of many novels and poems in the gothic style of the 18th and 19th centuries.
  6. Radford, Ernest   English. Born: 1857, Died: 1919, 1 poems.
  7. Radford, Dollie   English. Born: 1858, Died: 1920, 123 poems.
  8. Radiguet, Raymond   European. Born: 1903, Died: 1923, 1 poems.
    at a very early age he started to write poetry and in 1918 he arrived in Paris, where his career as a writer was subsequently short but astonishing.
  9. Radnoti, Miklos   European. Born: 1909, Died: 1944, 6 poems.
  10. Rae, Clarence   1 poems.
  11. Raeve Lille, Per   European. Born: 1400, 0 poems.
  12. Rahbek, Knud Lyne   European. Born: 1760, Died: 1830, 0 poems.
  13. Rahman, Hasan Hafizur   Asian. Born: 1932, Died: 1983 (modern), 1 poems.
  14. Raine, Kathleen   English. Born: 1908, Died: 2003 (modern), 25 poems.
    A poet and scholar whose verse explored the realms of nature and the spirit.
  15. Rainey, Ma   Americas. Born: 1886, Died: 1939, 1 poems.
    Famous singer during the turn of the century. She was known as "The Mother of Blues" and was also an open bisexual and feminist.
  16. Rainis,   European. Born: 1865, Died: 1929, 0 poems.
    Janis Pliekšans wrote under the pseudonym Rainis.
  17. Rakovski, Georgi   European. Born: 1821, Died: 1867, 0 poems.
  18. Raleigh, Sir Walter Alexander   English. Born: 1861, Died: 1922, 1 poems.
  19. Raleigh, Sir Walter   English. Born: 1552, Died: 1618, 30 poems.
    World famous explorer whose prose and poetry were influenced by his many conquests and misadventures.
  20. Ramakrishna, Tenali   Asian. 7 poems.
  21. Ramanujan, Attipat   Born: 1929, Died: 1993 (modern), 10 poems.
  22. Ramsay, Allan   English. Born: 1684, Died: 1758, 5 poems.
    he created (in 1728) what is generally considered to have been Britain's first circulating library. By then he had already established himself as a poet
  23. Ramsdale, John   Americas. Born: 1800, Died: 1900, 1 poems.
  24. Ramuz, Charles Ferdinand   European. Born: 1878, Died: 1947, 0 poems.
  25. Ranch, Hieronymus Justesen   European. Born: 1539, Died: 1607, 0 poems.
  26. Rand, Theodore Harding   Americas. Born: 1835, Died: 1900, 3 poems.
    A Canadian educator that wrote many sonnets.
  27. Randall, Dudley   Americas. Born: 1914, Died: 2000 (modern), 9 poems.
  28. Randall, James Ryder   Americas. Born: 1839, Died: 1908, 5 poems.
  29. Randolph, Thomas   English. Born: 1605, Died: 1635, 7 poems.
  30. Rands, William Brighty   English. Born: 1823, Died: 1882, 14 poems.
    Several madrigals and also a great deal of children's poetry.
  31. Ranken, Thomas   Oceania. Born: 1875, Died: 1940, 2 poems.
  32. Rankin, Jeremiah Eames   Americas. Born: 1828, Died: 1904, 2 poems.
  33. Rankine, William John Macquorn   Born: 1820, Died: 1872, 2 poems.
    A scientist who also composed humorous songs and poems.
  34. Rannit, Aleksis   European. Born: 1914, Died: 1985 (modern), 6 poems.
  35. Ransom, John Crowe   Americas. Born: 1888, Died: 1974 (modern), 55 poems.
  36. Rapin, Rene Sieur de   European. Born: 1621, Died: 1687, 1 poems.
  37. Rashad, N M   Asian. Born: 1910, Died: 1975 (modern), 0 poems.
  38. Ratcliffe, A Victor   English. Died: 1916, 1 poems.
  39. Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una   English. Born: 1887, Died: 1967 (modern), 89 poems.
  40. Rathbone, Harold Stewart   English. Born: 1858, Died: 1929, 0 poems.
  41. Ratsin, Kosta   European. Born: 1908, Died: 1943, 0 poems.
  42. Ravenel, Beatrice Witte   Americas. Born: 1870, Died: 1956 (modern), 0 poems.
  43. Ravinski, Vikentzi Paulavi   Asian. Born: 1786, Died: 1855, 0 poems.
  44. Ravitch, Melech   Americas. Born: 1893, Died: 1976 (modern), 1 poems.
  45. Ravn, Hans Mikkelsen   European. Born: 1610, Died: 1663, 0 poems.
  46. Rawlinson, Gloria   Oceania. Born: 1918, Died: 1995 (modern), 0 poems.
  47. Rawnsley, Hardwicke Drummond   English. Born: 1851, Died: 1920, 6 poems.
  48. Ray, Henrietta Cordelia   Americas. Born: 1849, Died: 1916, 3 poems.
  49. Ray, Sukumar   Asian. Born: 1887, Died: 1923, 2 poems.
  50. Read, Sir Herbert   English. Born: 1893, Died: 1968 (modern), 5 poems.
    Read wrote two volumes of poetry based upon his war experiences: Songs of Chaos (1915) and Naked Warriors, published in 1919, along with two volumes of autobiography: In Retreat (1925) and Ambush (1930).  He became
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