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  1. Vacarescu, Elena   European. Born: 1866, Died: 1947, 2 poems.

  2. Vaicaitis, Pranas   European. Born: 1876, Died: 1901, 3 poems.
  3. Vaiciunaite, Judita   Born: 1937, Died: 2001 (modern), 35 poems.
  4. Valaoritis, Aristotelis   European. Born: 1824, Died: 1879, 0 poems.
  5. Valdes, Gabriel de la Concepcion   Americas. Born: 1809, Died: 1844, 6 poems.
  6. Valdivielso, Jose de   European. Born: 1560, Died: 1638, 0 poems.
  7. Valek, Miroslav   European. Born: 1927, Died: 1991 (modern), 2 poems.
    Minister of Culture, Poet
  8. Valencia, Guillermo   Americas. Born: 1873, Died: 1943, 1 poems.
  9. Valeri, Diego   European. Born: 1887, Died: 1976 (modern), 1 poems.
  10. Valery, Paul   European. Born: 1871, Died: 1945, 3 poems.
    Valéry's original plan was to produce a poem of some forty lines, but he finished with one of his major works, La Jeune Pataque, which brought him immediate fame.
  11. Valladolid, Juan de   European. Born: 1403, Died: 1452, 0 poems.
    A blind poet.
  12. Vallans, William   English. Born: 1578, Died: 1590, 1 poems.
  13. Valle, Adriano del   European. Born: 1895, Died: 1958 (modern), 1 poems.
  14. Valle, Federigo della   European. Born: 1560, Died: 1628, 0 poems.
  15. Valle-Inclan, Ramon Maria del   European. Born: 1869, Died: 1936, 5 poems.
    Valle-Inclán began his career as a journalist and short-story writer. In 1907 he wrote and published, Eagle Rampant the first of his Barbaric Comedy triology to be written and this was followed in 1908 with The Romance of the Wolves
  16. Vallejo, Cesar   Americas. Born: 1892, Died: 1938, 17 poems.
    César Vallejo was born in 1892 in the town of Santiago de Chuco, Perú, where he was brought up along with his eleven older brothers and sisters.

    Vallejo began writing poetry in 1913.
  17. Valmiki,   Asian. Born: 301, 1 poems.
    The writer of the great Hindu epic The Ramayana. This epic poem provides insights into many aspects of Indian culture and continues to influence the politics, religion and art of modern India
  18. van den Heever, Christiaan Maurits   Born: 1902, Died: 1957 (modern), 0 poems.
  19. Van Doren, Mark   Americas. Born: 1894, Died: 1972 (modern), 10 poems.
    He served as literary editor of the Nation. The author of numerous short stories, novels, and plays
  20. Van Dusen, Washington   Americas. Born: 1857, 39 poems.
  21. Van Dyk, H S   Born: 1798, Died: 1828, 1 poems.
  22. Van Dyke, Henry   Americas. Born: 1852, Died: 1933, 122 poems.
    This dual belief in nature and religion colored his literary criticism as well as his other writing throughout his life.
  23. Van Dyke, Tertius   Americas. Born: 1886, Died: 1958 (modern), 3 poems.
  24. van Heerden, Ernst   Born: 1916, Died: 1997 (modern), 0 poems.
  25. Van Ostaijen, Paul   European. Born: 1896, Died: 1928, 1 poems.
  26. Van Rensselaer, Mariana   Americas. Born: 1851, Died: 1934, 1 poems.
  27. van Wyk Louw , Nicolaas Petrus   Born: 1906, Died: 1970 (modern), 0 poems.
  28. Vanderford, Henry   Americas. Born: 1811, Died: 1896, 5 poems.
  29. Vandergrift, Margaret   Americas. Born: 1844, Died: 1913, 1 poems.
  30. Vandyne, William Johnson   Americas. Born: 1866, Died: 1916, 2 poems.
  31. Vaptsarov, Nikola   European. Born: 1909, Died: 1942, 1 poems.
    A Revolutionary and Poet of the early 1900's Bulgaria. Fought against the Fascists and was shot in 1942.
  32. Varoujan, Daniel   Asian. Born: 1884, Died: 1915, 7 poems.
  33. Vasa, Pashko   European. Born: 1825, Died: 1892, 1 poems.
  34. Vasek, Vladimir   European. Born: 1867, Died: 1958 (modern), 2 poems.
  35. Vashon, George Boyer   Americas. Born: 1824, Died: 1878, 2 poems.
  36. Vasileiadis, Spyridon   European. Born: 1845, Died: 1874, 0 poems.
  37. Vaughan, Henry   English. Born: 1621, Died: 1695, 53 poems.
    He was a noted Religious and Metaphysical poet
  38. Vaughan, Robert   English. Born: 1530, Died: 1630, 1 poems.
  39. Vaughan, Sir William   English. Born: 1575, Died: 1641, 9 poems.
  40. Vautor, Thomas   English. Born: 1580, Died: 1622, 1 poems.
  41. Vaux, Lord Thomas   English. Born: 1510, Died: 1556, 3 poems.
    English poet, eldest son of Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux, was born in 1510. In 1527 he accompanied Cardinal Wolsey on bis embassy to France; he attended Henry Viii. to Calais and Boulogne in 1532; in 1531 he took his seat in the House of Lords,
  42. Vazov, Ivan   European. Born: 1850, Died: 1921, 2 poems.
    His  short stories, novels, poems and plays are inspired by his love of Bulgaria and her countryside. For over half a century he was regarded as being the figurehead of Bulgarian litrature and is continued to be seen as it's foremost poet and founder
  43. Vecietis, Ojar   European. Born: 1922, Died: 1983 (modern), 0 poems.
  44. Vedder, David   English. Born: 1790, Died: 1854, 7 poems.
  45. Vedel, Anders Sorensen   European. Born: 1542, Died: 1616, 1 poems.
    Collector of ballads and songs
  46. Vega Carpio, Lope de   European. Born: 1562, Died: 1635, 0 poems.
    Poet and dramatist, born in Madrid, 1562; dies 23 Aug., 1635. With Lope de Vega begins the era of dramatic glory in Spanish literature of the Golden Age. He seems to have been an extraordinarily precocious child, whence the term "monstruo de la natur
  47. Vega Carpio, Lope   European. Born: 1562, Died: 1635, 2 poems.
  48. Veitch, John   English. Born: 1829, Died: 1894, 1 poems.
  49. Venable, William Henry   Americas. Born: 1836, Died: 1920, 3 poems.
    Writer, Liberal Reformer, Educator.
  50. Venclova, Antanas   European. Born: 1906, Died: 1971 (modern), 5 poems.
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