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- Béranger
- Béranger,
(Cassell's Family Paper, 1860)
- French poet and songwriter.
- Béranger, by C. Coquelin
(Century Magazine, 1893B)
- A prolific French poet and chansonnier (songwriter), who enjoyed great popularity and influence in France during his lifetime. He has been described as "the most popular French songwriter of all time" and "the first superstar of French popular music." - Wikipedia
- Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne
- A Norwegian Poet's Home, by H.L. Braekstad
(Century Magazine, 1886B)
- Dutt, Toru
- Toru Dutt
(Century Magazine, 1884A)
- A Hindu girl in Calcutta (who died at age 21) who published many original poems in English and was particularly known for her English translations of French poetry.
- Heine, Christian Johann Heinrich
- The Poet Heine, by Emma Lazarus
(Century Magazine, 1885A)
- A German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry. Heine's later verse and prose are distinguished by their satirical wit and irony. He is considered part of the Young Germany movement. His radical political views led to many of his works being banned by German authorities. - Wikipedia
- Heusser, Meta
- A Swiss Poetess, by the Rev. John Kelly
(Girl's Own Paper, 1886)
- "Meta Heusser...is regarded as quite the foremost among the German speaking writers of sacred poetry of her time."
- Iovanovich, Zmai Iovan
- Zmai Iovan Iovanovich, the Chief Servian Poet, by Nikola Tesla
(Century Magazine, 1894B)
- Lamartine
- The Two Great French Poets of this Century, Part I, by Frances A. Shaw
(Demorest, 1885)
- Mistral
- Mistral, by Alphonse Daudet
(Century Magazine, 1885B)
- Tourguéneff, Ivan
- Tourguéneff in Paris: Reminiscences by Daudet, by Alphonse Daudet
(Century Magazine, 1884A)
- The Mother of Ivan Tourguéneff , by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
(Century Magazine, 1894B)
- The poet's mother seems to have been a rather unpleasant person; this is no paean to lovely motherhood!
- • See also British & American Poets & Songwriters
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- Dante
- Notes on the Exile of Dante, by James Herbert Morse
(Century Magazine, 1884A)
- Dante, the Poet Illustrated Out of the Poem, by Christina Rossetti
(Century Magazine, 1884A)
- The Portraits of Dante, by Sarah Freeman Clarke
(Century Magazine, 1884A)
- Khayyam, Omar
- A Persian Poet, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
(Atlantic Monthly, 1878)
- Schiller, Johann Friedrich
- Johann Friedrich Schiller, by Lydia M. Millard
(Demorest, 1880)
- German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright.
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