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José Lezama Lima (Cuba) 1910-1976
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Claude McKay (USA) 1889-1948
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Edith Sodergran (Finland / writes in Swedish) 1892-1923
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Mohammed Dib (b. Algeria / France) 1920-2003
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Michael Rothenberg (USA) 1951-2022
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Robert Kelly (USA) 1935
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Lucian Blaga (Romania) 1895-1961
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Jules Supervielle (b. Uruguay / France) 1884-1960
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Susana Thénon (Argentina) 1937-1991
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Yannis Ritsos (Greece) 1909-1990
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John Kinsella (Australia) 1963
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Amelia Rosselli (Italy) 1930-1996
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Joe Ross (USA / lives France) 1960
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Henri Michaux (Belgium) 1899-1984
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Toby Olson (USA) 1937
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Jorge Teillier (Chile) 1935-1996
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Giulia Nicolai (Italy) 1934-2021
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