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Rachel Blau DuPlessis (USA) 1941
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Alfredo Giuliani (Italy) 1924-2007
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I NOVISSIMI (The New Ones) (Italy)
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POETRY FOR READERS | Alfredo Giuliani, ed. : I Novissimi (with poetry by...
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Joaquin Pasos (Nicaragua) 1914-1947
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Jean Toomer [Nathan Eugene Toomer] (USA) 1894-1967
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Simon Vinkenoog (Netherlands) 1928-2009
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Vachel Lindsay [Nicholas Vachel Lindsay] (USA) 1879-1931
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Enrique Lihn (Chile) 1929-1988
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Henrik Nordbrandt (Denmark) 1945-2023
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C[onstantine] P. Cavafy (Greece) 1863-1933
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Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (b. China / USA) 1947
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Jeet Thayil (India / writes in English) 1959
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Jerome Rothenberg (USA) 1931
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POETRY FOR READERS | Jerome Rothenberg : A Book of Witness: Spells &...
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Maria Luisa Spaziani (Italy) 1924-2014
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Johannes Bobrowski (DDR / now Germany) 1917-1965
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