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Biographies of over 4,000 leading and up-and-coming poets throughout the world Each entry provides full career history and publication details Lists Poets Laureate of the United Kingdom and of the United States Details poets who have won the Nobel prize for literature, the Pulitzer prize and the Kings/Queens Gold medal and other poetry prizes Lists Oxford University professors of poetry A summary of poetic forms and rhyme schemes A historical listing of over 8,000 important and influential authors and poets of the last 2,000 years.