poetesses

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plural of poetess
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  • Neruda, also a diplomat and politician, is considered one of the most important Latin American poets of the 20th century, having won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • These were translations of 19th-century poems by international poets from the 1940s.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
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