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Robert Creeley

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Négritude

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Comedy of intrigue

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Kenning

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International Rubery Book Award

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Adverb

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An adverb is a word or phrase that usually describes a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a determiner, a clause, a preposition, or a sentence. Adverbs often answer questions like how, where, when, how often, to what degree, or how certain something is. This is known as the adverbial function, and it can be carried out by a single adverb, an adverbial phrase, or an adverbial clause.

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Form (document)

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A form is a paper document that has empty spaces, called fields or placeholders, where people can write or choose an option. Forms can be given to many people at the same time or made available when needed. Before being filled out, all copies of a form are usually the same, except for a serial number, which may be different.

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Socialist realism

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Socialist realism, also called socrealism (from Russian sotsrealizm), is a style of art that shows life in a positive and realistic way. It was created in the Soviet Union and was the main cultural rule in that country from 1932 to 1988. It was also used in other socialist countries after World War II.

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Paul Celan

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Paul Celan ( / ˈ s ɛ l æ n / ; German: [ˈtseːlaːn] ; born Paul Antschel ; 23 November 1920 – c. 20 April 1970) was a poet who wrote in German, a survivor of the Holocaust, and a translator of literary works. After World War II, he chose to use a pen name, which is an anagram of his original Romanian name, Ancel.

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Kiriyama Prize

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The Kiriyama Prize was an international literary award given to books about the Pacific Rim and South Asia. Its purpose was to help people learn more about each other in the region. Created in 1996, the prize was last given in 2008.

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American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals

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Each year, the American Academy of Arts and Letters gives out two Gold Medals to recognize outstanding work. These awards alternate between the following categories: In 1915, the Academy decided to create an extra Gold Medal for “special distinction.” This medal honors the complete body of work by someone who is not already a member of the Academy. The first of these special lifetime achievement medals was given the following year to Charles Eliot, who was the former President of Harvard University.

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