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Diane Ackerman

Diane Ackerman is an American poet, essayist, and naturalist known for her wide-ranging curiosity and poetic explorations of the natural world. - Wikipedia

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Author, poet, naturalist

Born October 7, 1948

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  • Cover of: Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden

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  • Cover of: A natural history of the senses

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  • Cover of: The zookeeper's wife

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  • Cover of: The moon by whale light: and other adventures among bats, penguins, crocodilians, and whales

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  • Cover of: A slender thread

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  • Cover of: A natural history of love

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  • Cover of: Dawn light: dancing with cranes and other ways to start the day

    First published in 2009 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Jaguar of sweet laughter: new & selected poems

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  • Cover of: Animal sense

    First published in 2003 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: On extended wings

    First published in 1985 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Origami bridges: poems of psychoanalysis and fire

    First published in 2002 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The rarest of the rare: vanishing animals, timeless worlds

    First published in 1995 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: An alchemy of mind: the marvel and mystery of the brain

    First published in 2004 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: Readers Companion: Silver Level

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  • Cover of: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and Related Readings

    First published in 1996 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Twilight of the tenderfoot: a Western memoir

    First published in 1980 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Azyl: opowieść o Żydach ukrywanych w warszawskim zoo

    First published in 2009 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The planets: A cosmic pastoral: [poems]

    First published in 1976 — 2 editions
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Author, poet, naturalist

Born October 7, 1948

Subjects

Ethnic relations, Psychology, Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust, Senses and sensation, Zoo keepers, Case studies, Poetry (poetic works by one author), American poetry, Biography, American literature, Anglo-Saxons, Animals, Children's fiction, Drama, Effect of environment on, Endangered species, Fiction, Human behavior, Human beings, Juvenile audience, Manners and customs, Mystery and detective stories, Natural history, New York Times reviewed, Poetry

Places

Poland, Warsaw, Warsaw (Poland), Calcutta, England, India, Surrey, United States, Ithaca (N.Y.), New Mexico, Palm Beach (Fla.), Tequesquite Ranch, Tequesquite Ranch (N.M.)

People

Antonina Żabińska, Jan Żabiński (1897-1974), Diane Ackerman (1948-), Grimesby Roylott, Helen Stoner, John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Stroke Moran, Diane Ackerman, Claude Monet (1840-1926), Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849), Paul West (1930-), Sei Shōnagon (b. ca. 967)

Time

1939, 20th century

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September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
July 25, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Author Bio
July 25, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Added new photo
July 30, 2011 Edited by Hilary Caws-Elwitt merge authors