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Which poet wrote his most famous work while in exile?

exile

[eg-zahyl, ek-sahyl] / ˈɛg zaɪl, ˈɛk saɪl /




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Robinson began this summer in an exile from the England team that had lasted for more than two years.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Regardless, should you ever feel that many people around you are looking increasingly smooth, there’s an easy solution that does not require Twilight Zone–style exile from society: Expand your social horizons a bit.

From Slate Sep. 2, 2026

But Tibetan advocacy groups in exile have questioned China's account of the disaster.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

"Not really," says Brook, on suggestions of regrets over his exile from cricket's most lucrative tournament.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

I was born to five in exile, it appeared, and my one way home was by way of dying.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

In Australia, home to a 3,000-strong Tibetan community, exiles were in anguish about family in Tibet.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

In the 1930s and 1940s, postrevolutionary Mexico emerged as both an incubator of modern art and haven for European refugees, political exiles and other expats.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

In Miami or Madrid, they became industrious exiles, sending remittances back to their families in Cuba.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

For a woman who Hollywood exiles into the Nevada desert, only for her to build an empire and return to Los Angeles to conquer the industry, besting cancer should be a cinch.

From Salon May 29, 2026

Oscar says that Swan is a new station that broadcasts important bulletins by exiles who want to liberate the island.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

María Corina Machado, the exiled leader of the Venezuelan opposition and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, on Thursday raised her own worries about what the oil deal means for the future of Venezuela.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

The exiled Tibetans said relatives told them a large number of labourers from Lhasa and Shigatse had been at a bridge construction project in the area.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

The exiled Russian writer Nina Berberova ecstatically recalled touring Rome with Muratov as her guide: “He loved Italy and taught me to love it.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

In 2024 the former Liverpool winger joined Arsenal on loan, but upon returning to Chelsea in 2025 was exiled from the first-team squad and made to train separately.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

From my father I had learned that books were to be either adored or exiled.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

In 1952 his re-entry permit to the U.S. was revoked, effectively exiling him for nearly 20 years.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2025

He said that invading forces had ransacked his offices, exiling his team to another location where they are attempting to continue running their city.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2022

The exiling of “Jingle Bells” was first reported by writer Peter Lovenheim in the Rochester Beacon, an online publication.

From Washington Times Dec. 23, 2021

She also heeds Logan's orders, exiling Kendall, her own child, from her party to accommodate her ex-husband, who won't be seen with him.

From Salon Dec. 6, 2021

Bitter local officials pushed through an ordinance banning automobiles from the Stanford campus and all tourist areas, effectively exiling them from the city.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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