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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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Kasyanov, who left Russia in 2022, lives in exile in Riga.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

The image speaks to a period when his family was headed from Havana to exile in Spain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Javier Oropeza had arrived in the country 48 hours earlier after two years in exile in Spain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

This led to his arrest for sedition and, ultimately, his ongoing exile in America.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Tialys and Salmakia flew back to look and were overjoyed to see their own people there, and every other kind of conscious being who had ever been punished by the Authority with exile and death.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Some of the exiles arrested by U.S. agents in recent months had been welcomed with open arms by the U.S. government just three years ago under a novel deal negotiated by the State Department.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 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

In February 1996, Cuban fighter jets shot down two small civilian planes - owned by a group of Cuban exiles in Miami.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

“That’s why people know me as Maxwell, not Calvin. Sometimes it didn’t matter. Other exiles would figure out who we were and report us to LORE. I’d catch word about it and move us away.”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

An exiled Russian opposition figure living in the US says he was warned by American and Lithuanian security services that his life was in danger.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

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 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

The party has received the backing of several exiled opposition figures, including Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

A large awning hangs over the entrance, orange, the color of our exiled monarchy.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

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

When his boss threatens to uproot his homeland by exiling its residents, Sandi defies the mobster, fleeing with his son soon afterward.

From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2023

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

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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