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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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This week, thousands demonstrated in Caracas and other cities, demanding her return from exile in Panama.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

“Our sovereign voice returns with her to lead and guide this process!” wrote Edmundo González, Machado’s close ally, who is in exile in Spain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Thomas, an outspoken critic of Nazism, leading to his exile, believes that his public appearances can unite the country he loves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Szalai warned that Serbia is also the only country in RSF's EU-Balkans region where journalists have been forced into exile over their work.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Sounds of revelry traveled to him at night from the officers’ club and kept him awake often as he turned and tossed on his cot in passive, half-voluntary exile.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Der Chef was voiced by German exiles under Delmer’s watchful eye.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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

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

Oliver had lived to see the prisoners released and the exiles return, but he had not lived to cast his vote in a free and democratic South Africa.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Malaysia has historically offered safe haven to those exiled from Myanmar by persecution or conflict.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

Some of the exiled had betrayed Britain decades earlier, their names allegedly appearing on a “naughty list” in the Soviet Embassy in London “in the wake of 1989.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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

“Sacrilege and lies! Grover Underwood, I will have you exiled for speaking thus!”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

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

Now Alex was exiling Bri, the sweetest of them all.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer


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