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a poet will even face death when he sees his people oppressed.

Carolina Maria de Jesus

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Carolina Maria de Jesus
Age: 63 †
Born: 1914
Born: March 14
Died: 1977
Died: July 27
Autobiographer
Journalist
Poet
Waste Picker
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Carolina de Jesus
Bitita
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Death
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