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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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Since fleeing into exile in India in 1959, he has been the center of a global Tibetan resistance movement to Chinese policies that he warns seek to “overwhelm” Tibet’s distinct identity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

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

"Why are we here again? Women and girls in Afghanistan are denied the same rights as those in our country, and the women's team lives in exile," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

This time, though, it was not to go into exile.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

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

Xi's visit was the target of protests by dozens of Tibetans in New Delhi, exiles like their Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, who has lived in India since fleeing a Chinese crackdown in 1959.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

Those frantically trying to find out about family members included Venezuelans in Doral, Fla., which has one of the largest communities of exiles in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 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

Last she’d heard Lio had made it to Venezuela where a group of exiles was training for an invasion.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Rocky was exiled to South Philadelphia and installed outside the Spectrum arena, where the 76ers and Flyers played until the 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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

It has labelled the exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, a separatist.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Let him free all who have been imprisoned, banished or exiled for their opposition to apartheid.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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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