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Born June 21, 1945 • Poland
Died March 21, 2021 (aged 75) • Kraków • Poland
Notable Works “Another Beauty” • “Anteny” • “Cienka kreska” • “Ciepło, zimno” • “Drugi oddech” • “Dwa miasta” • “Jechać du Lwona” • “Komunikat” • “List oda do wielości” • “Obrona żarliwoṡci” • “Sklepy mięsne” • “Solidarność i samtoność” • “Ziemia ognista”
Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz, c. 1980
Czesław Miłosz
Polish-American author, translator, critic, and diplomat
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Adam Ważyk
Polish author
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Józef Wittlin
Polish author
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Ferdynand Goetel
Polish author
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Mieczysław Jastrun
Polish author and poet
Alice Walker smiling and wearing glasses, a beaded necklace, and a burgundy velvet top at the opening of The Color Purple in New York City.
Alice Walker
American writer
Margaret Atwood smiling at the camera, wearing a red scarf with butterfly patterns and a black top, in front of an orange background with inspirational words.
Margaret Atwood
Canadian author
Graham Greene, 1982
Graham Greene
British author
N. Scott Momaday
N. Scott Momaday
American author
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Leslie Marmon Silko
American author
Alain Mabanckou
Alain Mabanckou
Congolese author
Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe
Nigerian author
Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren
American writer
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Jeannette Leonard Gilder
American editor and writer
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Carl Spitteler
Swiss poet
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Larry Woiwode
American author
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Kamala Das
Indian author
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Pierre-Jean Jouve
French author
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Reynolds Price
American writer
Ratushinskaya, Irina Georgiyevna
Irina Georgiyevna Ratushinskaya
Russian poet, essayist and dissident

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