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Born July 1, 1910 • Delhi • India
Died January 14, 1994 (aged 83) • Karachi • Pakistan
Notable Works “Of Rats and Diplomats” • “Twilight in Delhi”
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Plomer
William Plomer
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Margaret Avison
Canadian poet
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Andrew Lang
British scholar
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Sylvia Townsend Warner
British author
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Rex Warner
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John Banim
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D.H. Lawrence
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Gulzar
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writer, film producer, and director
Rudyard Kipling
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