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Born October 27, 1939 (age 87) • Apia • Samoa
Notable Works “Breaking Connections” • “Flying-Fox in a Freedom Tree”
Quiller-Couch, 1943
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
British 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
The man who invented Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
English author
Colm Toibin stands in a narrow cobblestone alleyway in Mantova, Italy, wearing a gray jacket and black shirt with his hands in his pockets.
Colm Tóibín
Irish author
John Banville
John Banville
Irish writer
Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe
Nigerian author
Martin Amis
Martin Amis
British author
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Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
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Tobias Wolff
American author
Ana Castillo
Ana Castillo
American poet and author
Novelist Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark
British writer
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Es’kia Mphahlele
South African writer
Plomer
William Plomer
South African writer
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Sylvia Townsend Warner
British author
Walter de la Mare, photograph by Mark Gerson.
Walter de la Mare
British author
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Sir Edward Howard Marsh
British scholar
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D.J. Enright
British poet
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Stuart Cloete
South African writer
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Charlotte Endymion Porter
American editor

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