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Also Known As Christina Ama Ata Aidoo
Born March 23, 1942 • Gold Coast
Died May 31, 2023 (aged 81)
Notable Works “Anowa” • “No Sweetness Here” • “The Dilemma of a Ghost”
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Efua Sutherland
Ghanaian author
Walter de la Mare, photograph by Mark Gerson.
Walter de la Mare
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D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
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James Joyce wearing a dark suit, light tie, round glasses, and a hat, looking to the side outdoors in Zurich, Switzerland.
James Joyce
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Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
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Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
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Graham Greene, 1982
Graham Greene
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Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
Ana Castillo
Ana Castillo
American poet and author
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Constance Lindsay Skinner
American writer and historian
Dowson, portrait by Charles Conder; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Ernest Dowson
British poet
Portrait of Alan Alexander Milne, circa 1920, wearing a light suit and bow tie, looking slightly to the side against a dark background.
A.A. Milne
British author
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Nick Joaquin
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Richard Hughes
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James Crerar Reaney
Canadian writer
Mervyn Peake
Mervyn Peake
English novelist
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma.
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Aleksandr Pushkin
Aleksandr Pushkin
Russian author
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev
Russian author

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