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Also Known As Li Feigan • Li Yaotang • Pa Chin
Born November 25, 1904 • Chengdu • China
Died October 17, 2005 (aged 100) • Shanghai • China
Notable Works “Family” • “Jiliu”
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Lu Xun
Chinese writer
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Mu Dan
Chinese poet and translator
Lin Yutang
Lin Yutang
Chinese author
Portrait of French author Marcel Proust, seated with his hand resting thoughtfully against his chin, wearing a dark suit and looking directly at the camera.
Marcel Proust
French writer
H.D.
H.D.
American poet
Harriet Martineau, detail of an engraving
Harriet Martineau
British author
Kazantzákis, Níkos
Níkos Kazantzákis
Greek writer
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Paul Bowles
American composer, translator, and author
C. Day-Lewis, 1968.
C. Day-Lewis
British poet
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Babette Deutsch
American poet, critic, translator, and novelist
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Tom Kristensen
Danish author and critic
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Sylvia Townsend Warner
British author
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Arthur Machen
Welsh writer
Mark Rutherford, drawing by A. Ford Hughes, late 19th century
Mark Rutherford
British author
Can Xue
Can Xue
Chinese writer
Liu Cixin
Liu Cixin
Chinese author
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Ding Ling
Chinese author
Chinese author Mo Yan
Mo Yan
Chinese author
Portrait of writer Zhang Ailing, also known as Eileen Chang, wearing a patterned silk jacket and round earrings, looking slightly upward.
Zhang Ailing
Chinese writer
Guo Moruo
Guo Moruo
Chinese scholar