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Also Known As Baṇkim Candra Caṭṭopādhyāy • Bankim Chandra Catterji
Born June 26, 1838 or June 27, 1838 • India
Died April 8, 1894 • Kolkata • India
Notable Works “Ānandamaṭh” • “Durgeśanandinī”
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Rabindranath Tagore
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Indian writer and theologian
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Shamsur Rahman
Bengali poet, journalist, and human rights advocate
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Norwegian author
Amrita Pritam
Amrita Pritam
Indian author and poet
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Indian writer
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Indian author
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Vikram Seth
Indian author
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Indian author
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Lalla Ded
Hindu poet-saint
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Ishmael Reed
American author
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Johannes Ewald
Danish poet
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American editor and writer
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Taslima Nasrin
Bangladeshi author
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Viktor Rydberg
Swedish author
Kemal, Namik
Namık Kemal
Turkish author and social reformer
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
American poet and journalist
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Jacob Glatstein
American author and literary critic
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Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Finnish-Swedish poet
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