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Born April 5, 1910 • Vilnius
Died June 26, 1982 (aged 72) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “My Fight with Hersh Rasseyner” • “My Mother’s Sabbath Days” • “The Agunah” • “Yo”
Movement / Style Yung Vilne
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Walter Abish
American author
Mutis, Álvaro
Álvaro Mutis
Colombian author
William Faulkner
William Faulkner
American author
Alice Walker smiling and wearing glasses, a beaded necklace, and a burgundy velvet top at the opening of The Color Purple in New York City.
Alice Walker
American writer
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov
American author
Joyce Carol Oates, 2012
Joyce Carol Oates
American author
Sherman Alexie, 2007
Sherman Alexie
American author
Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow
American author
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Leslie Marmon Silko
American author
Author Sandra Cisneros stands outdoors with arms crossed, wearing a patterned brown shawl, large earrings, turquoise bracelet, and pink ribbons in her hair.
Sandra Cisneros
American author
Ha Jin
Ha Jin
Chinese American writer
Samuel R. Delany
Samuel R. Delany
American author and critic
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Tobias Wolff
American author
Ana Castillo
Ana Castillo
American poet and author
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Jessamyn West
American writer
Peretz, I.L.
I.L. Peretz
Polish-Jewish writer
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Kazimierz Brandys
Polish author
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Hortense Calisher
American writer
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Larry Woiwode
American author
Mary Gordon
Mary Gordon
American author

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