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Also Known As Charles Edgar du Perron
Born November 2, 1899 • Indonesia
Died May 14, 1940 (aged 40) • Netherlands
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Frederik Willem van Eeden
Dutch author and physician
Menno ter Braak
Menno ter Braak
Dutch critic
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Lodewijk van Deyssel
Dutch author
Painting of Samuel Johnson showing Johnson seated at a desk with a quill in hand and papers before him, wearing a brown coat and white wig.
Samuel Johnson
English author
Lezama Lima, José
José Lezama Lima
Cuban author
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Severo Sarduy
Cuban writer
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Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
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Johannes V. Jensen
Danish author
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Maurice Baring
British author
Cees Nooteboom
Cees Nooteboom
Dutch author
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Everhardus Johannes Potgieter
Dutch author
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Augusto de Campos
Brazilian poet and critic
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
British writer
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer
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Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
French critic
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
American author
Paul Auster
Paul Auster
American author
Ha Jin
Ha Jin
Chinese American writer

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