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Also Known As Francis Ernest Kobina Parkes
Born 1932 • Ghana
Died May 23, 2004 (aged 72) • Accra • Ghana
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Kofi Awoonor
Ghanaian author
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Ama Ata Aidoo
Ghanaian writer
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Efua Sutherland
Ghanaian author
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Howard K. Smith
American journalist and broadcaster
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Samuel Johnson
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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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Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
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Daniel Defoe, engraving by M. Van der Gucht, after a portrait by J. Taverner, first half of the 18th century.
Daniel Defoe
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Joseph Addison
English author
Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas
British author
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Dorothy Kilgallen
American journalist
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British poet and journalist
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Harold Pinter
British dramatist
Tom Stoppard wearing a dark suit, blue checkered shirt, and green tie, looking at the camera against a dark background.
Tom Stoppard
Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter
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G.K. Chesterton
British author
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Leigh Hunt
British author
Richard Dimbleby
Richard Dimbleby
British journalist
Cooke, Alistair
Alistair Cooke
British-American journalist
Walter Winchell, c. 1955.
Walter Winchell
American journalist
Joan Aiken.
Joan Aiken
British author

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