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Born July 6, 1913 • Wales
Died April 14, 1981 (aged 67) • Cardiff • Wales
Notable Works “All Things Betray Thee” • “The Dark Philosophers”
H.D.
H.D.
American poet
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Emlyn Williams
Welsh actor
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
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James Baldwin
American author
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre
French philosopher and author
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
American author
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa smiling, shown in a close-up portrait with gray hair, wearing a suit and tie.
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian author
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Gabriele D’Annunzio
Italian writer and political leader
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Witi Ihimaera
New Zealand author
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Tibor Déry
Hungarian writer
François Mauriac
François Mauriac
French author
Rolland
Romain Rolland
French writer
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal
American writer
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Ludwig Tieck
German writer
McCullers, Carson
Carson McCullers
American author
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Valentin Katayev
Soviet writer
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Tennessee Williams
American playwright
Behan
Brendan Behan
Irish author
Amiri Baraka, c. 1964
Amiri Baraka
American writer
Jean Genet
Jean Genet
French writer