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Born November 1, 1921 • Vienna • Austria
Died November 11, 2016 (aged 95) • Vienna • Austria
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Paul Ernst
German writer
Hofmannsthal, photograph by Thea Sternheim, 1911; in the Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Marbach, Ger.
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Austrian author
Portrait of Austrian author Alexander Lernet-Holenia, an older man in a suit and tie, seated and looking toward the camera with a slight smile.
Alexander Lernet-Holenia
Austrian writer
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer
James Joyce wearing a dark suit, light tie, round glasses, and a hat, looking to the side outdoors in Zurich, Switzerland.
James Joyce
Irish author
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Irish author
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello
Italian author
Graham Greene, 1982
Graham Greene
British author
Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann
German writer
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Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
William Carlos Williams, wearing glasses and a bow tie, sits indoors holding a book with bookshelves and cabinets in the background, circa 1955.
William Carlos Williams
American poet
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Nick Joaquin
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Volker Braun
German author
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Ingeborg Bachmann
Austrian author
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Karl Kraus
Austrian writer
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Else Lasker-Schüler
German author
Bahr, 1916
Hermann Bahr
Austrian writer
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Ferdinand Kürnberger
Austrian writer
Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma.
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer

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