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Born October 15, 1923 ā€¢ Cuba
Died September 19, 1985 (aged 61) ā€¢ Siena ā€¢ Italy
Notable Works ā€œCosmicomicsā€ ā€¢ ā€œIf on a Winterā€™s Night a Travelerā€ ā€¢ ā€œInvisible Citiesā€ ā€¢ ā€œThe Baron in the Treesā€ ā€¢ ā€œThe Castle of Crossed Destiniesā€ ā€¢ ā€œThe Nonexistent Knight & the Cloven Viscountā€ ā€¢ ā€œThe Path to the Nest of Spidersā€
Movement / Style Neorealism
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Cesare Pavese
Italian author
Moravia, 1969
Alberto Moravia
Italian writer
The man who invented Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
English author
Mary McCarthy
Mary McCarthy
American novelist and critic
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Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello
Italian author
Svevo, Italo
Italo Svevo
Italian author
Silone, 1969
Ignazio Silone
Italian author
Quasimodo
Salvatore Quasimodo
Italian poet
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Elio Vittorini
Italian author
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Curzio Malaparte
Italian writer
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Vasco Pratolini
Italian author
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Carlo Cassola
Italian writer
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
American writer
Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study
Khushwant Singh
Indian writer
Graham Greene, 1982
Graham Greene
British author
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American author
Flannery O'Connor
Flannery Oā€™Connor
American writer

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