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Also Known As John Peter Berger
Born November 5, 1926 • London • England
Died January 2, 2017 (aged 90) • France
Awards And Honors Booker Prize (1972)
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Arundhati Roy
Indian author and activist
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Canadian author
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English poet
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British writer
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Philip Larkin
British poet
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English writer
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British author
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British writer
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Salman Rushdie
British-American writer
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British writer
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British scholar, literary critic, and novelist
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