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Born August 17, 1896 • Austria-Hungary
Died February 28, 1976 (aged 79) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “Odyssey”
Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz, c. 1980
Czesław Miłosz
Polish-American author, translator, critic, and diplomat
Hearn, Lafcadio
Lafcadio Hearn
British-born writer and translator
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Maria Dąbrowska
Polish author and critic
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Adam Zagajewski
Polish writer
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Babette Deutsch
American poet, critic, translator, and novelist
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Mieczysław Jastrun
Polish author and poet
Anne Carson
Anne Carson
Canadian poet
Fløgstad, Kjartan
Kjartan Fløgstad
Norwegian writer
Kazantzákis, Níkos
Níkos Kazantzákis
Greek writer
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Rex Warner
British writer
Portrait of Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet, looking over his shoulder in a collared shirt, circa 1965.
Jack Kerouac
American writer
Pound, Ezra
Ezra Pound
American poet
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Tillie Olsen
American author
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser
American author
Alice Walker smiling and wearing glasses, a beaded necklace, and a burgundy velvet top at the opening of The Color Purple in New York City.
Alice Walker
American writer
Rita Dove
Rita Dove
American author
Kenneth Rexroth and his daughter
Kenneth Rexroth
American poet and painter
Wendell Berry, wearing a tan suit and patterned tie, smiles while seated among other attendees at a conference, holding papers in his hand.
Wendell Berry
American author
N. Scott Momaday
N. Scott Momaday
American author
Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks
American author, photographer, and film director

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