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Also Known As Johannes Brofeldt
Born September 11, 1861 • Finland
Died August 8, 1921 (aged 59) • Helsinki • Finland
Notable Works “Juha” • “Lastuja” • “Rautatie”
Sillanpää
Frans Eemil Sillanpää
Finnish author
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Paavo Haavikko
Finnish author
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Veijo Meri
Finnish author
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Joel Lehtonen
Finnish author
Minna Canth
Minna Canth
Finnish author
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
One of the greatest Russian writers
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian author
Stendhal, oil painting by Pierre-Joseph Dedreux-Dorcy; in the Bibliothèque Municipale de Grenoble, France.
Stendhal
French author
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
German-language writer
Portrait of French author Marcel Proust, seated with his hand resting thoughtfully against his chin, wearing a dark suit and looking directly at the camera.
Marcel Proust
French writer
James Baldwin stands against a plain background in a dress shirt and tie, arms crossed, holding a cigarette, looking directly at the camera.
James Baldwin
American author
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser
American author
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
American author
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
American author
Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study
Khushwant Singh
Indian writer
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
British writer
Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay
American writer and cultural critic
John G. Neihardt
John G. Neihardt
American poet
Joyce Carol Oates, 2012
Joyce Carol Oates
American author
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Gabriele D’Annunzio
Italian writer and political leader