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Also Known As	Madhavikutty • Kamala Surayya
Born	March 31, 1934 • Thrissur • India
Died	May 31, 2009 (aged 75) • Pune • India
Notable Works	“A Doll for the Child Prostitute” • “Alphabet of Lust” • “Balyakalasmaranakal” • “My Story” • “Padmavati the Harlot” • “Thanuppu” • “The Descendants” • “The Old Playhouse, and Other Poems”

Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study

Khushwant Singh

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Mulk Raj Anand

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Theodore Dreiser

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Alice Walker

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Margaret Atwood

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Graham Greene, 1982

Graham Greene

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Joyce Carol Oates

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Paul Auster

Paul Auster

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Stein, Gertrude

Gertrude Stein

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G.K. Chesterton

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Mary Austin.

Mary Austin

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Muriel Spark

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Claude McKay

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A Study of Poetry

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Famous Poets and Poetic Form

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