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Born November 8, 1908 • Hassan • India
Died July 8, 2006 (aged 97) • Austin • Texas
Notable Works “The Serpent and the Rope”
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R.K. Narayan
Indian author
Mulk Raj Anand
Mulk Raj Anand
Indian author
Salman Rushdie, 2008
Salman Rushdie
British-American writer
V.S. Naipaul
V.S. Naipaul
Trinidadian-British writer
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Anita Desai
Indian author
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Nayantara Sahgal
Indian journalist and author
Amrita Pritam
Amrita Pritam
Indian author and poet
Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study
Khushwant Singh
Indian writer
Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond
Indian author
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Michael Banim
Irish author
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John Banim
Irish author
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer
James Joyce wearing a dark suit, light tie, round glasses, and a hat, looking to the side outdoors in Zurich, Switzerland.
James Joyce
Irish author
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad
British writer
Samuel Beckett, 1965
Samuel Beckett
Irish author
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
British author
Henry James
Henry James
American writer
Portrait of Thomas Hardy in profile, showing an older man with a bald head, bushy mustache, and formal suit.
Thomas Hardy
British writer
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Irish author
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
British author