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Born October 19, 1817 • Durham • England
Died July 12, 1880 (aged 62) • Wandsworth • England
Notable Works “Our American Cousin”
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Malcolm Muggeridge
British journalist and social critic
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Douglas William Jerrold
English playwright, journalist, and humorist
Portrait of Charles Dickens seated at a desk, writing with a quill pen, dressed in a suit with a bow tie.
Charles Dickens
British novelist
Portrait of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
British poet and critic
T.S. Eliot stands at a chalkboard, writing a diagram with letters and Greek symbols representing characters for a play, in his office at the Institute for Advanced Study.
T.S. Eliot
American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic
Tom Stoppard wearing a dark suit, blue checkered shirt, and green tie, looking at the camera against a dark background.
Tom Stoppard
Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter
Tina Brown
Tina Brown
English American magazine editor
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Peter Redgrove
English poet, novelist, and playwright
Churchill, Jennie Jerome
Jennie Jerome Churchill
British socialite and writer
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Alasdair Gray
Scottish novelist, playwright, and artist
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J.R. Ackerley
British writer and editor
Painting of Samuel Johnson showing Johnson seated at a desk with a quill in hand and papers before him, wearing a brown coat and white wig.
Samuel Johnson
English author
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
Henry Fielding, frontispiece to Fielding's Works (1st ed., 1762), engraving by James Basire after a drawing by William Hogarth
Henry Fielding
English author
Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison
English author
Steele, detail of an oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1711; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Richard Steele
British author and politician
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Jeannette Leonard Gilder
American editor and writer
Leigh Hunt, detail of a watercolour and gouache on ivory by Margaret Gillies, 1838–46; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Leigh Hunt
British author
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John Pepper Clark
Nigerian author
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Curzio Malaparte
Italian writer