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Born	May 18, 1948 (age 78) • South Korea

Can Xue

Can Xue

Chinese writer

Han Kang, 2024 Nobel Prize winner for literature

Han Kang

South Korean writer

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma.

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish writer

One of the greatest Russian writers

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Russian author

Portrait of Leo Tolstoy with a long white beard, wearing a dark shirt and looking slightly to the side.

Leo Tolstoy

Russian writer

Ivan Turgenev

Ivan Turgenev

Russian author

William Faulkner

William Faulkner

American author

Honoré de Balzac daguerreotype, 1848

Honoré de Balzac

French author

Henry James

Henry James

American writer

Stephen King smiling and wearing glasses and a light blue collared shirt.

Stephen King

American novelist

Portrait of John Steinbeck in a suit and tie, looking downward with a serious expression.

John Steinbeck

American novelist

Portrait of J.D. Salinger in a suit and tie, looking slightly to the side, with neatly combed dark hair.

J.D. Salinger

American author

The man who invented Middle-earth

J.R.R. Tolkien

English author

Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke

British author and scientist

Ted Chiang

Ted Chiang

American author

Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh

American author

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

American author

Joyce Carol Oates, 2012

Joyce Carol Oates

American author

Gerhart Hauptmann

Gerhart Hauptmann

German writer