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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

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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

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

Stephen King

American novelist

Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio

Italian poet and scholar

Henry James

Henry James

American writer

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

John Steinbeck

American novelist

Thomas Mann

Thomas Mann

German author

The man who invented Middle-earth

J.R.R. Tolkien

English author

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J.D. Salinger

American author

Can Xue

Can Xue

Chinese writer

Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke

British author and scientist

Ted Chiang

Ted Chiang

American author

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James Tiptree, Jr.

American author

Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh

American author

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

American author