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Aesop

-620 - -564
Aesop was a Greek storyteller and fabulist, known for his fables that often featured animals with hu...
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Agatha Christie

1890 - 1976
Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was an acclaimed British writer known for her prolific output of detecti...
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Alan Alexander Milne

1882 - 1956
Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bea...
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Albert Camus

1913 - 1960
Albert Camus was a French-Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist. He is best known for his phi...
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Aldous Huxley

1894 - 1963
Aldous Huxley was an English writer best known for his dystopian novel 'Brave New World,' published ...
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Allen Ginsberg

1926 - 1997
Allen Ginsberg was an influential American poet and leading figure in the Beat Generation literary m...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

1900 - 1944
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist, and pioneering aviator. ...
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Ba Jin

1904 - 2005
Ba Jin, born Li Yaotang, was a renowned Chinese writer and political activist known for his commitme...
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C.S. Lewis

1898 - 1963
C.S. Lewis, full name Clive Staples Lewis, was a British writer and scholar known for his works on C...
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Charles Dickens

1812 - 1870
Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic who is considered one of the greatest noveli...
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Chinua Achebe

1930 - 2013
Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. Considered one of the most impor...
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Edgar Allan Poe

1809 - 1849
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, and literary critic best known for his macabre and hor...
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Eileen Chang

1920 - 1995
Eileen Chang, also known as Zhang Ailing, was a Chinese-born American writer. She is best known for ...
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Emily Dickinson

1830 - 1886
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was an American poet known for her unique and innovative style. She live...
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Ernest Hemingway

1899 - 1961
Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. He was born in 1899 i...
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