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Born May 4, 1904 • Guadalajara • Mexico
Died January 17, 1980 (aged 75) • Mexico City • Mexico
Title / Office governor (1953-1959), Jalisco
Notable Works “Genio y figuras de Guadalajara” • “La creación” • “The Edge of the Storm” • “The Lean Lands”
Rosario Castellanos
Mexican writer
Jaime Torres Bodet
Mexican writer and statesman
Reyes, Alfonso
Alfonso Reyes
Mexican writer
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer and diplomat
Sergio Pitol
Mexican author
José Emilio Pacheco
Mexican author
Juan José Arreola
Mexican writer
Juan Rulfo
Juan Rulfo
Mexican writer
Vasconcelos, José
José Vasconcelos
Mexican educator
José Revueltas
Mexican writer
José Agustín
Mexican author
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer
Tillie Olsen
American author
Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study
Khushwant Singh
Indian writer
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
British author and scientist
Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry
American author
Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian author
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood
Canadian author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigerian author