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Born December 10, 1884 • Switzerland
Died July 13, 1963 (aged 78) • Switzerland
Subjects Of Study anthroposophy
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian author
Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
Paul Ernst
Paul Ernst
German writer
Max Frisch
Max Frisch
Swiss author
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
American author
Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Tobias Smollett
Scottish novelist
Hofmannsthal, photograph by Thea Sternheim, 1911; in the Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Marbach, Ger.
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Austrian author
Tibor Déry
Hungarian writer
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson.
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson
Norwegian author
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal
American writer
Weiss, Peter
Peter Weiss
German writer
William Styron
William Styron
American author
Davies, Robertson
Robertson Davies
Canadian author
Canetti
Elias Canetti
Bulgarian-born writer
Carl Zuckmayer.
Carl Zuckmayer
German playwright
Marya Mannes
American author and critic
A.A. Milne
A.A. Milne
British author
Johan Borgen
Norwegian author
Suzanne Lilar
Belgian author