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Also Known As Eric Rucker Eddison
Born November 24, 1882 • Saint Helens • England • (Birthday in 3 days)
Died August 18, 1945 (aged 62)
Notable Works “The Sagas of Icelanders” • “The Worm Ouroboros”
Subjects Of Study Icelandic literature
Arthur Machen
Welsh writer
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
Irish-born author and scholar
The man who invented Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
English author
Pratchett, Terry
Terry Pratchett
English author
One of Britain's most popular authors
Philip Pullman
British writer
Simon Armitage
Simon Armitage
British poet, playwright, and novelist
Robert Graves
British writer
Michael Moorcock
British author
Diana Wynne Jones
British writer
Harriet Martineau, detail of an engraving
Harriet Martineau
British author
Michael Frayn
British author and translator
C. Day-Lewis, 1968.
C. Day-Lewis
British poet
Sylvia Townsend Warner
British author
Dorothy L. Sayers
British writer
Rex Warner
British writer
Mervyn Peake
Mervyn Peake
English novelist
Anne Carson
Anne Carson
Canadian poet
Cesare Pavese
Italian author
Elio Vittorini
Italian author
Amos Tutuola
Nigerian author

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