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Also Known As Grace Emily Akinyi
Born May 15, 1930 • Kenya
Died March 18, 2015 (aged 84) • Nairobi • Kenya • (Anniversary in 5 days)
Notable Works “Land Without Thunder” • “The Island of Tears” • “The Other Woman” • “The Promised Land”
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Kenyan writer
Michael Banim
Irish author
John Banim
Irish author
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer
James Joyce
James Joyce
Irish author
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad
British writer
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett
Irish author
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
British author
Henry James
Henry James
American writer
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy
British writer
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Irish author
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
American author
H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells
British author
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
British writer
The man who invented Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
English author
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
British author and scientist
Graham Greene
Graham Greene
British author
Salman Rushdie, 2008
Salman Rushdie
British-American writer
Colm Tóibín
Colm Tóibín
Irish author
Barrie, 1893
J.M. Barrie
Scottish author