Heinrich Mann

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Born	March 27, 1871 • Lübeck • Germany
Died	March 12, 1950 (aged 78) • Santa Monica • California
Notable Works	“Henri Quatre” • “Small Town Tyrant” • “The Chief” • “The Little Town” • “The Patrioteer” • “The Poor”

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Thomas Mann

Thomas Mann

German author

Jean Paul

Jean Paul

German author

Uwe Johnson

German author

Herta Müller, 2009.

Herta Müller

Romanian-born German writer

Micah Joseph Berdichevsky

Russian author

Martin Mosebach

German author

Alfred Döblin

German writer

Carl Zuckmayer.

Carl Zuckmayer

German playwright

Gert Hofmann

German author

W.G. Sebald

W.G. Sebald

German-English author

Hippel, engraving by J.F. Bolt

Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel

German writer

Paul Ernst

Paul Ernst

German writer

Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy

Indian author, actress, and activist

Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke

British author and scientist

Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks

American author, photographer, and film director

Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby

British writer

Harlan Ellison.

Harlan Ellison

American author

Hofmannsthal, photograph by Thea Sternheim, 1911; in the Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Marbach, Ger.

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Austrian author

Paul Auster

Paul Auster

American author