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Born November 15, 1776 • Mexico City • Mexico
Died June 21, 1827 (aged 50) • Mexico City • Mexico
Notable Works “The Itching Parrot”

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Mexican writer and diplomat
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Argentine novelist, journalist, and educator
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Mexican author
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Mexican writer
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Mexican writer and statesman
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Juan Rulfo
Mexican writer
Fernando del Paso
Mexican author and artist
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Mexican writer
Mariano Azuela
Mexican writer
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Mexican writer
José Agustín
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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
British novelist
Henry Fielding, frontispiece to Fielding's Works (1st ed., 1762), engraving by James Basire after a drawing by William Hogarth
Henry Fielding
English author
Daniel Defoe, engraving by M. Van der Gucht, after a portrait by J. Taverner, first half of the 18th century.
Daniel Defoe
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