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Also Known As Eötvös Károly
Born March 11, 1842 • Hungary
Died April 13, 1916 (aged 74) • Budapest • Hungary
Notable Works “A nagy per, mely ezer éve folyik”
Imre Kertész
Hungarian writer
Zsigmond, Baron Kemény
Hungarian writer
Tomás Eloy Martínez
Argentine novelist, journalist, and educator
Péter Nádas
Hungarian author
József Eötvös
József, Baron Eötvös
Hungarian writer
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
American writer
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
United States official and diplomat
Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study
Khushwant Singh
Indian writer
Alice Walker
Alice Walker
American writer
Graham Greene
Graham Greene
British author
Salman Rushdie, 2008
Salman Rushdie
British-American writer
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Wyndham Lewis
Wyndham Lewis
British artist and writer
Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel
British writer
Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates
American author
Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat
Haitian American author
Martin Amis
Martin Amis
British author
Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe
Nigerian author
Winner of a Pulitzer Prize
Annie Proulx
American author
Doctorow, E.L.
E.L. Doctorow
American author