Nuruddin Farah

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Born	1945 (age 79)
Notable Works	“A Naked Needle” • “Close Sesame” • “Crossbones” • “From a Crooked Rib” • “Gifts” • “Knots” • “Links” • “Maps” • “North of Dawn” • “Sardines” • “Sweet and Sour Milk”

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Irish writer

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Irish writer

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New Zealand author

Cesare Pavese

Italian author

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American poet

Hearn, Lafcadio

Lafcadio Hearn

British-born writer and translator

Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Franzen

American author

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Ludwig Tieck

German writer

Maria Dąbrowska

Polish author and critic

Elio Vittorini

Italian author

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Jens Peter Jacobsen

Danish author

Peter Carey

Peter Carey

Australian author

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Rosario Ferré

Puerto Rican writer

Gregory Rabassa

American translator

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William Plomer

South African writer

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Harriet Martineau

British author

Nina Berberova

Russian-American writer

Ahmed Ali

Pakistani writer

Louis Zukofsky

American poet

Paul Bowles

American composer, translator, and author