Ramón Pérez de Ayala

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Born	August 9, 1880 • Oviedo • Spain
Died	August 5, 1962 (aged 81) • Madrid • Spain
Notable Works	“AMDG” • “Belarmino and Apolonio” • “Los trabajos de Urbano y Simona” • “Moons of Honey and Gall” • “Tinieblas en las cumbres” • “Troteras y danzaderas”

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Spanish author

Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish writer

Ramón José Sender

Spanish novelist

Theodore Dreiser

Theodore Dreiser

American author

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Spanish writer

Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo

Spanish writer and diplomat

Rosa Chacel

Spanish writer

Baroja, Pío

Pío Baroja

Spanish writer

Carmen Laforet

Spanish author

Ángel de Saavedra, duke de Rivas

Spanish author

José de Espronceda y Delgado

Spanish poet

Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza.

Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza

Spanish writer

Palacio Valdés, Armando

Armando Palacio Valdés

Spanish writer

Pedro López de Ayala

Spanish poet and chronicler

Aldecoa, Ignacio

Ignacio Aldecoa

Spanish novelist

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac

American writer

Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

American author

Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

American author

Pasternak

Boris Leonidovich Pasternak

Russian author

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