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Fatima Meer

South African activist, educator, and author

J.M. Coetzee

J.M. Coetzee

South African author

Athol Fugard with John Kani and Winston Ntshona

Athol Fugard

South African dramatist, actor, and director

Dennis Brutus

South African author

Nadine Gordimer

South African author

Alan Paton

Alan Paton

South African writer

Es’kia Mphahlele

South African writer

Plomer

William Plomer

South African writer

Abrahams, Peter

Peter Abrahams

South African-born author

André Philippus Brink

André Philippus Brink

South African author

Mbongeni Ngema

South African playwright, composer, choreographer, and director

Plaatje, Solomon Tshekiso

Solomon Tshekiso Plaatje

South African writer

Jordan Kush Ngubane

South African writer

Uys Krige

South African dramatist

Schreiner, Olive

Olive Schreiner

South African writer

Herman Charles Bosman

South African author

Alex La Guma

South African writer

Sarah Gertrude Millin

South African writer

Richard Rive

South African author

Jack Cope

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

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