Stefan Zweig

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles

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Diagnosing 9 of Charles Dickens’s Most Famous Characters

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Why Is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Celebrated on a Thursday?

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Why Is It Called Black Friday?

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Pro and Con: School Uniforms

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8 Deadliest Wars of the 21st Century

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11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

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8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History

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14 Tough Questions Answered

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Born	November 28, 1881 • Vienna • (Birthday in 7 days)
Found Dead	February 23, 1942 • Petrópolis • Brazil
Notable Works	“Beware of Pity” • “Master Builders” • “The Tide of Fortune” • “Three Masters”

Ilse Aichinger

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Arno Schmidt

German author

Paul Auster

American author

Ha Jin

Chinese American writer

Uwe Johnson

German author

Louis Auchincloss

American author

Herta Müller

Romanian-born German writer

Micah Joseph Berdichevsky

Russian author

Muriel Spark

British writer

Carl Spitteler

Swiss poet

Nick Joaquin

Filipino author

Max Brod

German-language novelist and essayist

Elizabeth Hardwick

American writer

Gert Hofmann

German author

Sigurdur Jóhannesson Nordal

Icelandic philologist and writer

Paul Ernst

German writer

V.S. Pritchett

British writer

Stuart Cloete

South African writer

Hofmannsthal, photograph by Thea Sternheim, 1911; in the Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Marbach, Ger.

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Austrian author

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