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Born May 19, 1927 • Egypt
Died August 1, 1991 (aged 64) • London • England
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Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz
Egyptian writer
Ṭāhā Ḥusayn
Egyptian author
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer
James Joyce
James Joyce
Irish author
Henry James
Henry James
American writer
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Irish author
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
American author
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser
American author
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello
Italian author
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
French author
Graham Greene
Graham Greene
British author
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigerian author
Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith
British author
Péter Nádas
Hungarian author
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Russian author
Doctorow, E.L.
E.L. Doctorow
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Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
Paul Willems
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