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Also Known As Eileen Chang • Chang Ai-ling
Born September 9, 1920 • Shanghai • China
Found Dead September 8, 1995 • California
Notable Works “Half a Lifelong Romance”
Ha Jin
Ha Jin
Chinese American writer
Mo Yan
Mo Yan
Chinese author
Tobias Wolff
American author
Qian Zhongshu
Chinese scholar and author
Sterling, Bruce
Bruce Sterling
American author
Kingston, Maxine Hong
Maxine Hong Kingston
Chinese-American author
Sadeq Hedayat.
Sadeq Hedayat
Iranian author
William Faulkner
William Faulkner
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Henry James
Henry James
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Pound, Ezra
Ezra Pound
American poet
The master of chills and suspense
Stephen King
American novelist
Ted Chiang
Ted Chiang
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Ottessa Moshfegh
Ottessa Moshfegh
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Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov
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Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
American poet
Truman Capote
Truman Capote
American author
Liu Cixin
Liu Cixin
Chinese author
Harlan Ellison.
Harlan Ellison
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Richard Brautigan
American author
Ding Ling
Chinese author