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Born	1952
Died	August 18, 1987 (aged 35) • Harare • Zimbabwe
Notable Works	“The House of Hunger”

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Elizabeth Coatsworth

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Alice Cary

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John Banim

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Concha Espina de Serna

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Miguel de Cervantes

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D.H. Lawrence

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Victor Hugo

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George Meredith

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Rainer Maria Rilke

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Aleksandr Pushkin

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Herman Melville

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