Lu Xun

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Also Known As	Zhou Shuren • Lu Hsün
Born	September 25, 1881 • Shaoxing • China
Died	October 19, 1936 (aged 55) • Shanghai • China
Notable Works	“Diary of a Madman” • “The True Story of Ah Q”
Notable Family Members	brother Zhou Zuoren
Subjects Of Study	Chinese literature • fiction

Lin Yutang

Lin Yutang

Chinese author

Guo Moruo

Guo Moruo

Chinese scholar

Qian Zhongshu

Chinese scholar and author

Bingxin

Chinese author

Bian Zhilin

Chinese poet and translator

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

Anglo-Irish author and clergyman

Pound, Ezra

Ezra Pound

American poet

Tillie Olsen

American author

Alice Walker

Alice Walker

American writer

Cesare Pavese

Italian author

Hearn, Lafcadio

Lafcadio Hearn

British-born writer and translator

Thomas Lodge

English writer

Fløgstad, Kjartan

Kjartan Fløgstad

Norwegian writer

Babette Deutsch

American poet, critic, translator, and novelist

Arthur David Waley

British translator

Ouyang Xiu

Chinese author and statesman

Ha Jin

Ha Jin

Chinese American writer

Bei Dao

Chinese author

Baren

Chinese author and critic

Hu Feng

Chinese literary theorist

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