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Also Known As	Remigio Andrés Delafón • Rosario de Acuña y Villanueva de la Iglesia
Born	1851 • Madrid • Spain
Died	1923 (aged 72) • Gijón • Spain

Miguel de Cervantes

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D.H. Lawrence

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James Joyce

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Matthew Arnold

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Oscar Wilde

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Theodore Dreiser

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