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Also Known As Geórgios Theotokás
Born August 27, 1906 • Turkey
Died October 30, 1966 (aged 60) • Athens • Greece
Notable Works “Argo”
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer
Henry James
Henry James
American writer
Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Tobias Smollett
Scottish novelist
Graham Greene
Graham Greene
British author
Andersen, Hans Christian
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish author
Mérimée, detail of an engraving after a drawing by A. Devéria, c. 1832
Prosper Mérimée
French author
Ariyoshi Sawako
Japanese author
Kazantzákis, Níkos
Níkos Kazantzákis
Greek writer
Palamás, Kostís
Kostís Palamás
Greek poet
Angelos Sikelianós
Greek poet
James Goldman
American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist
Mary Hayley Bell
British author and actress
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
English author
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
British novelist
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Voltaire
Voltaire
French philosopher and author
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Aleksandr Pushkin
Aleksandr Pushkin
Russian author
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev
Russian author