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Also Known As Bohumír Hrabal
Born March 28, 1914 • Brno • Czechoslovakia
Died February 3, 1997 (aged 82) • Prague • Czech Republic
Notable Works “Closely Watched Trains”
Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera
Czech writer
Karel Čapek, 1938.
Karel Čapek
Czech writer
Klíma, Ivan
Ivan Klíma
Czech author
Hašek, Jaroslav
Jaroslav Hašek
Czech writer
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian author
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Russian writer
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev
Russian author
William Faulkner
William Faulkner
American author
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac
French author
Henry James
Henry James
American writer
The master of chills and suspense
Stephen King
American novelist
The man who invented Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
English author
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
British author and scientist
Ted Chiang
Ted Chiang
American author
Ottessa Moshfegh
Ottessa Moshfegh
American author
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov
American author
Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann
German writer
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat