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Born December 6, 1859 • Iceland
Died May 21, 1938 (aged 78) • Reykjavík • Iceland
Gudmundur G. Hagalín
Icelandic writer
Sigurdur Jóhannesson Nordal
Icelandic philologist and writer
Kristmann Gudmundsson
Icelandic author
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
American writer
James Joyce
James Joyce
Irish author
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
French author
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian author
Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard
British writer
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
American author
Chesterton, G.K.
G.K. Chesterton
British author
Paule Marshall
American author
Adela Rogers St. Johns
American journalist and writer
Maeve Binchy
Maeve Binchy
Irish author
Curzio Malaparte
Italian writer
Moravia, 1969
Alberto Moravia
Italian writer
Tomás Eloy Martínez
Argentine novelist, journalist, and educator
Kazimierz Brandys
Polish author
Frederick Forsyth
British author
Douglas Coupland
Douglas Coupland
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Nick Joaquin
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