Gudmundur Kamban

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Also Known As	Gudmundur Jonsson Hallgrimsson Kamban
Born	June 8, 1888 • Iceland
Died	May 5, 1945 (aged 56) • Copenhagen • Denmark
Notable Works	“Hadda Padda” • “Kongeglimen” • “Marmor” • “Ragnar Finnsson” • “The Virgin of Skalholt” • “We Murderers”

Hauch, Johannes Carsten

Johannes Carsten Hauch

Danish author

Jóhann Sigurjónsson

Icelandic writer

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

French writer

Aleksandr Pushkin

Aleksandr Pushkin

Russian author

Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

French author

Ludvig Holberg

Ludvig Holberg, Baron Holberg

Scandinavian author

Andersen, Hans Christian

Hans Christian Andersen

Danish author

Alessandro Manzoni, oil painting by Francesco Hayez; in the Brera Gallery, Milan.

Alessandro Manzoni

Italian author

Sholem Asch

Sholem Asch

American writer

Tieck, detail of an oil painting by K. Vogel von Vogelstein, 1834; in the National Gallery, Berlin

Ludwig Tieck

German writer

Alexandre Dumas.

Alexandre Dumas, père

French author [1802–1870]

Per Olov Enquist, 2011

Per Olov Enquist

Swedish writer

Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, lithograph by François Le Villain after a portrait by Fabian Sarnecki.

Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz

Polish writer

Drachmann

Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann

Danish author

Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, portrait after an oil painting by I.E. Repin, 1879

Aleksey Konstantinovich, Count Tolstoy

Russian writer

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, 1935.

Aleksey Nikolayevich, Count Tolstoy

Soviet writer

Ramón María del Valle-Inclán

Spanish writer

William Wells Brown

William Wells Brown

American writer

Ariyoshi Sawako

Japanese author

Leif Panduro

Danish writer