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Also Known As Jorge Icaza Coronel
Born July 10, 1906 • Quito • Ecuador
Died May 26, 1978 (aged 71) • Quito • Ecuador • (Anniversary in 6 days)
Notable Works “The Villagers”
Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian author
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Rachel de Queiroz
Brazilian novelist
Ariano Suassuna
Brazilian writer
Julio Ramón Ribeyro
Peruvian writer
Storni, Alfonsina
Alfonsina Storni
Argentine writer
José de Alencar.
José de Alencar
Brazilian author
Roberto Arlt
Argentine author
Bernardo Guimarães
Brazilian author
James Goldman
American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist
Mary Hayley Bell
British author and actress
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
British novelist
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Voltaire
Voltaire
French philosopher and author
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Aleksandr Pushkin
Aleksandr Pushkin
Russian author
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev
Russian author
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist and critic