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Also Known As Oottupulackal Velukkutty Vijayan
Born July 2, 1930 • India
Died March 29, 2005 (aged 74) • Hyderabad • India
Kamala Das
Indian author
Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study
Khushwant Singh
Indian writer
R.K. Narayan
R.K. Narayan
Indian author
Mulk Raj Anand
Mulk Raj Anand
Indian author
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet
Anita Desai
Indian author
Nayantara Sahgal
Indian journalist and author
Premchand
Premchand
Indian author
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
American writer
James Joyce
James Joyce
Irish author
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
French author
Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay
American writer and cultural critic
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian author
Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard
British writer
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce
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Chesterton, G.K.
G.K. Chesterton
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James Thurber, 1955.
James Thurber
American writer and cartoonist
Paule Marshall
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Adela Rogers St. Johns
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Maeve Binchy
Maeve Binchy
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