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Born November 8, 1908 • Hassan • India
Died July 8, 2006 (aged 97) • Austin • Texas
Notable Works “The Serpent and the Rope”
Salman Rushdie, 2008
Salman Rushdie
British-American writer
R.K. Narayan
R.K. Narayan
Indian author
Mulk Raj Anand
Mulk Raj Anand
Indian author
V.S. Naipaul
V.S. Naipaul
Trinidadian-British writer
Anita Desai
Indian author
Nayantara Sahgal
Indian journalist and author
John Banim
Irish author
Michael Banim
Irish author
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer
James Joyce
James Joyce
Irish author
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad
British writer
Samuel Beckett, 1965
Samuel Beckett
Irish author
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
British author
Henry James
Henry James
American writer
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy
British writer
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Irish author
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
American author
H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells
British author
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
British writer
The man who invented Middle-earth
J.R.R. Tolkien
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