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Also Known As Kemal Sadik Gogceli • Yashar Kemal
Born October 6, 1923? • Turkey
Died February 28, 2015 • Istanbul • Turkey
Notable Works “Memed, My Hawk”
A.S. Byatt
British scholar, literary critic, and novelist
Tomás Eloy Martínez
Argentine novelist, journalist, and educator
George Saunders
George Saunders
American author
Nick Joaquin
Filipino author
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
American writer
Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study
Khushwant Singh
Indian writer
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
British author and scientist
Ernesto Sábato, 1985.
Ernesto Sábato
Argentine writer
Jeannette Leonard Gilder
American editor and writer
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin
American author
Mary Gordon
Mary Gordon
American author
Donald Davidson
American author
Ziya Gökalp
Turkish author
Kemal, Namik
Namık Kemal
Turkish author and social reformer
Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil
Turkish author
Esther Forbes
American author
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
British novelist
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
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