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Bahij
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Lleshanaku
1968–
Fan S. Noli
1882–1965
Fatos Kongoli
1944–
Gjergj Fishta
1871–1940
Millosh Gjergj
Nikolla
1911–1938
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Poradeci
1899–
Helena Kadare
1943–
Faik Konica
1875–1942
Gjekë Marinaj
1965–
Ndre Mjeda
1866–1937
Sejfulla
Malëshova
1901–1971
Filip Shiroka
1859–1935
Enver Hoxha
1908–1985
Rexhep Qosja
1936–
Irhan Jubica
1973–
Algeria
Albert Camus
1913–1960
Assia Djebar
1936–
Augustine of
Hippo
354 AD–430 AD
Ahlam
Mosteghanemi
1953–
Rachid Mimouni
1945–1995
Kateb Yacine
1929–1989
Frantz Fanon
1925–1961
Mohammed Dib
1920–2003
Yasmina Khadra
1955–
Mouloud
Feraoun
1913–1962
Tahar Djaout
1954–1993
Hélène Cixous
1937–
Malek Bennabi
1905–1973
Rachid
Boudjedra
1941–
Abdelkader
Alloula
1929–1994
Leïla Sebbar
1941–
Jean Amrouche
1906–1962
Boualem Sansal
1949–
Azouz Begag
1957–
Emmanuel
Roblès
1914–1995
Angola
Agostinho Neto
1922–1979
Arlindo Barbeitos
1940–
José Luandino
Vieira
1935–
Alda Lara
1930–1962
Óscar Ribas
1909–2004
Pepetela
1941–
Francisco Santos
1962–
Lopito Feijóo
1963–
Argentina
Jorge Luis
Borges
1899–1986
Adolfo Bioy
Casares
1914–1999
Julio Cortázar
1914–1984
Victoria Ocampo
1890–1979
Ernesto Sabato
1911–2011
Silvina Ocampo
1903–1993
Manuel Puig
1932–1990
Leopoldo
Lugones
1874–1938
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Fernández
1874–1952
Juan Perón
1895–1974
Roberto Arlt
1900–1942
Benito Lynch
1885–1951
Alan Pauls
1959–
Antonio di
Benedetto
1922–1986
César Aira
1949–
José Hernández
1834–1886
Manuel Mujica
Láinez
1910–1984
Eva Perón
1919–1952
Domingo
Faustino Sarmiento
1811–1888
Ezequiel
Martínez Estrada
1895–1964
Armenia
Hovhannes
Tumanyan
1869–1923
Sayat-Nova
1712–1795
Ben Bagdikian
1920–
Hovhannes
Shiraz
1914–1984
Gregory of Narek
951 AD–1003
Daron Acemoğlu
1967–
Levon Shant
1869–1951
Gevorg Emin
1918–1998
Paruyr Sevak
1924–1971
William Saroyan
1908–1981
Arshile Gorky
1904–1948
Yeghishe
Charents
1897–1937
Khachatur
Abovian
1809–1848
Hagop Baronian
1843–1891
Ghevont Alishan
1820–1901
Kevork Ajemian
1932–1998
John Basmajian
1921–2008
Ivan Isakov
1894–1967
Bedros Tourian
1851–1872
Mikael
Nalbandian
1829–1866
Australia
Banjo Paterson
1864–1941
Peter Carey
1943–
Henry Lawson
1867–1922
David Malouf
1934–
Miles Franklin
1879–1954
Alexis Wright
1950–
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1935–
Helen Garner
1942–
Tim Winton
1960–
Shirley Hazzard
1931–
Patrick White
1912–1990
Clive James
1939–
Kate Grenville
1950–
Norman Lindsay
1879–1969
DBC Pierre
1961–
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1872–1967
Colin Thiele
1920–2006
Germaine Greer
1939–
Oodgeroo
Noonuccal
1920–1993
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1933–2012
Austria
Adolf Hitler
1889–1945
Elfriede Jelinek
1946–
Peter Handke
1942–
Stefan Zweig
1881–1942
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Bernhard
1931–1989
Sigmund Freud
1856–1939
Ingeborg
Bachmann
1926–1973
Arthur Schnitzler
1862–1931
Franz Grillparzer
1791–1872
Adalbert Stifter
1805–1868
Robert Musil
1880–1942
Alexander
Lernet-Holenia
1897–1976
Karl Kraus
1874–1936
Elias Canetti
1905–1994
Joseph Roth
1894–1939
Rainer Maria
Rilke
1875–1926
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Hofmannsthal
1874–1929
Friedrich Torberg
1908–1979
Johann Nestroy
1801–1862
Ferdinand
Raimund
1790–1836
Azerbaijan
Mirza Fatali
Akhundov
1812–1878
Heydar Aliyev
1923–2003
Hamlet Isakhanli
1948–
Lotfi A. Zadeh
1921–
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1952–
Ahmet Ağaoğlu
1869–1939
Chingiz
Mustafayev
1960–1992
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Al Mahmud
1936–
Anisul Hoque
1965–
Nirmalendu
Goon
1945–
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1899–1976
Humayun Ahmed
1948–2012
Akhteruzzaman
Elias
1943–1997
Taslima Nasrin
1962–
Ahmed Sofa
1943–2001
Shamsur
Rahman
1929–2006
Roquia
Sakhawat Hussain
1880–1932
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Zafar Iqbal
1952–
Alauddin Al-Azad
1932–2009
Jahanara Imam
1929–1994
Humayun Azad
1947–2004
Abu Ishaque
1926–2003
Mir Mosharraf
Hossain
1847–1912
Achintya Kumar
Sengupta
1903–1976
Basque
Bernardo
Atxaga
Sabino Arana
1865–1903
Ignatius of
Loyola
1491–1556
José Antonio
Aguirre
1904–1960
Juan José
Ibarretxe
Jorge Oteiza
1908–2003
Juan
Sebastián Elcano
1486–1526
Eduardo
Chillida
1924–2002
Paul Laxalt
Pete T.
Cenarrusa
1917–2013
Francis Xavier
1506–1552
Pío Baroja
1872–1956
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Garamendi
Jose Migel
Barandiaran
1889–1991
Manu Chao
Nestor
Basterretxea
1924–2014
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Pasaban
Jedediah
Smith
1799–1831
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Joseph Garat
1749–1833
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Balenciaga
1895–1972
Julio Medem
Andrés de
Urdaneta
1498–1568
Antoine
Thomson d'Abbadie
1810–1897
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Ibárruri
1895–1989
Pablo de
Sarasate
1844–1908
Álex de la
Iglesia
Pedro Miguel
Etxenike
René Cassin
1887–1976
Aurelio Arteta
1879–1940
Harkaitz Cano
Luis Federico
Leloir
1906–1987
Fausto
Elhuyar
1755–1833
Roger
Etchegaray
Belgium
Hergé
1907–1983
Maurice
Maeterlinck
1862–1949
Amélie Nothomb
1966–
Georges
Simenon
1903–1989
Hugo Claus
1929–2008
Hendrik
Conscience
1812–1883
Emile Verhaeren
1855–1916
Edgar P. Jacobs
1904–1987
Charles De
Coster
1827–1879
Ernest Claes
1885–1968
Paul van
Ostaijen
1896–1928
André Franquin
1924–1997
Karel van de
Woestijne
1878–1929
René Magritte
1898–1967
Peyo
1928–1992
Peter Paul
Rubens
1577–1640
Louis Paul Boon
1912–1979
Julio Cortázar
1914–1984
Georges
Rodenbach
1855–1898
Tom Lanoye
1958–
Bolivia
Jaime Sáenz
1921–1986
Javier del
Granado
1913–1996
Ricardo Jaimes
Freyre
1868–1933
Matilde Casazola
1942–
Alfonso Gumucio
Dagron
1950–
Ben Mikaelsen
1952–
Simón Bolívar
1783–1830
Jorge Sanjinés
1936–
Bosnia
Alija Izetbegović
1925–2003
Miljenko Jergović
1966–
Aleksandar
Hemon
1964–
Isak Samokovlija
1889–1955
Otto Lang
1908–2006
Semezdin
Mehmedinović
1960–
Endi E. Poskovic
1969–
Antun Branko
Šimić
1898–1925
Branko Ćopić
1915–1984
Zlata Filipović
1980–
Bisera Alikadić
1939–
Andrej Nikolaidis
1974–
Saša Stanišić
1978–
Faruk Šehić
1970–
Ivica Djikic
1977–
Botswana
Bessie Head
1937–1986
Unity Dow
1959–
Barolong Seboni
1957–
Seretse Khama
1921–1980
Tshekedi Khama
1905–1959
Patrick van
Rensburg
1931–
Brazil
Jorge Amado
1912–2001
Machado de
Assis
1839–1908
Aluísio Azevedo
1857–1913
Paulo Coelho
1947–
Álvares de
Azevedo
1831–1852
José de Alencar
1829–1877
Alvarenga
Peixoto
1744–1792
João Ubaldo
Ribeiro
1941–2014
João Guimarães
Rosa
1908–1967
João Cabral de
Melo Neto
1920–1999
Oswald de
Andrade
1890–1954
Clarice Lispector
1920–1977
Vinicius de
Moraes
1913–1980
Carlos
Drummond de Andrade
1902–1987
Lúcio Cardoso
1913–1968
Euclides da
Cunha
1866–1909
Olavo Bilac
1865–1918
Mário de
Andrade
1893–1945
Castro Alves
1847–1871
Bulgaria
Elin Pelin
1877–1949
Ivan Vazov
1850–1921
Aleko
Konstantinov
1863–1897
Pencho
Slaveykov
1866–1912
Paisius of
Hilendar
1722–1773
Yordan
Radichkov
1929–2004
Lyuben
Karavelov
1834–1879
Petko Slaveykov
1827–1895
Sophronius of
Vratsa
1739–1813
Georgi Sava
Rakovski
1821–1867
Radoy Ralin
1923–2004
Hristo Botev
1848–1876
Dimcho
Debelyanov
1887–1916
Lyuben Dilov
1927–2008
Peyo Yavorov
1878–1914
Atanas Dalchev
1904–1978
Elisaveta
Bagriana
1893–1991
Dobri Chintulov
1822–1886
Ivailo Petrov
1923–2005
Todor Zhivkov
1911–1998
Burma
Aung San Suu
Kyi
1945–
Dagon Khin Khin
Lay
1904–1981
Journal Kyaw Ma
Ma Lay
1917–1982
U Nu
1907–1995
U Thant
1909–1974
Ba Maw
1893–1977
Canada
Margaret Atwood
1939–
Alice Munro
1931–
Michael
Ondaatje
1943–
Leonard Cohen
1934–
Mordecai Richler
1931–2001
Lucy Maud
Montgomery
1874–1942
Pierre Berton
1920–2004
Milton Acorn
1923–1986
Farley Mowat
1921–2014
Pierre Trudeau
1919–2000
Carol Shields
1935–2003
Robertson
Davies
1913–1995
Stephen Leacock
1869–1944
Yann Martel
1963–
Rohinton Mistry
1952–
Gabrielle Roy
1909–1983
David Bergen
1957–
Margaret
Laurence
1926–1987
Marie-Claire
Blais
1939–
Cape Verde
Baltasar Lopes
da Silva
1907–1989
Manuel Lopes
1907–2005
Germano
Almeida
1945–
Jorge Barbosa
1902–1971
Sergio Frusoni
1901–1975
Henrique
Teixeira de Sousa
1919–2006
Arménio Vieira
1941–
Ovídio Martins
1928–1999
Gabriel Mariano
1928–2002
Yolanda
Morazzo
1928–
Manuel de
Novas
1938–
Daniel Damásio
Ascensão Filipe
1925–1964
Chile
Isabel Allende
1942–
Pablo Neruda
1904–1973
Gabriela Mistral
1889–1957
Alberto Blest
Gana
1830–1920
Roberto Bolaño
1953–2003
Ariel Dorfman
1942–
Alberto Fuguet
1964–
Francisco
Coloane
1910–2002
José Donoso
1924–1996
Andrés Velasco
1960–
Roberto
Ampuero
1953–
Antonio
Skármeta
1940–
Juan Ignacio
Molina
1740–1829
Carlos Pezoa
Véliz
1879–1908
Fernando Alegría
1918–2005
Gonzalo Rojas
1917–2011
Vicente Huidobro
1893–1948
Francisco Varela
1946–2001
Nicanor Parra
1914–
Marcela Paz
1902–1985
China
Mao Zedong
1893–1976
Lu Xun
1881–1936
Confucius
551 BC–479 BC
Sun Tzu
544 BC–470 BC
Ba Jin
1904–2005
Lin Yutang
1895–1976
Sima Qian
139 BC–86 BC
Mo Yan
1955–
Hu Shih
1891–1962
Han Fei
280 BC–233 BC
Mao Dun
1896–1981
Louis Cha
1924–
Cao Yu
1910–1996
Li Bai
701 AD–762 AD
Shen Congwen
1902–1988
Mencius
372 BC–289 BC
Bei Dao
1949–
Cao Xueqin
1715–1763
Su Tong
1963–
Xunzi
Colombia
Gabriel García
Márquez
1927–2014
Álvaro Mutis
1923–2013
Jorge Isaacs
1837–1895
Héctor Abad
Faciolince
1958–
Andrés Caicedo
1951–1977
Álvaro Cepeda
Samudio
1926–1972
Laura Restrepo
González
1950–
Daniel Samper
Pizano
1945–
Fernando Botero
1932–
Fernando Vallejo
1942–
Tomás
Carrasquilla
1858–1940
Belisario
Betancur
1923–
José Eustasio
Rivera
1888–1928
Juan Gabriel
Vásquez
1973–
María Josefa
Acevedo Sánchez
1803–1861
Efraim Medina
Reyes
1967–
Eduardo
Caballero Calderón
1910–1993
Piedad Bonnett
1951–
Manuel Mejía
Vallejo
1923–1998
Costa Rica
Carmen Lyra
1887–1949
Carlos Gagini
1865–1925
Joaquín
Gutiérrez
1918–2000
Alfonso Chase
1944–
José León
Sánchez
1930–
Francisco Zúñiga
1912–1998
Jorge Debravo
1938–1967
Luis Chaves
1969–
Cote d'Ivoire
Bernard Binlin
Dadié
1916–
Henri Konan
Bédié
1934–
Jean-Marie
Adiaffi
1941–1999
Ahmadou
Kourouma
1927–2003
Véronique Tadjo
1955–
Marguerite
Abouet
1971–
Aké Loba
1927–2012
Croatia
Miroslav Krleža
1893–1981
Ivana Brlić-
Mažuranić
1874–1938
August Šenoa
1838–1881
Dragutin
Tadijanović
1905–2007
Josip Broz Tito
1892–1980
Antun Branko
Šimić
1898–1925
Ranko
Marinković
1913–2001
Ivan Goran
Kovačić
1913–1943
Ivo Vojnović
1857–1929
Ivan Meštrović
1883–1962
Franjo Tuđman
1922–1999
Ante Pavelić
1889–1959
Frano Kršinić
1897–1982
Darko Macan
1966–
Dubravka
Ugrešić
1949–
Marija Jurić
Zagorka
1873–1957
Zvonimir Balog
1932–
Ante Tomić
1970–
Fabijan
Šovagović
1932–2001
Andrija Štampar
1888–1958
Cuba
Fidel Castro
1926–
José Martí
1853–1895
Guillermo
Cabrera Infante
1929–2005
Alejo Carpentier
1904–1980
Leonardo
Padura Fuentes
1955–
Reinaldo Arenas
1943–1990
José Lezama
Lima
1910–1976
Daína Chaviano
1960–
Pedro Juan
Gutiérrez
1950–
Dulce María
Loynaz
1902–1997
Gertrudis Gómez
de Avellaneda
1814–1873
Nancy Morejón
1944–
Severo Sarduy
1937–1993
Heberto Padilla
1932–2000
Virgilio Piñera
1912–1979
Roberto
Fernández Retamar
1930–
Fulgencio Batista
1901–1973
Antonio Benítez
Rojo
1931–2005
Raúl Castro
1931–
Cyprus
Georgios Grivas
1898–1974
Christopher A.
Pissarides
1948–
Rauf Denktaş
1924–2012
Nazim Al-
Haqqani
1922–2014
K. C. Nicolaou
1946–
Kutlu Adalı
1935–1996
Kyriakos
Charalambides
1940–
Neşe Yaşın
1959–
Czech Republic
Václav Havel
1936–2011
Bohumil Hrabal
1914–1997
Josef Škvorecký
1924–2012
Milan Kundera
1929–
Jaroslav Hašek
1883–1923
Jan Hus
1369–1415
John Amos
Comenius
1592–1670
Božena
Němcová
1820–1862
Vítězslav Nezval
1900–1958
Egon Bondy
1930–2007
Karel Havlíček
Borovský
1821–1856
Václav Klaus
1941–
Alphonse Mucha
1860–1939
Vladimír Holan
1905–1980
Vladimír Neff
1909–1983
Jáchym Topol
1962–
Arnošt Lustig
1926–2011
Stanislav Grof
1931–
Jakub Deml
1878–1961
Pavel Kohout
1928–
Denmark
Hans Christian
Andersen
1805–1875
Søren
Kierkegaard
1813–1855
Karen Blixen
1885–1962
Adam
Oehlenschläger
1779–1850
Ludvig Holberg
1684–1754
Johannes V.
Jensen
1873–1950
Anders Bodelsen
1937–
Peter Høeg
1957–
Hans Christian
Ørsted
1777–1851
Henrik
Pontoppidan
1857–1943
N. F. S. Grundtvig
1783–1872
Jens Peter
Jacobsen
1847–1885
Klaus Rifbjerg
1931–
Karl Adolph
Gjellerup
1857–1919
Bjarne Reuter
1950–
Georg Brandes
1842–1927
Herman Bang
1857–1912
Saxo
Grammaticus
1150–1220
Martin Andersen
Nexø
1869–1954
Jussi Adler-
Olsen
1950–
Ecuador
Alfredo Pareja
Diezcanseco
1908–1993
Alejandro
Carrión
1915–1992
Eugenio Espejo
1747–1795
Jorge Icaza
Coronel
1906–1978
Iván Carvajal
1948–
Salomon
Isacovici
1924–1998
César Dávila
Andrade
1918–1967
Ernesto
Quiñonez
1969–
Jorge Carrera
Andrade
1903–1978
José Joaquín de
Olmedo
1780–1847
Karina Galvez
1964–
Medardo Ángel
Silva
1898–1919
Galo Plaza
1906–1987
Agustin Cueva
1937–1992
Gonzalo
Escudero
1903–1971
Egypt
Naguib Mahfouz
1911–2006
Taha Hussein
1889–1973
Alaa Al Aswany
1957–
Tawfiq al-Hakim
1898–1987
Ahdaf Soueif
1950–
Nawal El
Saadawi
1931–
Gamal Abdel
Nasser
1918–1970
Salama Moussa
1887–1958
Anwar Sadat
1918–1981
Sayyid Qutb
1906–1966
Abbas el-Akkad
1889–1964
Gamal El-Ghitani
1945–
Muhammad
Aladdin
1979–
Youssef Ziedan
1958–
Zaki Naguib
Mahmoud
1905–1993
Mansoura Ez-
Eldin
1976–
Yusuf Idris
1927–1991
Miral al-Tahawy
1968–
Rifa'a al-Tahtawi
1801–1873
El Salvador
Roque Dalton
1935–1975
Óscar Romero
1917–1980
Consuelo de
Saint Exupéry
1901–1979
Salarrué
1899–1975
Manlio Argueta
1935–
Joaquín
Villalobos
1951–
Horacio
Castellanos Moya
1957–
Rafael Menjívar
Ochoa
1959–2011
Erwin McManus
1958–
Estonia
Jaan Kross
1920–2007
Tõnu Õnnepalu
1962–
Juhan Viiding
1948–1995
Friedrich
Reinhold Kreutzwald
1803–1882
Marie Under
1883–1980
Mati Unt
1944–2005
Andrus Kivirähk
1970–
Tiit Aleksejev
1968–
Maarja Kangro
1973–
Meelis
Friedenthal
1973–
Jaak Urmet
1979–
Karl Martin
Sinijärv
1971–
Veljo Tormis
1930–
Mart Laar
1960–
August Kitzberg
1855–1927
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Mariam
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1971–
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Asgedom
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Jensen
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1971–
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Hayford
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1944–
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Appiah
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–558 BC
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1959–
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1958–
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Albert Tam
1972–
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1935–
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1946–
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1938–
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1973–
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1961–
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Helgason
1959–
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1895–1964
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Sigurðardóttir
1963–
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Hallgrímsson
1807–1845
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Guðmundsson
1901–1983
Egill
Skallagrímsson
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1962–
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1962–
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1954–
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1963–
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Tagore
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1961–
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1974–
Jhumpa Lahiri
1967–
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1971–
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1956–
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1905–2004
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1952–
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Nehru
1889–1964
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1937–
Premchand
1880–1936
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Divakaruni
1956–
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1934–
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1974–
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1962–
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1950–
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Singh
1915–2014
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1952–
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Ananta Toer
1925–2006
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1968–
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Herfanda
1958–
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1927–2004
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1967–
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Yamin
1903–1962
Suharto
1921–2008
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1962–
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Mohamad
1941–
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Soe Hok Gie
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1957–
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1944–
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Golshiri
1938–2000
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Reza Baraheni
1935–
Omar Khayyám
1048–1131
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Reza Pahlavi
1919–1980
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1145–1220
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Bahar
1884–1951
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1916–1998
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1185–1248
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1018–1092
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1952–
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1966–
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Parsipur
1946–
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Saddam Hussein
1937–2006
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Sayyab
1926–1964
Nadje Sadig Al-
Ali
Saadi Yousef
1934–
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1939–
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1965–
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1923–
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Abdul Rahman
Munif
1933–2004
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1923–2007
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Hanbal
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1967–
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1943–
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Mahdi al-Jawahiri
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1974–
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1939–
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1936–
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1932–
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Agnon
1888–1970
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Gurion
1886–1973
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Fraenkel
1891–1965
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1939–
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Netanyahu
1949–
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1967–
Alon Hilu
1972–
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1928–2014
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1954–
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1923–
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1920–
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1947–
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Boccaccio
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1932–
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1474–1533
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Manzoni
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Leopardi
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Pasolini
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Quasimodo
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1947–
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1953–
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Smith
1951–
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1958–
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1950–
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1937–
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1978–
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1905–
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1941–
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1928–
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Coverley
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1970–
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1926–2011
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1949–
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1935–
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1925–1970
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1952–
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Kawabata
1899–1972
Soseki Natsume
1867–1916
Banana
Yoshimoto
1964–
Murasaki Shikibu
973 AD–
Basho
1644–1694
Natsuo Kirino
1951–
Ryūnosuke
Akutagawa
1892–1927
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Tanizaki
1886–1965
Kazuo Ishiguro
1954–
Kenzo Kitakata
1947–
Sei Shōnagon
966 AD–1017
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1924–1993
Amy Yamada
1959–
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1962–
Teru Miyamoto
1947–
Kenya
Ngũgĩ wa
Thiong'o
1938–
Binyavanga
Wainaina
1971–
Meja Mwangi
1948–
Jomo Kenyatta
1889–1978
Grace Ogot
1930–
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1924–
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1945–2009
Kuki Gallmann
1943–
Aidan Hartley
1965–
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Kariuki
1929–1975
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1907–1997
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1958–2011
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1940–2011
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1951–2008
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Wamwere
1949–
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Ngũgĩ
1971–
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1956–
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1929–
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1943–
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1931–2005
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1835–1923
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1865–1929
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1928–
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1832–1864
Aspazija
1865–1943
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1933–2013
Ojārs Vācietis
1933–1983
Gotthard
Friedrich Stender
1714–1796
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Veidenbaums
1867–1892
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Blaumanis
1863–1908
Kārlis Baumanis
1835–1905
Edvarts Virza
1883–1940
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1879–1945
Vilis Lācis
1904–1966
Zenta Mauriņa
1897–1978
Vaira Vīķe-
Freiberga
1937–
Lebanon
Kahlil Gibran
1883–1931
Amin Maalouf
1949–
Elia Abu Madi
–1957
Mikha'il Na'ima
1889–1988
Youssef
Howayek
1883–1962
Charles Corm
1894–1963
Charles Malik
1906–1987
Nassim Nicholas
Taleb
1960–
Hassan
Nasrallah
1960–
Charles Elachi
1947–
Vénus Khoury-
Ghata
1937–
May Ziade
1886–1941
Michael Atiyah
1929–
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1948–
Ahmad Ali El
Zein
1955–
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1935–1983
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Sharafeddine
1966–
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1954–
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1960–
Lithuania
Antanas Škėma
1910–1961
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Ivanauskaitė
1961–2007
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Donelaitis
1714–1780
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Mykolaitis-Putinas
1893–1967
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Baranauskas
1835–1902
Balys Sruoga
1896–1947
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Mickevičius
1882–1954
Vincas Kudirka
1858–1899
Maironis
1862–1932
Juozas Grušas
1901–1986
Romualdas
Granauskas
1939–
Vydūnas
1868–1953
Mikalojus
Konstantinas Čiurlionis
1875–1911
Jonas Jablonskis
1860–1930
Vytautas
Landsbergis
1932–
Tomas Venclova
1937–
Žemaitė
1845–1921
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Brazdžionis
1907–2002
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Radauskas
1910–1970
Kazys Binkis
1893–1942
Luxembourg
European Union
Michel Lentz
1820–1893
Edward Steichen
1879–1973
Hugo Gernsback
1884–1967
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Arno J. Mayer
1926–
Michel Rodange
1827–1876
Guy Helminger
1963–
Dicks
1823–1891
Nik Welter
1871–1951
North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO)
Macedonia
Jovica Tasevski-
Eternijan
1976–
Slavko Janevski
1920–2000
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1928–
Goran
Stefanovski
1952–
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1914–2000
Lidija Dimkovska
1971–
Mišo Juzmeski
1966–
Zarko
Kujundziski
1980–
Malaysia
Mahathir
Mohamad
1925–
Tan Twan Eng
1972–
Najib Razak
1953–
Tash Aw
1971–
Farish A. Noor
1967–
Kee Thuan Chye
1954–
Dulcie Gray
1915–2011
Abdullah
Hussain
1920–
Jomo Kwame
Sundaram
1952–
Lloyd Fernando
1926–2008
Abdullah Ahmad
Badawi
1939–
Amir Muhammad
1972–
A. Samad Said
1935–
Margaret Lim
1947–
Halim Tunku
1964–
Mali
Amadou
Hampâté Bâ
1901–1991
Massa Makan
Diabaté
1938–1988
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Kouyaté
1928–
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1912–1980
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1936–2010
Malick Sidibé
1936–
Malta
Immanuel Mifsud
1967–
Dun Karm Psaila
1871–1961
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1906–1963
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Vassalli
1764–1829
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1933–
Guido de Marco
1931–2010
Joe Sacco
1960–
Themistocles
Zammit
1864–1935
Frans Sammut
1945–2011
Francis Ebejer
1925–1993
Pietru Caxaro
–1485
Pawlu Aquilina
1929–2009
Peter Hitchens
1951–
Martinique
Aimé Césaire
1913–2008
Frantz Fanon
1925–1961
Édouard Glissant
1928–2011
Patrick
Chamoiseau
1953–
Raphaël
Confiant
1951–
Jean Bernabé
1942–
René Ménil
1907–2004
Joseph Zobel
1915–2006
Mexico
Carlos Fuentes
1928–2012
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1917–1986
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Cruz
1651–1695
Octavio Paz
1914–1998
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1889–1959
Fernando del
Paso
1935–
Carlos Monsiváis
1938–2010
Rosario
Castellanos
1925–1974
Ángeles
Mastretta
1949–
Elena
Poniatowska
1932–
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Pacheco
1939–2014
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1873–1952
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1914–1976
Salvador Novo
1904–1974
Carlos Pellicer
1897–1977
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Elizondo
1932–2006
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Fernández de Lizardi
1776–1827
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Altamirano
1834–1893
Pita Amor
1918–2000
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1958–
Morocco
Mohamed
Choukri
1935–2003
Tahar Ben
Jelloun
1944–
Mohammed
Khaïr-Eddine
1941–1995
Driss Chraïbi
1926–2007
Ibn Battuta
1304–1377
Allal al-Fassi
1910–1974
Abderrahman El
Majdoub
–1568
Abdelkebir
Khatibi
1938–2009
Mohammed
Berrada
1938–
Fatema Mernissi
1940–
Driss El Khouri
Mohamed Zafzaf
1942–2001
Leo Africanus
1494–1554
Abdallah Laroui
1933–
Nepal
Manjushree
Thapa
1968–
Bhanubhakta
Acharya
1814–1868
Parijat
1937–1993
Samrat
Upadhyay
1974–
Gautama
Buddha
Tenzing Norgay
1914–1986
Banira Giri
1946–
Sushma Joshi
1973–
Arun Budhathoki
1986–
Matthieu Ricard
1946–
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Willem Frederik
Hermans
1921–1995
Vincent van
Gogh
1853–1890
Pieter
Corneliszoon Hooft
1581–1647
Gerard Reve
1923–2006
Constantijn
Huygens
1596–1687
Aagje Deken
1741–1804
William the Silent
1533–1584
Willem Marinus
Dudok
1884–1974
Harry Mulisch
1927–2010
Johan Huizinga
1872–1945
Multatuli
1820–1887
A. C. Baantjer
1923–2010
A. F. Th. van der
Heijden
1951–
Joost van den
Vondel
1587–1679
Abel Tasman
1603–1659
Adriaan van Dis
1946–
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1914–2002
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Kooning
1904–1997
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1918–2000
New Zealand
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Mansfield
1888–1923
Witi Ihimaera
1944–
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1924–2004
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1931–
Christian Karlson
Stead
1932–
Alan Duff
1950–
Margaret Mahy
1936–2012
Patricia Grace
1937–
Keri Hulme
1947–
Elizabeth Knox
1959–
Ngaio Marsh
1895–1982
Anthony
McCarten
1961–
Fleur Beale
1945–
Catherine
Chidgey
1970–
Allen Curnow
1911–2001
Michael King
1945–2004
Lynley Dodd
1941–
Lloyd Jones
1955–
Alfred Domett
1811–1887
Bill Manhire
1946–
Nicaragua
Rubén Darío
1867–1916
Gioconda Belli
1948–
Ernesto
Cardenal
1925–
Sergio Ramírez
1942–
Claribel Alegría
1924–
Blanca Castellón
1958–
Pablo Antonio
Cuadra
1912–2002
Rigoberto López
Pérez
1929–1956
Julio Valle
Castillo
1952–
Tony Meléndez
1962–
Violeta
Chamorro
1929–
Joaquín Pasos
1914–1947
Tomás Borge
1930–2012
Rosario Murillo
1951–
Yolanda Blanco
1954–
Alan Sokal
1955–
Nigeria
Chinua Achebe
1930–2013
Wole Soyinka
1934–
Chimamanda
Ngozi Adichie
1977–
Amos Tutuola
1920–1997
Helon Habila
1967–
Chris Abani
1966–
Ben Okri
1959–
Ken Saro-Wiwa
1941–1995
Buchi Emecheta
1944–
Akinwunmi Isola
Cyprian Ekwensi
1921–2007
Elechi Amadi
1934–
Uche Nduka
1963–
Uzodinma Iweala
1982–
Gabriel Okara
1921–
Olaudah
Equiano
1745–1797
Chika Unigwe
1974–
Norway
Henrik Ibsen
1828–1906
Knut Hamsun
1859–1952
Bjørnstjerne
Bjørnson
1832–1910
Sigrid Undset
1882–1949
Alexander
Kielland
1849–1906
André Bjerke
1918–1985
Aasmund
Olavsson Vinje
1818–1870
Roy Jacobsen
1954–
Henrik
Wergeland
1808–1845
Aksel
Sandemose
1899–1965
Tarjei Vesaas
1897–1970
Jan Kjærstad
1953–
Herbjørg
Wassmo
1942–
Jonas Lie
1833–1908
Ludvig Holberg
1684–1754
Jens Bjørneboe
1920–1976
Erik Fosnes
Hansen
1965–
Jon Fosse
1959–
Johan Borgen
1902–1979
Halldis Moren
Vesaas
1907–1995
Pakistan
Kamila Shamsie
1973–
Ahmad Nadeem
Qasmi
1916–2006
Saadat Hasan
Manto
1912–1955
Mohsin Hamid
1971–
Bapsi Sidhwa
1938–
Ahmad Faraz
1931–2008
Daniyal
Mueenuddin
1963–
Abdul Hameed
1928–2011
Agha Shorish
Kashmiri
1917–1975
Ashfaq Ahmed
1925–2004
Mohammed
Hanif
1964–
Ahfaz-ur-
Rahman
1942–
Umera Ahmad
1976–
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
1911–1984
Mushtaq Ahmad
Yusufi
1923–
Fatima Bhutto
1982–
Qudrat Ullah
Shahab
1917–1986
Bano Qudsia
1928–
Muhammad Ali
Jinnah
1876–1948
Paraguay
Augusto Roa
Bastos
1917–2005
Hérib Campos
Cervera
1905–1953
Ingrid Rimland
1936–
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Maidana
1923–2010
Eloy Fariña
Núñez
1885–1929
Elsa Wiezell
1926–
Gladys
Carmagnola
1939–
Juan Silvano
Godoi
1850–1926
Julio Correa
1890–1953
Ticio Escobar
1947–
Peru
Mario Vargas
Llosa
1936–
César Vallejo
1892–1938
José María
Arguedas
1911–1969
Clorinda Matto
de Turner
1852–1909
Alfredo Bryce
1939–
Carlos Thorne
Boas
1923–
José Watanabe
1945–2007
Garcilaso de la
Vega
1539–1616
Abraham
Valdelomar
1888–1919
Julio Ramón
Ribeyro
1929–1994
Manuel
González Prada
1844–1918
Blanca Varela
1926–2009
Eduardo
González Viaña
1941–
Ricardo Palma
1833–1919
José Carlos
Mariátegui
1894–1930
Álvaro Vargas
Llosa
1966–
Javier Heraud
1942–1963
Jorge Eielson
1924–2006
Jaime Bayly
1965–
José Santos
Chocano
1875–1934
Philippines
José Rizal
1861–1896
Nick Joaquin
1917–2004
Lualhati Bautista
1945–
Bienvenido
Santos
1911–1996
Emilio Aguinaldo
1869–1964
Jessica
Hagedorn
1949–
Edilberto K.
Tiempo
1913–1996
Carlos P.
Romulo
1899–1985
Jose Garcia Villa
1908–1997
Ferdinand
Marcos
1917–1989
Peter Solis Nery
1969–
Corazon Aquino
1933–2009
Amado V.
Hernandez
1903–1970
Miguel Syjuco
1976–
Albert William
Herre
1868–1962
Bob Ong
1972–
Ambeth R.
Ocampo
1961–
Marcelo H. del
Pilar
1850–1896
Loreto Paras-
Sulit
1908–2008
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Jesús
1896–1932
Poland
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1798–1855
Henryk
Sienkiewicz
1846–1916
Czesław Miłosz
1911–2004
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Czartoryski
1770–1861
Stanisław Lem
1921–2006
Bolesław Prus
1847–1912
Juliusz Słowacki
1809–1849
Władysław
Stanisław Reymont
1867–1925
Stanisław Ignacy
Witkiewicz
1885–1939
Pope John Paul
II
1920–2005
Bolesław
Leśmian
1877–1937
Ignacy Krasicki
1735–1801
Wisława
Szymborska
1923–2012
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1505–1569
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Wyspiański
1869–1907
Isaac Bashevis
Singer
1902–1991
Adam
Naruszewicz
1733–1796
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Gombrowicz
1904–1969
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1864–1925
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Kochanowski
1530–1584
Portugal
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1922–2010
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Pessoa
1888–1935
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Eça de Queirós
1845–1900
Almeida Garrett
1799–1854
Luís de Camões
1524–1580
António Lobo
Antunes
1942–
Camilo Castelo
Branco
1825–1890
Antero de
Quental
1842–1891
Gil Vicente
1465–1537
Alexandre
Herculano
1810–1877
António Vieira
1608–1697
Alexandre O'Neill
1924–1986
Fernão Lopes
1385–1459
António Nobre
1867–1900
Miguel Sousa
Tavares
1952–
António Ferreira
1528–1569
Gomes Eanes de
Zurara
1410–1474
Vergílio Ferreira
1916–1996
José Rodrigues
dos Santos
1964–
Garcia de
Resende
1482–1536
Puerto Rico
Esmeralda
Santiago
1948–
Jesús Colón
1901–1974
Rosario Ferré
1938–
Edgardo Vega
Yunqué
1936–2008
René Marqués
1919–1979
Pedro Pietri
1944–2004
Luis Rafael
Sánchez
1936–
José Luis
González
1926–
Mayra Santos-
Febres
1966–
José Rivera
1955–
Ana Lydia Vega
1946–
Judith Ortiz Cofer
1952–
Victor Hernández
Cruz
1949–
Edgardo
Rodríguez Juliá
1946–
Georgina Lázaro
Ernesto
Quiñonez
1969–
Miguel Piñero
1946–1988
Carmen T.
Bernier-Grand
Luis Muñoz
Rivera
1859–1916
Miguel Algarín
1941–
Romania
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1850–1889
Emil Cioran
1911–1995
Mircea Eliade
1907–1986
Ion Luca
Caragiale
1852–1912
Eugène Ionesco
1909–1994
Ion Creangă
–1889
Lucian Blaga
1895–1961
Marin Preda
1922–1980
Nicolae Iorga
1871–1940
Alexandru
Macedonski
1854–1920
Nichita Stănescu
1933–1983
Dimitrie Cantemir
1673–1723
Titu Maiorescu
1840–1917
Constantin Noica
1909–1987
Gabriel Liiceanu
1942–
Petre Țuțea
1902–1991
Nicolae
Steinhardt
1912–1989
Mircea
Cărtărescu
1956–
Octavian Paler
1926–2007
Gabriela
Adameșteanu
1942–
Russia
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Vladimirovich Nabokov
1899–1977
Aleksandr
Solzhenitsyn
1918–2008
Maxim Gorky
1868–1936
Ivan Goncharov
1812–1891
Anna Akhmatova
1889–1966
Sergei Yesenin
1895–1925
Vladimir
Mayakovsky
1893–1930
Ivan Bunin
1870–1953
Andrei Bely
1880–1934
Aleksey
Konstantinovich Tolstoy
1817–1875
Osip Mandelstam
1891–1938
Mikhail
Lomonosov
1711–1765
Ivan Krylov
1769–1844
Leonid Andreyev
1871–1919
Gavrila
Derzhavin
1743–1816
Konstantin
Balmont
1867–1942
Arkady Gaidar
1904–1941
Vasily Zhukovsky
1783–1852
Isaak Babel
1894–1940
Mark Aldanov
1886–1957
Scotland
Robert Burns
1759–1796
Walter Scott
1771–1832
Arthur Conan
Doyle
1859–1930
James VI and I
1566–1625
George
MacDonald
1824–1905
Adam Smith
1723–1790
Allan Ramsay
1686–1758
Alasdair Gray
1934–
Irvine Welsh
1958–
Lewis Grassic
Gibbon
1901–1935
Adam Ferguson
1723–1816
R. M. Ballantyne
1825–1894
Aileen Paterson
1934–
James Hogg
1770–1835
David Lindsay
1490–1555
Robert Crawford
1959–
Kenneth
Grahame
1859–1932
Jackie Kay
1961–
Senegal
Fatou Diome
1968–
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Senghor
1906–2001
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Sembène
1923–2007
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1929–1981
Boubacar Boris
Diop
1946–
Cheikh Hamidou
Kane
1928–
Ken Bugul
1947–
Birago Diop
1906–1989
Aminata Sow Fall
1941–
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Diallo
1941–1982
Cheikh Tidiane
Gaye
1971–
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1952–
Fatou Niang Siga
1932–
Abasse Ndione
1946–
Singapore
Alfian Sa'at
1977–
Alvin Pang
1972–
Catherine Lim
1942–
Cyril Wong
1977–
Arthur Yap
1943–2006
Chandran Nair
1945–
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1974–
Aaron Lee
1972–
Daren Shiau
1971–
Goh Poh Seng
1936–2010
Goh Sin Tub
1927–2004
Edwin Thumboo
1933–
Boey Kim Cheng
1965–
Felix Cheong
Eleanor Wong
Suchen Christine
Lim
1948–
Bonny Hicks
1968–1997
Philip
Jeyaretnam
1964–
Alex Au
1952–
Slovakia
Aurel Stodola
1859–1942
Jozef Cíger-
Hronský
1896–1960
Margita Figuli
1909–1995
Pavol Hudák
1959–2011
František Lipka
1946–
Peter Pišťanek
1960–
Martin Rázus
1888–1937
Slovenia
Miha Mazzini
1961–
Ivan Cankar
1876–1918
France Prešeren
1800–1849
Fran Levstik
1831–1887
Prežihov Voranc
1893–1950
Slavoj Žižek
1949–
Boris Pahor
1913–
Primož Trubar
1508–1586
Ivan Tavčar
1851–1923
Drago Jančar
1948–
Srečko Kosovel
1904–1926
France Bevk
1890–1970
Tomaž Šalamun
1941–
Janez Janša
1958–
Karel Destovnik
1922–1944
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1950–2008
Josip Jurčič
1844–1881
Rudolf Maister
1874–1934
Zoran Mušič
1909–2005
Somalia
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
1969–
Nuruddin Farah
1945–
Waris Dirie
1965–
Jama Musse
Jama
1967–
Nadifa Mohamed
1981–
South Africa
Nelson Mandela
1918–2013
Nadine Gordimer
1923–2014
J. M. Coetzee
1940–
André Brink
1935–
Steve Biko
1946–1977
Desmond Tutu
1931–
Alan Paton
1903–1988
Achmat Dangor
1948–
Breyten
Breytenbach
1939–
Antjie Krog
1952–
Athol Fugard
1932–
Mongane Wally
Serote
1944–
Sol Plaatje
1876–1932
Zakes Mda
1948–
Frederik Willem
de Klerk
1936–
Alex La Guma
1925–1985
Thabo Mbeki
1942–
Damon Galgut
1963–
Njabulo S
Ndebele
1948–
South Korea
Bae Suah
1965–
Ahn Junghyo
1941–
Atta Kim
1956–
Gong Ji-young
1963–
Choi In-ho
1945–2013
Choe Yun
1953–
Seok-kyeong
Kang
1951–
Lee Hyo-seok
1907–1942
Park Kyung-ni
1926–2008
Kim Young-sam
1927–
Kim Dae-jung
1925–2009
Nam June Paik
1932–2006
Park Chung-hee
1917–1979
Soviet
Joseph Stalin
1878–1953
Boris Pasternak
1890–1960
Mikhail Bulgakov
1891–1940
Maxim Gorky
1868–1936
Anna Akhmatova
1889–1966
Aleksey
Nikolayevich Tolstoy
1883–1945
Vladimir
Mayakovsky
1893–1930
Mikhail
Sholokhov
1905–1984
Alexander Blok
1880–1921
Vladimir Lenin
1870–1924
Marina
Tsvetaeva
1892–1941
Arkady Gaidar
1904–1941
Isaak Babel
1894–1940
Joseph Brodsky
1940–1996
Nikita
Khrushchev
1894–1971
Alexander Galich
1918–1977
Nadezhda
Mandelstam
1899–1980
Samuil Marshak
1887–1964
Vladimir
Voinovich
1932–
Varlam
Shalamov
1907–1982
Spain
Miguel de
Cervantes
1547–1616
Federico García
Lorca
1898–1936
Juan Ramón
Jiménez
1881–1958
Miguel de
Unamuno
1864–1936
Francisco de
Quevedo
1580–1645
Vicente
Aleixandre
1898–1984
Pedro Calderón
de la Barca
1600–1681
Gustavo Adolfo
Bécquer
1836–1870
Javier Marías
1951–
Camilo José
Cela
1916–2002
Mario Vargas
Llosa
1936–
Arturo Pérez-
Reverte
1951–
Luis de Góngora
1561–1627
Francisco Franco
1892–1975
Miguel
Hernández
1910–1942
Antonio Muñoz
Molina
1956–
Antonio
Machado
1875–1939
Carlos Ruiz
Zafón
1964–
Lope de Vega
1562–1635
Fernando de
Rojas
1465–1541
Sri Lanka
Arthur C. Clarke
1917–2008
Shyam
Selvadurai
1965–
Ediriweera
Sarachchandra
1914–1996
Rajiva Wijesinha
1954–
Simon
Navagattegama
1940–2005
Sirilal Kodikara
1924–
Siri Gunasinghe
1925–
Mahagama
Sekera
1929–1976
Martin
Wickramasinghe
1890–1976
Ananda
Coomaraswamy
1877–1947
Michael
Ondaatje
1943–
G. B.
Senanayake
1913–1985
Sugathapala de
Silva
1928–2002
Jayalal Rohana
1964–
Sunanda
Mahendra
1938–
Carl Muller
1935–
Anagarika
Dharmapala
1864–1933
E. W. Adikaram
1905–1985
Arisen Ahubudu
1920–2011
Dominic Jeeva
1927–2006
Sweden
Stieg Larsson
1954–2004
Astrid Lindgren
1907–2002
Henning Mankell
1948–
Selma Lagerlöf
1858–1940
August
Strindberg
1849–1912
Vilhelm Moberg
1898–1973
Tomas
Tranströmer
1931–
Camilla
Läckberg
1974–
Harry Martinson
1904–1978
Erik Axel
Karlfeldt
1864–1931
Kerstin Ekman
1933–
Liza Marklund
1962–
Åsa Larsson
1966–
Verner von
Heidenstam
1859–1940
Maj Sjöwall
1935–
Åke Edwardson
1953–
Pär Lagerkvist
1891–1974
Carl Linnaeus
1707–1778
Jan Guillou
1944–
Per Wahlöö
1926–1975
Switzerland
Gottfried Keller
1819–1890
Johanna Spyri
1827–1901
Albert Einstein
1879–1955
Albrecht von
Haller
1708–1777
Jean-Jacques
Rousseau
1712–1778
Hermann Hesse
1877–1962
Johann Bernoulli
1667–1748
Germaine de
Staël
1766–1817
Le Corbusier
1887–1965
Henry Dunant
1828–1910
Conrad
Ferdinand Meyer
1825–1898
Jeremias Gotthelf
1797–1854
Blaise Cendrars
1887–1961
Johann Heinrich
Pestalozzi
1746–1827
Johann David
Wyss
1743–1818
Henri-Frédéric
Amiel
1821–1881
Johann Kaspar
Lavater
1741–1801
Johann Jakob
Bodmer
1698–1783
Salomon
Gessner
1730–1788
Benjamin
Constant
1767–1830
Syria
Nizar Qabbani
1923–1998
Zakaria Tamer
1931–
Saadallah
Wannous
1941–1997
Muhammad al-
Maghut
1934–2006
Ibn Qayyim Al-
Jawziyya
1292–1350
Adnan al-Aroor
1948–
Salim Barakat
1951–
Ghada al-
Samman
1942–
Rafik Schami
1946–
John of
Damascus
676 AD–749 AD
Wafa Sultan
1958–
Halim Isber
Barakat
1936–
Ulfat Idilbi
1912–2007
Ikram Antaki
1948–2000
Buhturi
820 AD–897 AD
Al-Maʿarri
973 AD–1058
Taiwan
Chiung Yao
1938–
Chu Tien-wen
1956–
Huang
Chunming
1935–
Lung Ying-tai
1952–
Bo Yang
1920–2008
Sanmao
1943–1991
Ang Lee
1954–
Pai Hsien-yung
1937–
Lin Haiyin
1918–2001
Li Ao
1935–
Chou Meng-tieh
1921–2014
Chen Ruoxi
1938–
Jimmy Liao
1958–
Lee Teng-hui
1923–
Lin Yutang
1895–1976
Michael Lin
1964–
Thailand
Chart Korbjitti
1954–
Kulap Saipradit
1905–1974
Emmanuelle
Arsan
1932–2005
Ngarmpun
Vejjajiva
1963–
Sunthorn Phu
1786–1855
Kukrit Pramoj
1911–1995
Hem Vejakorn
1904–1969
Pongpol
Adireksarn
1942–
Win Lyovarin
1956–
S. P. Somtow
1952–
Trinidad and Tobago
V.S. Naipaul
1932–
Earl Lovelace
1935–
Eric Williams
1911–1981
Stokely
Carmichael
1941–1998
Mustapha Matura
1939–
Errol John
1924–1988
Learie
Constantine
1901–1971
Trevor McDonald
1939–
Frances-Anne
Solomon
1966–
Floella Benjamin,
Baroness Benjamin
1949–
Imran N. Hosein
1942–
George Padmore
1903–1959
Turkey
Orhan Pamuk
1952–
Nâzım Hikmet
1902–1963
Yaşar Kemal
1923–
Orhan Kemal
1914–1970
Ahmet Hamdi
Tanpınar
1901–1962
Melih Cevdet
Anday
1915–2002
Elif Şafak
1971–
Murat Bardakçı
1955–
Sabahattin Ali
1907–1948
Orhan Veli Kanık
1914–1950
Mehmet Eroğlu
1948–
Yahya Kemal
Beyatlı
1884–1958
Sait Faik
Abasıyanık
1906–1954
Ziya Gökalp
1876–1924
Oktay Rıfat
Horozcu
1914–1988
Halide Edip
Adıvar
1884–1964
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1915–1995
Yakup Kadri
Karaosmanoğlu
1889–1974
Mehmet Akif
Ersoy
1873–1936
Peride Celal
1916–2013
Uganda
Moses Isegawa
1963–
Okot p'Bitek
1931–1982
Timothy
Wangusa
1942–
Benedicto
Kiwanuka
1922–1972
Apolo Kagwa
1869–1927
Taban Lo Liyong
1939–
Peter Nazareth
1940–
Idi Amin
1925–2003
Monica Arac de
Nyeko
1979–
Yoweri Museveni
1944–
China Keitetsi
1976–
Ephraim
Kamuntu
1945–
Milton Obote
1925–2005
Ukraine
Oksana
Zabuzhko
1960–
Ivan Kotliarevsky
1769–1838
Andrey Kurkov
1961–
Serhiy Zhadan
1974–
Yurii
Andrukhovych
1960–
Amvrosii
Metlynsky
1814–1870
Abraham
Goldfaden
1840–1908
Anton
Makarenko
1888–1939
Achmed
Abdullah
1881–1945
Ben Klassen
1918–1993
Ihor Pavlyuk
1967–
Maria Matios
1959–
Ivan Drach
1936–
Karl Emil
Franzos
1848–1904
Fyodor Berezin
1960–
Yevhen Hrebinka
1812–1848
Stephen
Timoshenko
1878–1972
United Kingdom
William
Shakespeare
1564–1616
Charles Dickens
1812–1870
Jane Austen
1775–1817
J. K. Rowling
1965–
Elizabeth I of
England
1533–1603
George Orwell
1903–1950
Agatha Christie
1890–1976
Winston
Churchill
1874–1965
Queen Victoria
1819–1901
Charlotte Brontë
1816–1855
Arthur Conan
Doyle
1859–1930
Alfred Tennyson,
1st Baron Tennyson
1809–1892
William
Wordsworth
1770–1850
John Milton
1608–1674
J. R. R. Tolkien
1892–1973
Charles Darwin
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Thomas More
1478–1535
Rudyard Kipling
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Alfred the Great
849 AD–899 AD
James VI and I
1566–1625
United States
Mark Twain
1835–1910
Edgar Allan Poe
1809–1849
Ernest
Hemingway
1899–1961
Benjamin
Franklin
1706–1790
F. Scott
Fitzgerald
1896–1940
Nathaniel
Hawthorne
1804–1864
Martin Luther
King, Jr.
1929–1968
Ralph Waldo
Emerson
1803–1882
Walt Whitman
1819–1892
William Faulkner
1897–1962
Henry David
Thoreau
1817–1862
Louisa May
Alcott
1832–1888
Maya Angelou
1928–2014
Robert Frost
1874–1963
Frederick
Douglass
–1895
T. S. Eliot
1888–1965
Henry James
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1940–
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1941–
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1953–
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Berenguer
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1969–
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Alfonzo
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1914–2001
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1977–
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1972–
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1918–
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1964–
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1947–
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1961–
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1968–
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Trinh T. Minh-ha
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1974–
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1959–
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1964–
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1962–
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1956–
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1959–
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1947–
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Chinodya
1957–
NoViolet
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1981–
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1964–
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1947–
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1966–
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1971–
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