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Franz Kafka

Bohemian novelist and short story writer

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Félix Grande

Spanish musicologist

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Gustav Pfleger-Moravský

Moravian writer

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James Kelman

Scottish writer

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Leo Tolstoy

Russian writer

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Maurice Druon

French novelist

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Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright

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Norman Mailer

American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film maker, actor and political candidate (1923-2007)

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Olga Tokarczuk

Polish writer and activist

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Victor Hugo

French poet, novelist, and dramatist (1802-1885)

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William Makepeace Thackeray

British novelist