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Alexander Pushkin

Russian poet (1799-1837)

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J. R. R. Tolkien

British philologist and author of classic high fantasy works

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Pablo Neruda

Chilean poet, diplomat, politician (1904-1973)

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Paul Auster

American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter

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Virginia Woolf

English modernist writer known for use of stream of consciousness

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Vladimir Vysotsky

Soviet singer, songwriter, poet and actor