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D. Feb 21st 2004 -- Russian author on culture and religion who wrote Bysantium and Rus: Two Types of Spirituality and Myth of the Peoples of the World
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One that writes or composes a literary work.
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In 1977 the BBC commissioned Douglas Adams to write what became the cult science fiction classic, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, as well as episodes of Doctor Who.
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The four novels ,Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma, published in her lifetime did not carry Jane Austen's name. The other two novels, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey were published after her death with a biographical note on Jane Austen written by her brother, Henry.
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Truman Capote's first novel was Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948), which described life in the deep south and the homosexual awakenings of a young boy. His other writings include The Grass Harp, and Breakfast at Tiffany's.
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Barbara Cartland published her first novel, Jigsaw when she was 21. It was the first of many books - well over 600. She wrote mainly romantic love stories aimed at female readers, but also produced lifestyle books
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Agatha Christie started writing fiction and her first published book was The Mysterious Affair at Styles. Numerous other books followed, many featuring the detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple
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She made a name for herself in the early 1980s with The Stud and The Bitch. She is the younger sister of actress Joan Collins. Each of Collins' twenty-six novels have been on the New York Times bestsellers list.
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Charles Dickens, sometimes with humour, sometimes with pathos, vividly illustrated the plight of the urban poor and the injustice prevalent at the time
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One of the most successful Cornish novelists of all time. Her best-known work, Rebecca (1938), is a literary classic and was the inspiration for an Oscar-winning film.
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Anne Frank's diary was published in 1947 in the Netherlands under the title Het Achterhuis (in English: 'The Annex'). The diary has been translated into more than 50 languages and sold millions of copies
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Edgar Allan Poe's notable works include: the Gothic Romance 'The Fall of the House of Usher'(1840), which he wrote for Burton's Gentleman's Magazine; 'The Raven' (1845); and The Murders in The Rue Morgue'(1841) regarded by many as the first English language detective story.
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After the spy story, The Angry Hills Leon Uris concentrated his research on what was to be his most famous book, Exodus (1958), which tells the story of the birth of the Israeli nation.
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D. January 11th 2007. Wrote science fiction "Schrodinger's Cat", "The Illuminatus!", "Cosmic Trigger", "Prometheus Rising", and "The New Inquisition". age 74
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In 1962 he received the Nobel Prize for Literature. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939 and the novella Of Mice and Men, published in 1937. In all, he wrote twenty-five books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books and several collections of short stories.
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American writer who won awards in three careers—a Broadway playwright, a Hollywood TV and movie screenwriter, and a best-selling novelist.
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D. February 4, 2006. an American feminist, activist and writer, best known for starting what is commonly known as the "Second Wave" of feminism through the writing of her book The Feminine Mystique.
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Also historian and Nobel Laureate. This literary giant's writings exposed the oppressive regime of Soviet Communism. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970. b. 11 Dec 1918, d. 3 August 2008
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His books (e.g. Jurassic Park) have sold over 150 million copies worldwide. His works were usually based on the action genre and heavily feature technology. Many of his future history novels have medical or scientific underpinnings, reflecting his medical training and science background. b. 23 October 1942 (Chicago, Illinois, USA) d. 4 November 2008 (Los Angeles, California)
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British Playwright, Director, Actor, Poet and Political Activist. He has been called the most influential and imitated playwright of his generation. In 2005 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Pinter wrote 29 plays including The Birthday Party, The Caretaker, The Homecoming, and Betrayal, 21 screenplays including The Servant, The Go-Between and The French Lieutenant's Woman. As well as the Nobel Prize, Pinter received 19 honorary degrees and numerous other prizes and awards, including the French Légion d'honneur. b. 10 October 1930 (London, England) d. 24 December 2008 (London, England)
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Barrister, Dramatist, Screenwriter and Author. He became a Queen’s Counsel just in time to tackle some of the civil rights cases that arose in Britain in that decade, all the while writing fiction, nonfiction, drama and comedy. Played the Horace Rumpole character, in "Rumpole of the Bailey". B. 21 April 1923 (London, England) d. 16 January 2009 (Oxfordshire, England).
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Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist. Best known for his four 'Rabbit' novels, Updike was a prolific man of letters and erudite chronicler of sex, divorce and other adventures in the postwar prime of the American empire; writing novels, short stories, poems, criticism, the memoir ''Self-Consciousness'' and even a famous essay about baseball great Ted Williams. b. 18 March 1932 (Reading, Pennsylvania, USA) d. 27 January 2009 (Danvers, Massachusetts, USA)
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