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| 1954- |
Kazuo Ishiguro: born in Nagasaki and moved to England aged 5 - author of "Remains of the Day" |
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| 1897-1977 |
Dennis Wheatley: highly successful novelist and advisor on D-Day landings |
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| 1892-1972 |
Margaret Rutherford, the first Miss Marple in film |
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| 1889-1966 |
C. S. Forester: the "Hornblower" novels and much more
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| 1883 |
"Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was published |
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| 1874-1942 |
Lucy Maud Montgomery: creator of "Anne of Green Gables" |
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| 1866-1846 |
Herbert George Wells |
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| 1859-1930 |
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the Sherlock Holmes stories |
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| 1854-1900 |
Oscar Wilde: famous playwright, raconteur, wit - and prisoner for his alleged homosexuality |
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| 1835-1910 |
Mark Twain: writer, wit and philosopher |
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| 1828-1910 |
Leo Tolstoy |
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| 1811-1896 |
Harriet Beecher Stowe: "Uncle Tom's Cabin" |
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| 1788-1899 |
Sarah Josepha Hale, author of "Mary had a little lamb" & instigator of Thanksgiving Day in the USA |
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| 1686-1758 |
Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet, playwright, publisher, and librarian of early Enlightenment |
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| 1343-1400 |
Geoffrey Chaucer, 'Father of English Literature' |
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| 8th c BC |
Homer |
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