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Literature: biographical and genealogical 'The purpose of a writer is to keep civilisation from destroying itself.' — Albert Camus 'A poet is a nightingale that sits on a branch of a tree, singing its own happiness.' — John Keats 'The author who lacks a sense of humour must be as rare as a politician who doesn't exaggerate.' — G.K. Chesterton
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Name	Type	Birth/Death
Alarcon y Ariza, de, Pedro	Novelist, poet	1833–91	Alarcon (3136.1)
Alighieri, Dante	Poet	1265–1321	Alighieri (2008)
Amirejibi, Mzechabuk 'Chabua'	Novelist, writer	1921–2013	Amirejibi (3374)
Amirejibi, Shalva	Writer, activist	1887–1943	Amirejibi (3374)
Aretino, Pietro	Poet, satirist	1492–1556	••••
Arnold, Hans	Authoress	1850–1927	Eberty (3881)
Asturias, Miguel Angel	Poet, novelist	1899–1974	••••
Barton, Emily Mary	Poetess	1837–1909	Darvall (4250)
Beer, Michael	Poet, playwright	1800–33	Beer (2788)
Blei, Franz	Writer, publisher	1880–1928	(2961.1)
Buntline, Ned	Writer	1823–86	••••
Burney, Frances	Novelist, diarist, playwright	1752–1840	Burney (4235)
Carroll, Lewis	Author	1832–98	Dodgson (4323)
Cervantes, Miguel de	Novelist, playwright, poet	~1547–1616	Cervantes (3376.1)
Cook, Edward T.	Journalist, biographer	1857–1919	(2855.1)
Cullen, William Bryant	Poet	1794–1878	••••
Curchod, Suzanne	Writer	1737–94	Curchod (896)
Curtis, George William	Author	1824–92	••••
Cutchet y Font, Luis	Historian, writer, journalist	1815–91	••••
Dumas, Alexandre	Novelist, playwright	1802–70	Davy, Dumas (909)
Duncker, Dora	Authoress	1855–1916	Duncker (3898)
Dyce, Alexander	Literary, dramatic critic	1798–1869	Dyce (3461)
Ebers, Georg	Novelist	1837–98	Ebers (3881)
Frohberg, Regine (Rebecca Saling )	Writer	1782–1850	Salomon (2913)
Gellhorn, Martha	Novelist, journalist	1908–88	(1884)
Goethe, von, Johann Wolfgang	Poet, novelist, playwright	1749–1832	Goethe (4355)
Gopanna, Kancharla	Poet, composer	1620–88	••••
Harpur, Charles	Poet	1813–68	Harpur (3129)
Harpur, Thomas	Poet	–1851	Harpur (3129)
Haussonville d', Louise, comtesse de	Authoress	1818–82	Broglie (59)
Hemingway, Ernest	Novelist, short story writer	1899–1961	Hemingway (1884)
Henry, O. (William Sydney Porter)	Short story writer	1862–1910	Porter (2445.1)
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeus	Writer, composer	1776–1822	Hoffmann (5304)
Homer	Poet	btw. 1184–680 BC	Greek Mythology (M10)
Kalkowska, Eleonora	Writer, playwright, actress	1883–1937	••••
Kikodze, Geronti	Writer, historian	1886–90	(3374)
Magnard, Francis	Author, journalist	1837–94	Magnard (4464.1)
Mancini, Lorenzo	Translator, writer	1776–1848	Mancini (475.2)
Manucci, Nicolo	Writer, traveller	1638–1717	••••
Matos, Antun Gustav	Poet, author, journalist	1843–1914	(3722)
Mendelssohn, de, Peter	Writer	1908–82	Mendelssohn (4405.1)
Meun, Jean de	Poet	c. 1240–<1305	••••
Morgan, Ted (Sanche de Gramont)	Writer	1932–	Gramont (1980)
Morgan, William De	Novelist, potter	1839–1917	Morgan (649.2)
Morris, William	Author	1834–96	••••
Niccoli, Niccolo	Translator, copyist, humanist	1364–1437	(2231)
Paterson, Banjo	Poet	1864–1941	(3941)
Praed, Rosa	Novelist	1851–1935	Murray-Prior (208.5)
Ray, Upendrakisore	Children's writer	1863–1915	Ray (406)
Robert-Tornow, Ludwig	Poet	1778–1832	Robert-Tornow (3343)
Robert-Tornow, Walter	Writer	1852–95	Robert-Tornow (3343)
Ryleyev, Kondraty Fyodorovich	Poet	1795–1826	••••
Sappho	Poet	c. 610–c.570 BC	••••
Steele, Sir Richard	Essayist, dramatist, politician	1672–1729	Steele (2803)
Svetlov, Mikhail	Poet	1903–64	(3374)
Sweerts, Hieronymus	Poet	~1629–96	Sweerts (3019.1)
Sweerts/Zweerts, Cornelis	Poet, dramatist	1669–1742	Sweerts (3019.1)
Tolstoy, Leo	Novelist	1828–1910	Tolstoy (335)
Zweerts, Philip	Poet	1704–74	Sweerts (3019.1)
Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe	Author	1896–1957	Tomasi (504)
Varnhagen, Rahel	Diarist	1771–1833	Levin (3343)
Whittier, John Greenleaf	Poet	1807–92	••••
Woolner, Thomas	Poet	1825–92	Woolner (5391)
Zaib-un-Nissa Begum	Poetess	1637–1702	Mughals (3222)

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