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Francis Fukuyama
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Francis Fukuyama

American political scientist, political economist, and author

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Michael Connelly
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Michael Connelly

American novelist, journalist, crime fiction writer, and screenwriter (born 1956)

Paul-Gustave van Hecke
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Paul-Gustave van Hecke

Paul-Gustave van Hecke was a Belgian journalist, author, art collector and promoter, couturier, and organizer of film festivals. He was a patron to Frits Van den Berghe, Gustave De Smet and René Magritte, among others.

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Stefan Zweig
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Stefan Zweig

Austrian writer (1881–1942)

Benedict of Nursia
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Benedict of Nursia

Italian Catholic saint and monk (480–547)

Rainer Maria Rilke
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Rainer Maria Rilke

Austrian poet and writer (1875–1926)

Alice Walker
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Alice Walker

American author and activist (born 1944)

Elif Shafak
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Elif Shafak

Turkish writer (born 1971)

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Phan Thi Kim Phuc

Vietnamese–Canadian activist and photographic subject

Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Lucy Maud Montgomery

Canadian novelist (1874–1942)

Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Edgar Rice Burroughs

American writer (1875–1950)

Dale Carnegie
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Dale Carnegie

American writer and lecturer (1888–1955)

Paulo Coelho
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Paulo Coelho

Brazilian lyricist and novelist (born 1947)

Zadie Smith
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Zadie Smith

English novelist, essayist and short story writer (born 1975)

Cecelia Ahern
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Cecelia Ahern

Irish novelist

Maxim Gorky
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Maxim Gorky

Russian and Soviet writer (1868–1936)

Erich Maria Remarque
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Erich Maria Remarque

German novelist (1898–1970)

Colson Whitehead
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Colson Whitehead

American novelist (born 1969)

Han Kang
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Han Kang

South Korean writer

Philip Pullman
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Philip Pullman

English author

Andrzej Sapkowski
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Andrzej Sapkowski

Polish novelist (born 1948)

Daniel Tammet
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Daniel Tammet

British writer, mathematician, essayist and autistic savant

Erich von Däniken
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Erich von Däniken

Swiss writer (1935–2026)

Annie Ernaux
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Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)