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English novelist, essayist, and critic George Orwell.

George Orwell

(1903 - 1950)

Pope Paul IV

(1476 - 1559)

Black and white image of Greek biographer and writer Plutarch.

Plutarch

(46 - c. 120)

Photograph of American short-story writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe.

Edgar Allan Poe

(1809 - 1849)

English poet and satirist Alexander Pope.

Alexander Pope

(1688 - 1744)

Charles Reznikoff

(1894 - 1976)

Jacob Riis

(1849 - 1914)

Begum Rokeya

(1880 - 1932)

Andrew Ross

Witold Rybczynski

Japanese diarist and poet Sei Shōnagon.

Sei Shonagon

(c. 966 - c. 1025)

Sydney Smith

(1771 - 1845)

Freya Stark

(1893 - 1993)

Gertrude Stein

(1874 - 1946)

Theano

black and white photo of James Thurber lighting a cigarette in the new york times office

James Thurber

(1894 - 1961)

John Stands in Timber

(1884 - 1967)

Black and white photograph of Russian author Leo Tolstoy.

Leo Tolstoy

(1828 - 1910)

Black and white photograph of a young Mark Twain with dark hair.

Mark Twain

(1835 - 1910)

Sigrid Undset

(1882 - 1949)

Vincent van Gogh

(1853 - 1890)

Paul Veyne

Ivan Vladislavić

John Waters