Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of… Read More
Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (Latin American Spanish: 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian… Read More
Franz Kafka was a German-speaking Bohemian Jewish novelist and short-story writer based in Prague, who is widely regarded as one… Read More
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William Shakespeare (baptized April 26, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England—died April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon) English poet, dramatist, and actor often called… Read More
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Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a German polymath and writer, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer… Read More
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer regarded as one of… Read More