1
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Who is:
Harper Lee
A
- American author of the 20th century
- Her first novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was published in 1960 and has since become a classic of American literature
- The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961, and was adapted into an Oscar-winning film in 1962
- Her second novel, Go Set A Watchmen, was published in 2015.
2
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Who is:
J.D. Salinger
A
- American author of the 20th century most famous for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye
- From the mid-sixties on, he was reclusive and did not publish any new material; he died in 2010
3
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Who is:
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A
- American author of the 20th century, part of the Jazz Age and a member of the Lost Generation of American writers in Paris in the 1920s
- He wrote five novels in all, one of them published posthumously
- His most famous novel, The Great Gatsby, was published in 1925
- “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is one of his many short stories
4
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Who is:
William Shakespeare
A
- English poet and playwright of the 16th and 17th centuries, typically regarded as the greatest Anglophone writer
- He wrote over 150 sonnets, and his plays include Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, King Lear, and Othello
- A large number of familiar English sayings and expressions come from his works
- He spent most of his life in London, where he managed the Globe Theatre
5
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Who is:
Homer
A
- Ancient Greek poet, likely to have lived in the 7th or 8th centuries B.C., and author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are central to the history of literature
- It is believed that he was blind
6
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Who is:
Miguel de Cervantes
A
- Spanish writer of the 16th and 17th centuries, greatly influential to the Spanish language in general
- His masterpiece was Don Quixote, published in two volumes (in 1605 and 1615)
- Don Quixote is considered the first modern European novel and a classic of Western literature
7
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Who is:
Sophocles
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- Ancient Greek playwright of the 5th century B.C.
- One of three Greek authors of tragedies, along with Aeschylus and Euripides, whose plays have survived
- His most famous tragedies feature Antigone and Oedipus
8
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Who is:
Ernest Hemingway
A
- American author of the 20th century and a member of the Lost Generation of writers in the 1920s
- Known for his economical, simple writing and adventurous lifestyle, his novels include The Old Man and the Sea, The Sun Also Rises, and A Farewell to Arms
- He won both a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and a Nobel Prize in Literature
9
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Who is:
John Steinbeck
A
- American author of the 20th century
- He is best known for his novels Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, and East of Eden
- He won both a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and a Nobel Prize in Literature
10
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Who is:
William Faulkner
A
- 20th-century American author most known for his novels The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying
- He won two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction and a Nobel Prize in Literature
11
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Who is:
Toni Morrison
A
- American professor and writer of the 20th and 21st centuries most known for her novels Beloved, The Bluest Eye, and Song of Solomon
- In 2012 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
12
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Who is:
J.R.R. Tolkien
A
20th-century British writer and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy
13
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Who is:
Herman Melville
A
American author of the 19th century most known for his novel Moby Dick
14
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Who is:
Nathaniel Hawthorne
A
American author of the 19th century most known for his novel The Scarlet Letter
15
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Who is:
Henry David Thoreau
A
- American abolitionist, author, philosopher, and transcendentalist of the 19th century
- He is best known for his essay “Civil Disobedience” and his book Walden
16
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Who is:
Charles Dickens
A
- English author of the 19th century whose work was immensely popular during his lifetime
- Seen as one of the great writers of the Victorian era, his works include A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, and David Copperfield
17
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Who is:
J.K. Rowling
A
British writer best known as the author of the widely read Harry Potter series, the best-selling book series in history
18
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Who is:
Stephen King
A
- American author and columnist of the 20th and 21st centuries whose popular suspense novels and short stories have frequently been adapted into films
- Some of his notable works include The Shining, Carrie, Misery, and Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
19
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Who are:
Emily and Charlotte Brontë
A
- English authors of the 19th century
- Emily most famously wrote Wuthering Heights and her sister Charlotte wrote Jane Eyre
20
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Who is:
Jane Austen
A
- English novelist of the 18th and 19th centuries
- She was noted for her irony and social commentary, as well as for the love stories she crafted
- Notable works include Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Emma
21
Q
Name the author:
- American author of the 20th century
- Her first novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was published in 1960 and has since become a classic of American literature
- The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961, and was adapted into an Oscar-winning film in 1962
A
Harper Lee
22
Q
Name the author:
- American author of the 20th century most famous for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye
- From the mid-sixties on, he was reclusive and did not publish any new material; he died in 2010
A
J.D. Salinger
23
Q
Name the author:
- American author of the 20th century, part of the Jazz Age and a member of the Lost Generation of American writers in Paris in the 1920s
- He wrote five novels in all, one of them published posthumously
- His most famous novel, The Great Gatsby, was published in 1925
- “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is one of his many short stories
A
F. Scott Fitzgerald
24
Q
Name the author:
- English poet and playwright of the 16th and 17th centuries, typically regarded as the greatest Anglophone writer
- He wrote over 150 sonnets, and his plays include Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, King Lear, and Othello
- A large number of familiar English sayings and expressions come from his works
- He spent most of his life in London, where he managed the Globe Theatre
A
William Shakespeare
25
# Name the author:
* Ancient Greek poet, likely to have lived in the 7th or 8th centuries B.C., and author of the *Iliad* and the *Odyssey*, two epic poems that are central to the history of literature
* It is believed that he was blind
Homer
26
# Name the author:
* Spanish writer of the 16th and 17th centuries, greatly influential to the Spanish language in general
* His masterpiece was *Don Quixote*, published in two volumes (in 1605 and 1615)
* *Don Quixote* is considered the first modern European novel and a classic of Western literature
Miguel de Cervantes
27
# Name the author:
* Ancient Greek playwright of the 5th century B.C.
* One of three Greek authors of tragedies, along with Aeschylus and Euripides, whose plays have survived
* His most famous tragedies feature Antigone and Oedipus
Sophocles
28
# Name the author:
* American author of the 20th century and a member of the Lost Generation of writers in the 1920s
* Known for his economical, simple writing and adventurous lifestyle, his novels include *The Old Man and the Sea*, *The Sun Also Rises*, and *A Farewell to Arms*
* He won both a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and a Nobel Prize in Literature
Ernest Hemingway
29
# Name the author:
* American author of the 20th century
* He is best known for his novels *Of Mice and Men*, *The Grapes of Wrath*, and *East of Eden*
* He won both a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and a Nobel Prize in Literature
John Steinbeck
30
# Name the author:
* 20th-century American author most known for his novels *The Sound and the Fury* and *As I Lay Dying*
* He won two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction and a Nobel Prize in Literature
William Faulkner
31
# Name the author:
* American professor and writer of the 20th and 21st centuries most known for her novels *Beloved*, *The Bluest Eye*, and *Song of Solomon*
* In 2012 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Toni Morrison
32
# Name the author:
20th-century British writer and author of *The Hobbit* and *The Lord of the Rings* trilogy
J.R.R. Tolkien
33
# Name the author:
American author of the 19th century most known for his novel *Moby Dick*
Herman Melville
34
# Name the author:
American author of the 19th century most known for his novel *The Scarlet Letter*
Nathaniel Hawthorne
35
# Name the author:
* American abolitionist, author, philosopher, and transcendentalist of the 19th century
* He is best known for his essay "Civil Disobedience" and his book *Walden*
Henry David Thoreau
36
# Name the author:
* English author of the 19th century whose work was immensely popular during his lifetime
* Seen as one of the great writers of the Victorian era, his works include *A Christmas Carol*, *Great Expectations*, *Oliver Twist*, and *David Copperfield*
Charles Dickens
37
# Name the author:
* English authors of the 19th century
* Emily most famously wrote *Wuthering Heights* and her sister Charlotte wrote *Jane Eyre*
Emily and Charlotte Brontë
38
# Name the author:
British writer best known as the author of the widely read *Harry Potter* series, the best-selling book series in history
J.K. Rowling
39
# Name the author:
* American author and columnist of the 20th and 21st centuries whose popular suspense novels and short stories have frequently been adapted into films
* Some of his notable works include *The Shining*, *Carrie*, *Misery*, and *Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption*
Stephen King
40
# Name the author:
* English novelist of the 18th and 19th centuries
* She was noted for her irony and social commentary, as well as for the love stories she crafted
* Notable works include *Pride and Prejudice*, *Sense and Sensibility*, and *Emma*
Jane Austen
41
# Who is:
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
* American writer of the 20th century whose works mixed satire and fantasy
* He is best known for his novels *Cat's Cradle* and *Slaughterhouse-Five*
42
# Who is:
Arthur Miller
* American playwright of the 20th and 21st centuries whose plays include *Death of a Salesman*, *All My Sons*, and *The Crucible*
* A Pulitzer Prize winner, he was married for five years to Marilyn Monroe and known for having testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee
43
# Who is:
Tennessee Williams
American writer of the 20th century best known for his plays, including *A Streetcar Named Desire*, *The Glass Menagerie*, and *The Rose Tattoo*
44
# Who is:
Tom Stoppard
* Czech-born English playwright best known for his plays *Arcadia*, *Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead*, *Travesties*, and *The Real Thing*
* He co-wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for the 1998 movie *Shakespeare in Love*
45
# Who is:
Henrik Ibsen
* Norwegian playwright of the 19th century whose plays include *A Doll's House*, *An Enemy of the People*, *The Wild Duck*, and *Hedda Gabler*
* He is regarded as one of the founders of Modernism in drama
46
# Who is:
Jean-Paul Sartre
* French philosopher of the 20th century known as a central figure of existentialism
* His works include *Being and Nothingness* and the play *No Exit*
47
# Who is:
Albert Camus
* Algerian-born French author and philosopher of the 20th century
* His works include *L'Étranger*, *La Peste*, and *La Chute*
48
# Who is:
Charles Baudelaire
* French poet of the 19th century most famous for his collection of poems called *Les Fleurs du mal* (The Flowers of Evil)
* His verse is known for its morbid beauty, depictions of the fleeting nature of modernity, and its use of and mixture with prose
* He influenced later poets such as Mallarmé, Rimbaud, and Verlaine
49
# Who is:
Victor Hugo
French Romantic author of the 19th century best known for his collection of poetry *La Légende des siècles* and his novels *Les Misérables* and *The Hunchback of Notre-Dame*
50
# Who is:
Jules Verne
* French author of the 19th century whose novels laid the groundwork for science fiction
* His works include *Around the World in Eighty Days*, *Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea*, and *Journey to the Center of the Earth*
51
# Who is:
Gustave Flaubert
* French author of the 19th century known for his perfectionist writing style and his novels *Madame Bovary* and *Sentimental Education*
* He served as a guardian and mentor to Guy de Maupassant
52
# Who is:
Leo Tolstoy
* Russian writer of the 19th and early 20th centuries who is regarded as one of the great Russian novelists along with Fyodor Dostoyevsky
* He is best known for his novels *Anna Karenina* and *War and Peace*
53
# Who is:
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
* Russian author of the 19th century who, along with Leo Tolstoy, is regarded as one of the greatest Russian novelists
* Among his most famous works are *The Brothers Karamazov*, *Crime and Punishment*, and *The Idiot*
54
# Who is:
Stendhal
* The pen name of Marie-Henri Beyle, a 19th-century French writer, known for his psychologically realistic works
* He is best known for his novels *The Red and the Black* and *The Charterhouse of Parma*
55
# Who is:
Honoré de Balzac
* 19th-century French novelist known for his complex, fully human characters and regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature
* His most famous work, *La Comédie humaine*, is a long series of novels and short stories about modern French society after the fall of Napoleon
56
# Who is:
Guy de Maupassant
* French writer of the 19th century best known for playing a fundamental role in the development of the modern short story
* A protégé of Flaubert, his works include the novel *Pierre et Jean* and the stories "Boul de Suif", "Le Horla", and "Deux Amis"
57
# Who is:
Friedrich Nietzsche
* German philosopher of the 19th century who subtantially influenced existentialism
* He challenged Christianity and morality and believed strongly in the idea of "life-affirmation"
58
# Who is:
Sigmund Freud
* Austrian physician of the 19th and 20th centuries, regarded as the founder of psychoanalysis
* He was interested in the unconscious mind and developed the use of free association and theories about the Oedipus complex, sexual repression, and dreams
59
# Who is:
Gabriel García Márquez
* Colombian writer of the 20th and 21st centuries, regarded as one of the great authors of his generation
* A recipient of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature, he is best known for his novels, which include *One Hundred Years of Solitude*, *The Autumn of the Patriarch*, and *Love in the Time of Cholera*
60
# Who is:
Hunter S. Thompson
* American journalist of the 20th century, known for his eccentric lifestyle and development of Gonzo journalism, for which reporters heavily involve themselves in the action
* His most famous works include *Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas*, *Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs*, and *Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72*
61
# Name the author:
* American writer of the 20th century whose works mixed satire and fantasy
* He is best known for his novels *Cat's Cradle* and *Slaughterhouse-Five*
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
62
# Name the author:
* American playwright of the 20th and 21st centuries whose plays include *Death of a Salesman*, *All My Sons*, and *The Crucible*
* A Pulitzer Prize winner, he was married for five years to Marilyn Monroe and known for having testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee
Arthur Miller
63
# Name the author:
American writer of the 20th century best known for his plays, including *A Streetcar Named Desire*, *The Glass Menagerie*, and *The Rose Tattoo*
Tennessee Williams
64
# Name the author:
* Czech-born English playwright best known for his plays *Arcadia*, *Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead*, *Travesties*, and *The Real Thing*
* He co-wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for the 1998 movie *Shakespeare in Love*
Tom Stoppard
65
# Name the author:
* Norwegian playwright of the 19th century whose plays include *A Doll's House*, *An Enemy of the People*, *The Wild Duck*, and *Hedda Gabler*
* He is regarded as one of the founders of Modernism in drama
Henrik Ibsen
66
# Name the author:
* French philosopher of the 20th century known as a central figure of existentialism
* His works include *Being and Nothingness* and the play *No Exit*
Jean-Paul Sartre
67
# Name the author:
* Algerian-born French author and philosopher of the 20th century
* His works include *L'Étranger*, *La Peste*, and *La Chute*
Albert Camus
68
# Name the author:
* French poet of the 19th century most famous for his collection of poems called *Les Fleurs du mal* (The Flowers of Evil)
* His verse is known for its morbid beauty, depictions of the fleeting nature of modernity, and its use of and mixture with prose
* He influenced later poets such as Mallarmé, Rimbaud, and Verlaine
Charles Baudelaire
69
# Name the author:
French Romantic author of the 19th century best known for his collection of poetry *La Légende des siècles* and his novels *Les Misérables* and *The Hunchback of Notre-Dame*
Victor Hugo
70
# Name the author:
* French author of the 19th century whose novels laid the groundwork for science fiction
* His works include *Around the World in Eighty Days*, *Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea*, and *Journey to the Center of the Earth*
Jules Verne
71
# Name the author:
* French author of the 19th century known for his perfectionist writing style and his novels *Madame Bovary* and *Sentimental Education*
* He served as a guardian and mentor to Guy de Maupassant
Gustave Flaubert
72
# Name the author:
* Russian writer of the 19th and early 20th centuries who is regarded as one of the great Russian novelists along with Fyodor Dostoyevsky
* He is best known for his novels *Anna Karenina* and *War and Peace*
Leo Tolstoy
73
# Name the author:
* Russian author of the 19th century who, along with Leo Tolstoy, is regarded as one of the greatest Russian novelists
* Among his most famous works are *The Brothers Karamazov*, *Crime and Punishment*, and *The Idiot*
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
74
# Name the author:
* The pen name of Marie-Henri Beyle, a 19th-century French writer, known for his psychologically realistic works
* He is best known for his novels *The Red and the Black* and *The Charterhouse of Parma*
Stendhal
75
# Name the author:
* 19th-century French novelist known for his complex, fully human characters and regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature
* His most famous work, *La Comédie humaine*, is a long series of novels and short stories about modern French society after the fall of Napoleon
Honoré de Balzac
76
# Name the author:
* French writer of the 19th century best known for playing a fundamental role in the development of the modern short story
* A protégé of Flaubert, his works include the novel *Pierre et Jean* and the stories "Boul de Suif", "Le Horla", and "Deux Amis"
Guy de Maupassant
77
# Name the author:
* German philosopher of the 19th century who subtantially influenced existentialism
* He challenged Christianity and morality and believed strongly in the idea of "life-affirmation"
Friedrich Nietzsche
78
# Name the author:
* Austrian physician of the 19th and 20th centuries, regarded as the founder of psychoanalysis
* He was interested in the unconscious mind and developed the use of free association and theories about the Oedipus complex, sexual repression, and dreams
Sigmund Freud
79
# Name the author:
* Colombian writer of the 20th and 21st centuries, regarded as one of the great authors of his generation
* A recipient of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature, he is best known for his novels, which include *One Hundred Years of Solitude*, *The Autumn of the Patriarch*, and *Love in the Time of Cholera*
Gabriel García Márquez
80
# Name the author:
* American journalist of the 20th century, known for his eccentric lifestyle and development of Gonzo journalism, for which reporters heavily involve themselves in the action
* His most famous works include *Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas*, *Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs*, and *Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72*
Hunter S. Thompson
81
# Who is:
David Foster Wallace
* American writer regarded as one of the most influential writers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries
* Among his best-known works are the short story collection *Brief Interviews with Hideous Men* and his novel *Infinite Jest*
* Also a well-respected nonfiction writer and professor at Pomona College, he committed suicide in 2008
82
# Who is:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
* German author and politician of the 18th and 19th centuries, highly influential to European literature
* His works include the two-part play *Faust* and the novels *The Sorrows of Young Werther* and *Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship*
83
# Who is:
John Locke
* English philosopher from the 17th century who argued that governments should depend on the consent of the governed and criticized the notion of monarchs' divine right
* Also claimed that the human mind is a blank slate (*tabula rasa*) at birth and until experience eventually begins to write on it
* His writings greatly influenced the American Founding Fathers
84
# Who is:
Thomas Hobbes
* English philosopher of the 17th century best known for his 1651 book *Leviathan*
* He is regarded as a founder of modern political philosophy
85
# Who is:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
* Swiss-born French philosopher of the 18th century and one of the central figures of the Enlightenment
* He argued that humans are good in the context of nature, but corrupted by society
* Influential to modern thought and particularly to the French Revolution, he is known for his works *On the Social Contract*, *Discourse on Inequality*, *Émile*, and his autobiography *Confessions*
86
# Who is:
Walt Whitman
* American humanist poet and journalist of the 19th century
* He is known for his use of free verse, sexuality, and celebration of the material world
* His most famous work is the collection *Leaves of Grass*, which contains the poem "Song of Myself"
87
# Who is:
T.S. Eliot
* American-born English poet and playwright of the 20th century
* He is best known for his play *Murder in the Cathedral* and the poems "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and "The Waste Land"
88
# Who is:
Emily Dickinson
* American poet of the 19th century whose short, unconventional poems were, for the most part, published posthumously
* Now considered a major American poet, she was known in her later years for being reclusive and introverted
89
# Who is:
Langston Hughes
* American author of the 20th century primarily associated with the Harlem Renaissance
* In his writing he often depicted the black experience in the United States
* His poems include "The Weary Blues" and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
90
# Who is:
Ralph Ellison
* American author of the 20th century best known for his novel *Invisible Man*, about an unnamed black man who considers himself invisible to society
* A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969, he also wrote the essay collections *Going to the Territory* and *Shadow and Act*
91
# Who is:
Ralph Waldo Emerson
* American essayist and lecturer of the 19th century and a major leader of Trascendentalism
* He is best known for championing individualism and for his essay *Self-Reliance*
92
# Who is:
Virginia Woolf
* English author of the 20th century known as a modernist, particularly for her adoption of stream-of-consciousness writing
* Her major works include the essay *A Room of One's Own* and the novels *To the Lighthouse* and *Orlando*
93
# Who is:
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
* English poet of the 19th century who was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and highly popular during his time
* His works include "The Charge of the Light Brigade" and "Crossing the Bar"
* He wrote the famous lines "'Tis better to have loved and lost/Than never to have loved at all"
94
# Who is:
Truman Capote
* American author of the 20th century whose works have frequently been adapted into films or TV dramas
* He is best known for *Breakfast at Tiffany's* and *In Cold Blood*, about the murder of a Kansas family
* His childhood friend Harper Lee helped him research and write *In Cold Blood*
95
# Who is:
Mark Twain
* The pen name of Samuel Clemens, an American humorist and author of the 19th and 20th centuries
* He is best known for his novels *The Adventures of Tom Sawyer* and *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn*
96
# Who is:
Machado de Assis
* Brazilian author of the 19th and 20th centuries, regarded as one of the greatest writers in Brazilian literature
* His major works include *Dom Casmurro*, *Quincas Borba*, and *The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas*
97
# Who is:
Jorge Luis Borges
* Argentinian writer and poet of the 20th century known for his short stories which combine myth, fantasy, magical realism, and philosophy
* Some of his most famous works include *The Aleph*, *Ficciones*, and *Los Conjurados*
98
# Who is:
George Orwell
* The pen name of Eric Blair, an English author of the 20th century known for his witty social commentary
* His most famous works are *Animal Farm* and *Nineteen Eighty-Four*, a dystopian social science fiction novel depicting totalitarianism
99
# Who is:
Rudyard Kipling
* English writer of the 19th and 20th centuries who wrote extensively about British imperialism
* His works include the poems "The White Man's Burden" and "Gunga Din", the novella "The Man Who Would Be King", and the collection *The Jungle Book*
100
# Who is:
René Descartes
* French philosopher of the 17th century who was fundamental to modern philosophy and the Scientific Revolution
* Well versed in math as well, the Cartesian coordinate system is named after him
* He is best known for the statement "I think, therefore I am"
101
# Name the author:
* American writer regarded as one of the most influential writers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries
* Among his best-known works are the short story collection *Brief Interviews with Hideous Men* and his novel *Infinite Jest*
* Also a well-respected nonfiction writer and professor at Pomona College, he committed suicide in 2008
David Foster Wallace
102
# Name the author:
* German author and politician of the 18th and 19th centuries, highly influential to European literature
* His works include the two-part play *Faust* and the novels *The Sorrows of Young Werther* and *Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship*
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
103
# Name the author:
* English philosopher from the 17th century who argued that governments should depend on the consent of the governed and criticized the notion of monarchs' divine right
* Also claimed that the human mind is a blank slate (*tabula rasa*) at birth and until experience eventually begins to write on it
* His writings greatly influenced the American Founding Fathers
John Locke
104
# Name the author:
* English philosopher of the 17th century best known for his 1651 book *Leviathan*
* He is regarded as a founder of modern political philosophy
Thomas Hobbes
105
# Name the author:
* Swiss-born French philosopher of the 18th century and one of the central figures of the Enlightenment
* He argued that humans are good in the context of nature, but corrupted by society
* Influential to modern thought and particularly to the French Revolution, he is known for his works *On the Social Contract*, *Discourse on Inequality*, *Émile*, and his autobiography *Confessions*
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
106
# Name the author:
* American humanist poet and journalist of the 19th century
* He is known for his use of free verse, sexuality, and celebration of the material world
* His most famous work is the collection *Leaves of Grass*, which contains the poem "Song of Myself"
Walt Whitman
107
# Name the author:
* American-born English poet and playwright of the 20th century
* He is best known for his play *Murder in the Cathedral* and the poems "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and "The Waste Land"
T.S. Eliot
108
# Name the author:
* American poet of the 19th century whose short, unconventional poems were, for the most part, published posthumously
* Now considered a major American poet, she was known in her later years for being reclusive and introverted
Emily Dickinson
109
# Name the author:
* American author of the 20th century primarily associated with the Harlem Renaissance
* In his writing he often depicted the black experience in the United States
* His poems include "The Weary Blues" and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
Langston Hughes
110
# Name the author:
* American author of the 20th century best known for his novel *Invisible Man*, about an unnamed black man who considers himself invisible to society
* A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969, he also wrote the essay collections *Going to the Territory* and *Shadow and Act*
Ralph Ellison
111
# Name the author:
* American essayist and lecturer of the 19th century and a major leader of Trascendentalism
* He is best known for championing individualism and for his essay *Self-Reliance*
Ralph Waldo Emerson
112
# Name the author:
* English author of the 20th century known as a modernist, particularly for her adoption of stream-of-consciousness writing
* Her major works include the essay *A Room of One's Own* and the novels *To the Lighthouse* and *Orlando*
Virginia Woolf
113
# Name the author:
* English poet of the 19th century who was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and highly popular during his time
* His works include "The Charge of the Light Brigade" and "Crossing the Bar"
* He wrote the famous lines "'Tis better to have loved and lost/Than never to have loved at all"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
114
# Name the author:
* American author of the 20th century whose works have frequently been adapted into films or TV dramas
* He is best known for *Breakfast at Tiffany's* and *In Cold Blood*, about the murder of a Kansas family
* His childhood friend Harper Lee helped him research and write *In Cold Blood*
Truman Capote
115
# Name the author:
* The pen name of Samuel Clemens, an American humorist and author of the 19th and 20th centuries
* He is best known for his novels *The Adventures of Tom Sawyer* and *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn*
Mark Twain
116
# Name the author:
* Brazilian author of the 19th and 20th centuries, regarded as one of the greatest writers in Brazilian literature
* His major works include *Dom Casmurro*, *Quincas Borba*, and *The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas*
Machado de Assis
117
# Name the author:
* Argentinian writer and poet of the 20th century known for his short stories which combine myth, fantasy, magical realism, and philosophy
* Some of his most famous works include *The Aleph*, *Ficciones*, and *Los Conjurados*
Jorge Luis Borges
118
# Name the author:
* The pen name of Eric Blair, an English author of the 20th century known for his witty social commentary
* His most famous works are *Animal Farm* and *Nineteen Eighty-Four*, a satirical novel depicting totalitarianism
George Orwell
119
# Name the author:
* English writer of the 19th and 20th centuries who wrote extensively about British imperialism
* His works include the poems "The White Man's Burden" and "Gunga Din", the novella "The Man Who Would Be King", and the collection *The Jungle Book*
Rudyard Kipling
120
# Name the author:
* French philosopher of the 17th century who was fundamental to modern philosophy and the Scientific Revolution
* Well versed in math as well, the Cartesian coordinate system is named after him
* He is best known for the statement "I think, therefore I am"
René Descartes
121
# Who is:
Vladimir Nabokov
* Russian-born American writer of the 20th century who wrote at first in Russian and later in English
* He is known for such works as the novels *Lolita*, *Pale Fire*, and *The Defense*, and the memoir *Speak, Memory*
122
# Who is:
Dylan Thomas
* Welsh poet of the 20th century known for his rhythmic verse and turbulent lifestyle
* His works include the radio dramas *Under Milk Wood* and *A Child's Christmas in Wales*, but he is most famous for the beginning of one poem, "Do not go gentle into that good night"
123
# Who is:
Robert Frost
* American poet of the 19th and 20th centuries, celebrated by critics and readers alike and noted for his realistic treatment of rural life in America
* Some of his poems include "Mending Wall", "Acquainted with the Night", and "The Road Not Taken"
124
# Who is:
Edgar Allen Poe
* American author and poet of the 19th century known for his macabre horror stories and for establishing the detective fiction genre with his mysteries
* His best-known works include the poem "The Raven" and the story "The Fall of the House of Usher"
125
# Who are:
the Brothers Grimm
* Jacob and Wilhelm, German siblings, scholars, and authors of the 18th and 19th centuries
* They collected folklore and published their collections, which included such classics as "Hansel and Gretel", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Sleeping Beauty", "Rumpelstiltskin", "Snow White", and "Cinderella"
126
# Who is:
Dr. Seuss
* The pen name of Theodor Seuss Geisel, an American illustrator and author of the 20th century
* His children's books are celebrated, and they include *The Cat in the Hat*, *How the Grinch Stole Christmas!*, *Green Eggs and Ham*, and *Oh, the Places You'll Go!*
127
# Who is:
Maurice Sendak
* 20th and 21st-century American author and illustrator of children's books
* His best-known works are *Where the Wild Things Are*, *Outside Over There*, and *In the Night Kitchen*
128
# Who is:
Roald Dahl
* British author of the 20th century best known for his children's stories
* His works include *Fantastic Mr Fox*, *Matilda*, *James and the Giant Peach*, *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*, and *The Witches*
129
# Who are:
Rodgers and Hammerstein
* A 20th-century American musical theatre writing team; their first names were Richard and Oscar
* Richard composed the music and Oscar the lyrics
* Their best-known musicals are *The Sound of Music* and *The King and I*
130
# Who is:
Immanuel Kant
* German philosopher from the 18th century whose major work is *Critique of Pure Reason*
* He aimed to unite reason and experience, as in his mind metaphysics had not arrived at answers on important topics such as free will, God, and the soul
131
# Who is:
C.S. Lewis
Irish author and academic of the 20th century, best known for his works *The Allegory of Love*, *The Screwtape Letters*, *The Space Trilogy*, and *The Chronicles of Narnia*
132
# Who is:
Lewis Carroll
* The pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an English author of the 19th century
* He is best known for writing *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* and *Through the Looking-Glass*
133
# Who is:
Simone de Beauvoir
* French existentialist and feminist writer and philosopher of the 20th century
* Her most famous works include the treatise *The Second Sex* and the novels *Les Mandarins* and *L'Invitée*
* She is also known for her lifelong relationship with Jean-Paul Sartre
134
# Who is:
Dante
* An Italian poet of the 13th and 14th centuries; commonly known by his first name, his surname was Alighieri
* He is best known for his *Divine Comedy*, an epic poem about heaven, hell, and purgatory, considered a masterpiece of Italian and world literature
135
# Who is:
Geoffrey Chaucer
* English poet of the 14th century who is regarded as the father of English poetry and the first major poet to write in English
* His most famous work is *The Canterbury Tales*, a collection of stories written in rhyme and in Middle English about a group of pilgrims who tell stories to one another
136
# Who is:
John Milton
English poet of the 17th century best known as the author of *Paradise Lost*, an epic poem about the Biblical fall of man, regarded as one of the greatest works of English literature
137
# Who is:
Stan Lee
American comic book writer best known as the co-creator of characters such as Thor, Iron Man, the X-Men, the Hulk, and Spider-Man
138
# Who is:
Bob Kane
American comic book writer and artist best known for co-creating Batman, along with Bill Finger
139
# Who is:
Ian Fleming
English author of the 20th century who wrote the children's book *Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car* and the James Bond series of spy novels
140
# Who are:
Jerry Siegel (writer) and Joe Shuster (artist)
The creators of the comic book superhero Superman
141
# Name the author:
* Russian-born American writer of the 20th century who wrote at first in Russian and later in English
* He is known for such works as the novels *Lolita*, *Pale Fire*, and *The Defense*, and the memoir *Speak, Memory*
Vladimir Nabokov
142
# Name the author:
* Welsh poet of the 20th century known for his rhythmic verse and turbulent lifestyle
* His works include the radio dramas *Under Milk Wood* and *A Child's Christmas in Wales*, but he is most famous for the beginning of one poem, "Do not go gentle into that good night"
Dylan Thomas
143
# Name the author:
* American poet of the 19th and 20th centuries, celebrated by critics and readers alike and noted for his realistic treatment of rural life in America
* Some of his poems include "Mending Wall", "Acquainted with the Night", and "The Road Not Taken"
Robert Frost
144
# Name the author:
* American author and poet of the 19th century known for his macabre horror stories and for establishing the detective fiction genre with his mysteries
* His best-known works include the poem "The Raven" and the story "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Edgar Allen Poe
145
# Name the author:
* Jacob and Wilhelm, German siblings, scholars, and authors of the 18th and 19th centuries
* They collected folklore and published their collections, which included such classics as "Hansel and Gretel", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Sleeping Beauty", "Rumpelstiltskin", "Snow White", and "Cinderella"
the Brothers Grimm
146
# Name the author:
* The pen name of Theodor Seuss Geisel, an American illustrator and author of the 20th century
* His children's books are celebrated, and they include *The Cat in the Hat*, *How the Grinch Stole Christmas!*, *Green Eggs and Ham*, and *Oh, the Places You'll Go!*
Dr. Seuss
147
# Name the author:
* 20th and 21st-century American author and illustrator of children's books
* His best-known works are *Where the Wild Things Are*, *Outside Over There*, and *In the Night Kitchen*
Maurice Sendak
148
# Name the author:
* British author of the 20th century best known for his children's stories
* His works include *Fantastic Mr Fox*, *Matilda*, *James and the Giant Peach*, *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*, and *The Witches*
Roald Dahl
149
# Name the author:
* A 20th-century American musical theatre writing team; their first names were Richard and Oscar
* Richard composed the music and Oscar the lyrics
* Their best-known musicals are *The Sound of Music* and *The King and I*
Rodgers and Hammerstein
150
# Name the author
* German philosopher from the 18th century whose major work is *Critique of Pure Reason*
* He aimed to unite reason and experience, as in his mind metaphysics had not arrived at answers on important topics such as free will, God, and the soul
Immanuel Kant
151
# Name the author:
Irish author and academic of the 20th century, best known for his works *The Allegory of Love*, *The Screwtape Letters*, *The Space Trilogy*, and *The Chronicles of Narnia*
C.S. Lewis
152
# Name the author:
* The pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an English author of the 19th century
* He is best known for writing *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* and *Through the Looking-Glass*
Lewis Carroll
153
# Name the author:
* French existentialist and feminist writer and philosopher of the 20th century
* Her most famous works include the treatise *The Second Sex* and the novels *Les Mandarins* and *L'Invitée*
* She is also known for her lifelong relationship with Jean-Paul Sartre
Simone de Beauvoir
154
# Name the author:
* An Italian poet of the 13th and 14th centuries; commonly known by his first name, his surname was Alighieri
* He is best known for his *Divine Comedy*, an epic poem about heaven, hell, and purgatory, considered a masterpiece of Italian and world literature
Dante
155
# Name the author:
* English poet of the 14th century who is regarded as the father of English poetry and the first major poet to write in English
* His most famous work is *The Canterbury Tales*, a collection of stories written in rhyme and in Middle English about a group of pilgrims who tell stories to one another
Geoffrey Chaucer
156
# Name the author:
English poet of the 17th century best known as the author of *Paradise Lost*, an epic poem about the Biblical fall of man, regarded as one of the greatest works of English literature
John Milton
157
# Name the author:
American comic book writer best known as the co-creator of characters such as Thor, Iron Man, the X-Men, the Hulk, and Spider-Man
Stan Lee
158
# Name the author:
American comic book writer and artist best known for co-creating Batman, along with Bill Finger
Bob Kane
159
# Name the author:
English author of the 20th century who wrote the children's book *Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car* and the James Bond series of spy novels
Ian Fleming
160
# Name the author:
The creators of the comic book superhero Superman
Jerry Siegel (writer) and Joe Shuster (artist)
161
# Who is:
Ayn Rand
* Russian-born American writer of the 20th century
* She is noted for her promotion of individual rights, reason as the central mode of knowledge and learning, and her philosophical system Objectivism
* Her best-known works are the novels *The Fountainhead* and *Atlas Shrugged*
162
# Who is:
Samuel Beckett
* Influential Irish author and playwright of the 20th century who wrote in both French and English
* He is associated with modernism, minimalism, and the Theatre of the Absurd
* He wrote the novel *Molloy* and the play *Endgame*, but he is best known for his play *Waiting for Godot*
163
# Who is:
Aesop
* Ancient Greek storyteller credited with a series of fables
* The tales are characterized by animal characters who can speak, and each contains a moral lesson
* Some fables include "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and "The Tortoise and the Hare"
164
# Who is:
Hans Christian Andersen
19th-century Danish author known for his children's fairy tales, which include "The Ugly Duckling", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Princess and the Pea", "Thumbelina", and "The Little Mermaid"
165
# Who is:
Anton Chekhov
* Russian author of the 19th century, noted for his short stories and plays
* Two of his major works are the plays *Three Sisters* and *The Cherry Orchard*
166
# Who is:
Noam Chomsky
* American liguist and academic of the 20th and 21st centuries who is a professor at MIT
* Considered the father of modern linguistics, he has written over 100 books on linguistics, politics, philosophy, media, and war
167
# Who is:
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
* German philosopher of the 18th and 19th centuries who influenced a great many writers and thinkers, notably Karl Marx
* He stressed the all-important nature of mind or spirit
168
# Who is:
Hermann Hesse
* German-born Swiss author of the 19th and 20th centuries
* He is best known for his novels *Steppenwolf* and *Siddhartha*, which explore such themes as spirituality, the duality of existence, and knowledge
169
# Who is:
Franz Kafka
* Austrian author of the 20th century who is noted for the surreal, bizarre nature of his writing
* His works include the novella *The Metamorphosis* and the novels *The Castle* and *The Trial*
170
# Who is:
Soren Kierkegaard
* Danish philosopher from the 19th century, considered a forerunner of existentialism
* A consistent theme of his writing was the loneliness and fear that can come with religion
171
# Who is:
Jean de La Fontaine
17th-century French author known for his classic *Fables*, a series of stories about animal characters that poke fun of and dispense moral lessons about the human condition
172
# Who is:
Niccolo Machiavelli
Italian Renaissance philosopher and author of *The Prince*, which advises rulers to maintain power by ruthlessly subordinating moral principles to personal or political goals
173
# Who is:
Molière
* The stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, a French playwright and actor of the 17th century
* Regarded as a genius of comedy, he was adored by the court of Louis XIV and aristocrats of Paris
* His comedies include *Tartuffe, or The Impostor*, *The Miser*, and *The Imaginary Invalid*
174
# Who is:
Michel de Montaigne
* French writer of the 16th century credited with establishing the essay as a literary genre
* His best-known work is *Essais*, translated as "Attempts"
175
# Who is:
Montesquieu
* French baron and political philosopher of the 18th century
* His treatise *The Spirit of Laws* is famous for its articulation of the merits of the separation of powers in government
176
# Who is:
Pablo Neruda
* Chilean statesman and poet, revered in Latin America during his lifetime
* He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971
177
# Who is:
Plutarch
* Greek historian and biographer of the first and second centuries
* He is known for his works *Moralia* and *Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans*
178
# Who is:
Marcel Proust
* French author of the 19th and 20th centuries
* He is most famous for his multi-volume novel *À la recherche du temps perdu* (In Search of Lost Time), which explores the theme of memory
179
# Who is:
François Rabelais
* French writer of the 16th century
* A French Renaissance humanist, his most famous work is the series of novels *Gargantua and Pantagruel*
180
# Who is:
Adam Smith
Scottish philosopher and writer of the 18th century, noted for his classic book *The Wealth of Nations*, considered the first work of modern economics
181
# Name the author:
* Russian-born American writer of the 20th century
* She is noted for her promotion of individual rights, reason as the central mode of knowledge and learning, and her philosophical system Objectivism
* Her best-known works are the novels *The Fountainhead* and *Atlas Shrugged*
Ayn Rand
182
# Name the author:
* Influential Irish author and playwright of the 20th century who wrote in both French and English
* He is associated with modernism, minimalism, and the Theatre of the Absurd
* He wrote the novel *Molloy* and the play *Endgame*, but he is best known for his play *Waiting for Godot*
Samuel Beckett
183
# Name the author:
* Ancient Greek storyteller credited with a series of fables
* The tales are characterized by animal characters who can speak, and each contains a moral lesson
* Some fables include "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and "The Tortoise and the Hare"
Aesop
184
# Name the author:
19th-century Danish author known for his children's fairy tales, which include "The Ugly Duckling", "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Princess and the Pea", "Thumbelina", and "The Little Mermaid"
Hans Christian Andersen
185
# Name the author:
* Russian author of the 19th century, noted for his short stories and plays
* Two of his major works are the plays *Three Sisters* and *The Cherry Orchard*
Anton Chekhov
186
# Name the author:
* American liguist and academic of the 20th and 21st centuries who is a professor at MIT
* Considered the father of modern linguistics, he has written over 100 books on linguistics, politics, philosophy, media, and war
Noam Chomsky
187
# Name the author:
* German philosopher of the 18th and 19th centuries who influenced a great many writers and thinkers, notably Karl Marx
* He stressed the all-important nature of mind or spirit
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
188
# Name the author:
* German-born Swiss author of the 19th and 20th centuries
* He is best known for his novels *Steppenwolf* and *Siddhartha*, which explore such themes as spirituality, the duality of existence, and knowledge
Hermann Hesse
189
# Name the author:
* Austrian author of the 20th century who is noted for the surreal, bizarre nature of his writing
* His works include the novella *The Metamorphosis* and the novels *The Castle* and *The Trial*
Franz Kafka
190
# Name the author:
* Danish philosopher from the 19th century, considered a forerunner of existentialism
* A consistent theme of his writing was the loneliness and fear that can come with religion
Soren Kierkegaard
191
# Name the author:
17th-century French author known for his classic *Fables*, a series of stories about animal characters that poke fun of and dispense moral lessons about the human condition
Jean de La Fontaine
192
# Name the author:
Italian Renaissance philosopher and author of *The Prince*, which advises rulers to maintain power by ruthlessly subordinating moral principles to personal or political goals
Niccolo Machiavelli
193
# Name the author:
* The stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, a French playwright and actor of the 17th century
* Regarded as a genius of comedy, he was adored by the court of Louis XIV and aristocrats of Paris
* His comedies include *Tartuffe, or The Impostor*, *The Miser*, and *The Imaginary Invalid*
Molière
194
# Name the author:
* French writer of the 16th century credited with establishing the essay as a literary genre
* His best-known work is *Essais*, translated as "Attempts"
Michel de Montaigne
195
# Name the author:
* French baron and political philosopher of the 18th century
* His treatise *The Spirit of Laws* is famous for its articulation of the merits of the separation of powers in government
Montesquieu
196
# Name the author:
* Chilean statesman and poet, revered in Latin America during his lifetime
* He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971
Pablo Neruda
197
# Name the author:
* Greek historian and biographer of the first and second centuries
* He is known for his works *Moralia* and *Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans*
Plutarch
198
# Name the author:
* French author of the 19th and 20th centuries
* He is most famous for his multi-volume novel *À la recherche du temps perdu* (In Search of Lost Time), which explores the theme of memory
Marcel Proust
199
# Name the author:
* French writer of the 16th century
* A French Renaissance humanist, his most famous work is the series of novels *Gargantua and Pantagruel*
François Rabelais
200
# Name the author:
Scottish philosopher and writer of the 18th century, noted for his classic book *The Wealth of Nations*, considered the first work of modern economics
Adam Smith
201
# Who is:
Alexandre Dumas
* French writer of the 19th century, best known for his historical novels
* His most famous works are *The Three Musketeers* and *The Count of Monte Cristo*
202
# Who is:
Voltaire
* The pen name of François-Marie Arouet, a French philosopher of the 18th century and a leading figure in the Enlightenment
* A considerable influence on the French and American Revolutions, he championed freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and the separation of church and state
* One of his major works is the satirical novella *Candide*
203
# Who is:
Émile Zola
* French writer of the 19th century, noted as an important naturalist
* He was a leading figure in the sociopolitical liberalization of France, and is most famous for his essay "*J'Accuse*", his criticism of the French government during the Dreyfus Affair
204
# Who is:
Maya Angelou
* Influential American author of the 20th and 21st centuries
* Her work has been viewed as representative of African-American culture
* She was most famous for her autobiographical work *I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings*
205
# Who is:
Joseph Heller
* American satirical writer of the 20th century
* His major work is the war novel *Catch-22*, whose title entered the English lexicon, meaning any situation that puts one in a double bind
206
# Who is:
Chinua Achebe
* Nigerian writer and professor of the 20th and 21st centuries
* He often focused on colonialism, the effect of Christianity, and the clash between African and Western values
* His most famous work is the novel *Things Fall Apart*
207
# Who is:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Scottish writer of the 19th and 20th centuries, best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes
208
# Who is:
John Dos Passos
* American author of the 20th century, considered part of the Lost Generation
* He is best known for his experimental trilogy of novels *U.S.A.*, which depict American society of the early 20th century
209
# Who is:
Robert Louis Stevenson
* Scottish author of the 19th century
* He is best known for *The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde* and *Treasure Island*
210
# Who is:
Agatha Christie
* English author of the 20th century best known for her crime and detective novels
* She is one of the most widely read and translated authors of all time
211
# Who is:
E.E. Cummings
American poet and author of the 20th century noted for his sometimes unconventional style and use of presentation or typography
212
# Who is:
Allen Ginsberg
American poet of the 20th century and one of the major figures of the Beat Generation in the 1950s, best known for his epic poem "Howl"
213
# Who is:
James Joyce
* Celebrated Irish author of the 20th century, noted as an avant-garde modernist and for his occasional use of stream-of-consciousness writing
* His major works include *Ulysses*, *Dubliners*, and *Finnegans Wake*
214
# Who is:
Norman Mailer
* American author of the 20th century noted as a central figure in the development of creative nonfiction
* A Pulitzer Prize-winner, he co-founded *The Village Voice*
* His major works include *The Executioner's Song*, *The Armies of the Night*, and *The Naked and the Dead*
215
# Who is:
Stephen Hawking
* English author, physicist, and professor of the 20th and 21st centuries
* Noted for his research in general relativity, he wrote the popular book *A Brief History of Time*
* He suffers from a disease related to ALS, which has left him almost entirely paralyzed
216
# Who is:
D.H. Lawrence
* English author of the 20th century, noted for his at times controversial reflections on modernity, sex, and health
* His novels include *Sons and Lovers*, *Lady Chatterley's Lover*, and *Women in Love*
217
# Who is:
Jack London
* American author of the 19th and 20th centuries, often associated with magazine fiction
* His works include *White Fang* and *The Call of the Wild*
218
# Who is:
Ogden Nash
* American poet of the 20th century, noted for his witty poems and humorous light verse
* One of his most famous lines is, "Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker"
219
# Who is:
A.A. Milne
English playwright and author of the 20th century, most famous for his books about Winnie-the-Pooh
220
# Who is:
Jonathan Swift
* Irish satirist and author of the 17th and 18th centuries
* He is best known for writing the novel *Gulliver's Travels* and the satirical essay "A Modest Proposal"
221
# Name the author:
* French writer of the 19th century, best known for his historical novels
* His most famous works are *The Three Musketeers* and *The Count of Monte Cristo*
Alexandre Dumas
222
# Name the author:
* The pen name of François-Marie Arouet, a French philosopher of the 18th century and a leading figure in the Enlightenment
* A considerable influence on the French and American Revolutions, he championed freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and the separation of church and state
* One of his major works is the satirical novella *Candide*
Voltaire
223
# Name the author:
* French writer of the 19th century, noted as an important naturalist
* He was a leading figure in the sociopolitical liberalization of France, and is most famous for his essay "*J'Accuse*", his criticism of the French government during the Dreyfus Affair
Émile Zola
224
# Name the author:
* Influential American author of the 20th and 21st centuries
* Her work has been viewed as representative of African-American culture
* She is most famous for her autobiographical work *I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings*
Maya Angelou
225
# Name the author:
* American satirical writer of the 20th century
* His major work is the war novel *Catch-22*, whose title entered the English lexicon, meaning any situation that puts one in a double bind
Joseph Heller
226
# Name the author:
* Nigerian writer and professor of the 20th and 21st centuries
* He often focused on colonialism, the effect of Christianity, and the clash between African and Western values
* His most famous work is the novel *Things Fall Apart*
Chinua Achebe
227
# Name the author:
Scottish writer of the 19th and 20th centuries, best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
228
# Name the author:
* American author of the 20th century, considered part of the Lost Generation
* He is best known for his experimental trilogy of novels *U.S.A.*, which depict American society of the early 20th century
John Dos Passos
229
# Name the author:
* Scottish author of the 19th century
* He is best known for *The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde* and *Treasure Island*
Robert Louis Stevenson
230
# Name the author:
* English author of the 20th century best known for her crime and detective novels
* She is one of the most widely read and translated authors of all time
Agatha Christie
231
# Name the author:
American poet and author of the 20th century noted for his sometimes unconventional style and use of presentation or typography
E.E. Cummings
232
# Name the author:
American poet of the 20th century and one of the major figures of the Beat Generation in the 1950s, best known for his epic poem "Howl"
Allen Ginsberg
233
# Name the author:
* Celebrated Irish author of the 20th century, noted as an avant-garde modernist and for his occasional use of stream-of-consciousness writing
* His major works include *Ulysses*, *Dubliners*, and *Finnegans Wake*
James Joyce
234
# Name the author:
* American author of the 20th century noted as a central figure in the development of creative nonfiction
* A Pulitzer Prize-winner, he co-founded *The Village Voice*
* His major works include *The Executioner's Song*, *The Armies of the Night*, and *The Naked and the Dead*
Norman Mailer
235
# Name the author:
* English author, physicist, and professor of the 20th and 21st centuries
* Noted for his research in general relativity, he wrote the popular book *A Brief History of Time*
* He suffers from a disease related to ALS, which has left him almost entirely paralyzed
Stephen Hawking
236
# Name the author:
* English author of the 20th century, noted for his at times controversial reflections on modernity, sex, and health
* His novels include *Sons and Lovers*, *Lady Chatterley's Lover*, and *Women in Love*
D.H. Lawrence
237
# Name the author:
* American author of the 19th and 20th centuries, often associated with magazine fiction
* His works include *White Fang* and *The Call of the Wild*
Jack London
238
# Name the author:
* American poet of the 20th century, noted for his witty poems and humorous light verse
* One of his most famous lines is, "Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker"
Ogden Nash
239
# Name the author:
English playwright and author of the 20th century, most famous for his books about Winnie-the-Pooh
A.A. Milne
240
# Name the author:
* Irish satirist and author of the 17th and 18th centuries
* He is best known for writing the novel *Gulliver's Travels* and the satirical essay "A Modest Proposal"
Jonathan Swift
241
# Who is:
James Matthew Barrie
Scottish author and playwright of the 19th and 20th centuries best known as the creator of Peter Pan
242
# Who is:
Washington Irving
American author of the 19th century, noted for his biographies and his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle"
243
# Who is:
Sylvia Plath
* American writer and poet of the 20th century, known for the confessional nature of her poetry
* She committed suicide at the age of 30, but left behind notable works such as *The Bell Jar*, *Ariel*, and *The Colossus and Other Poems*
244
# Who is:
Salman Rushdie
* Indian-born British writer of the 20th and 21st centuries
* He is known as the author of *Midnight's Children*, *Shame*, and the highly controversial *The Satanic Verses*
245
# Who is:
Gertrude Stein
* Expatriate American writer, intellectual, and literary figure of the 20th century
* Often credited with coining the term "Lost Generation", she hosted American artists at her Parisian home for many years, and published *The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas*
246
# Who is:
Milan Kundera
* Czech-born writer of the 20th century, now a French citizen
* The Czech Republic's most famous living author, his works include *The Book of Laughter and Forgetting* and *The Unbearable Lightness of Being*
247
# Who is:
Harriet Beecher Stowe
American abolitionist and author of the 19th century, best known for her novel *Uncle Tom's Cabin*, which had a tremendous effect on anti-slavery sentiment in America
248
# Who is:
Oscar Wilde
Irish author of the 19th century, best known for his wit, his novel *The Picture of Dorian Gray*, and the play *The Importance of Being Earnest*
249
# Who is:
H.G. Wells
* English author of the 19th and 20th centuries, noted for his prolific writing in a variety of different genres
* He is most famous, however, as a writer of science fiction; his major works include *The Time Machine*, *The War of the Worlds*, and *The Invisible Man*
250
# Who is:
William Butler Yeats
* Irish poet of the 19th and 20th centuries, a prominent literary figure and recipient of the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature
* He is perhaps best known for his collection *The Tower*, which contains poems like "Among School Children", "Leda and the Swan", and "Sailing to Byzantium"
251
# Who is:
William Wordsworth
* English poet of the 18th and 19th centuries, a major figure of Romanticism
* Named Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, he is known for his poem "The Prelude" and for his close friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge
252
# Who is:
Richard Wright
* American author of the 20th century, noted for his works concerning the black experience in America
* He is known for his autobiography *Black Boy* and his novels *The Outsider* and *Native Son*
253
# Who is:
Francis Scott Key
18th and 19th-century American lawyer and author who is best known for writing the lyrics to the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner"
254
# Who are:
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
*Washington Post* journalists who did much of the original reporting on the Watergate scandal, which resulted in government investigations and the resignation of President Nixon
255
# Who is:
George Bernard Shaw
* Irish author of the 19th and 20th centuries, best known as a playwright
* His most famous play, *Pygmalion*, was later adopted into a film
* He co-founded the London School of Economics
256
# Who is:
Lord Byron
* English Romantic poet of the 19th century
* His best-known work is the satirical poem "Don Juan"
* He is noted for his rebellious nature and many love affairs
* A hero in Greece for his aid in fighting against the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence, he died at age 36 from a fever contracted in Greece
257
# Who is:
José Saramago
* Portuguese author of the 20th and 21st centuries
* A celebrated world literary figure, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1998
* His major works include *Blindness* and *The Gospel According to Jesus Christ*
258
# Who is:
William Goldman
* American author and screenwriter of the 20th and 21st centuries
* His works include the memoir *Adventures in the Screen Trade*, the novel (and screenplay for) *The Princess Bride*, and the screenplays for *Misery*, *All the President's Men*, and *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid*
259
# Who is:
Joseph Campbell
* American author of the 20th century noted for his work in comparative religion and mythology
* His works include *A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake* and *The Hero with a Thousand Faces*, which had a considerable influence on George Lucas and the development of his *Star Wars* series
* He is known for the line "Follow your bliss"
260
# Who is:
Joan Didion
* American author of the 20th and 21st centuries, best known for her nonfiction works which explore American culture and family life
* Her works include the essay collection *The White Album* and *The Year of Magical Thinking*
261
# Name the author:
Scottish author and playwright of the 19th and 20th centuries best known as the creator of Peter Pan
James Matthew Barrie
262
# Name the author:
American author of the 19th century, noted for his biographies and his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle"
Washington Irving
263
# Name the author:
* American writer and poet of the 20th century, known for the confessional nature of her poetry
* She committed suicide at the age of 30, but left behind notable works such as *The Bell Jar*, *Ariel*, and *The Colossus and Other Poems*
Sylvia Plath
264
# Name the author:
* Indian-born British writer of the 20th and 21st centuries
* He is known as the author of *Midnight's Children*, *Shame*, and the highly controversial *The Satanic Verses*
Salman Rushdie
265
# Name the author:
* Expatriate American writer, intellectual, and literary figure of the 20th century
* Often credited with coining the term "Lost Generation", she hosted American artists at her Parisian home for many years, and published *The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas*
Gertrude Stein
266
# Name the author:
* Czech-born writer of the 20th century, now a French citizen
* The Czech Republic's most famous living author, his works include *The Book of Laughter and Forgetting* and *The Unbearable Lightness of Being*
Milan Kundera
267
# Name the author:
American abolitionist and author of the 19th century, best known for her novel *Uncle Tom's Cabin*, which had a tremendous effect on anti-slavery sentiment in America
Harriet Beecher Stowe
268
# Name the author
Irish author of the 19th century, best known for his wit, his novel *The Picture of Dorian Gray*, and the play *The Importance of Being Earnest*
Oscar Wilde
269
# Name the author:
* English author of the 19th and 20th centuries, noted for his prolific writing in a variety of different genres
* He is most famous, however, as a writer of science fiction; his major works include *The Time Machine*, *The War of the Worlds*, and *The Invisible Man*
H.G. Wells
270
# Name the author:
* Irish poet of the 19th and 20th centuries, a prominent literary figure and recipient of the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature
* He is perhaps best known for his collection *The Tower*, which contains poems like "Among School Children", "Leda and the Swan", and "Sailing to Byzantium"
William Butler Yeats
271
# Name the author:
* English poet of the 18th and 19th centuries, a major figure of Romanticism
* Named Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, he is known for his poem "The Prelude" and for his close friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge
William Wordsworth
272
# Name the author:
* American author of the 20th century, noted for his works concerning the black experience in America
* He is known for his autobiography *Black Boy* and his novels *The Outsider* and *Native Son*
Richard Wright
273
# Name the author:
18th and 19th-century American lawyer and author who is best known for writing the lyrics to the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Francis Scott Key
274
# Name the author:
*Washington Post* journalists who did much of the original reporting on the Watergate scandal, which resulted in government investigations and the resignation of President Nixon
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
275
# Name the author:
* Irish author of the 19th and 20th centuries, best known as a playwright
* His most famous play, *Pygmalion*, was later adopted into a film
* He co-founded the London School of Economics
George Bernard Shaw
276
# Name the author:
* English Romantic poet of the 19th century
* His best-known work is the satirical poem "Don Juan"
* He is noted for his rebellious nature and many love affairs
* A hero in Greece for his aid in fighting against the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence, he died at age 36 from a fever contracted in Greece
Lord Byron
277
# Name the author:
* Portuguese author of the 20th and 21st centuries
* A celebrated world literary figure, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1998
* His major works include *Blindness* and *The Gospel According to Jesus Christ*
José Saramago
278
# Name the author:
* American author and screenwriter of the 20th and 21st centuries
* His works include the memoir *Adventures in the Screen Trade*, the novel (and screenplay for) *The Princess Bride*, and the screenplays for *Misery*, *All the President's Men*, and *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid*
William Goldman
279
# Name the author:
* American author of the 20th century noted for his work in comparative religion and mythology
* His works include *A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake* and *The Hero with a Thousand Faces*, which had a considerable influence on George Lucas and the development of his *Star Wars* series
* He is known for the line "Follow your bliss"
Joseph Campbell
280
# Name the author:
* American author of the 20th and 21st centuries, best known for her nonfiction works which explore American culture and family life
* Her works include the essay collection *The White Album* and *The Year of Magical Thinking*
Joan Didion
281
# Who is:
E.B. White
American writer and journalist of the 20th century, best known as the co-author of *The Elements of Style* and the author of *Stuart Little* and *Charlotte's Web*
282
# Who is:
Elizabeth Bishop
20th-century American poet who was Poet Laureate of the United States and a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for her work, characterized by its highly detailed yet distant nature
283
# Who is:
Italo Calvino
* 20th-century Italian author known for his short stories and novels
* His works include *Invisible Cities*, *The Baron in the Trees*, and *If on a winter's night a traveler*
* He was a member of Oulipo, a mostly French group of experimental writers
284
# Who is:
Georges Perec
* French author of the 20th century
* A member of the experimental writing group Oulipo, he is known for experimenting with word play in his writing
* His works include *La Vie mode d'emploi* and *La disparition*, a novel written without the use of the letter "e"
285
# Who is:
Raymond Queneau
* French writer of the 20th century best known as the co-founder of Oulipo, a group of writers who sought to stimulate creativy in their works by establishing writing constraints and techniques such as palindromes or lipograms
* His works include *Exercices de style*, in which the same story is retold 99 times, each in a different way
286
# Who is:
Jack Kerouac
* 20th-century American author and member of the Beat Generation
* A countercultural icon, his writing was spontaneous in nature
* He is known for works such as *On the Road* and *The Dharma Bums*
287
# Who is:
Henry James
* 19th and 20th-century American author known for his novels *The American* and *The Portrait of a Lady*
* He was the brother of psychologist William James
288
# Who is:
Virgil
* Ancient Roman poet of the first century B.C.
* He wrote the epic masterpiece *Aeneid*, and served as an inspiration to many, including Dante, who included him in his *Divine Comedy*
289
# Who is:
Murasaki Shikibu
* 10th and 11th-century Japanese writer and lady-in-waiting at the Japanese Imperial court
* She is best known as the author of the classic Japanese work *The Tale of Genji*, often regarded as the world's first novel
290
# Who is:
Laozi
* Ancient philosopher of China, believed to have lived in the 6th century B.C.
* He is known as the author of the classical text *Tao Te Ching*, which laid the foundation for Taoism
291
# Who is:
Sun Tzu
* Ancient Chinese general and philosopher of the 6th century B.C.
* He is widely credited as the author of *The Art of War*, regarded as the fundamental text on military strategy of its time
292
# Who is:
Joseph Conrad
* Polish-born English author of the 19th and 20th centuries
* Noted for his stylish prose, his works include *Heart of Darkness*, *Nostromo*, and *Lord Jim*
293
# Who is:
Jaroslav Hašek
Czech humorist and writer of the 19th and 20th centuries, most famous for his satirical collection *The Good Soldier Švejk*
294
# Who is:
Malcolm Gladwell
* British-Canadian journalist of the 20th and 21st centuries who works for *The New Yorker*
* His popular books, which often deal with social psychology and academic research, include *The Tipping Point* and *Outliers*
295
# Who is:
Bill Simmons
* American sports columnist of the 20th and 21st centuries, highly popular and nicknamed The Sports Guy
* He is noted for mixing pop culture into his analysis of sports, and currently heads Grantland.com, a sports site affiliated with ESPN
296
# Who is:
Boccaccio
* 14th-century Italian poet, regarded as an important humanist of the Renaissance
* A friend of Petrarch, his works include *The Decameron* and his collection of biographies *On Famous Women*
297
# Who is:
Petrarch
* Italian poet and humanist of the 14th century
* A contemporary of Boccaccio, he is known for coining the term "the Dark Ages" and for contributing to the development of lyrical poetry
298
# Who is:
Herodotus
* Greek historian of the fifth century B.C. who is frequently referred to as the "Father of History"
* The first historian to collect materials and resources and to arrange them in narrative form, his major work was a detailed history of the Greco-Persian Wars
299
# Who is:
Mary Wollstonecraft
* English writer of the 18th century who is regarded as one of the founding feminist philosophers
* Her daughter, Mary Shelley, wrote *Frankenstein*
300
# Who is:
Alice Walker
African-American writer of the 20th century best known for her novel *The Color Purple*, which won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was adapted into a film
301
# Who is:
David Sedaris
* American humorist and author of the 20th and 21st centuries
* He is best known for his popular collections of essays and short stories, which are self-deprecating and often deal with his own personal or familial experiences
302
# Who is:
Carlos Fuentes
* Mexican author of the 20th and 21st centuries, celebrated throughout the Spanish-speaking world
* His major works include *The Death of Artemio Cruz* and *The Old Gringo*
303
# Who is:
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
* English poet of the 18th and 19th centuries, regarded as a founder of English Romanticism along with his friend William Wordsworth
* He is known for his poem "Kubla Khan", about Xanadu, the summer palace of the ancient Mongol emperor Kublai Khan
304
# Who is:
Ezra Pound
* American expatriate modernist poet and author of the 20th century, noted for his promotion of Imagism
* His works include the collection *Ripostes* and the long poem "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley"
* He served as a mentor to many notable 20th-century authors such as Hemingway, Joyce, and T.S. Eliot, helping to publish their work
* He later controversially supported Mussolini and Hitler
305
# Name the author:
American writer and journalist of the 20th century, best known as the co-author of *The Elements of Style* and the author of *Stuart Little* and *Charlotte's Web*
E.B. White
306
# Name the author:
20th-century American poet who was Poet Laureate of the United States and a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for her work, characterized by its highly detailed yet distant nature
Elizabeth Bishop
307
# Name the author:
* 20th-century Italian author known for his short stories and novels
* His works include *Invisible Cities*, *The Baron in the Trees*, and *If on a winter's night a traveler*
* He was a member of Oulipo, a mostly French group of experimental writers
Italo Calvino
308
# Name the author:
* French author of the 20th century
* A member of the experimental writing group Oulipo, he is known for experimenting with word play in his writing
* His works include *La Vie mode d'emploi* and *La disparition*, a novel written without the use of the letter "e"
Georges Perec
309
# Name the author:
* French writer of the 20th century best known as the co-founder of Oulipo, a group of writers who sought to stimulate creativy in their works by establishing writing constraints and techniques such as palindromes or lipograms
* His works include *Exercices de style*, in which the same story is retold 99 times, each in a different way
Raymond Queneau
310
# Name the author:
* 20th-century American author and member of the Beat Generation
* A countercultural icon, his writing was spontaneous in nature
* He is known for works such as *On the Road* and *The Dharma Bums*
Jack Kerouac
311
# Name the author:
* 19th and 20th-century American author known for his novels *The American* and *The Portrait of a Lady*
* He was the brother of psychologist William James
Henry James
312
# Name the author:
* Ancient Roman poet of the first century B.C.
* He wrote the epic masterpiece *Aeneid*, and served as an inspiration to many, including Dante, who included him in his *Divine Comedy*
Virgil
313
# Name the author:
* 10th and 11th-century Japanese writer and lady-in-waiting at the Japanese Imperial court
* She is best known as the author of the classic Japanese work *The Tale of Genji*, often regarded as the world's first novel
Murasaki Shikibu
314
# Name the author:
* Ancient philosopher of China, believed to have lived in the 6th century B.C.
* He is known as the author of the classical text *Tao Te Ching*, which laid the foundation for Taoism
Laozi
315
# Name the author:
* Ancient Chinese general and philosopher of the 6th century B.C.
* He is widely credited as the author of *The Art of War*, regarded as the fundamental text on military strategy of its time
Sun Tzu
316
# Name the author:
* Polish-born English author of the 19th and 20th centuries
* Noted for his stylish prose, his works include *Heart of Darkness*, *Nostromo*, and *Lord Jim*
Joseph Conrad
317
# Name the author:
Czech humorist and writer of the 19th and 20th centuries, most famous for his satirical collection *The Good Soldier Švejk*
Jaroslav Hašek
318
# Name the author:
* British-Canadian journalist of the 20th and 21st centuries who works for *The New Yorker*
* His popular books, which often deal with social psychology and academic research, include *The Tipping Point* and *Outliers*
Malcolm Gladwell
319
# Name the author:
* American sports columnist of the 20th and 21st centuries, highly popular and nicknamed The Sports Guy
* He is noted for mixing pop culture into his analysis of sports, and currently heads Grantland.com, a sports site affiliated with ESPN
Bill Simmons
320
# Name the author:
* 14th-century Italian poet, regarded as an important humanist of the Renaissance
* A friend of Petrarch, his works include *The Decameron* and his collection of biographies *On Famous Women*
Boccaccio
321
# Name the author:
* Italian poet and humanist of the 14th century
* A contemporary of Boccaccio, he is known for coining the term "the Dark Ages" and for contributing to the development of lyrical poetry
Petrarch
322
# Name the author:
* Greek historian of the fifth century B.C. who is frequently referred to as the "Father of History"
* The first historian to collect materials and resources and to arrange them in narrative form, his major work was a detailed history of the Greco-Persian Wars
Herodotus
323
# Name the author:
* English writer of the 18th century who is regarded as one of the founding feminist philosophers
* Her daughter, Mary Shelley, wrote *Frankenstein*
Mary Wollstonecraft
324
# Name the author:
African-American writer of the 20th century best known for her novel *The Color Purple*, which won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was adapted into a film
Alice Walker
325
# Name the author:
* American humorist and author of the 20th and 21st centuries
* He is best known for his popular collections of essays and short stories, which are self-deprecating and often deal with his own personal or familial experiences
David Sedaris
326
# Name the author:
* Mexican author of the 20th and 21st centuries, celebrated throughout the Spanish-speaking world
* His major works include *The Death of Artemio Cruz* and *The Old Gringo*
Carlos Fuentes
327
# Name the author:
* English poet of the 18th and 19th centuries, regarded as a founder of English Romanticism along with his friend William Wordsworth
* He is known for his poem "Kubla Khan", about Xanadu, the summer palace of the ancient Mongol emperor Kublai Khan
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
328
# Name the author:
* American expatriate modernist poet and author of the 20th century, noted for his promotion of Imagism
* His works include the collection *Ripostes* and the long poem "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley"
* He served as a mentor to many notable 20th-century authors such as Hemingway, Joyce, and T.S. Eliot, helping to publish their work
* He later controversially supported Mussolini and Hitler
Ezra Pound
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