Arthur Rimbaud
French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism
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Nuala O’Faolain
Irish journalist, TV producer, book reviewer, teacher and writer
Carson McCullers
American novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet
Thomas Mann
German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate
Gavin Maxwell
British naturalist and author, best known for his non-fiction writing and his work with otters
James Lees-Milne
English writer and expert on country houses, who worked for the National Trust from 1936 to 1973. He was an architectural historian, novelist and biographer
Robert Graves
British poet, historical novelist, critic, and classicist
Gustave Flaubert
French novelist
Gustave Flaubert
French novelist
Colette
French author and woman of letters