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Esther Forbes

American novelist, historian and children’s writer who received the Pulitzer Prize and the Newbery Medal

Ford Maddox Ford

English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals The English Review and The Transatlantic Review were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English and American literature

Amitav Ghosh

Indian writer and the winner of the 54th Jnanpith award, Indias highest literary honor, best known for his work in English fiction

Ross E. Dunn

American historian and writer, the author of several books including The Adventures of Ibn Battuta, and coauthor of the highly cited History on Trial: Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past

Umberto Eco

Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic and political and social commentator

E. R. Eddison

English civil servant and author, writing epic fantasy novels under the name E. R. Eddison