deaths · 1955
Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1875)
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Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1875)
1955 · deaths · Available in Langa · 4 books
Authors & Thinkers
births · 1887
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)
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births · 1774
Robert Southey
Robert Southey, English poet and author (died 1843)
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births · 1931
William Goldman
William Goldman, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2018)
Available in Langa · 1 book
births · 1866
Jacinto Benavente
Jacinto Benavente, Spanish playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954)
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deaths · 2008
Helge Hagerup
Helge Hagerup, Norwegian playwright, poet and novelist (born 1933)
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births · 1937
Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers, American author and poet (died 2014)
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births · 1880
Radclyffe Hall
Radclyffe Hall, English poet, author, and activist (died 1943)
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births · 1859
Katharine Lee Bates
Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and author (died 1929)
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deaths · 1966
Artur Alliksaar
Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (born 1923)
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births · 1917
Oliver Crawford
Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (died 2008)
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births · 1947
John Nathan-Turner
John Nathan-Turner, English author and television director, producer, and writer (died 2002)
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