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Born November 23, 1891 • Ueda • Japan • (Born on this day)
Died March 1, 1952 (aged 60) • Kamakura • Japan
Mushanokōji Saneatsu.
Mushanokōji Saneatsu
Japanese writer and painter
Mishima Yukio
Mishima Yukio
Japanese author
Abe Kōbō
Japanese author
Ariyoshi Sawako
Japanese author
Masamune Hakuchō.
Masamune Hakuchō
Japanese author
Kikuchi Kan
Japanese author
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
British novelist
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Rolland
Romain Rolland
French writer
Marivaux, Pierre
Pierre Marivaux
French author
Jeannette Leonard Gilder
American editor and writer
Valentin Katayev
Soviet writer
Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
Jerzy Andrzejewski
Polish author
Marya Mannes
American author and critic
Mikhail Yevgrafovich, Count Saltykov
Russian author
Paulding, James Kirke
James Kirke Paulding
American writer
Cyriel Buysse
Belgian writer
Schickele
René Schickele
German writer