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Jean-Paul Sartre was a French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the leading figures in 20th century French philosophy and Marxism, and was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism. His work continues to influence fields such as Marxist philosophy, sociology, critical theory and literary studies.
Jean Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Claude Lanzmann, Gizeh, 1967
Jean-Paul Sartre, an influential 20th century French philosopher and writer

Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre

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T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf.
T.S. Eliot Gin and drugs, dear lady, gin and drugs. — When asked about inspiration

T.S. Eliot

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DOCK OF THE BAY | The author in front of the harbor at Cojimar, the...
Hemingway getting out of a canoe after a duck hunting expedition in Idaho, 1941 Photograph: Robert Capa/Magnum Photos
The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Volume 1, 1907-1922

Ernest Hemmingway

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James Joyce in Paris, 1934. Photograph by Lipnitzki/Roger Viollet/Getty.
James Joyce with his grandson, Paris. by Freund, 1938
James Joyce, 1926 Fotografía de Berenice Abbott

James Joyce

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Harper Lee
“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

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Iris Murdoch took on tough subjects such as truth, art, beauty and love.

Iris Murdoch

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Frieda Hughes, daughter of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, has given her first TV interview t...
Sylvia Plath and Elizabeth Cantor on Nauset Beach
Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes in Paris just after their honeymoon in Benidorm, Spain, 1956

Silvia Plath

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Virginia Woolf's bedroom at Monk's House
Virginia Woolf — most know the name, but few know the obscure biographical facts behind the name. Today, for example, is the day of her birth. To celebrate the 59 years that Woolf spent observing a...
Man Ray, Virginia Woolf, Museum Ludwig, ML/F 1977/0618

Virginia Wolf

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Family History by Vita Sack-Ville West
"Tweedland" The Gentlemen's club: VITA SACKVILLE WEST Portrait of much more than a gardener
Vita and her father (1903)

Vita Sackville-West

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sylvia plath and ted hughes with first child
sisters, Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell
Venassa Bell, 1932 Another of the Bloomsbury Group from Cambridge in the 1930's and Virginia Woolf's sister. She was married to Clive Bell, and they had two sons - Quentin and Julian. Portrait Photograph by Lettice Ramsey.

Bloomsbury

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ian Fleming

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William Somerset Maugham

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Roald Dahl British Author origionally enlisted in the Kings African Rifles in 1939 but transferred and served as a fighter Pilot with the R.A.F in World War Two flying Gladiators and Hurricanes in the Desert and over Palestine and Greece where he was credited with 4 kills.

Thomas Harding

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Jack London

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