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Black and white image of Greek biographer and writer Plutarch.

Plutarch

(46 - c. 120)

Ron Rosenbaum

Soldier and writer Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon.

Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon

(1675 - 1755)

Japanese diarist and poet Sei Shōnagon.

Sei Shonagon

(c. 966 - c. 1025)

Engraving of William Shakespeare from the first folio edition.

William Shakespeare

(1564 - 1616)

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

(1751 - 1816)

Greek dramatist Sophocles.

Sophocles

(c. 496 BC - 406 BC)

W.T. Stead

(1849 - 1912)

Charles Sumner

(1811 - 1874)

Antal Szerb

(1901 - 1945)

Tertullian

(c. 160 - c. 220)

Theophrastus

(c. 372 BC - c. 287 BC)

Black and white image of English novelist Anthony Trollope.

Anthony Trollope

(1815 - 1882)

Black and white photograph of a young Mark Twain with dark hair.

Mark Twain

(1835 - 1910)

Mario Vargas Llosa

Portrait bust of Roman poet Virgil.

Virgil

(70 BC - 19 BC)

English author Evelyn Waugh.

Evelyn Waugh

(1903 - 1966)

Black and white photograph of American author Edith Wharton.

Edith Wharton

(1862 - 1937)

Sepia colored photo of Oscar Wilde sitting on a rock with a book in his hand

Oscar Wilde

(1854 - 1900)

Tennessee Williams

(1911 - 1983)

Portrait of English wit and poet John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester with monkey.

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

(1647 - 1680)

Yi Tongmu

(1741 - 1793)

French author Émile Zola.

Émile Zola

(1840 - 1902)