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Engraving of Greek satirist Lucian.

Lucian

(125 - c. 180)

Image of medieval traveler Sir John Mandeville.

John Mandeville

(c. 1300 - 1371)

Black and white photograph of German novelist and essayist Thomas Mann.

Thomas Mann

(1875 - 1955)

Black and white photograph of critic and novelist Mary McCarthy.

Mary McCarthy

(1912 - 1989)

Japanese author Yukio Mishima.

Yukio Mishima

(1925 - 1970)

Black and white photograph of folksinger Phil Ochs.

Phil Ochs

(1940 - 1976)

Ovid

(43 BC - c. 17)

Black and white photograph of English poet Wilfred Owen.

Wilfred Owen

(1893 - 1918)

Black and white image of Greek biographer and writer Plutarch.

Plutarch

(46 - c. 120)

Color portrait of Russian poet, novelist, and dramatist Aleksandr Pushkin.

Aleksandr Pushkin

(1799 - 1837)

Sculpture bust of Roman teacher and writer Quintilian.

Quintilian

(35 - c. 96)

Black and white photograph of former President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt.

Theodore Roosevelt

(1858 - 1919)

Black and white photograph of French aviator and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

(1900 - 1944)

Black and white photograph of French novelist, playwright, and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.

Jean-Paul Sartre

(1905 - 1980)

George Saunders

Color photograph of writer and editor Noam Scheiber.

Noam Scheiber

Black and white photograph of Alsatian-German winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Albert Schweitzer.

Albert Schweitzer

(1875 - 1965)

Portrait of Philip Dormer Stanhope wearing a blue sash.

Philip Dormer Stanhope

(1694 - 1773)

Black and white photograph of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson.

Robert Louis Stevenson

(1850 - 1894)

Suetonius

(69 - c. 130)

Portrait of Japanese political figure and scholar Sugawara no Michizane.

Sugawara no Michizane

(845 - 903)

Donna Tartt

Black and white photograph of Russian author Leo Tolstoy.

Leo Tolstoy

(1828 - 1910)

Black and white image of English novelist Anthony Trollope.

Anthony Trollope

(1815 - 1882)