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French philosopher and historian Michel Foucault.

Michel Foucault

(1926 - 1984)

Jean Genet

(1910 - 1986)

Russian author Yevgenia Semyonova Ginzburg.

Yevgenia Semyonova Ginzburg

(1904 - 1977)

Alex Haley

(1921 - 1992)

American literary critic and novelist Elizabeth Hardwick.

Elizabeth Hardwick

(1916 - 2007)

At the age of seventeen, Hawthorne mused to his mother about the possibility of “relying for support upon my pen.”

Nathaniel Hawthorne

(1804 - 1864)

Seamus Heaney, 1970. Photograph by Simon Garbutt.

Seamus Heaney

(1939 - 2013)

Joseph Heller

Joseph Heller

(1923 - 1999)

Sculpture bust of Greek historian Herodotus.

Herodotus

(c. 484 BC - c. 425 BC)

Christopher Hitchens

(1949 - 2011)

Painting of Thomas Hobbes

Thomas Hobbes

(1588 - 1679)

Portrait bust of presumed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey Homer.

Homer

(c. 800 BC - 725 BC)

Black and white photograph of French writer Victor Hugo.

Victor Hugo

(1802 - 1885)

Shirley Jackson

(1916 - 1965)

Ha Jin

Black and white photograph of German-language writer Franz Kafka.

Franz Kafka

(1883 - 1924)

Image of Japanese poet and essayist Yoshida Kenko.

Yoshida Kenko

(c. 1283 - c. 1351)

Daniil Kharms looking serious with an intent stare

Daniil Kharms

(1905 - 1942)

Black-and-white photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. with his right hand lifted

Martin Luther King Jr.

(1929 - 1968)

Lewis Lapham at his desk

Lewis H. Lapham

(1935 - 2024)

British scholar and military officer T.E. Lawrence.

T.E. Lawrence

(1888 - 1935)

Black and white photograph of Italian writer and chemist Primo Levi.

Primo Levi

(1919 - 1987)

Saul Levitt

(1911 - 1977)

Livy

(c. 59 BC - c. 17)