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Black and white image of American writer Herman Melville.

Herman Melville

(1819 - 1891)

James Melville

(1535 - 1617)

Painted portrait of English poet John Milton.

John Milton

(1608 - 1674)

Oil painting portrair Michel de Montaigne in red robes and white collar

Michel de Montaigne

(1533 - 1592)

Oskar Morgenstern

(1902 - 1977)

Photograph of Oodergoo Noonuccal

Oodgeroo Noonuccal

(1920 - 1993)

Notorious B.I.G. (© MediaPunch Inc./Alamy Stock Photo)

The Notorious B.I.G.

(1972 - 1997)

b&w photograph of Octavio Paz in a crowd

Octavio Paz

(1914 - 1998)

Amanda Petrusich

Jayne Anne Phillips

Photograph of American short-story writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe.

Edgar Allan Poe

(1809 - 1849)

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

Aleksandr Pushkin

(1799 - 1837)

A. Philip Randolph

(1889 - 1979)

American writer Philip Roth.

Philip Roth

(1933 - 2018)

Roberto Saviano

Black and white image of Roman philosopher and statesman Seneca the Younger.

Seneca the Younger

(4 BC - 65)

Engraving of William Shakespeare from the first folio edition.

William Shakespeare

(1564 - 1616)

Wilfrid Sheed

(1930 - 2011)

Valerie Solanas

(1936 - 1988)

Black and white photograph of American novelist John Steinbeck.

John Steinbeck

(1902 - 1968)

Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

(1667 - 1745)

Statue depicting Roman orator and historian Tacitus.

Tacitus

(56 - c. 120)

William Makepeace Thackeray

(1811 - 1863)

Portrait of communist theorist and agitator Leon Trotsky.

Leon Trotsky

(1879 - 1940)