Arthur Miller
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Edward Albee
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Ernest Hemingway
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Eugene O’Neill
Born on October 16, 1888, in a New York City hotel room, writer Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was one of the most admired playwrights of all time. His talent for poignant
F. Scott Fitzgerald
He is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers American soil has produced in the 20th century. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, known to his readers just as F.Scott Fitzgerald, was
J.D Salinger
D. Salinger, best known for his controversial novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951), is recognized by critics and readers alike as one of the most popular and influential authors of American
Jack London
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John Steinbeck
Born in 1902 in California, he is an American novelist best known for The Grapes of Wrath, which summed up the bitterness of the Great Depression decade and aroused widespread sympathy for the plight