Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11 1884 - November 7 1962) - First Lady, Humanitarian, and Champion of Human Rights. Biography
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James Arthur Baldwin (1924 –1987) - American writer, orator and activist.
As a writer, he garnered acclaim across various mediums, including essays, novels, plays, and poems. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, was published in 1953; decades later, Time magazine included the novel on its list of the 100 best English-language novels released from 1923 to 2005. His first essay collection, Notes of a Native Son, was published in 1955. Baldwin was also a well-known, and controversial, public figure, especially during the civil rights movement in the United States.
Aldous Leonard Huxley ~ (1894 -1963) Prolific English writer, novelist, philosopher, poet and pacifist. He authored nearly 50 books, including Brave New World (1932) and his final novel, Island (1962). When he was 16, he suffered an eye infection that left him nearly blind for almost two years. His sight was so compromised that he learned to read in Braille. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature nine times. As a pacifist, he renounced all war and refused to fight in any war a decision which caused him not to be able to become a United States citizen after living in California for 14 years with his wife. More
Clive Staples Lewis (1898 - 1963) C. S. Lewis was a British novelist, poet, academic, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster and lecturer.
“I think it's so foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary--you're happy for an instant and then you start thinking again. Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.” || Georgia O'Keefe
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Maya Angelou (1928-2014) American writer, poet, singer, and civil rights activist.
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer born in Kyoto in 1949. Since childhood, Murakami has been heavily influenced by Western culture. As of 2024, Murakami has written a series of 34 books. His books and stories have been bestsellers in Japan as well as internationally.his work translated into 50 languages and sold millions of copies outside Japan. His first novel, "Hear the Wind Sing" was published in 1979, followed by Norwegian Wood in 1987 which cemented increased his popularity. Kafka on the shore was published in 2005. He has received numerous awards for his work. Public Domain Image source
Maya Angelou (1928-2014) American writer, poet, singer, and civil rights activist
Hermann Karl Hesse (1877 – 1962), was a German-Swiss poet and novelist. He was the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature...
Hermann Karl Hesse (1877 – 1962), was a German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter. He was the the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature. His writings were heavily influenced by his interest in Eastern religious, spiritual, and philosophical traditions, and his involvement with Jungian analysis. Some of his best-known work ncludes Demian, Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, and The Glass Bead Game. Many of his writings explore the individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality. Hesse writings were well known in German-speaking countries and his writings went on to become very popular internationally with the post-World War II generation readers. More
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