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This native of Buenos Aires was one of the prominent short story writers of the 20th century. His first books were an opening chapter of the glorious boom of South-American literature.

She was known as an eccentric and as a loner who was passionate about gardening. Thanks to her sister Lavinia, who published her poems posthumously, we now have a towering figure in American poetry.

Painfully sincere, hungover and funny, Bukowski based most of his prose on his own character. But what a character he was! He also wrote great poetry!

Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936) is one of the most significant Spanish language poets of the twentieth century and perhaps the one who is most famous internationally.

Nobody went so far into the depth of the human soul, as Dostoyevsky did. That turns out to be a disturbing and scary place. Note> His last name is commonly written both as Dostoyevsky and Dostoevsky.

Marcel Proust was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. His string of seven novels, wrapped under the common title In Search of Lost Time, is a challenging and delightful read.

Carson McCullers wrote about the deep South, and her work is frequently described as Southern Gothic. Despite her poor health and the series of strokes that tormented her since her youth, she gave us a significant number of excellent books: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Reflections in a Golden Eye, The Member of the Wedding, The Ballad of the Sad Café. She was a close friend of Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) published his works under tens of pen-names. His fame came posthumously. Today, he is seen as one of the greatest Portuguese poets and one of the most significant twentieth-century writers.

One of the most influential writers of the 20th century, Marcel Proust, is famous for his seven novels wrapped under the common title In Search of Lost Time.

Writer Jack London in a boxing pose.

William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) was a Puerto Rican and American poet and writer. He was a modernist, associated with the movement of imagism (Ezra Pound), and he wanted to make a fusion of painting and poetry. Some of his books' titles directly express this platform, i.e., " Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems". This book won him the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1963.

With this image, we celebrate Mexican surrealist painter and novelist Leonora Carrington. She was also one of the of the main figures of Women's Liberation Movement in Mexico.

Alexander Vvedensky (1904-1941) was a very influential avant-garde Russian poet and dramatist, a friend of Danniil Kharms and the founder of the OBERIU group.

With this image, we celebrate Dashiell Hammett, the father of a hard-boiled detective novel.

With this design, we are honoring Ernest Hemingway and his true masterpiece The Old Man and the Sea.

In the twentieth century, Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges was one of the indisputable masters of the short story. He was obsessed with labyrinths and libraries.

Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) was a German poet, writer, playwright, and philosopher. He is one of the key figures of German culture in general. In his writing, both artistic and philosophical, Schiller examines the great themes of love, freedom, and faith. Note: we redesigned an early nineteenth-century portrait of Schiller by Gerhard von Kügelgen.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe shaped himself in a renaissance way, excelling in various fields: he was a statesman and scientist, a poet, a novelist, a painter! And he was very successful! His most significant contribution to humanity is in literature. At the age of 24, he became a literary celebrity, his autobiographical novel The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774) is the world's first best-seller. It also sparked and influenced the Romantic movement in literature. The book had haunted Goethe throughout his life. As great men fight great battles, Goethe later faced the ultimate adversary - the Devil. In his play Faust, Goethe examines the human soul's corruption, gifting us a lasting metaphor.

With this image, we celebrate Anne Bronte, the youngest of the three Bronte sisters.

The characters of novelist Hermann Hesse are artists and intellectuals who don't fit into their societies' matrix. They yearn for deeper meaning and are often restless in their never-ending search for their spiritual homeland.

With this image, we celebrate American poet and writer Diane di Prima, the member of beat generation.

During his life, Carl Sandburg was one of the most famous American poets. As a journalist, he developed a sense for his nation's heartbeat. That shown in his poetry and other writings. Sandburg is "perhaps the first American urban folk singer", always bringing his guitar to poetry readings. He won the Pulitzer Prize three times, twice for poetry and once for the biography of Abraham Lincoln.

With this image, we celebrate Serbian poet and actor Ljubomir Micić, the founder of zenitism, the ultimate avant-garde movement of Serbia and Yugoslavia.

William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) was a Puerto Rican and American poet and writer. He was a modernist, associated with the movement of imagism (Ezra Pound), and he wanted to make a fusion of painting and poetry. Some of his books' titles directly express this platform, i.e., " Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems". This book won him the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1963.

With this image, we celebrate the uniqueness of Chilean poet and writer Roberto Bolaño.

Writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley published almost fifty books, but one of them has a cult-status. The Brave New World is a sci-fi dystopia about social engineering and control. This design presents Huxley in a retro sci-fi style of 1970s television.

This picture was drawn for a puppet theater by Alfred Jarry himself in 1898. Note: colored by exilekings. .

Tennessee Williams wrote some of the best American dramas. Like Chekov, he created characters that would draw you into their world and fill you with an emotion you will never forget.

Tennessee Williams wrote some of the best American dramas. Like Chekov, he created characters that would draw you into their world and fill you with an emotion you will never forget.

With this image, we celebrate the uniqueness of Chilean poet and writer Roberto Bolaño.

With this image, we celebrate Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal.

With this image, we celebrate German poet and writer Heinrich von Kleist

Giorgos Seferis is one of the essential Greek poets of the twentieth century and the 1963 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Seferis was innitialy influenced by Kavafis, Eliot, and Pound.

Andrei Tarkovsky is one of the most important film directors of all time, remembered for his classics like Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Mirror, Stalker, Nostalgia, and Sacrifice.

Heinrich Heine is one of the key figures of German literature. He had trouble with authorities because of his political views and spent the last twenty-five years of his life in Paris. Despite that, Heine was a famous poet of his time. Some of his earlier lyrical works were turned into songs by Schumann and Schubert. He also wrote political poetry and satire.

Giorgos Seferis is one of the essential Greek poets of the twentieth century and the 1963 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Seferis was innitialy influenced by Kavafis, Eliot, and Pound.