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Ginsberg, Burroughs, Kerouac - the Beat Generation!

A striking black and red graphic depiction shows a stylized, angular creature that resembles a a dog or a wolf. The angular lines and shapes create a dynamic and somewhat aggressive visual effect, suggestive of movement and ferocity.

Maxim Gorky was loved, wronged, and misunderstood. Sometimes, he made poor judgments, but most of the time, he was true to himself. Drifting through Russia's vast space in his youth and taking low paid jobs, Gorky learned about hardships that ordinary people faced. He became a writer of their sorrows and hopes.

Writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston was an essential member of the Harlem Renaissance. She researched the African-American folklore and daily life, drawing inspiration from it. Her most recognized work was Their Eyes Were Watching God.

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.

With this image, we celebrate Puerto Rican poet and civil rights activist Julia de Burgos.

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.

Pier Paolo Pasolini was one of the most famous Italian film directors, but he was also an important poet and writer. Pasolini lived in a turbulent time, and he navigated it with courage.

Italo Calvino (1923-1985) was an Italian writer and journalist whose stories and novels gained significant popularity in Western countries. At the time of his death, he was the most translated Italian writer. In 1981, the French government decorated him with the Legion of Honour.

A portrait of director Sam Peckinpah! Perhaps, his most praised film was The Wild Bunch, the western that was so good that it ended the genre.

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.

Mishima is one of the most important Japanese writers of the twentieth century.His opus includes 34 novels, 50 plays, 25 books of stories, and 35 books of essays!

A colorful portrait is segmented into various shapes and hues, featuring a central figure of Mexican painter Frida Khalo with an intense gaze and earrings.

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.

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.

In Italy, he is called "the supreme poet" and is considered the Italian language's father. Dante (1265 – 1321) was the first to compose verses in the tongue of ordinary folks, extensively using words from his Tuscan dialect. He lived in a turbulent time and ended his life in exile. After seven centuries, Dante's name shines much brighter than those he had to fear. His most famous work is Divine Comedy.

With this design, we celebrate motion pictures in general. We do it by featuring famous historical photo of Russian Jewish cinematographer and photographer Mikhail Kaufman.

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.

With this image, we celebrate Federico Fellini, one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema. He directed such classics as Nights of Cabiria, La Strada, 81/2, La Dolce Vita, Amarcord, Juliet of the Spirits, Satyricon, Roma, etc.

Anton Chekov was a true master of the short story, and the writer of exceptional theater plays. This image celebrates his play The Seagull.

English poet, painter, and illustrator William Blake (1757-1827) is usually associated with the Romantic Age but is hard to put on any shelf. Both in his visual arts and his literature, Blake often elaborates motifs from the religious narrative. He did it with the passion and brilliancy of a genius. Even though he was almost unknown in his lifetime, every century that passed held Blake in higher regard. This image is based on his historical self-portrait.

Writer Jack London in a boxing pose.

Zitkala-Ša or Red Bird was a Native American writer, musician, educator, and activist. In her autobiographical prose, she described what happens when you are born in one culture but have to live in another. She also collected Native folk stories and legends, preserving them and raising the self-awareness of young generations. In 1926, she co-founded the National Council of American Indians and served as its president until she died in 1938. She is recognized as one of the most influential Native American activists of the twentieth century.

A tough and traumatic childhood didn't stop Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) from becoming one of the essential modernist writers. She was a pioneer of stream of consciousness narration. Her most famous works are the novels Mrs. Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse (1927).

This image celebrates Mikhail Bulgakov, the writer of Master and Margarita, one of the true masterpieces of the twentieth century.

Jasujiro Ozu is a favorite film director of many film directors. Seemingly ordinary stories are elevated to the level of poetry and spirituality. In the 2012 poll by magazine Sight & Sound, Ozu's Tokyo Story was voted the best film of all time. His other famous titles are Late Spring, Floating Weeds, An Autumn Afternoon.

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.

This image celebrates Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, remembered by classics like Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Dersu Uzala, Yojimbo, Kagemusha, etc.

Italian poet and novelist Cesare Pavese lived at times of turmoil and clash of ideologies. His characters are loners who are detached from their surroundings. There is an air of emptiness around them. Later, we see the same in the movies of Michelangelo Antonioni. Pavese's tragic end came in 1950.

This portrait might be bringing an unexpected unexpected vision of one of the best writers of detective novels. But why not?

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.