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Authors,  A to Z

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1988 Nobel-laureate Naguib Mahfouz [1911-2006] of Egypt
"The Cairo Trilogy" [1956-57]

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Curzio Malaparte [1898-1957] of Italy
was a pro-fascist writer, later pro-socialist; his novels were not political per se
browse books • IMDb listing • entry at Wikipedia

"The Kremlin Ball, 1929" [1957] by Curzio Malaparte, Translation & Foreword by Jenny McPhee This impertinent portrait of Russia's Marxist aristocracy is viewed thru the eyes of Joseph Stalin while he sits in his opera box; the book was unfinished and not published until 50 years after Malaparte's death; this is the first English translation New York Review of Books Classics 8x5 pb [4/2018] for $13.68

"Muss.: Il Grande Imbecille" [1999] by Curzio Malaparte 135-page Luni Editrice 2nd edition Italian language 9¼x7 pb [1999] out of print/scarce

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mystery author Henning Mankell [1948-2015] of Sweden

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Petros Markaris of Greece
Insp. Haritos of Athens Homicide series

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1982 Nobel-laureate Gabriel García Márquez [1927-2014] of Colombia

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mystery author Seicho Matsumoto [1909-92] of Japan
Insp. Imanishi of Tokyo series

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poet & literary critic Zarko Milenik of Bosnia & Moscow
winner of the Struga Letters international award in 2017
"Eat The Rain" novel [2019] by Zarko Milenic - published in Croatian 5/2019 and in Macedonian 6/2019

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Nobel-laureate novelist Mo Yan {born Guan Moye} of Beijing, China

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia - lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.amazon.com/Silvia-Moreno-Garcia/e/B004H7M5PA/
http://www.silviamoreno-garcia.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvia_Moreno-Garcia

"Mexican Gothic" [2020] New York Times bestseller listed as one of the Best Books of The Year by The New Yorker Magazine, Vanity Fair Magazine, N.P.R., The Washington Post, Tor-dot-com • Marie Claire Magazine, Vox, Mashable, Library Journal, Book Riot, and LibraryReads Kindle Edition from Del Rey [6/2020] for $12.99 Del Rey 9½x6¼ hardcover [6/2020] for $18.97 announced 8/2020: in development as a Hulu/ABC Original Limited Series, produced by Kelly Ripa & Mark Consuelos • /tt12929864/

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Haruki Murakami of Japan

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Murasaki Shikibu / Lady Murasaki [978?-1014?] of Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murasaki_Shikibu

  "The Tale of Genji" [written around 1010 CE, English translation 1882]
The life and loves of an emperor’s son. And the world’s first novel?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Genji

U.K. Guardian article 10/2019: A fifth part of "The Tale of Genji" has been found in a house in Tokyo; the manuscript has been in the hands
of the Okochi family since 1743, and the handwriting of the text, and the cover of the manuscript, are authenticated as identical
to other manuscripts transcribed by the poet & calligrapher Fujiwara no Teika [1162-1241].

"The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated" [2019] by Lady Murasaki museum exhibit catalog by John Carpenter & Melissa McCormick, Preface by Sano Midori over 300 color illustrations, bibliography, index Metropolitan Museum of Art 11½x9¾ hardcover [3/2019] for $65.00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Genji
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Genji_(1951_film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Genji_(1966_film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genji_Monogatari_Sennenki

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1971 Nobel-laureate poet Pablo Neruda [1904-73] of Chile
arguably the most important Spanish-language poet of the XXth Century

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mystery author Jo Nesbø [b. 1960]of Norway

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1994 Nobel-laureate Kenzaburo Oe [b. 1935] of Japan

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Yei Theodora Ozaki [1871-1932] of Japan
entry at Wikipedia • 17 online etexts available free at Internet Archive

"The Japanese Fairy Book" [22 stories 1903] Translated from the modern version written by Sadanami Sanjin ("The Story of The Man Who Did Not Wish To Die" is taken from a little book written [circa 1800] by Shinsui Tamenaga [1790-1844]; the original title is "Chosei Furo (Longevity"); book re-printed in 1908 as "Japanese Fairy Tales". Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [5/2012] for FREE {sic} Kindle Edition from Gold Edition [4/2017] for 99¢ CreateSpace 9x6 pb [4/2016] for $4.85 Andesite Press 9¼x6 hardcover [8/2015] for $23.95 A.L. Burt Co. hardcover [1903] long out of print/scarce

"Warriors of Old Japan, and Other Stories" []

"Romances of Old Japan" []
http://www.archive.org/details/romancesofoldjap00ozak

"Buddha's Crystal and Other Fairy Stories" []

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2006 Nobel-laureate {Ferit} Orhan Pamuk of Republic of Türkiye

"Nights of Plague: A Novel" [2022] by Nobel-laureate Orhan Pamuk of Türkiye, Translated by Ekin Oklap A bold and brilliant novel - part detective story, part historical epic - that imagines a fictional island in the Ottoman Empire in 1900; when a plague arrives - brought either by Muslim pilgrims returning from Mecca or by merchant vessels coming from Alexandria - the people of the island refuse to respect the quarantine orders . . . Kindle Edition from Knopf [10/2022] for $14.99 Knopf 9¼x6¼ deckle-edge hardcover [10/2022] for $30.60

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1990 Nobel-laureate Octavio Paz [1914-98] of Mexico

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Portugal’s great modernist poet Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa [1888-1935]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Pessoa

fiction masterpiece "The Book of Disquiet" [Portuguese 1982, English 1991]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Disquiet

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author and translator Sergio Pitol [1933-2018] of Mexico
awarded the prestigious Cervantes Prize for lifetime achievement in Spanish literature in 2005
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Pitol

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mystery author Edogawa Ranpo {real name Hirai Taro} [1894-1965] of Japan
often called 'the Japanese Edgar Allen Poe'

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Satyajit Ray [1921-92] of India

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philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau [1712-78] of Switzerland

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Spanish author Carlos Ruiz Zafón
born in Barcelona, Spain and currently lives in Los Angeles, California; writes in Spanish and is translated by others
browse books • author's official website {in Catalan} • wikipedia

"El Príncipe de La Niebla" [YA 1993] / English version "The Prince of Mist" [2010]
"El Palacio de La Medianoche" [YA 1994] / English version "The Midnight Palace" [2011]
"Las Luces de Septiembre" [YA 1995] / English version "The Watcher In The Shadows" [2013]
"Marina" [YA 1999] / English version 2013

'Cemetery of Forgotten Books' four-book series

"La Sombra del Viento" [2001] / English version "The Shadow of The Wind"
"may be the best book [that] you have never heard of, selling almost 15 million copies worldwide"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_of_the_Wind

"El Juego del Ángel" [April 2008] / English version "The Angel's Game" [2009]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Angel%27s_Game

"El Prisionero del Cielo" [2011] / English version "Prisoner of Heaven" [July 2012]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner_of_Heaven

"El Laberinto de Los Espíritus" [Planeta 11/2016] / English version "The Labyrinth of Spirits" [HarperCollins 9/2018]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Labyrinth_of_Spirits

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Persian poet & mystic Rumi [1207-73] aka Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi
'The bestselling poet in America today'
http://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AJalalu%27l-Din+Rumi&s=relevancerank = 8 by Jalal Al-Din Rumi
http://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AMevlana+Jalaluddin+Rumi&s=relevancerank = 29 Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi
http://www.amazon.com/s?k=poet+rumi&i=stripbooks&crid=MVSL8NQT0IYR&sprefix=poet+rumi%2Cstripbooks%2C150 = 585

	"The Illuminated Rumi" [1997] Translations & Commentary by Coleman Barks, Illustrated by Michael Green Broadway Books 11x8¾ pb [10/97] out of print/used Broadway Books 11¼x8¾ hardcover [10/97] for $22.89
	"The Illustrated Rumi: A Treasury of Wisdom From The Poet of The Soul" [2000] A New Translation by Philip Dunn, Manuela Dunn Mascetti & R.A. Nicholson, Foreword by Huston Smith HarperOne 10x8 pb [12/2010] for $8.92 HarperOne 10x8 pb [12/2010] out of print/used HarperOne 10x8 hardcover [10/2000] out of print/used

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Portuguese writer José de Sousa Saramago [1922-2010]
recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Saramago

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Iranian author & filmmaker Marjane Satrapi lives in Paris, France

"Persepolis" [France May 2007, USA Oct 2007]

Oscar-nominated mostly black-and-white animated masterpiece, French-language with subtitles. Tells the history of artist Satrapi from her childhood under the Shah of Iran, during the Iraq-Iran War, and thru exile in Vienna & Paris. Co-written & co-directed by Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi, based on Satrapi's graphic novels; with the voices of Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes, François Jerosme, Arié Elmaleh & Mathias Mlekuz; Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film Sony Pictures widescreen color/b&w DVD [6/2008] for $20.99 full credits from IMDb official French-language movie site on MySpace {requires Flash} Sony Classics official USA moviesite {Flash only} French-language 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $19.99     "The Complete Persepolis: Now a Major Motion Picture" [2007] Pantheon 8¾x6 pb graphic novel [10/2007] for $16.47 prior editions in paper & hardcover

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mystery author Soji Shimada of Japan

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mystery author team Maj Sjöwall [b. 1935] & Per Wahlöö [1926-75] of Sweden

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1986 Nobel-laureate Wole Soyinka [b. 1934] of Nigeria

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poet & playwright Alfonsina Storni [1892-1938] of Argentina
browse the Alfonsina Storni Store {returns 18 titles, mostly in Spanish} at Amazon • entry at Wikipedia

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ex-banker/writer Ravi Subramanian of India
browse the Ravi Subramanian Store {returns 21 titles} at Amazon • official website

	"If God Wa$ A Bank€r" [2007] India national bestseller by Ravi Subramanian The setting is the ethically-polluted corporate bank environment; management graduate Swami's ideal-ism and ethics keep him behind ambitious & selfish & unscrupulous fellow Sundeep in the rat race for success Kindle Edition from Rupa Publications [9/2015] for $10.99 Rupa Publications mass pb [11/2014] for $12.99
	"Don't Tell The Governor" [2018] by Ravi Subramanian Dynamic, charismatic, and ambitious Aditya Kesavan is appointed Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and ecouraged not to rock the boat; but a series of crises head the country toward the most critical financial event in modern Indian history; his only choice is the most brazen act of his life - and, perhaps, his most foolish. Kindle Edition from HarperCollins India [11/2018] for $7.99 HarperCollins India 8½x5½ pb [11/2018] for $12.83
	"Thrillers To Bank On: 3 Novels" box set [2018] by Ravi Subramanian "Bankerupt" [2013]: an out-of-work banker steps into a nightmare at Massachusetts Institute of Tech-nology; "God Is A Gamer" [2014]: 'the first bitcoin thriller'; and "In The Name of God" [2017]: thriller connecting a royal family in Kerala, a massive racket in the smuggling of antiques from temple ruins in south India to Dubai, and multiple bombings among diamond traders in Mumbai Kindle Edition omnibus from Penguin [11/2018] for $30.00 Penguin slipcover 8x5½ hardcover box set [11/2018] out of print/used

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Italian writer Italo Svevo [1861-1928]
Aron Ettore Schmitz was born in Trieste, Austrian Empire; Irish ex-patriot James Joyce helped Svevo gain some success late in life; Svevo's importance as a
prominent figure of early XXth Century Italian literature rests on the two novels "Senilità" [1898] and "La Coscienza di Zeno" [1923].
browse books • wikipedia

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mystery author Paul Thomas [b. 1951] of Wellington, New Zealand
maverick Maori detective Tito Ihaka series

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mystery author Arthur W. Upfield [1888-1964] of Australia
Det. Insp. Napoleon Bonaparte series

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Sanskrit poet Valmiki {nee Ratnakara} [IVth Century BCE] of Ancient India
Valmiki entry at Wikipedia • 'Ramayana' entry at Wikipedia
The epic poem "Ramayana" was composed in the IVth Century BCE by Valmiki; it consists of 24,000 shlokas in 7 cantos (kandas) and runs about 480,000 words
(in Sanskrit). The story relates the struggle of Prince Rama to defeat a demonic god and rescue his kidnapped wife, thus restoring order to the world.

"The Ramayana" by Valmiki, Translated by R.T.H. Griffiths [1870] CreateSpace 8x5¼ pb [10/2010] for $6.95 "The Ramayana" by Valmiki, Translated into English verse by Romesh Dutt [1899] Kindle Edition from Rupa Publns India [11/2001] for $9.99 "The Ramayana" by Valmiki, Translated into Modern English by Arshia Sattar [1996] Penguin Global 7¾x5 pb [1/2010] for $34.00 "Ramayana For Children" [2016] by Arshia Sattar indep 7¼x7 hardcover [2016] out of print/used

"The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe" [2016] by Robert P. Goldman & Sally J. Sutherland Goldman, Introduction by Pika Ghosh This book surveys visual art based on 'Ramayana' over the past 1500 years. Asian Art Museum 12x9 hardcover [10/2016] for $33.38

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Netherlands-born mystery author Janwillem van de Wetering [1931-2008]

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wuxia novelist Du Lu Wang [1909-77] of China

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Yan Lianke [b. 1958] of China
considered one of China's greatest novelists • author entry at Wikipedia

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mystery author Seishi Yokomizo [1902-81] of Japan

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author & poet Akiko Yosano [1878-1942] of Japan
Her name at birth was Sho Ho; she is one of the most famous, and most controversial, post-classical woman poets of Japan.
browse books • wikipedia

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award-winning novelist Markus Zusak [b. 1975] of Australia

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