Twentieth Century Authors: A Biographical Dictionary of Modern LiteratureStanley Kunitz, Howard Haycraft This work "'aims to provide a foundation-volume of authentic biographical information on the writers of this century, of all nations, whose books are familiar to readers of English." |
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