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This week's featured author pages

Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600 - 1681) -- poet and dramatist of the golden age of Spanish literature

Jane Austen (1775 - 1817) -- early 19th century novelist whose works are remebered for their wit and social satire.

Tennessee Williams (1911 - 1983) -- contemporary American dramatist

Frank Harris (1856 - 1931) -- Irish-born American journalist and writer

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 - 1716) -- prominent rationalist philosopher who based his metaphysics on the existence of simple immaterial substances called monads