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John Steinbeck (1902 - 1968) -- American Nobel laureate, Steinbeck's works encompassed his personal knowledge about his native state of California.
Horatio Alger (1832 - 1899) -- American writer, influential in his portrayal of underprivileged youths
Thomas Gray (1716 - 1771) -- eighteenth century English poet
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855) -- Danish writer regarded as the first modern existentialist
Henry D. Thoreau (1817 - 1862) -- American writer and philosopher, remembered for his autobiographic Walden, and his naturalist style