John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". 鈥�
In 1934, scientist Carl Sagan was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. After earning bachelor and master's degrees at Cornell, Sagan earned a double doctorate at the University of Chicago in 1960. He became profess鈥�
Stefan Zweig was one of the world's most famous writers during the 1920s and 1930s, especially in the U.S., South America, and Europe. He produced novels, plays, biographies, and journalist pieces. Am鈥�
A social psychologist, sociologist, and amateur physicist. He was the author of several works in which he expounded theories of national traits, racial superiority, herd behavior and crowd psychology.鈥�
Ali Dashti (Persian: 毓賱蹖 丿卮鬲蹖鈥庘��, pronounced [忙藞li藧 d忙蕛藞ti藧]; 31 March 1897 鈥� January 16, 1982) was an Iranian rationalist of the twentieth century. Dashti was also an Iranian senator
Sophie, Countess of S茅gur (n茅e Countess 小芯褎褜褟 肖褢写芯褉芯胁薪邪 袪芯褋褌芯锌褔懈薪邪; Saint Petersburg, 1 August 1799 - Paris, 9 February 1874) was a French writer of Russian birth.
Naguib Mahfouz (Arabic author profile: 賳噩賷亘 賲丨賮賵馗) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He published over 50 novels, over 350 short stories, dozens of movie scripts, and鈥�
Tawfiq al-Hakim or Tawfik el-Hakim (Arabic: 鬲賵賮賷賯 丕賱丨賰賷賲鈥� Tawf墨q al-岣k墨m) was a prominent Egyptian writer. He is one of the pioneers of the Arabic novel and drama. He was the鈥�
Ghassan Kanafani was a Palestinian journalist, fiction writer, and a spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Kanafani died at th鈥�
