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FRANCE - JANUARY 01: The Russian Writer Vladimir Nabokov In Paris In 1959. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

FRANCE - JANUARY 01:  The Russian Writer Vladimir Nabokov In Paris In 1959.  (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

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2nd December 1955: British writer J R R Tolkien (1892 - 1973), enjoying a pipe in his study at Merton College, Oxford, where he is a Fellow. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8464 - Professor J R R Tolkien - unpub. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

2nd December 1955:  British writer J R R Tolkien (1892 - 1973), enjoying a pipe in his study at Merton College, Oxford, where he is a Fellow. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8464 - Professor J R R Tolkien - unpub.  (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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circa 1965: A headshot of American author Jack Kerouac. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

circa 1965:  A headshot of American author Jack Kerouac.  (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Portrait of American author E.B. White (1899 - 1985), United States, mid-20th century. The children's books 'Stuart Little' and 'Charlotte's Web' are among his best-known works. (Photo by Bachrach/Getty Images)

Portrait of American author E.B. White (1899 - 1985), United States, mid-20th century. The children's books 'Stuart Little' and 'Charlotte's Web' are among his best-known works. (Photo by Bachrach/Getty Images)

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ITALY - JUNE 01: Portrait of the American writer John STEINBECK in Rome in June 1952. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

ITALY - JUNE 01:  Portrait of the American writer John STEINBECK in Rome in June 1952.  (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)