1957: Russian-born American author and philosopher Ayn Rand, smiles and stands outdoors with her arms folded, in front of the Grand Central building, midtown Manhattan, New York City. (Photo by New York Times Co./Getty Images)
Boris Pasternak, Russian poet and novelist, Peredelkino, USSR, 1952. Pasternak (1890-1960) is best known outside of Russia as the author of the epic novel Doctor Zhivago, published in 1957. Within Russia he is most highly regarded as a poet. His collectio (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
Portrait of writer Ralph Ellison, author of 'Invisible Man', March 25th 1952. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
American writer and Civil Rights activist James Baldwin (1924 - 1987) at the Whitehall Hotel, Bloomsbury Square, London. (Photo by Jenkins/Getty Images)
ITALY - SEPTEMBER 17: Portrait of the English writer Aldous HUXLEY during a stay in Italy. He is pictured here in Turin, at the house of his sister-in-law, on September 17, 1958. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
