Polish poet, Nobel Prize winner (1923–2012)
Wisława Szymborska
Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska was a Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Polish novelist (1867-1925)
Władysław Reymont
Władysław Stanisław Reymont was a Polish novelist and the laureate of the 1924 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Nigerian writer (born 1934)
Wole Soyinka
Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka is a Nigerian writer, playwright, and poet.
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28th President of the United States (1913–1921)
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921.
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Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher (c.570–c.478 BC)
Xenophanes
Xenophanes of Colophon was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, poet, and critic of Homer.
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Greek philosopher, historian, soldier (c. 430–355/354 BC)
Xenophon
Xenophon of Athens was a Greek military leader, philosopher, economist, and historian.
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7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (602–664)
Xuanzang
Xuanzang, born Chen Hui or Chen Yi, also known by his Sanskrit Dharma name Mokṣadeva, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator.
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Belarusian writer (1882–1956)
Yakub Kolas
Yakub Kolas, real name Kanstantsin Mikhailavich Mitskievich was a Belarusian writer, dramatist, poet and translator.
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Belarusian writer (1882–1942)
Yanka Kupala
Ivan Daminikavich Lutsevich, better known by his pen name Yanka Kupala, was a Belarusian poet and writer.
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