WH Auden . 1907-1973 . Anglo-American poet . Lullaby
Raymond Blanc . 1949- . French chef . article, Daily Telegraph
Leo Buscaglia . 1924-1998 . American teacher, writer and lecturer . Love
John Donne . 1572-1631 . English poet . Air and angels
Fyodor Dostoevsky . 1821-1881 . Russian writer . The brothers Karamazov [trans, Constance Garnett]
TS Eliot . 1888-1965 . American poet, dramatist and publisher . La figlia che piange
Kahlil Gibran . 1883-1931 . Lebanese-American artist, poet and writer . Sand and foam
Marshall McLuhan . 1911-1980 . Canadian philosopher of communication theory . The agenbite of outwit
Charles de Montesquieu . 1689-1755 . French political thinker . Lettres persanes
Anaïs Nin . 1903-1977 . French-born author . as quoted, French writers of the past (Dingle, 2000)
Dorothy Parker . 1893-1967 . American short story writer, poet and wit
Maurice Sendak . 1928-2012 . American writer and illustrator of children’s literature . Where the wild things are
Leo Tolstoy . 1828-1910 . Russian writer, philosopher and social activist . Anna Karenina
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