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  • 1The Satanic Verses controversy — refers to the controversy surrounding Salman Rushdie s novel The Satanic Verses . In particular it involves the novel s alleged blasphemy or unbelief; the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie; and the… …

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  • 2Shabbir Ahmed (writer) — Dr Shabbir Ahmed Born August 14, 1947 Pakistan Occupation Medical Doctor Language Urdu , English Citizenship American Alma mater LMC …

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  • 3Nicholas Rowe (writer) — Nicholas Rowe. Guilt is the source of sorrow, tis the fiend, Th avenging fiend, that follows us behind, With whips and stings Nicholas Rowe (20 June 1674 – 6 December 1718), English dramatist, poet and miscellaneous writer, was appointed Poet… …

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  • 4Paul Mooney (writer) — Paul Mooney (1904 1939) was a freelance journalist and photo journalist today best known for his collaborative work with famed traveler and travel writer Richard Halliburton. Born in Washington, D. C., on November 4, 1904, Mooney was the son of… …

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  • 5Wessex Poems and Other Verses — is a collection of 51 poems set against the bleak and forbidding Dorset landscape by English writer Thomas Hardy, often referred to as simply Wessex Poems. It was first published in 1898 by New York: Harper, ISBN: 1 58734 021 6. Contents Preface… …

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  • 6Jim Barnes (writer) — Jim Weaver McKown Barnes, (1933 ) is a Native American author born near Summerfield, Oklahoma (in Le Flore County) and is of Choctaw and Welsh heritage. He received his BA from Southeastern State College in Durant, OK (now Southeastern Oklahoma… …

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  • 7Jeremy Nicholas (writer) — Jeremy Nicholas is an actor, writer, broadcaster, lyricist and musician. He was born on September 20 1947 in Wellington, Shropshire, raised in Stafford and educated at Wycliffe College (1957 65) and the Birmingham School of Speech Training and… …

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  • 8Thomas Preston (writer) — Thomas Preston (1537 ndash;1598) was a master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and possibly a dramatist.LifePreston was born at Simpson, Buckinghamshire, in 1537, and was educated at Eton and at King s College, Cambridge, where he was elected scholar,… …

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  • 9Charles Kent (Norwegian writer) — Charles Kent (born 4 September 1880 in Kristiania, dead 27 February 1938 in Oslo) was a Norwegian writer, editor and literary critic. Contents 1 Education, background and work 2 Ideological position 3 Ideological conflicts in Forfatterforeningen …

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  • 10John Taylor (hymn writer) — John Taylor (1750 1826) was a successful businessman, poet and composer of hymns from Norwich, England.Chambers of Worcester, John (1829). A General History of the County of Norfolk: Intended to Convey All the Information of a Norfolk Tour, 1252… …

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