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This week's featured author pagesWystan H. Auden (1907 - 1973) -- English-born American poet, whose varied poetic work is some of the most outstanding of the 21st century
Francisco Suarez (1548 - 1617) -- metaphysician whose original theories challenged dominant traditional scholastic doctrine
Jean Babtiste Racine (1639 - 1699) -- Master of French classical tragedy
Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924) -- Kafka's hugely influential novels and short stories prefigured existentialism and set the tone for much 20th century fiction
Jean Babtiste Poquelin Moliere (1622 - 1673) -- One of the greatest of all writers of French comedy - master of French classic comedy