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This week's featured author pages
Horatio Alger (1832 - 1899) -- American writer, influential in his portrayal of underprivileged youths
Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915) -- American educator and writer, who urged for African American economic independence
Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924) -- Kafka's hugely influential novels and short stories prefigured existentialism and set the tone for much 20th century fiction
Honore de Balzac (1799 - 1850) -- influential author of an immense series of novels which attempted to give a realistic representation of French society in the 18th century
Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904) -- Russian writer; a great dramatist whose plays and short stories have been immensely influential
