Ariyoshi Sawako

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Britannica’s Book Bingo

10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles

9 American Countercultural Books

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Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

Facsimile of one of William Henry Ireland's forgeries, a primitive self-portrait of William Shakespeare(tinted engraving). Published for Samuel Ireland, Norfolk Street, Strand, December 1, 1795. (W.H. Ireland, forgery)

The Time a Law Clerk Successfully Forged a New Shakespeare Play to Impress His Dad

Indian hijras participate in a religious procession in Gandhinagar, India, some 30 kilometers from Ahmedabad, on March 22, 2017. Hijra is a term used in South Asia which refers to transgender individuals who are born male. (gender identity, gender expression)

6 Cultures That Recognize More than Two Genders

Is Australia an Island?

Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and autodidact.

6 Interesting Facts about Srinivasa Ramanujan

Saint Lucia Day. Young girl wears Lucia crown (tinsel halo) with candles. Holds Saint Lucia Day currant laced saffron buns (lussekatter or Lucia's cats). Observed December 13 honor virgin martyr Santa Lucia (St. Lucy). Luciadagen, Christmas, Sweden

7 Winter Solstice Celebrations From Around the World

What's the Difference Between a Solstice and an Equinox?

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Born	January 21, 1931 • Wakayama • Japan
Died	August 30, 1984 (aged 53) • Tokyo • Japan
Notable Works	“The Doctor’s Wife”

Mishima Yukio

Japanese author

Masamune Hakuchō

Japanese author

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

Aleksandr Pushkin

Russian author

Henry James

American writer

Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

French author

Graham Greene

British author

Mérimée, detail of an engraving after a drawing by A. Devéria, c. 1832

Prosper Mérimée

French author

Abe Kōbō

Japanese author

Izumi Kyōka

Japanese author

Inoue Yasushi

Japanese writer

Mori Ōgai

Japanese author

Kikuchi Kan

Japanese author

Mushanokōji Saneatsu

Japanese writer and painter

Okamoto Kidō

Japanese drama critic

Kume Masao

Japanese author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Voltaire

French philosopher and author

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish writer

Victor Hugo

French writer

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