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Maximus The Greek
Greek Orthodox monk and scholar
Futabatei Shimei
Japanese author
Nina Berberova
Russian-American writer
Isabel Florence Hapgood
American translator
Babette Deutsch
American poet, critic, translator, and novelist
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Russian poet
Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt
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