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Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an
American author and screenwriter. He worked in a variety of genres,
including fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery fiction. Recipient of
numerous awards, including a 2007 Pulitzer Citation, Many of his works
were adapted to comic book, television, and film formats.

Upon his death in 2012, The New York Times called Bradbury "the writer
most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary
Ray Bradbury mainstream".

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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940)
was an American essayist, novelist, screenwriter, and short-story writer,
although he was best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and
excess of the Jazz Age—a term which he coined. Although he temporarily
achieved popular success and fortune, Fitzgerald did not receive much
critical acclaim until after his death. He published four novels, four
collections of short stories, as well as 164 short stories in magazines
during his lifetime. Fitzgerald is widely regarded as one of the greatest

F. Scott Fitzgerald American writers of the 20th century.

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John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an
American author. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his
realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic
humor and keen social perception." He has been called "a giant of
American letters," and many of his works are considered classics of
Western literature. His works frequently explored the themes of fate and
injustice, especially as applied to downtrodden or everyman protagonists.
John Steinbeck

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Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American
poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published
in America. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his
command of American colloquial speech, Frost frequently wrote about
settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century,
using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. Frost
was honored frequently during his lifetime and is the only poet to receive

Robert Frost four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry.

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