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  • Writer's Museum, celebrating the life and works of Scotland's 3 most famous authors, Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson, on Lady Stair's Close in Edinburgh, Scotland. The building housing the museum, Lady Stair's House, was built in 1622 for Sir William Gray of Pittendrum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pascal Janovjak, French-Swiss writer, b. 1975, author of a collection of poetic prose, novels and a romanticised correspondence with Quebec author Kim Thuy. Photographed at Rome Zoo, Rome, Lazio, Italy, or Bioparco di Roma, the title of his recent novel published 2019, on 20th June 2019 by Manuel Cohen. Behind is the giant bird cage, a geodesic dome structure designed in 1935 by architect Raffaele de Vico.
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  • Pascal Janovjak, French-Swiss writer, b. 1975, author of a collection of poetic prose, novels and a romanticised correspondence with Quebec author Kim Thuy. Photographed at Rome Zoo, Rome, Lazio, Italy, or Bioparco di Roma, the title of his recent novel published 2019, on 20th June 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pascal Janovjak, French-Swiss writer, b. 1975, author of a collection of poetic prose, novels and a romanticised correspondence with Quebec author Kim Thuy. Photographed at Rome Zoo, Rome, Lazio, Italy, or Bioparco di Roma, the title of his recent novel published 2019, on 20th June 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pascal Janovjak, French-Swiss writer, b. 1975, author of a collection of poetic prose, novels and a romanticised correspondence with Quebec author Kim Thuy. Photographed at Rome Zoo, Rome, Lazio, Italy, or Bioparco di Roma, the title of his recent novel published 2019, on 20th June 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pascal Janovjak, French-Swiss writer, b. 1975, author of a collection of poetic prose, novels and a romanticised correspondence with Quebec author Kim Thuy. Photographed at Rome Zoo, Rome, Lazio, Italy, or Bioparco di Roma, the title of his recent novel published 2019, on 20th June 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pascal Janovjak, French-Swiss writer, b. 1975, author of a collection of poetic prose, novels and a romanticised correspondence with Quebec author Kim Thuy. Photographed at Rome Zoo, Rome, Lazio, Italy, or Bioparco di Roma, the title of his recent novel published 2019, on 20th June 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pascal Janovjak, French-Swiss writer, b. 1975, author of a collection of poetic prose, novels and a romanticised correspondence with Quebec author Kim Thuy. Photographed at Rome Zoo, Rome, Lazio, Italy, or Bioparco di Roma, the title of his recent novel published 2019, on 20th June 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pascal Janovjak, French-Swiss writer, b. 1975, author of a collection of poetic prose, novels and a romanticised correspondence with Quebec author Kim Thuy. Photographed at Rome Zoo, Rome, Lazio, Italy, or Bioparco di Roma, the title of his recent novel published 2019, on 20th June 2019 by Manuel Cohen. Behind is the giant bird cage, a geodesic dome structure designed in 1935 by architect Raffaele de Vico.
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  • Pascal Janovjak, French-Swiss writer, b. 1975, author of a collection of poetic prose, novels and a romanticised correspondence with Quebec author Kim Thuy. Photographed at Rome Zoo, Rome, Lazio, Italy, or Bioparco di Roma, the title of his recent novel published 2019, on 20th June 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spanish writer and journalist, Cristina Fallaras, winner of the Spanish Hammett Prize at Gijon Crime Fiction Festival in 2012 for her last crime fiction novel "Las ninas perdidas" (The Lost Girls), Roca 2011, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain on January 09, 2013. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble statue of Sir Walter Scott by John Steell in the Scott Monument, built 1840-46, designed by George Meikle Kemp in Victorian Gothic style, on Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland. The monument serves as a memorial to Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, Scottish writer and poet, and is the largest monument to a writer in the world. The monument is adorned with statues of 64 characters from his novels. Behind the monument is the Balmoral Clock, in the tower of the Balmoral Hotel, situated next to Waverley station. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scott Monument, built 1840-46, designed by George Meikle Kemp in Victorian Gothic style, on Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland. The monument serves as a memorial to Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, Scottish writer and poet, and is the largest monument to a writer in the world. The monument houses a marble statue of Scott by John Steell and statues of 64 characters from his novels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scott Monument, built 1840-46, designed by  George Meikle Kemp in Victorian Gothic style, on Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland. The monument serves as a memorial to Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, Scottish writer and poet, and is the largest monument to a writer in the world. The monument houses a marble statue of Scott by John Steell and statues of 64 characters from his novels. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ismail Kadare, born 1936, writer and poet, from the Monument to Famous Gjirokastriotes, a new monument built by the municipality to celebrate 3 honorary citizens: Eqerem Cabej, 1908-80, historian, linguist and educator, Ismael Kadare and Musine Kokalari, 1917-83, writer and co-founder of the Albanian Social Democratic Party, 1943, Gjirokastra, Albania. Gjirokastra was settled by the Greek Chaonians, the Romans and Byzantines before becoming an Ottoman city in 1417. Its old town was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Jose E Rodo, Uruguayan writer, 1871-1917, in the Square de l’Amerique-Latine, created 1931, at the Porte de Champerret, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. Around the bronze statue of general Francisco Miranda are 9 busts of heroes, writers and patriots of South America. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Voltaire (1694-1778), French writer and philosopher, by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828), crypt, Pantheon, 1758-90, by Jacques-Gabriel Soufflot (1713-80) and completed by Jean-Baptiste Rondelet (1743-1829), Paris, France. Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of statue of Niccolo Machiavelli , 16th century, on the facade of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, pictured on June 10, 2007, in the morning. This statue of Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, 1469-1527, historian, philosopher, humanist, and writer is one of a gallery of sculptures of eminent Italian men whose works in the arts and sciences are remembered today. Florence, capital of Tuscany, is world famous for its Renaissance art and architecture. Its historical centre was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Paul Claudel aged 37, portrait bust of Paul Claudel, 1868-1955, writer, diplomat and brother of the artist, bronze sculpture, 1905, by Camille Claudel, 1864-1943, cast by P Converset, 1912-13, in the Camille Claudel Museum, opened 2017, in Nogent-sur-Seine, Aube, Grand Est, France. Claudel was a female sculptor who moved to Nogent-sur-Seine in 1876. She studied under Alfred Boucher and was a model for, and mistress of, Auguste Rodin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mon Frere, or Jeune Romain, portrait bust of Paul Claudel, 1868-1955, writer, diplomat and brother of the artist, patinated plaster, c. 1884, by Camille Claudel, 1864-1943, in the Camille Claudel Museum, opened 2017, in Nogent-sur-Seine, Aube, Grand Est, France. Claudel was a female sculptor who moved to Nogent-sur-Seine in 1876. She studied under Alfred Boucher and was a model for, and mistress of, Auguste Rodin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Miguel de Cervantes, 1547-1616, Spanish writer, statue, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gildas Giraudou, olive grower and thriller writer, at his olive grove at the Hotel des Mouettes, Argeles-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Fontaine's Study, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The room was originally a bedchamber but is now dedicated to Jean de La Fontaine, writer and poet, 1621-95, friend of Fouquet. On the mantelpiece is a 'doll's head' clock in tortoiseshell brass and pewter made 1670-1700 by Simon Gribelin. A terracotta portrait bust of La Fontaine, 1782, by Jean-Antoine Houdon, sits in front of a 6 panelled woven screen, 1735-40, made at Savonnerie by Jean-Baptiste Oudry and Pierre-Josse Perrot, of 6 of La Fontaine's fables. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ernie LaPointe, b. 1948, great-grandson of Sitting Bull, chief of the Hunkpapa Lakota tribe, holding a drum, on the terrace of Diane Jos' 'Paris avec toits', where bees are kept in hives on Parisian rooftops, Paris, France. Ernie LaPointe is a Native American sun dancer, speaker, writer and founding president of the Sitting Bull Family Foundation. He follows a traditional Lakota life in South Dakota, using oral traditions to perpetuate the history of Sitting Bull. Photographed on 20th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ernie LaPointe, b. 1948, great-grandson of Sitting Bull, chief of the Hunkpapa Lakota tribe, holding a drum, on the terrace of Diane Jos' 'Paris avec toits', where bees are kept in hives on Parisian rooftops, Paris, France. Ernie LaPointe is a Native American sun dancer, speaker, writer and founding president of the Sitting Bull Family Foundation. He follows a traditional Lakota life in South Dakota, using oral traditions to perpetuate the history of Sitting Bull. Photographed on 20th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ernie LaPointe, b. 1948, great-grandson of Sitting Bull, chief of the Hunkpapa Lakota tribe, holding a drum, on the terrace of Diane Jos' 'Paris avec toits', where bees are kept in hives on Parisian rooftops, Paris, France. Ernie LaPointe is a Native American sun dancer, speaker, writer and founding president of the Sitting Bull Family Foundation. He follows a traditional Lakota life in South Dakota, using oral traditions to perpetuate the history of Sitting Bull. Photographed on 20th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ernie LaPointe, b. 1948, great-grandson of Sitting Bull, chief of the Hunkpapa Lakota tribe, holding a drum, on the terrace of Diane Jos' 'Paris avec toits', where bees are kept in hives on Parisian rooftops, Paris, France. Ernie LaPointe is a Native American sun dancer, speaker, writer and founding president of the Sitting Bull Family Foundation. He follows a traditional Lakota life in South Dakota, using oral traditions to perpetuate the history of Sitting Bull. Photographed on 20th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view of Abbotsford House, built 1817-25 by Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, Scottish writer and poet, near Melrose, in the Borders, Scotland. The building is in Scottish Baronial style and includes Scott's personal collections of books, furniture and Scottish historical artefacts, making it a centre for European Romanticism. The Scott family still own the building, which is open to the public as a tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Aerial view of Abbotsford House, built 1817-25 by Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, Scottish writer and poet, near Melrose, in the Borders, Scotland. The building is in Scottish Baronial style and includes Scott's personal collections of books, furniture and Scottish historical artefacts, making it a centre for European Romanticism. The Scott family still own the building, which is open to the public as a tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hand painted chinoiserie wallpaper, detail of bird, fruit trees and flowers, in the Chinese drawing room, in Abbotsford House, built 1817-25 by Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, Scottish writer and poet, near Melrose, in the Borders, Scotland. The wallpaper was a gift from Scott’s cousin Hugh Scott, who worked for the East India Company. The building is in Scottish Baronial style and includes Scott's personal collections of books, furniture and Scottish historical artefacts, making it a centre for European Romanticism. The Scott family still own the building, which is open to the public as a tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Walter Scott with his dogs Camp and Percy in the Yarrow valley, detail, painted 1809 by Sir Henry Raeburn, 1756-1823, in the Chinese drawing room, in Abbotsford House, built 1817-25 by Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, Scottish writer and poet, near Melrose, in the Borders, Scotland. The building is in Scottish Baronial style and includes Scott's personal collections of books, furniture and Scottish historical artefacts, making it a centre for European Romanticism. The Scott family still own the building, which is open to the public as a tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hand painted chinoiserie wallpaper, detail of family, in the Chinese drawing room, in Abbotsford House, built 1817-25 by Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, Scottish writer and poet, near Melrose, in the Borders, Scotland. The wallpaper was a gift from Scott’s cousin Hugh Scott, who worked for the East India Company. The building is in Scottish Baronial style and includes Scott's personal collections of books, furniture and Scottish historical artefacts, making it a centre for European Romanticism. The Scott family still own the building, which is open to the public as a tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Walter Scott, by Sir Francis Chantrey, in the library, containing Scott's collection of books, manuscripts, tracts and chapbooks, in Abbotsford House, built 1817-25 by Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, Scottish writer and poet, near Melrose, in the Borders, Scotland. The building is in Scottish Baronial style and includes Scott's personal collections of books, furniture and Scottish historical artefacts, making it a centre for European Romanticism. The Scott family still own the building, which is open to the public as a tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbotsford House, built 1817-25 by Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, Scottish writer and poet, near Melrose, in the Borders, Scotland. The building is in Scottish Baronial style and includes Scott's personal collections of books, furniture and Scottish historical artefacts, making it a centre for European Romanticism. The Scott family still own the building, which is open to the public as a tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbotsford House, built 1817-25 by Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, Scottish writer and poet, near Melrose, in the Borders, Scotland. The building is in Scottish Baronial style and includes Scott's personal collections of books, furniture and Scottish historical artefacts, making it a centre for European Romanticism. The Scott family still own the building, which is open to the public as a tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Olivier Taieb, film director, cinematographer and writer, in Paris, France, 2017. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Frederic Mistral, 1830-1914, French writer and lexicographer of the Occitan language, c. 1890, photograph by Lefranc. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Douglas Jerrold, 1803-57, English dramatist and writer, published accompanying his obituary in the Illustrated London News, 20th June 1857, engraving after a photograph by Dr Diamond. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Claude Charles de Rouvroy Saint Simon, writer, 1675-1755, by Pierre Hebert, in the Henri IV Wing, in the Cour Napoleon at the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France. A series of 86 statues of famous men were placed in this courtyard 1853-57 under the architects Louis Visconti and Hector Lefuel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Montesquieu, 1689-1755, lawyer and writer of the Enlightenment, by Charles-Francois Nanteuil-Leboeuf, at the Turgot Wing, in the Cour Napoleon at the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France. A series of 86 statues of famous men were placed in this courtyard 1853-57 under the architects Louis Visconti and Hector Lefuel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musine Kokalari, 1917-83, writer and co-founder of the Albanian Social Democratic Party, from the Monument to Famous Gjirokastriotes, a new monument built by the municipality to celebrate 3 honorary citizens: Eqerem Cabej, 1908-80, historian, linguist and educator, Ismael Kadare and Musine Kokalari, 1943, Gjirokastra, Albania. Gjirokastra was settled by the Greek Chaonians, the Romans and Byzantines before becoming an Ottoman city in 1417. Its old town was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jean Francois Ducis, 1733-1816, writer and poet and member of the Academie Francaise from 1778, painted from life in 1805 by Francois Gerard, 1770-1837 and studio, from the collection of the Musee National des Chateaux de Versailles et de Trianon, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Alois Jirasek, 1851-1930, Czech writer, by Karl Pokorny, Czech sculptor, in Jirasek Square outside the house Jirasek lived in 1903-30, Prague, Czech Republic. Jirasek was a teacher and author of historical novels and plays imbued with faith in his nation and in progress toward freedom and justice. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mon Frere, or Jeune Romain, portrait bust of Paul Claudel, 1868-1955, writer, diplomat and brother of the artist, patinated plaster, c. 1884, by Camille Claudel, 1864-1943, in the Camille Claudel Museum, opened 2017, in Nogent-sur-Seine, Aube, Grand Est, France. Claudel was a female sculptor who moved to Nogent-sur-Seine in 1876. She studied under Alfred Boucher and was a model for, and mistress of, Auguste Rodin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Paul Claudel aged 37, portrait bust of Paul Claudel, 1868-1955, writer, diplomat and brother of the artist, bronze sculpture, 1905, by Camille Claudel, 1864-1943, cast by P Converset, 1912-13, in the Camille Claudel Museum, opened 2017, in Nogent-sur-Seine, Aube, Grand Est, France. Claudel was a female sculptor who moved to Nogent-sur-Seine in 1876. She studied under Alfred Boucher and was a model for, and mistress of, Auguste Rodin. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Denis Diderot, French philosopher and writer, 1713-84, c. 1780, by Jean-Antoine Houdon, 1741-1828, in plaster with terracotta style patina, in the Maison des Lumieres Denis Diderot, or House of Enlightenment, a museum housed in the Hotel du Breuil de Saint Germain, built 16th century and rebuilt 18th century, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Denis Diderot, French philosopher and writer, 1713-84, oil painting, c. 1770, by Louis Michel van Loo, 1707-71, in the Maison des Lumieres Denis Diderot, or House of Enlightenment, a museum housed in the Hotel du Breuil de Saint Germain, built 16th century and rebuilt 18th century, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Miguel de Cervantes, 1547-1616, Spanish writer, statue, detail, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gildas Giraudou, olive grower and thriller writer, at his olive grove at the Hotel des Mouettes, Argeles-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gildas Giraudou, olive grower and thriller writer, at his olive grove at the Hotel des Mouettes, Argeles-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Day bed in the study or Cabinet de Travail of Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny, 1797-1863, French poet, writer, playwright and Romantic, from where he wrote several of his poems, at the top of the 15th century tower of Le Maine Giraud, a 16th century manor house and country estate, in Champagne-Vigny, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The property belonged to Alfred de Vigny 1827-63, who restored it and bought the surrounding land, and later to Louise Lachaud, who ran a Parisian literary salon. In 1938 it was bought by the Durand family who planted the vineyard and produce pineau and cognac. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of Alfred de Vigny by Nadar, 1820-1910, French photographer, in the Petit Musee Vigny, in the former dining room, exhibiting documents, photographs and paintings of Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny, 1797-1863, French poet, writer, playwright and Romantic, at Le Maine Giraud, a 16th century manor house and country estate, in Champagne-Vigny, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The property belonged to Alfred de Vigny 1827-63, who restored it and bought the surrounding land, and later to Louise Lachaud, who ran a Parisian literary salon. In 1938 it was bought by the Durand family who planted the vineyard and produce pineau and cognac. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of La Fontaine in La Fontaine's Study, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The room was originally a bedchamber but is now dedicated to Jean de La Fontaine, writer and poet, 1621-95, friend of Fouquet. His terracotta portrait bust, 1782 by Jean-Antoine Houdon, sits in front of a 6 panelled woven screen, 1735-40, made at Savonnerie by Jean-Baptiste Oudry and Pierre-Josse Perrot, of 6 of La Fontaine's fables. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of La Fontaine in La Fontaine's Study, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The room was originally a bedchamber but is now dedicated to Jean de La Fontaine, writer and poet, 1621-95, friend of Fouquet. His terracotta portrait bust, 1782 by Jean-Antoine Houdon, sits in front of a 6 panelled woven screen, 1735-40, made at Savonnerie by Jean-Baptiste Oudry and Pierre-Josse Perrot, of 6 of La Fontaine's fables. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Fontaine's Study, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The room was originally a bedchamber but is now dedicated to Jean de La Fontaine, writer and poet, 1621-95, friend of Fouquet. His terracotta portrait bust, 1782 by Jean-Antoine Houdon, sits in front of a 6 panelled woven screen, 1735-40, made at Savonnerie by Jean-Baptiste Oudry and Pierre-Josse Perrot, of 6 of La Fontaine's fables. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Fontaine's Study, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The room was originally a bedchamber but is now dedicated to Jean de La Fontaine, writer and poet, 1621-95, friend of Fouquet. His terracotta portrait bust, 1782 by Jean-Antoine Houdon, sits in front of a 6 panelled woven screen, 1735-40, made at Savonnerie by Jean-Baptiste Oudry and Pierre-Josse Perrot, of 6 of La Fontaine's fables. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of La Fontaine in La Fontaine's Study, at the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, designed by Louis Le Vau, 1612-70, and built 1658-61 for marquis Nicolas Fouquet, in Maincy, Seine-et-Marne, France. The room was originally a bedchamber but is now dedicated to Jean de La Fontaine, writer and poet, 1621-95, friend of Fouquet. His terracotta portrait bust, 1782 by Jean-Antoine Houdon, sits in front of a 6 panelled woven screen, 1735-40, made at Savonnerie by Jean-Baptiste Oudry and Pierre-Josse Perrot, of 6 of La Fontaine's fables. The chateau is built in Baroque style, with decoration by Charles Le Brun, 1619-90, and grounds designed by landscape architect Andre le Notre, 1613-1700. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ernie LaPointe, b. 1948, great-grandson of Sitting Bull, chief of the Hunkpapa Lakota tribe, holding a drum, on the terrace of Diane Jos' 'Paris avec toits', where bees are kept in hives on Parisian rooftops, Paris, France. Ernie LaPointe is a Native American sun dancer, speaker, writer and founding president of the Sitting Bull Family Foundation. He follows a traditional Lakota life in South Dakota, using oral traditions to perpetuate the history of Sitting Bull. Photographed on 20th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ernie LaPointe, b. 1948, great-grandson of Sitting Bull, chief of the Hunkpapa Lakota tribe, holding a drum, on the terrace of Diane Jos' 'Paris avec toits', where bees are kept in hives on Parisian rooftops, Paris, France. Ernie LaPointe is a Native American sun dancer, speaker, writer and founding president of the Sitting Bull Family Foundation. He follows a traditional Lakota life in South Dakota, using oral traditions to perpetuate the history of Sitting Bull. Photographed on 20th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ernie LaPointe, b. 1948, great-grandson of Sitting Bull, chief of the Hunkpapa Lakota tribe, holding a drum, on the terrace of Diane Jos' 'Paris avec toits', where bees are kept in hives on Parisian rooftops, Paris, France. Ernie LaPointe is a Native American sun dancer, speaker, writer and founding president of the Sitting Bull Family Foundation. He follows a traditional Lakota life in South Dakota, using oral traditions to perpetuate the history of Sitting Bull. Photographed on 20th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ernie LaPointe, b. 1948, great-grandson of Sitting Bull, chief of the Hunkpapa Lakota tribe, holding a drum, on the terrace of Diane Jos' 'Paris avec toits', where bees are kept in hives on Parisian rooftops, Paris, France. Ernie LaPointe is a Native American sun dancer, speaker, writer and founding president of the Sitting Bull Family Foundation. He follows a traditional Lakota life in South Dakota, using oral traditions to perpetuate the history of Sitting Bull. Photographed on 20th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ernie LaPointe, b. 1948, great-grandson of Sitting Bull, chief of the Hunkpapa Lakota tribe, holding a drum, on the terrace of Diane Jos' 'Paris avec toits', where bees are kept in hives on Parisian rooftops, Paris, France. Ernie LaPointe is a Native American sun dancer, speaker, writer and founding president of the Sitting Bull Family Foundation. He follows a traditional Lakota life in South Dakota, using oral traditions to perpetuate the history of Sitting Bull. Photographed on 20th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ernie LaPointe, b. 1948, great-grandson of Sitting Bull, chief of the Hunkpapa Lakota tribe, holding a drum, on the terrace of Diane Jos' 'Paris avec toits', where bees are kept in hives on Parisian rooftops, Paris, France. Ernie LaPointe is a Native American sun dancer, speaker, writer and founding president of the Sitting Bull Family Foundation. He follows a traditional Lakota life in South Dakota, using oral traditions to perpetuate the history of Sitting Bull. Photographed on 20th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ernie LaPointe, b. 1948, great-grandson of Sitting Bull, chief of the Hunkpapa Lakota tribe, holding a drum, on the terrace of Diane Jos' 'Paris avec toits', where bees are kept in hives on Parisian rooftops, Paris, France. Ernie LaPointe is a Native American sun dancer, speaker, writer and founding president of the  Sitting Bull Family Foundation. He follows a traditional Lakota life in South Dakota, using oral traditions to perpetuate the history of Sitting Bull. Photographed on 20th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ernie LaPointe, b. 1948, great-grandson of Sitting Bull, chief of the Hunkpapa Lakota tribe, holding a drum, on the terrace of Diane Jos' 'Paris avec toits', where bees are kept in hives on Parisian rooftops, Paris, France. Ernie LaPointe is a Native American sun dancer, speaker, writer and founding president of the Sitting Bull Family Foundation. He follows a traditional Lakota life in South Dakota, using oral traditions to perpetuate the history of Sitting Bull. Photographed on 20th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hand painted chinoiserie wallpaper, detail of people in garden, in the Chinese drawing room, in Abbotsford House, built 1817-25 by Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, Scottish writer and poet, near Melrose, in the Borders, Scotland. The wallpaper was a gift from Scott’s cousin Hugh Scott, who worked for the East India Company. The building is in Scottish Baronial style and includes Scott's personal collections of books, furniture and Scottish historical artefacts, making it a centre for European Romanticism. The Scott family still own the building, which is open to the public as a tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Library, with carved oak ceiling, containing Scott's collection of books, manuscripts, tracts and chapbooks, in Abbotsford House, built 1817-25 by Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, Scottish writer and poet, near Melrose, in the Borders, Scotland. The building is in Scottish Baronial style and includes Scott's personal collections of books, furniture and Scottish historical artefacts, making it a centre for European Romanticism. The Scott family still own the building, which is open to the public as a tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chinese drawing room, with harps belonging to Scott's daughter Sophia, and hand painted chinoiserie wallpaper, in Abbotsford House, built 1817-25 by Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, Scottish writer and poet, near Melrose, in the Borders, Scotland. The portrait above the fireplace depicts Scott with his dogs Camp and Percy in the Yarrow valley, painted 1809 by Sir Henry Raeburn. The building is in Scottish Baronial style and includes Scott's personal collections of books, furniture and Scottish historical artefacts, making it a centre for European Romanticism. The Scott family still own the building, which is open to the public as a tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Library, with carved oak ceiling, containing Scott's collection of books, manuscripts, tracts and chapbooks, in Abbotsford House, built 1817-25 by Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, Scottish writer and poet, near Melrose, in the Borders, Scotland. The building is in Scottish Baronial style and includes Scott's personal collections of books, furniture and Scottish historical artefacts, making it a centre for European Romanticism. The Scott family still own the building, which is open to the public as a tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbotsford House, built 1817-25 by Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832, Scottish writer and poet, near Melrose, in the Borders, Scotland. The building is in Scottish Baronial style and includes Scott's personal collections of books, furniture and Scottish historical artefacts, making it a centre for European Romanticism. The Scott family still own the building, which is open to the public as a tourist attraction. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Victor Hugo, 1802-85, French Romantic writer and senator for Seine 1876-85, in the Bibliiotheque du Senat or Senate Library, in the Palais du Luxembourg, 6th arrondissement, Paris, France. The library was built 1837-41 by the architect Alphonse de Gisors, 1796-1866, and decorated 1845-47 with a series of paintings by Romantic artist Eugene Delacroix, 1798-1863. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Olivier Taieb, film director, cinematographer and writer, in Paris, France, 2017. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Olivier Taieb, film director, cinematographer and writer, in Paris, France, 2017. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Olivier Taieb, film director, cinematographer and writer, in Paris, France, 2017. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze statue of Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes, 1478-1557, Spanish historian and writer, at the Fortaleza Ozama, or Ozama Fortress, a defensive castle built by the Spanish 1502-05 on the Ozama river, in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. He participated in the colonisation of the Caribbean by the Spanish and wrote extensively on the subject. Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Francois Rabelais, 1494-1553, French Renaissance writer, physician, humanist and monk, in the Galerie des Illustres or Gallery of Portraits, early 17th century, in the Chateau de Beauregard, a Renaissance chateau in the Loire Valley, built c. 1545 under Jean du Thiers and further developed after 1617 by Paul Ardier, Comptroller of Wars and Treasurer, in Cellettes, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The Gallery of Portraits is a 26m long room with lapis lazuli ceiling, Delftware tiled floor and decorated with 327 portraits of important European figures living 1328-1643, in the times of Henri III, Henri IV and Louis XIII. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Ivq Andric, 1892-1975, Yugoslav writer, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Mesa Selimovic, 1910-82, Yugoslav writer, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Isac Samokovlija, 1889-1955, Bosnian Jewish writer, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of American writer Washington Irving, 1859-1959, who wrote a book of essays 'Tales of the Alhambra', on the path leading to the Alhambra in Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Anna de Noailles, 1876-1933, Romanian-French writer, photograph by unknown photographer, c. 1900. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Victor Hugo, French writer, 1802-85, on his deathbed in May 1885, photograph by Gaspard-Felix Tournachon, known as Nadar, 1820-1910. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Guy de Maupassant, 1850-93, French short story writer, photograph taken by Autin in Paris, c. 1880. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Fountain dedicated to the American writer Washington Irving, 1859-1959, who wrote a book of essays 'Tales of the Alhambra', Alhambra, Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The Alhambra was begun in the 11th century as a castle, and in the 13th and 14th centuries served as the royal palace of the Nasrid sultans. The huge complex contains the Alcazaba, Nasrid palaces, gardens and Generalife. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tower with iron globe, at the Jules Verne Museum, the home of the writer from 1882-1900, on the rue Charles Dubois, Amiens, Picardy, France. The house was built 1845-54 and now houses a museum displaying books and objects belonging to Jules Verne, 1828-1905, who wrote many of his works here. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Nicolas de Condorcet, writer, 1743-94, by Pierre Loison in the Beauvais Rotonde, in the Cour Napoleon at the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France. A series of 86 statues of famous men were placed in this courtyard 1853-57 under the architects Louis Visconti and Hector Lefuel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Jean de Joinville, writer, 1224-1317, by Jean Marcellin, in the Henri IV Wing, in the Cour Napoleon at the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France. A series of 86 statues of famous men were placed in this courtyard 1853-57 under the architects Louis Visconti and Hector Lefuel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Voltaire, writer, historian and philosopher of the Enlightenment, 1694-1778, by Antoine Desboeufs at the Colbert Wing, in the Cour Napoleon at the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France. A series of 86 statues of famous men were placed in this courtyard 1853-57 under the architects Louis Visconti and Hector Lefuel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Voltaire, writer, historian and philosopher of the Enlightenment, 1694-1778, by Antoine Desboeufs at the Colbert Wing, in the Cour Napoleon at the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France. A series of 86 statues of famous men were placed in this courtyard 1853-57 under the architects Louis Visconti and Hector Lefuel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, 1627-1704, bishop, theologian and writer, by Louis Desprez, at the Colbert Wing, in the Cour Napoleon at the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France. A series of 86 statues of famous men were placed in this courtyard 1853-57 under the architects Louis Visconti and Hector Lefuel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Alphonse de Lamartine, 1790-1869, writer poet and politician, painted 1830-31 by Francois Gerard, 1770-1837, in the Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to Julius Zeyer, 1841-1901, Czech writer, playwright and Romantic poet, 1931, by Josef Mauder, in Chotkovy Sady or the Chotek Gardens, the first public park in Prague, opened 1833, Prague, Czech Republic. The grotto-like monument features life-size characters from Zeyer's works carved in white marble, emerging from the rocks. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to Julius Zeyer, 1841-1901, Czech writer, playwright and Romantic poet, 1931, by Josef Mauder, in Chotkovy Sady or the Chotek Gardens, the first public park in Prague, opened 1833, Prague, Czech Republic. The grotto-like monument features life-size characters from Zeyer's works carved in white marble, emerging from the rocks. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804-69), French writer and critic, 1898, by Denys Puech (1854-1942), Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, France. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Bust of Stephan Sweig (1881 -1942), Austrian writer, bronze, 2003, by Felix Schivo (1924-2006), Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, France. Photograph by Manuel Cohen - This picture may require further clearance from the sculptor artist
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  • Statue of Voltaire (1694-1778), French writer and philosopher, by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828), crypt, Pantheon, 1758-90, by Jacques-Gabriel Soufflot (1713-80) and completed by Jean-Baptiste Rondelet (1743-1829), Paris, France. Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze statue of Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, Czech writer and philosopher, by Jaroslav Rona, born 1957, Czech sculptor, inaugurated 4th December 2003, on Dusni Street near the Spanish synagogue, Jewish quarter, Prague, Czech Republic. The 3.75m high statue shows Kafka riding on the shoulders of a headless and armless giant, and was inspired by Kafka's 1904 story, Description of a Struggle. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze statue of Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, Czech writer and philosopher, by Jaroslav Rona, born 1957, Czech sculptor, inaugurated 4th December 2003, on Dusni Street near the Spanish synagogue, Jewish quarter, Prague, Czech Republic. The 3.75m high statue shows Kafka riding on the shoulders of a headless and armless giant, and was inspired by Kafka's 1904 story, Description of a Struggle. The historic centre of Prague was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spanish writer and journalist, Cristina Fallaras, winner of the Spanish Hammett Prize at Gijon Crime Fiction Festival in 2012 for her last crime fiction novel "Las ninas perdidas" (The Lost Girls), Roca 2011, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain on January 09, 2013. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Spanish writer and journalist, Cristina Fallaras, winner of the Spanish Hammett Prize at Gijon Crime Fiction Festival in 2012 for her last crime fiction novel "Las ninas perdidas" (The Lost Girls), Roca 2011, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain on January 09, 2013. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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