Literary Figures Trivia Questions
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Which woman famously told Ernest Hemingway, 'You are all a lost generation'?
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gertrude stein
Which Chilean author wrote her first novel, 'The House of the Spirits,' while living in exile?
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isabel allende
Who was studying intermittently at the University of Mississippi when he wrote the one-act play 'Marionettes' in 1920?
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william faulkner
Which author used the fictional town of Gibbsville, modeled after Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in many of his novels and short stories?
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john o'hara
Who was the author of 'Invisible Man' who passed away in 1994 at the age of 80, leaving his second novel unfinished?
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ralph ellison
Who was elected class poet at Harvard after 6 others declined and later became the leading transcendentalist of the 19th century?
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ralph waldo emerson
Which poet, associated with the Harlem Renaissance, created the character Jesse B. Semple for many of his short stories?
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langston hughes
Which author's work, 'An Amateur Laborer,' describes his difficult and impoverished period following the release of 'Sister Carrie'?
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theodore dreiser
Which poet, to whom T.S. Eliot dedicated 'The Waste Land,' was later confined in a mental institution?
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ezra pound
Which prolific writer, born in Petrovichi, Russia, authored 'Foundation's Edge' and 'The Gods Themselves'?
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isaac asimov
Who is the author of 'The Handmaid's Tale' and was once a writer-in-residence at the University of Ontario?
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margaret atwood
Which British author dedicated her 1928 novel 'Orlando' to Vita Sackville-West?
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virginia woolf
What is the name of the murder mystery author whose first name is Mary and whose middle name is Margaret?
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margaret truman
Which author declared the amoeba as the official mascot of his novel 'Even Cowgirls Get the Blues'?
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tom robbins
Who was the Scotsman working on his novel 'Weir of Hermiston' when he died suddenly on Samoa?
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robert louis stevenson
Whose daughter Angelique edited a book of his quotations called 'A Trail of Memories'?
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louis l'amour
Which U.S. Poet Laureate, known for 'All The King's Men,' cannot be brought back as he died on September 15, 1989?
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robert penn warren
Who was the first poet laureate of the U.S. and also served as the editor of LSU's Southern Review?
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robert penn warren
Who is the author of the autobiography titled 'My Life on Trial' and has written 62 books?
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melvin belli
Which author, suffering from gout, wrote the novel 'Tom Jones' where a character named Blifil's mother dies of the same affliction?
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henry fielding
Whose father was a missionary in China, and who worked as a teacher there in the 1920s?
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pearl s. buck
Which 19th century Russian novelist wrote the play 'A Month in the Country' and is also known for 'Fathers and Sons'?
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ivan turgenev
Who was the most famous resident of Oxford, Mississippi?
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william faulkner
Which Irish-born English satirist was appointed dean of Dublin's St. Patrick's Cathedral in 1713?
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jonathan swift
Which American author studied psychology with William James before moving to Paris with her brother Leo in 1903?
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gertrude stein
Which Maine poetess sometimes used the pen name Nancy Boyd?
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edna st. vincent millay
Who is the author of 'The House of the Seven Gables', whose son Julian published a biography of him in 1884?
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nathaniel hawthorne
Who was the poet from Maine who worked as an actress and playwright with the Provincetown Players from 1917 to 1919?
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edna st. vincent millay
Who is the author known for her books about Ramona Quimby and 'The Mouse and the Motorcycle'?
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beverly cleary
Which American author was the subject of his daughter Susan's memoir titled 'Home Before Dark'?
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john cheever
Who is the playwright whose museum is located a short walk from the National Theatre in Oslo?
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henrik ibsen
Who is the author and expert on Greek & Roman mythology who was among the first women admitted to the University of Munich?
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edith hamilton
Which modern literature author died in 1922 before the last 3 volumes of his 'Remembrance of Things Past' were published?
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marcel proust
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