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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
(Nobel Prize Winner in Literature)
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Birthdate: March 6, 1927
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Aracataca, Colombia
Died: April 17, 2014
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Sandra Cisneros
(Writer)
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Octavio Paz
(Writer, Poet, Diplomat and Noble Prize Laureate)
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Birthdate: March 31, 1914
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Died: April 19, 1998
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Reinaldo Arenas
(Cuban Poet, Novelist and Playwright Known for His Work ‘Pentagonia’ and ‘Before Night Falls’)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 16, 1943
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Holguin, Cuba
Died: December 7, 1990
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Alexander Ostrovsky
(Russian Playwright)
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Birthdate: April 12, 1823
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: June 14, 1886
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Alejo Carpentier
(Writer, Journalist, Essayist, Musicologist, Literary critic)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 26, 1904
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lausanne
Died: April 24, 1980
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Cherríe Moraga
(Writer, Poet)
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Manuel Puig
(Argentine Author Famous for His Novel 'La traición de Rita Hayworth')
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 28, 1932
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: General Villegas, Argentina
Died: July 22, 1990
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Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda
(poet, writer, playwright)
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Carmen Martín Gaite
(Spanish Author Known for Her Short Novel 'The Nightmarish El Balneario' (The Spa))
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Birthdate: December 8, 1925
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Salamanca, Spain
Died: July 22, 2000
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Roberto Valero
(Cuban Poet, Novelist, and Educator)
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