Famous Writers and Their Works Flashcards

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Author of the novel “Dead Stars”

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Paz Marquez Benitez

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Author of “A Thousand and One Nights”; a collection of stories and fables from Arabia, Egypt, India, and Persia that were compiled from oral tales thathas been passed down through these cultures for generations

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Antoine Galland

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Author of the Declaration of Philippine Independence

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Ambrosio Bautista

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It is Carlos Bulusan’s celeberated autobiography

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“America is in the Heart”

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She is called the “Literary Colossus of the Visayas”

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Angel Magahum

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He is a Norwegian writer best known for his problem or social play like “Ghost”

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August Strindberg

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Greatest Sonnet Writer

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William Shakespeare

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Filipino Poet snubbed by Huseng Sisiw

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Francisco Balagtas/Francisco Baltazar

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It is considered the oldest epic in England

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Beowulf

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10
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Who is the author of Beowulf?

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Unknown

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Who wrote this line?

“Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise”.

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William Shakespeare

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Writer of “Treasure Island”

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Robert Louise Stenvenson

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Geoffrey Chaucer wrote Canterbury Tales in ____ century.

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14th Century

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