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55                     Famous Authors







            Authors  throughout  history  have  helped  capture  something  about  their

            lives,  their  eras,  and  the  society  around  them.  From  Homer  in  the  8th
            century BC all the way until now, there is something in the works of these

            authors  that  can  capture  our  imagination  and  help  us  expand  our
            knowledge.

            Names of some famous authors are given below. Write the languages in

            which they have written their books.

                       Authors                         Languages

                 1.    Omar Khayyam                    _____________________

                 2.    William Shakespeare             _____________________

                 3.    Virgil                          _____________________
                 4.    Alexander Pushkin               _____________________

                 5.    Sully Proudhomme                _____________________

                 6.    Henryk Sienkiewicz              _____________________

                 7.    Mirza Ghalib                    _____________________

                 8.    Homer                           _____________________
                 9.    Yasunari Kawabata               _____________________

                10.    Nazrul Islam                    _____________________

                11.    Subramania Bharati              _____________________

                12.    Amrita Pritam                   _____________________

                13.    Kalidas                         _____________________

                14.    Goethe                          _____________________

                15.    Tulsidas                        _____________________

            Clue Corner

             a) Greek            b)  Japanese          c)  Persian             d)  Punjabi            e)  Sanskrit

             f)  Urdu            g)  Russian           h)  Polish              i)  Tamil              j)  Hindi
             k) French           l)  German            m) Bengali              n)  Latin              o)  English



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