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Wikipedia challenge. No googling. From whose Wikipedia article is the following taken? -- (edited)

Posted by prayformojo (aka mayhem) Nov 28 '20, 11:50

The poet W. H. Auden called ___________ "the Dante of the twentieth century"; the novelist Vladimir Nabokov placed him among the greatest writers of the 20th century. Gabriel García Márquez noted the reading of ___________'s "___________" showed him "that it was possible to write in a different way". A prominent theme of ___________'s work, first established in the short story "___________", is father–son conflict: the guilt induced in the son is resolved through suffering and atonement. Other prominent themes and archetypes include alienation, physical and psychological brutality, characters on a terrifying quest, and mystical transformation.

Responses:

Lovecraft? -- nm - Max Nov 28, 12:38
CS Lewis? -- nm - spamlet Nov 28, 12:05
Kafka? -- nm - mara Nov 28, 12:04 1
- Very good -- (link) - prayformojo Nov 28, 12:08 [youtube]
Hint: - prayformojo Nov 28, 12:01 2
- Tolkien? -- nm - David Nov 28, 12:02 1
  - That was going to be my guess, but the short story bit threw me. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 28, 12:03
Faulkner -- nm - mud Nov 28, 11:59
James Patterson? -- nm - crash davis Nov 28, 11:58
Stephen King? -- nm - Reagen Nov 28, 11:54

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