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American novelist and essayist whose work — Go Tell It on the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son, The Fire Next Time — made him the defining literary voice on race, identity, and American democracy in the 20th century.
Marguerite Yourcenar was a Belgian-French novelist and the first woman elected to the Académie française, best known for 'Memoirs of Hadrian' and her essay on Piranesi.
French Renaissance writer who essentially invented the personal essay — using the form to examine his own habits, opinions, and contradictions with unprecedented candor — and whose Essais remain the foundational text of Western self-examination.
British-American computer scientist, essayist, and co-founder of Y Combinator — the world's most influential startup accelerator — whose essays on startups, technology, and thinking are widely read across the technology industry.