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Which authors inspire you most?

We’ve shared our list of the fifty most inspiring authors in the world—those living authors who shake us awake, challenge our ideas of who we are, embolden our actions, and, above all, inspire us to live life more fully and creatively. Now we want to hear from you: Which authors inspire you most?

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msemer says...
H.P. Lovecraft, Alex Garland, Alodous Huxely, Orwell, Poe and Anthony Burgess.

jssagar says...
Robert Bly, EA Poe(in my early years), Mark Twain, Wendell Berry, Mary Oliver, William Carlos Williams, Robert Graves, Langston Hughes, Denise Levertov, Naomi Shahib Nye, Leonard Cohen, William Stafford, Neruda, Belle Hooks, and a few others that created life for me through words.

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