Josef Škvorecký (1924–2012)

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1. Josef Škvorecký

   Author of The Mournful Demeanour of Lieutenant Boruvka, Miss Silver's Past, Talkin' Moscow Blues

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8. Milan Kundera

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9. Julian Barnes

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10. Edmund Crispin

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11. Primo Levi

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12. Bruce Chatwin

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13. Mikhail Bulgakov

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14. Vasily Grossman

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15. Václav Havel

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16. John Dickson Carr

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17. James Kelman

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18. Danilo Kiš

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19. Jiří Weil

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20. Tadeusz Konwicki

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