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LIST OF PORTRAITS The asterisk points that the portraits are coloured Achebe Chinua * Achmatova Anna Acton Harold * Adams John Adorno Theodor * Agnelli Gianni Agnelli Umberto * Alarcon P.A. (De Alarcon) * Alcott Louisa May Aleramo Sibilla Allen Woody * Allende Isabel Almodovar Pedro * Altan Tullio Altenberg Peter Alvaro Corrado Amado Jorge Amis Martin Ammaniti Niccolò * Amodio Luciano Ampère Andrè * Andersch Alfred Anderson Sherwood Andreotti Giulio * Andric Ivo Apollinaire Guillaume Arafat Yasser Arbasino Alberto * Arbore Renzo * Archinto Rosellina Arendt Hannah Argan Carlo Giulio

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Ariosto Ludovico * Armani Giorgio * Artaud Antonin Ashbery John Aspesi Natalia Atwood Margaret Auden W.H. Austen Jane Auster Paul * Bach J.S. * Bachmann Ingeborg Bachtin Michail Michajlovich Balthus Balzac Honorè de Bandini Fernando Banville John Barbagli Marzio Baricco Alessandro * Barnes Djuna *(con T.S.Eliot) Barthes Roland Basile Giambattista Bassani Giorgio Bassetti Aldo Bataille Georges Bateson Gregory Baudelaire Charles * De Beauvoir Simone Bearzot Enzo * Beckett Samuel * Beckford William * Beethoven Ludwig van * Belloni Massimo * Bellow Saul * Belpoliti Marco Ben Jelloun Tahar Bene Carmelo Benigni Roberto * Benjamin Walter

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Benn Gottfried Bennett Alan Berberova Nina Berenson Bernard Bergman Ingmar Berio Luciano Berlin Isaiah Berlinguer Enrico * Berlusconi Silvio Bernhard Thomas * Bertolucci Attilio * Biagi Enzo * Biamonti Francesco Bianchi Pietro Bilenchi Romano Blair Tony * Blixen Karen * Bloch Ernst Bloy Léon * Bobbio Norberto * Bocca Giorgio * Boccioni Umberto * Böll Heinrich Bompiani Valentino Bonino Emma Borchardt Rudolf Borges Jorge Luis * Borromeo Lavinia * Bortolotto Mario * Bossi Umberto Bowles Paul Brahms Johannes Brancati Vitaliano Brandys Kazimizers Brautigam Charles Brecht Bertold * Breytenbach Breyten Breznezv Leonild *

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Briganti Giuliano Britten Benjamin * Brodkey Harold * Brodskij Josif * Brook Peter * Bucchi Massimo Buck Pearl S. Bufalino Gesualdo * Bukowski Charles Bulgakov Michael Bunuel Luis * Burgess Anthony Burroughs William S. Burton Richard Francis * Busoni Ferruccio * Bussotti Sylvano Buzzati Dino Buzzi Aldo Byatt Antonia S. Byron George Gordon Lord Cabibbo Nicola * Cacciari Massimo Calasso Roberto * Callaghan Morley * Callas Maria Calvino Italo * Camilleri Andrea Campana Dino Campanile Achille Campo Cristina Camporesi Piero * Camus Albert Cancogni Manlio Canetti Elias Capote Truman * Caproni Giorgio Caracciolo Carlo * Carpentier Alejo

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Carreras Jose (con Pavarotti e Domingo) * Carrol Lewis Carver Raymond Casares Bioy * Cases Cesare Cassola Carlo Cather Willa Cavazzoni Ermanno Cazotte Jacques * Cecov Anton * Cederna Camilla * Celan Paul Celati Gianni * Céline Louis-Ferdinand * Cendrars Blaise Ceronetti Guido Cerritelli Claudio * Cervantes Saavedra Miguel de Chandler Raymond Chaplin Charlie Chateaubriand F.R. de Chattfield Taylor Adele * Chatwin Bruce * Cherchi Grazia Chesterton Gilbert Keith * Chirac Jacques Chomsky Noam Christie Agatha Ciaikowski Pyotr Ilyich * Cioran Emile Citati Pietro Clementi Muzio * Clerici Gianni * Coetzee John Coiro Michele Colette Colli Giorgio Collodi Carlo

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Colombo Cristoforo * Colombo Furio Comisso Giovanni Compton Burnett Ivy Conan Doyle A. Conrad Joseph Consolo Vincenzo Contessi Gianni Contini Gianfranco Cordero Franco Cortazar Julio * Cossiga Francesco Cowley Malcolm Credaro Luigi * Crichton Michael Croce Benedetto * Crovi Raffaele * Culicchia Giuseppe Cuomo Mario Curie Marie e Pierre * Cvetaeva Marina D'Annunzio Gabriele * D'Ascoli Cecco * Dalai Lama Dalì Salvatore Dante Alighieri * Danton Georges Jacques * Darwin Charles * D’Arzo Silvio Daumal Rene Daverio Philippe Deaglio Enrico De Amicis Edmondo De Benedetti Antonio De Broglie Louis Victor * De Chirico Giorgio * De Felice Renzo * De Filippo Eduardo

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De Gaulle Charles * DeLillo Don Delors Jacques De Luca Erri Del Buono Oreste Del Giudice Daniele Del Noce Del Turco Ottaviano De Rosa Giovanni Derrida jacques De Sade D.A.F. * Desai Anita De Saussure Ferdinand * Descartes René * De Signoribus Eugenio Dib Marouan * Dickens Charles Dickinson Emily Diderot Didion Joan * Dionisotti Carlo Djebar Assia Döblin Alfred Dolce e Gabbana Domingo Placido (con Pavarotti e Carreras) * Dondero Mario * Dönhoff Marion Donizetti Gaetano Dorfles Gillo * Dorfman Ariel Dostoevskij Fjodor * Douglas Norman Drakulich Slavenka Drieu La Rochelle Pierre Droste-Hülshoff Annette (von) * Dumas Alexandre padre Dumas Alexandre figlio Durant Will

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Duras Marguerite Dürrenmatt Friedrich * Dylan Bob Easton Ellis Bret Ecclestone Bernie * Eco Renate Eco Umberto * Edelmann Marek Einaudi Giulio Einaudi Luigi Einstein Albert * Ejzenstein Sergej Elias Norbert Eliot George Eliot Thomas Stearns * Elkann Alain Elkann John * Ellroy James Emmer Luciano Enzensberger Hans Magnus Esterhazy Peter Fachinelli Elvio * Faulkner William * Fellini Federico * Feltrinelli Carlo Feltrinelli Inge Fenoglio Beppe * Ferenczi Sandor Fermi Enrico * Ferracuti Angelo Ferraioli Luigi Ferrandino Giuseppe Ferreri Marco Feynman P. Richard Fielding Henry Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Flaiano Ennio Flaubert Gustave *

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Fo Dario Foa Vittorio Foà Arnoldo * Foden Giles * Fofi Goffredo Ford Richard Forster E.M. Fortini Franco Foscolo Ugo Foucault Michel * Fowles John * Franklin Benjamin Freud Sigmund * Friedman Milton Frisch Max * Frost Robert * Fruttero Carlo Fruttero e Lucentini * Fusco Giancarlo Gaarder Jostein Gadda Carlo Emilio * Galbraith John Kenneth Galland Jean-Antoine * Galli Giorgio Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Garboli Cesare Garcia Lorca Federico Garcia Marquez Gabriel Gargani Aldo Giorgio Garibaldi Giuseppe * Garin Eugenio Garroni Emilio, Garzanti Livio Garzoni Giovanna * Gassman Vittorio Gautier Théophile Genet Jean Gentile Giovanni

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Gheddafi Muhammar * Ghezzi Enrico Ghosh Amitav Giacometti Alberto Gide André Ginsborg Paul Ginzburg Carlo Ginzburg Natalia Giono Jean Girard René Giudici Giovanni Giuliani Alfredo * Glass Philip Glissant Edouard Gnocchi Gene Gobetti Piero * Goethe Johann Wolfgang * Gogol Nicolai Golding William Goldman Emma Goldoni Carlo * Golino Enzo Gombrich Ernst Gombrowicz Witold Gorbaciov Michail * Gordimer Nadine * Gorecki Henryk * Gor'kij Maksim Gould Glenn Gould Stephan Jay * Gozzano Guido * Gracq Julien Gramsci Antonio * Grandi Dino Grass Günther * Green Julien Greene Graham * Greenstein Judd *

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Gregory Tullio Gregotti Vittorio * Groddeck Georg Grossman David Guénon René Guerra Tonino Guglielmi Angelo Guratzsch Herwig * Gustafsson Lars Guttuso Renato Habermas Jürgen Hammet Dashiell Handke Peter * Hardy Thomas * Haring Keith Haslinger Josef Havel Vaclav Hawthorne Nathaniel * Heaney Seamus Heat Moon William Least Heidegger Martin Heidenreich Elke Hein Cristoph Hemingway Ernest * Herling Gustav Hesse Hermann Highsmith Patricia Hillman James Hinton Charles Howard * Hitchcock Alfred * Hobsbawm Eric Hockney David Hoepli Ulrico Hofmannsthal Hugo von Hoggart Simon * Hornby Nick Horowitz Vladimir * Horsten Zora Neale

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Howells William Dean Hrabal Bohumil * Hugo Victor Huxley Aldous Ionesco Eugène Irving John Isherwood Christopher Ishiguro Kazuo Jaeggy Fleur James Henry * Jesi Furio Jodorowsky Alejandro Johnson Uwe Joyce James * Jung Carl Gustav * Jünger Ernst * Kadarè Ismail * Kafka Franz * Kandinskij Vasilij Kant Immanuel * Keaton Buster Kehlmann Daniel Keller Helen + Ann Sullivan * Kelly Gene * Kerouac Jack Kertesz Imre Keynes Maynard J. Khatami Mohammed King Stephan Kipling Rudyard * Kis Danilo Klein Melanie Kleist Heinrich von Klima Ivan * Kohl Helmut * Kojeve Alexandre Kokoschka Oskar Kowalke Rüdiger

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Kranz Judith Kraus Karl Kristeva Julia * Kristof Agota Kronauer Brigitte Krüger Michael Krugman Paul Kundera Milan * Kureishi Hanif Kurzweil Allen Lacan Jacques * Lafontaine Oscar * Lamsdorff Graf Landolfi Tommaso Laurence Margaret Lautréamont Lavagetto Mario Lawrence David Herbert Leautaud Paul * Leavitt David Le Carrè John Le Corbusier * Le Goff Jacques Leiris Michel L’Engle Madeleine Leon Donna Leone Sergio Leopardi Giacomo * Lernet-Holenia Alexander * Lessing Doris * Levi Carlo Levi Primo * Levine David * Levi Strauss Claude Lindgren Astrid Lispector Clarice Llosa Mario Vargas Lombroso Cesare

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London Jack * Longhi Roberto * Lord Dunsany * Lorenz Konrad Loriot Lugones Leopoldo * Luigi XVI * Luther Martin Luzi Mario * Maalouf Amin Maccanico Antonio Macchia Giovanni Machen Arthur * Maggiani Maurizio Magrelli Valerio Magris Claudio Mahfouz Nagib Mahler Gustav * Mailer Norman MajakowskyVladimir Malamud Bernard Malaparte Curzio Malcolm X Malerba Luigi * Mallarmè Stephane Malraux André Man Igor Manconi Luigi Mandela Nelson Mandel’stam Osip E. Manea Norman Manganelli Giorgio Mann Golo Mann Heinrich Mann Klaus Mann Thomas * Mannuzzu Salvatore Mansfield Katherine

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Manzoni Alessandro * Marai Sandor Maraini Dacia Maraini Fosco Marat Jean-Paul * Marcoaldi Franco * Marconi Giorgio * Marcuse Herbert * Mari Michele Maria Antonietta * Marias Javier Marinetti Filippo * Mariotti Giovanni Marx fratelli Marx Karl * Mastronardi Lucio Matta Sebastian Matute Anna Maria Maugham William Somerset Maupassant Guy de Mauri Paolo Mauro Ezio Mc Court Frank Mc Cullers Carson Mc Ewan Jan * McLuhan Marshall Melotti Fausto Melville Herman * Mencken H.Louis Mendel Johann Gregor * Meneghello Luigi * Merrill James * Messner Reinhold Metter Izrail Meyrink Gustav * Mieli Paolo * Miglio Gianfranco Miller Henry

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Milosz Czeslaw Modiano Patrick Molière Momigliano Arnaldo Momigliano Luciana Montaigne Michel de Montalban Manuel Vasquez Montalcini Rita Levi Montale Eugenio * Montanelli Indro Monti Vincenzo Morandi Giorgio Morante Elsa Moravia Alberto * Moresco Antonio Moro Aldo Morovich Enrico Morselli Guido Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus * Mrozek Slavomir Munif Abdel Rahman * Muñoz-Molina Antonio Munyol Yi Muratami Huraki Murdoch Iris Musatti Cesare Musil Robert * Muti Riccardo Mutis Alvaro * Nabokov Vladimir Naipaul Vidiadhur Surajprasad * Napoleone Bonaparte * Nenni Pietro * Neruda Pablo Newton Isaac * Nietzsche Friedrich Nin Anais Nobel Alfred

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Nooteboom Cees * Nori Paolo Novalis Nove Aldo Oates Joyce Carol O'Connor Flannery Oe Kenzaburo Ondaatje Michael * Onetti Juan Carlos Onofri Sandro Oppenheimer Robert * Orazio Flacco Quinto Orengo Nico Ortese Anna Maria Orwell George Osorio Elsa Ostellino Piero * Ottieri Ottiero Ovadia Moni * Oz Amos* P'U Sung-Ling * Pagels Elaine * Pagliarani Elio * Palazzeschi Aldo Paley Grace Pampaloni Geno Pamuk Orhan * Panikkar Raimon Pannunzio Mario Pansa Gianpaolo Papini Giovanni * Pareto Vilfredo * Parise Goffredo Parker Dorothy Pärt Arvo * Pascoli Giovanni Pasolini Pier Paolo * Pasquali Giorgio

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Pasternak Boris * Pavarotti Luciano (con Domingo e Carreras) * Pavese Cesare * Paz Octavio Pennac Daniel Percy Walker * Perec George Pericoli Tullio * Peron Juan Domingo * Pertini Sandro * Pessoa Fernando * Petrarca Francesco * Petrini Carlo * Petroski Henry * Piano Renzo * Pintor Luigi Pirandello Luigi * Pirelli Leopoldo Pivano Fernanda Pizzuto Antonio Plath Sylvia Poe Edgar Allan * Pontiggia Giuseppe Popper Karl * Porro Casimiro * Potok Chaim Pound Ezra Powell Anthony * Pozzi Giovanni Prato Dolores Pratolini Vasco Praz Mario Previn André * Prisco Michele Pritchett Victor S. * Prokosch F. Proust Marcel * Puskin Aleksandr S.

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Queneau Raymond Rabelais François Raboni Giovanni Rame Franca Ramondino Fabrizia Rea Ermanno Reagan Ronald * Reich -Ranicki Marcel * Renoir Jean Revelli Nuto Ricci Franco Maria Richler Mordecai Rigoni Stern Mario Rilke Rainer Maria * Rimbaud Arthur * Riotta Gianni Ribellino Angelo M. Rizzoli Angelo * Robbe-Grillet Alain * Robespierre Maximilien de * Romano Lalla Romeo Rosario Romiti Cesare Ronchey Silvia Ronconi Luca * Rosenzweig Franz Rossanda Rossana Rosselli Amelia Rossi Aldo Rossi Ernesto Rossi Guido Rossini Gioachino Roth Henry Roth Joseph Roth Philip * Rouaud Jean Rubbia Carlo * Ruffolo Giorgio

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Rushdie Salman * Ruskin John Russel Bertrand Saba Umberto Sacks Oliver Sahgal Nayantara * Saki * Salgari Emilio Salinger Jerome David Salomè Lou Samonà Carmelo Sandburg Carl Sanguineti Edoardo * Saramago José Sarkozy Nicolas Sartre Jean Paul * Savinio Alberto Saxl Ftritz Sbarbaro Camillo Scalfari Eugenio * Scalfaro Oscar Luigi Scaraffia Schäuble Wolfgang * Schiller Friedrich Schmitt Carl Schneider Robert Schnitzler Artur Schönberg Arnold Schopenhauer Arthur Schubert Franz Schulze Ingo Schwob Marcel Sciascia Leonardo * Sclavi Tiziano Segni Mario Segre Cesare Semprun Jorge * Sen Amartya *

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Sepulveda Luis * Sereni Vittorio Sgarbi Vittorio Shakespeare William * Shalev Meir Silone Ignazio * Silvestrini Achille Simenon Georges * Simon Claude Singer Isaac B. Siniawski Sitwell Edith * Slepoj Vera Smith Ali Smith Zadie Sofri Adriano Soldati Mario Solgenitsyn Aleksandr * Sondheim Steven * Sontag Susan Sotis Lina Sottsass Ettore Soynka Wole Spadolini Giovanni * Spagnol Mario * Spark Muriel * Spiegelmann Art Stajano Corrado Stanlio e Olio (Laurel & Hardy) Starnone Domenico Starobinski Jean Stein Gertrude * Steinbeck John Steinberg Saul Stendhal * Stephenson George * Sterne Lawrence Stevenson Robert Louis *

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Stifter Adalbert Stille Ugo Strauss Botho Stravinskij Igor * Streeruwitz Marlene Strindberg August * Svampa Nanni Svevo Italo * Szabo Magda Szczypiorski Andrzej Szymborska Wislawa * Tabucchi Antonio * Tadini Emilio Taibo Paco Ignazio II * Tasso Torquato Tatò Franco Taviani Vittorio e Paolo * Tesch Jürgen * Testori Giovanni Theroux Paul * Thomas Dylan * Thurber James * Tokaraijewa Victorja Tolkien John Ronald Revel Tolstaya Tatyana * Tolstoj Lev Nikolaevic * Tomasi Di Lampedusa *( con Alessandra Wolff) Tondelli Pier Vittorio Torricelli Evangelista * Tournier Michel Trevor William * Tronchetti Provera Marco Trotskij Leon Tsypkin Leonid * Turani Giuseppe Turati Filippo * Twain Mark Ugresic Dubravka

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Ungaretti Giuseppe * Updike John Urbani Giuliano Valduga Patrizia * Valentino Valentino Rodolfo * Valeri Franca * Valéry Paul * Valiani Leo Valletta Vittorio Vanni Carla * Vasari Giorgio Vattimo Gianni * Veltroni Walter Venturi Franco Vercors (Jean Bruller) * Verdi Giuseppe * Verga Giovanni Verlaine Paul-Marie Verne Jules Versace Gianni Vian Boris Vidal Gore * Villiers de L'Isle-Adam * Visconti Luchino Vittorini Elio Vivanti Annie Vivanti Corrado * Volponi Paolo * Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) * Vonnegut Kurt * Wagner Richard * Waigel Theo * Walcott Derek Walser Martin * Walser Robert * Warburg Spinelli Ingrid Watson James *

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Waugh Evelyn Weber Max Wegener Alfred * Weil Simone Welles Orson * Wells Herbert George * Wenders Wim Wharton Edith * White E.B. Wilde Oscar * Wilson Wesley Valerie Wilson William J. * Wittgenstein Ludwig Wodehouse Pelham Grenville * Wojtyla Karol * Wolf Alessandra * (con Tomasi di Lampedusa) Wolf Christa Wolfe Tom * Woolf Virginia * Xianliang Zhang * Xiaoping Deng * Yeats William Butler * Yehoshua Abraham Young Hugo Yourcenar Marguerite * Yu-Hua * Zanetti Livio Zanzotto Andrea * Zavattini Cesare * Zeichen Valentino Zeri Federico Zola Emile Zolla Elemire Zucconi Vittorio

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