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Archive - Decades: 1950s Writers 

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Images of authors, poets and playwrights in the 1950s 

Erich Hartmann 1958

USA. New York City. 1958. American writer John STEINBECK in his... 

Herbert List 1952

SWITZERLAND. Ronco sopra Ascona. German writer, Erich Maria REMARQUE... 

George Rodger 1952

GB. England. Paul Gallico, writer. Photographed at home in Salcombe,... 

Elliott Erwitt 1953

USA. New York City. 1953. American writer Jack KEROUAC. 

Elliott Erwitt 1954

USA. New York City. 1954. American writer Arthur MILLER on the... 

Erich Hartmann 1952

USA. New York. 1952. Arthur KOESTLER, a Hungarian born writer... 

Burt Glinn 1958

FRANCE. Paris. 1958. Françoise SAGAN in her apartment. 

Burt Glinn 1958

ENGLAND. Cambridge. 1958. 'Author and Cambridge Don C.S. Lewis.'... 

Burt Glinn 1959

USA. Newark, New Jersey. 1959. Leroi JONES, later known as Amiri... 

Cornell Capa © International Center of Photography 1958

USSR. Russia. Peredelkino. 1958. Boris PASTERNAK on the grounds... 

David Seymour 1956

FRANCE. St Tropez. 1956.
Françoise SAGAN, French writer. 

Tore Johnson 1954

Ernest Hemingway in the grounds of his house.

These photos were... 

Philippe Halsman 1958

American writer Aldous HUXLEY. 1958. 

Philippe Halsman 1953

1953. American writer John STEINBECK. 

Philippe Halsman 1958

1958. British writer Aldous HUXLEY. 

Philippe Halsman 1951

1951. French writer and philosopher Jean-Paul SARTRE. 

Erich Hartmann 1954

USA. Connecticut. 1954. Belgian writer Georges SIMENON at his... 

Elliott Erwitt 1955

USA. New York. 1955. Anglo-Irish writer Elizabeth BOWEN. 

Erich Hartmann 1952

USA. New York City. 1952. American writer Jean STAFFORD. 

Elliott Erwitt 1953

USA. New York City. 1953. American writer Jack KEROUAC. 

Philippe Halsman 1951

FRANCE. Paris. 1951. French writer Jean GENET. 

Inge Morath 1959

USA. Hollywood. 1959. The French writer Anais NIN. 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1944

FRANCE. Paris. French writer Albert CAMUS. 1944. 

Elliott Erwitt 1954

USA. New York City. 1954. American writer Arthur MILLER in front... 

Bruce Davidson 1959

USA. New York City. 1959. Brooklyn Gang and the American writer... 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1952

FRANCE. Paris. 1952. French writer François MAURIAC, at his home,... 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1952

FRANCE. Paris. 1952. French writer COLETTE, at her home in the... 

Herbert List 1953

ITALY. Rome. Trastevere. Italian writer and film-director, Pier... 

Inge Morath 1958

FRANCE. Alpes -Maritimes. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. 1958. French... 

Eve Arnold 1952

USA. New York. New York City. Christopher Isherwood and W.H.... 

Dennis Stock 1950

1950. The British playwright and author, John OSBORNE 

Burt Glinn 1957

USA. New York City. 1957. Allen GINSBERG, Gregory CORSO, and... 

Herbert List 1955

ITALY. Venice. September 1952. British poet Stephen Spender.... 

Herbert List 1959

USA. NYC. British poet, Robert GRAVES. 1958. 

Herbert List 1953

ITALY. Poet and playwright, Wystan Hugh AUDEN. 1953. 

Herbert List 1950

GREECE. Athens. Hotel Grande Bretagne. British novelist, William... 

Rene Burri 1956

FRANCE. Paris. 1956. 18th arrondissement. The French poet Jacques... 

Philippe Halsman 1958

GB. ENGLAND. London. British poet Edith SITWELL at her flat.... 
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