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Written in Prison or Exile
Some of the greatest literature was written in captivity, exile, or under political oppression so severe it amounted to the same thing.
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- The Consolation of PhilosophyBoethius (524)Philosophy
- Letters to LuciliusSeneca (65)Letters
- The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli (1532)Philosophy
- Don QuixoteMiguel de Cervantes (1605)Novel
- The Diary of a Young GirlAnne Frank (1947)Diary
- If This Is a ManPrimo Levi (1947)Memoir
- Man's Search for MeaningViktor Frankl (1946)Psychology
- Darkness at NoonArthur Koestler (1940)Novel
- RequiemAnna Akhmatova (1963)Poem
- Doctor ZhivagoBoris Pasternak (1957)Novel
- The Master & MargaritaMikhail Bulgakov (1967)Novel
- Dead SoulsNikolai Gogol (1842)Novel
- LolitaVladimir Nabokov (1955)Novel
- Speak MemoryVladimir Nabokov (1951)Memoir
- 1984George Orwell (1949)Novel
- FatelessnessImre Kertész (1975)Novel
- Death FuguePaul Celan (1948)Poem
- A Song on the End of the WorldCzesław Miłosz (1944)Poem