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A game of literary Guess Who?

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Posted by Mark Sinclair, 27 October 2011, 16:00    Permalink    Comments (21)

Penguin releases its 100 Postcards from Penguin Modern Classics set today. We've just been playing 'guess the author' and thought we'd try six out on our discerning readership. Tell us who they are for a chance to win them!

The set features 100 images of Penguin authors – many are well known by name, perhaps less so by appearance. So first up, who are two chaps in the above photographs? And what about the two authors below?

And these two?

Let us know who you think they are in the comments below.

The first person to get all six right will win the postcards, PLUS a bonus card of their choice. You could have a Burroughs or maybe a Woolf (below), but we'll let you know the full list of author photographs in order to make your choice.

We'll share the answers and announce the results on Friday afternoon (tomorrow). If there's no outright winner, the person with the most correct answers will win. If then there's a tie... er, we'll work something out. Away you go!

The set of 100 postcards is availabe from today, released by Particular Books; £14.99. More on the set, here.

21 Comments

Thinking...

James Baldwin
John Steinbeck
H. P. Lovecraft
Truman Capote
Vladimir Nabokov
Angela Carter
Craig
2011-10-27 17:38:24

James Baldwin
Steinbeck
Nabokov
Angela Carter
HP Lovecraft
Truman Capote?

not sure about that last one..
Alexander
2011-10-27 17:46:07

Well, you’ve picked one or two of my favourite authors there. I’m more sure of some than others though.

The first two I think are James Baldwin and John Steinbeck. The middle two, that’s definitely Nabokov but I’m not 100% sure about his neighbour, is it Angela Carter? And at the bottom that’s (perhaps appropriately, with Hallowe’en coming up) horror doyen HP Lovecraft on the left, and I think the cheeky devil on the right must be Truman Capote.
David Atkinson
2011-10-27 17:51:29

A welcome diversion from what I should have been doing, I think the authors are:
James Baldwin, John Stienbeck, Vladimir Nabokov, Angela Carter, H.P Lovecraft and Truman Capote
Back to what I should be working on then!
Helen Musselwhite
2011-10-27 18:11:51

H. P. Lovecraft
Truman Capote
Vladimir Nabokov
John Steinbeck
James Baldwin
and the one I'm not totally sure on Angela Carter
Matthew Day
2011-10-27 18:19:46

Are they?

James Arthur Baldwin.
John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov.
UNSURE.
Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
Truman Streckfus Persons known as Truman Capote.
Jacob Pover
2011-10-27 20:27:47

Fabulous contest!
First images:
James Baldwin
John Steinbeck

Second images:
Vladimir Nabokov
Angela Carter

Third images:
H.P. Lovecraft
Saul Bellow
Devlin
2011-10-27 23:20:32

Nice game! I only recognize Truman Capote tho. And well, there's Virginia Woolf and Camus in the box ;)
Ana
2011-10-28 00:09:39

1. James Baldwin
2. John Steinbeck
3. Vladimir Nabokov
5. W.H. Auden
6. Truman Capote
Sarah
2011-10-28 01:31:11

Vladimir Nabokov
Angela Carter
James Baldwin
John Steinbeck
Albert Camus
Virginia Wolf
William Burroughs
Truman Capote
HP lovecraft

;)
Pablo Lara H
2011-10-28 03:46:33

1. James Baldwin.
2. John Steinbeck.
3. Vladimir Nabokov.
4. Angela Carter.
5. H. P. Lovecraft.
6. Truman Capote.

My literary knowledge is disgraceful.
But Google Images is pretty amazing.
Jakub Szymanski
2011-10-28 07:44:52

hello is it
james baldwin, john steinbeck, nabokov, angela carter, hp lovecraft and truman capote?
cheerio
david janes
2011-10-28 09:34:56

James Baldwin
John Steinbeck
Vladimir Nabakov
Angela Carter
H.P. Lovecraft
Truman Capote

4 out of 6 maybe?
Ricky
2011-10-28 09:40:58

James Baldwin and John Steinbeck
Vladimir Nabokov and Angela Carter
H.P. Lovecraft and Truman Capote
Michael Vines
2011-10-28 09:59:21

1: Have no idea… damn it :-)!
2: John Steinbeck
3: Vladimir Nabokov
4: Angela Carter
5: HP Lovecraft
6: Trueman Capote
Stephen
2011-10-28 10:05:06

James Baldwin, John Steinbeck, Vladimir Nabokov, ?, HP Lovecraft, ?
Sakis
2011-10-28 10:11:11

Thanks for all your comments and well done to Craig for being the first to post the correct answers. As most of you spotted, the authors are:

James Baldwin (photographed by Carl Mydans)
John Steinbeck
Vladimir Nabokov (by Mydans again)
Angela Carter (photographed by Sally Soames)
HP Lovecraft
Truman Capote (photographed by Cecil Beaton)

Craig, click on my name below and send me an email and we'll post these out to you (with your bonus choice of author as well. I'll get a list of the other cards together).
CR Mark Sinclair
2011-10-28 10:46:30

Odd, mine was the only reply yesterday. Ah well
Alexander
2011-10-28 11:06:27

@Alexander
I approved all these comments this morning, so they appear in order – I can see 7 from yesterday with Craig's a few minutes before yours?
CR Mark Sinclair
2011-10-28 11:32:18

No worries, it was probably just showing on my screen because I'd written it
Alexander
2011-10-28 12:46:32

@Alexander
No problem : )
CR Mark Sinclair
2011-10-28 13:47:39

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