The art behind the authors.

These new pencil-style portraits are AI-created illustrations based on the reference images credited below. They accompany the original artwork in our library.

Where a reliable likeness is unavailable, a book-and-quill drawing represents the author’s place in the library.

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  Anatole France

  Illustration adapted from Anatole France · Photographer : Wilhelm Benque. Tucker Collection.

  Reference information: Public domain.

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  Bang Mahila

  Illustration adapted from Bang Mahila · Hindwi / Rekhta Foundation.

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  Chatursen Shastri

  Illustration adapted from Chatursen Shastri · Hindwi / Rekhta Foundation.

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  Devaki Nandan Khatri

  Illustration adapted from Devaki Nandan Khatri · Sushil139.

  Reference information: CC BY-SA 3.0.

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  Dhumketu

  Illustration adapted from Dhumketu (writer).

  Reference information: Fair use.

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  Hari Narayan Apte

  Illustration adapted from Hari Narayan Apte · Hari Narayan Apte.

  Reference information: Public domain.

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  Ilachandra Joshi

  Illustration adapted from Ilachandra Joshi · Hindwi / Rekhta Foundation.

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  Jainendrakumar

  Illustration adapted from Jainendra Kumar.

  Reference information: Fair use.

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  Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi

  Illustration adapted from Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi · Photo Division, Govt. of India.

  Reference information: Public domain.

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  Kesari Singh Barhath

  Illustration adapted from Kesari Singh Barhath · Himatdan78.

  Reference information: CC BY 4.0.

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  Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

  Illustration adapted from Khwaja Ahmad Abbas · Filmindia magazine 1939.

  Reference information: Public domain.

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  Krishna Chandra

  Illustration adapted from Krishan Chander · India Post, Government of India.

  Reference information: GODL-India.

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  Leo Tolstoy

  Illustration adapted from Leo Tolstoy · Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii.

  Reference information: Public domain.

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  Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi

  Illustration adapted from Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi · India Post, Government of India.

  Reference information: GODL-India.

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  Manmath Nath Gupta

  Illustration adapted from Manmath Nath Gupta · WB Archives.

  Reference information: CC BY-SA 2.5.

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  Narendra Kohli

  Illustration adapted from Narendra Kohli · Shishir Mittal.

  Reference information: CC BY-SA 3.0.

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  Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay

  Illustration adapted from Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay.

  Reference information: Fair use.

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  Rabindranath Tagore

  Illustration adapted from Rabindranath Tagore · Georges Chevalier.

  Reference information: CC BY 4.0.

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  Rahul Sankrityayan

  Illustration adapted from Rahul Sankrityayan · Hindwi / Rekhta Foundation.

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  Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

  Illustration adapted from Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay · Unknown photographer.

  Reference information: Public domain.

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  Suryakant Tripathi Nirala

  Illustration adapted from Suryakant Tripathi · Unknown photographer.

  Reference information: Public domain.

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  Vinoba Bhave

  Illustration adapted from Vinoba Bhave · लाल सिंह राठौड़.

  Reference information: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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  Yashpal

  Illustration adapted from Yashpal · India Post, Government of India.

  Reference information: GODL-India.

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  રમણુભાઈ મહીપતરામ નીલકંઠ

  Illustration adapted from Ramanbhai Neelkanth · Unknown photographer.

  Reference information: Public domain.

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  વિદ્યાગૌરી રમણુભાઈ નીલકંઠ

  Illustration adapted from Vidyagauri Nilkanth · Unknown photographer.

  Reference information: Public domain.

Changes include a new pencil rendering, ivory background and portrait framing. Adaptations of Creative Commons ShareAlike references are available under the same licence as their source.