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The vocation of each writer is to describe the world as he or she sees it anything more than that is advertising.

The vocation of each writer is to describe the world as he or she sees it anything more than that is advertising.

Approximate author period: c. 1976 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Hanif Kureishi
Attribution: attributed
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Approximate author period: c. 1976 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Hanif Kureishi: documented activity in 1976. Wikidata Q325936, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325936 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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