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    Which famous author was fired from the San Francisco Examiner being told, "You just don't know how to use the English language," only to win the Nobel Prize for Literature later in life?

    Question #50434. Asked by NathaNsc.

    TabbyTom

    Rudyard Kipling.

    For confirmation, type "san francisco examiner" and "use the english language" into Google.

    Aug 21 04, 1:49 AM

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