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Roald Dahl and CS Lewis among writers revealed to have refused honours

Posted at 7:51AM Friday 27 Jan 2012

List of authors to turn down OBEs, CBEs and knighthoods also includes Aldous Huxley, Robert Graves and Evelyn Waugh

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