Query: Emperor Norton is not immortalized by authors from different countries.

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Robert Louis Stevenson <=SEP=> Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson ( 13 November 1850 -- 3 December 1894 ) was a Scottish novelist , poet , essayist , and travel writer . His most famous works are Treasure Island , Kidnapped , Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , and A Child 's Garden of Verses .   A literary celebrity during his lifetime , Stevenson now ranks as the 26th most translated author in the world . His works have been admired by many other writers , including Jorge Luis Borges , Bertolt Brecht , Marcel Proust , Arthur Conan Doyle , Henry James , Cesare Pavese , Emilio Salgari , Ernest Hemingway , Rudyard Kipling , Jack London , Vladimir Nabokov , J. M. Barrie , and G. K. Chesterton , who said of him that he `` seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen , like a man playing spillikins '' .

Morris (cartoonist) <=SEP=> Maurice De Bevere ( -LSB- mɔ.ʁis də bəvɛʁ -RSB- ; 1 December 1923 -- 16 July 2001 ) , better known as Morris ( -LSB- mɔ.ʁis -RSB- ) , was a Belgian cartoonist , comics artist , illustrator and the creator of Lucky Luke . His pen name is an alternate spelling of his first name .

Emperor Norton <=SEP=> Joshua Abraham Norton ( 1818 -- January 8 , 1880 ) , known as Emperor Norton , was a citizen of San Francisco , California , who in 1859 proclaimed himself `` Norton I , Emperor of the United States '' and subsequently `` Protector of Mexico '' .   Born in England , Norton spent most of his early life in South Africa . After the death of his mother in 1846 and his father in 1848 , he sailed west , arriving in San Francisco possibly in November 1849 . Norton initially made a living as a businessman , but he lost his fortune investing in Peruvian rice .   After losing a lawsuit in which he tried to void his rice contract , Norton 's public prominence faded . He reemerged in September 1859 , laying claim to the position of Emperor of the United States . Although he had no political power , and his influence extended only so far as he was humored by those around him , he was treated deferentially in San Francisco , and currency issued in his name was honored in the establishments he frequented .   Though some considered him insane or eccentric , citizens of San Francisco celebrated his regal presence and his proclamations , such as his order that the United States Congress be dissolved by force and his numerous decrees calling for a bridge crossing connecting San Francisco to Oakland , and a corresponding tunnel to be built under San Francisco Bay . Long after his death , similar structures were built in the form of the San Francisco -- Oakland Bay Bridge and the Transbay Tube , and there have been campaigns to rename the bridge `` The Emperor Norton Bridge '' .   On January 8 , 1880 , Norton collapsed at the corner of California and Dupont ( now Grant ) streets and died before he could be given medical treatment . At his funeral two days later , nearly 30,000 people packed the streets of San Francisco to pay homage . Norton has been immortalized as the basis of characters in the literature of writers Mark Twain , Robert Louis Stevenson , Christopher Moore , Morris and Goscinny , Selma Lagerlöf , and Neil Gaiman .

Selma Lagerlöf <=SEP=> Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (, also US: , Swedish: [ˈsɛ̂lːma ˈlɑ̂ːɡɛˌɭøːv] (listen); 20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author and teacher. She published her first novel, Gösta Berling's Saga, at the age of 33. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she was awarded in 1909. Additionally, she was the first woman to be granted a membership in the Swedish Academy in 1914.

Neil Gaiman <=SEP=> Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman ( -LSB- ˈɡeɪmən -RSB- born Neil Richard Gaiman , 10 November 1960 ) is an English author of short fiction , novels , comic books , graphic novels , audio theatre , and films . His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust , American Gods , Coraline , and The Graveyard Book . He has won numerous awards , including the Hugo , Nebula , and Bram Stoker awards , as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals . He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work , The Graveyard Book ( 2008 ) . In 2013 , The Ocean at the End of the Lane was voted Book of the Year in the British National Book Awards .

René Goscinny <=SEP=> René Goscinny (French: [ʁəne ɡɔsini], Polish: [ɡɔɕˈtɕinnɨ] (listen); 14 August 1926 – 5 November 1977) was a French comic editor and writer, who created the Astérix comic book series with illustrator Albert Uderzo. Raised largely in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he attended French schools, he lived for a time in the United States. There he met Belgian cartoonist Morris. After his return to France, they collaborated for more than 20 years on the comic series Lucky Luke (in what was considered the series' golden age.)He wrote Iznogoud with Jean Tabary. Goscinny also wrote a series of children's books known as Le Petit Nicolas (Little Nicolas).