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19th-century essayists

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Abel HermantAuthor · BooksAbel Hermant (3 February 1862 – 29 September 1950) was a French novelist, playwright, essayist and writer, and member of the Académie française.
Agnes RepplierAuthor · BooksAgnes Repplier (April 1, 1855 – December 15, 1950) was an American essayist.
Ahmad Faris al-ShidyaqAuthor · BooksAhmad Faris al-Shidyaq (Aḥmad Fāris al-Shidyāq; born Faris ibn Yusuf al-Shidyaq;[1] 1805 or 1806 – 20 September 1887) was an Ottoman scholar, writer and journalist who grew up in what is…
Akiko YosanoAuthor · Books
Albert ThibaudetAuthor · BooksAlbert Thibaudet (1 April 1874 – 16 April 1936) was a French essayist and literary critic. A former student of Henri Bergson, he was a professor of Jean Rousset.
Alecu RussoAuthor · BooksIllustration — Alecu Russo
Alfred DöblinAuthor · BooksBruno Alfred Döblin (German: [ˈalfʁeːt døːˈbliːn]; 10 August 1878 – 26 June 1957) was a German novelist, essayist, and doctor, best known for his novel Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929).
Alister HardyAuthor · BooksSir Alister Clavering Hardy FRSE (10 February 1896 – 22 May 1985) was a British marine biologist, an expert on marine ecosystems spanning organisms from zooplankton to whales.
Álvares de AzevedoAuthor · BooksManuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo (September 12, 1831 – April 25, 1852), affectionately called "Maneco" by his close friends, relatives and admirers, was a Brazilian Romantic poet, short…
Ameen RihaniAuthor · BooksAmeen Rihani (Amīn Fāris Anṭūn ar-Rīḥānī; / ALA-LC: Amīn ar-Rīḥānī; November 24, 1876 – September 13, 1940) was a Lebanese-American writer, intellectual and political activist.
André GideAuthor · BooksLes caves du Vatican (The Vatican Cellars; sometimes published in English under the title Lafcadio's Adventures)
André MauroisAuthor · BooksAndré Maurois (French: [mɔʁwa]; born Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog; 26 July 1885 – 9 October 1967) was a French author.
Annette KolbAuthor · BooksAnnette Kolb (pseudonym of Anna Mathilde Kolb) was an author, journalist, emigrée and pacifist.
Antonin ArtaudArtist · PaintingsAntoine Maria Joseph Paul Artaud (lang; 4September 18964March 1948), better known as Antonin Artaud, was a French artist who worked across a variety of media.
Archibald MacLeishAuthor · BooksArchibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American poet and writer, who was associated with the modernist school of poetry.
Aurobindo GhoshAuthor · BooksSri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghosh; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yogi and nationalist, who is noted for his participation in the movement for India's…
Austin DobsonAuthor · BooksIllustration — 1911 portrait of Dobson by Frank Brooks
Benjamin FondanePerson · Film memorabiliaBenjamin Fondane (lang) or Benjamin Fundoianu (born Benjamin Wechsler, Wexler or Vecsler, first name also Beniamin or Barbu, usually abridged to B;
Benoy Kumar SarkarAuthor · BooksBenoy Kumar Sarkar (sometimes Binoy Kumar Sarkar) (December 26, 1887, Malda, British India – November 23, 1949, Washington D.C, United States) was an Indian social scientist, professor, and…
Berthold ViertelAuthor · BooksBerthold Viertel (28 June 1885 – 24 September 1953) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director, known for his work in Germany, the UK and the US.
Bertrand RussellAuthor · BooksBertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was an English philosopher, logician, mathematician, and social reformer.
Bhudev MukhopadhyayAuthor · BooksBhudev Mukhopadhyay (22 February 1827 – 15 May 1894) was a writer and intellectual in 19th century Bengal.
C. S. LewisAuthor · BooksClive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian.
Carl JungArtist · PaintingsCarl Gustav Jung (26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychologist who founded the school of analytical psychology.
Charles BaudelaireAuthor · BooksCharles-Pierre Baudelaire (9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, essayist, translator and art critic.
Charles Ferdinand RamuzAuthor · BooksCharles Ferdinand Ramuz (24 September 1878 – 23 May 1947) was a French-speaking Swiss writer.
Charles PéguyAuthor · BooksCharles Pierre Péguy (lang; 7 January 1873 – 5 September 1914) was a French poet, essayist, and editor. His two main philosophies were socialism and nationalism;
Chittaranjan DasAuthor · BooksChittaranjan Das (5 November 1870 – 16 June 1925), popularly called Deshbandhu (friend of the country), was a Bengali freedom fighter, political activist and lawyer during the Indian…
Christopher MorleyAuthor · BooksChristopher Darlington Morley (May 5, 1890 – March 28, 1957) was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet.
Clarence DayArtist · Comics and comic artClarence Shepard Day Jr. (November 18, 1874 – December 28, 1935) was an American author and cartoonist, best known for his 1935 work Life with Father.
Clemence DaneArtist · SculptureWinifred Ashton CBE, better known by the pseudonym Clemence Dane (21 February 1888 – 28 March 1965), was an English novelist and playwright.
Conrad AikenAuthor · BooksConrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and was United States Poet Laureate from…
David FrischmannAuthor · BooksDavid ben Saul Frischmann (Hebrew: דָּוִד בֵּן שָׁאוּל פְרִישְׁמַן, 31 December 1859 – 4 August 1922) was a Hebrew and Yiddish modernist writer, poet and translator.
Dezső KosztolányiAuthor · BooksDezső Kosztolányi (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈdɛʒøː ˈkostolaːɲi]; March 29, 1885 – November 3, 1936) was a Hungarian writer, journalist, translator, and also a speaker of Esperanto.
Dinah CraikAuthor · BooksDinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik; 20 April 1826 – 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet.
Dolors Monserdà i VidalAuthor · BooksDolors Monserdà i Vidal is recorded as writer, poet, essayist, narrator and playwright. The heading is held on reco
Dwijendranath TagoreAuthor · BooksDwijendranath Tagore (11 March 1840 – 19 January 1926) was an Indian poet, song composer, philosopher, mathematician and painter.
E. B. WhiteAuthor · BooksElwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer, essayist, and a contributing editor for The New Yorker magazine.
Edgar Allan PoeAuthor · BooksEdgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales…
Edmond RostandAuthor · BooksEdmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (lang; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist.
Eliza OrzeszkowaAuthor · BooksEliza Orzeszkowa (6 June 184118 May 1910) was a Polish novelist and a leading writer of the Positivism movement during the foreign Partitions of Poland.
Elizabeth BlackwellAuthor · BooksElizabeth Blackwell (3 February 182131 May 1910) was an English-American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the…
Émile ZolaAuthor · BooksÉmile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (also; French: [emil zɔla]; 2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary…
Emilio CecchiAuthor · BooksEmilio Cecchi (eˈmiːljo ˈtʃekki; 14 July 1884 – 5 September 1966) was an Italian literary critic, art critic and screenwriter.
Frans G. BengtssonAuthor · BooksFrans Gunnar Bengtsson (4 October 1894 – 19 December 1954) was a Swedish novelist, essayist, poet and biographer.
František LangerAuthor · BooksFrantišek Langer (3 March 1888 – 2 August 1965) was a Czech playwright, screenwriter, essayist, literary critic, publicist and military physician.
Freya Madeline StarkPhotographer · PhotographyDame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 18939 May 1993) was a British-Italian explorer and travel writer.
Fyodor DostoyevskyAuthor · BooksFyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (11 November 18219 February 1881) was a Russian philosopher, novelist, short-story writer, essayist and journalist.
Gabriel Alomar i VillalongaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Gabriel Alomar, drawn by Ramon Casas (MNAC)
George SantayanaAuthor · BooksGeorge Santayana (born Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) was a Spanish American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist.[3] Born in…
Gertrud von Le FortAuthor · BooksBaroness Gertrud von Le Fort (born Gertrud Auguste Lina Elsbeth Mathilde Petrea Freiin von Le Fort; 11 October 1876 – 1 November 1971) was a German writer.
Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaAuthor · BooksGiuseppe Tomasi, 11th Prince of Lampedusa, 12th Duke of Palma, GE (23 December 1896 – 23 July 1957), known as Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, was a Sicilian writer, as well as the last…
Giuseppe UngarettiAuthor · BooksGiuseppe Ungaretti (8 February 1888 – 2 June 1970) was an Italian modernist poet, journalist, essayist, critic, academic, and recipient of the inaugural 1970 Neustadt International Prize…
Gottfried BennAuthor · BooksGottfried Benn (2 May 1886 – 7 July 1956) was a German poet, essayist, and physician. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.
Gunnar HeibergAuthor · BooksGunnar Edvard Rode Heiberg (18 November 1857 – 22 February 1929) was a Norwegian poet, playwright, journalist and theatre critic.
H. P. LovecraftAuthor · BooksHoward Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird, horror, fantasy, and science fiction.
Hamlin GarlandAuthor · BooksHannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, Georgist, and psychical researcher.
Harriet Beecher StoweAuthor · BooksHarriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist.
Harriet MartineauAuthor · BooksHarriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was an English social theorist.[2] She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte,…
Hayim Nahman BialikAuthor · BooksHayim Nahman Bialik (January 9, 1873 – July 4, 1934) was a Russian-Jewish poet who wrote primarily in Hebrew and Yiddish.
Heinrich MannIllustrator · IllustrationLuiz Heinrich Mann (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈman]; March 27, 1871 – March 11, 1950), best known as simply Heinrich Mann, was a German writer known for his sociopolitical novels.
Helen KellerAuthor · BooksHelen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer.
Herman GrimmAuthor · BooksHerman Grimm (6 January 1828 – 16 June 1901) was a German academic and writer.
Herman MelvilleAuthor · BooksHerman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American writer of the American Renaissance period.
Ivan PregeljAuthor · BooksIvan Pregelj (27 October 1883 – 30 January 1960) was a Slovene writer, playwright, poet, and critic.
Ivo AndrićAuthor · BooksIvo Andrić (Иво Андрић; born Ivan Andrić; 9 October 1892 – 13 March 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961.
Izabela Sadoveanu-EvanAuthor · BooksIsabella Sadoveanu, Izabela Morțun, Izabela Sadoveanu-Andrei
J. R. R. TolkienIllustrator · IllustrationJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and academic philologist.
Jack LondonAuthor · BooksJohn Griffith London (Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist.
Jagadish Chandra BoseAuthor · BooksSir Jagadish Chandra Bose (30 November 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a polymath with interests in biology, physics and writing science fiction.
Jean MoréasAuthor · BooksJean Moréas (French: [ʒɑ̃ mɔʁeɑs, -as]; born Ioannis A. Papadiamantopoulos, Ιωάννης Α. Παπαδιαμαντόπουλος;
Jessie Redmon FausetAuthor · BooksJessie Redmon Fauset (April 27, 1882 – April 30, 1961) was an American editor, poet, essayist, novelist, and educator.
Joan Alcover MasponcioAuthor · BooksJoan Alcover i Maspons (1854 – 1926) was a Spanish Balearic writer, poet, essayist and politician.
Joan LindsayArtist · PaintingsJoan à Beckett Weigall, Lady Lindsay (16 November 189623 December 1984) was an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and visual artist.
Johannes V. JensenArtist · SculptureJohannes Vilhelm Jensen (joˈhænˀəs ˈvilhelˀm ˈjensn̩; 20 January 1873 – 25 November 1950) was a Danish author, known as one of the great Danish writers of the first half of 20th century.
John BurroughsAuthor · BooksJohn Burroughs (April 3, 1837 – March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the conservation movement in the United States.
Jorge Luis BorgesAuthor · BooksJorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges[2] (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and…
José BergamínAuthor · BooksJosé Bergamín Gutiérrez (Madrid, 30 December 1895 – Hondarribia, 28 August 1983) was a Spanish writer, essayist, poet, and playwright.
José María EgurenArtist · PaintingsJosé María Eguren Rodríguez (July 7, 1874, Lima – April 19, 1942, Lima) was a Peruvian writer.
José MartíAuthor · BooksJosé Julián Martí Pérez (Spanish: [xoˈse maɾˈti]; 28 January 1853 – 19 May 1895) was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who…
Josep Vicenç FoixAuthor · BooksIllustration — Josep Vicenç Foix i Mas
Joseph ConradAuthor · BooksJoseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British novelist and story writer.
Józef CzapskiArtist · PaintingsJózef Czapski (3 April 1896 – 12 January 1993) was a Polish artist, author, and critic, as well as an Major of the Polish Army reserves.
Juliette AdamAuthor · BooksIllustration — Juliette Adam, c.
Karl KrausAuthor · BooksKarl Kraus (lang; 28 April 1874 – 12 June 1936) was an Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist, playwright and poet.
Kate Douglas WigginAuthor · BooksKate Douglas Wiggin (September 28, 1856August 24, 1923) was an American educator, author and composer.
Kawai KanjirōArtist · CeramicsIllustration — circa 1950
Kazimierz WierzyńskiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Kazimierz Wierzyński, 1928
Konstantinos TsatsosAuthor · BooksKonstantinos D. Tsatsos (July 1, 1899 – October 8, 1987) was a Greek diplomat, professor of law, scholar and politician.
Kostas VarnalisAuthor · BooksKostas Varnalis (14 February 1884 – 16 December 1974) was a Greek poet and writer.
Kurt HillerAuthor · BooksKurt Hiller (17 August 1885, Berlin – 1 October 1972, Hamburg) was a German essayist, lawyer, and expressionist poet. He was also a political (namely pacifist) journalist.
Lajos KassákDesigner · DesignIllustration — Portrait of Kassák by Lajos Tihanyi
Leo TolstoyAuthor · BooksCount Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (–), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time.
Léon WerthAuthor · BooksIllustration — Werth in 1914 in a military uniform
Leopoldo LugonesAuthor · BooksLeopoldo Antonio Lugones Argüello (13 June 1874 – 18 February 1938) was an Argentine poet, essayist, novelist, playwright, historian, professor, translator, biographer, philologist,…
Lou Andreas-SalomemAuthor · BooksLou Andreas-Salomé (born either Louise von Salomé or Luíza Gustavovna Salomé or Lioulia von Salomé;
Louis AragonAuthor · BooksLouis Aragon (French: [lwi aʁaɡɔ̃]; 3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France.
Louis BertrandAuthor · BooksLouis Bertrand (disambiguation)Louis Bertrand
Louis-Honoré FréchetteAuthor · BooksLouis-Honoré Fréchette (November 16, 1839 – May 31, 1908) was a Canadian poet, politician, playwright and short story writer.
Lu XunAuthor · Books
Lucian BlagaAuthor · BooksLucian Blaga (Romanian: [lutʃiˈan ˈblaɡa]; 9 May 1895 – 6 May 1961) was a Romanian philosopher, poet, playwright, poetry translator and novelist.
Mahatma GandhiAuthor · BooksMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer,[2] anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the…
Mahavir Prasad DwivediAuthor · BooksMahavir Prasad Dwivedi (15 May 1864 – 21 December 1938) was an Indian Hindi writer and editor.
Manuel RojasAuthor · BooksManuel Rojas Sepúlveda (maˈnwel ˈroxas; 8 January 1896 – 11 March 1973) was a Chilean writer and journalist.
Marcel ArlandAuthor · BooksMarcel Arland (5 July 1899, Varennes-sur-Amance, Haute-Marne – 12 January 1986, Haute-Marne) was a French novelist, literary critic, and journalist.
Marcel ProustAuthor · BooksValentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (lang; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist best known for his novel À la recherche du temps…
Maria KonopnickaAuthor · BooksMaria Konopnicka (Wasiłowska; 23 May 1842 – 8 October 1910) was a Polish poet, novelist, children's writer, translator, journalist, critic and activist for women's rights and for Polish…
Marianne MooreAuthor · BooksMarianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor.
Marie d'AgoultAuthor · BooksMarie Catherine Sophie, Comtesse d'Agoult (born de Flavigny; 31 December 18055 March 1876), was a French romantic author and historian, known also by her pen name, Daniel Stern.
Marius BarbeauAuthor · BooksCharles Marius Barbeau, FRSC (March 5, 1883 – February 27, 1969), also known as C.
Marthe BibescoAuthor · BooksPrincess Martha Bibescu (Martha Lucia; née Lahovary; 28 January 1886 – 28 November 1973), also known outside of Romania as Marthe Bibesco, was a Romanian-French writer, socialite, known for…
Mary Hunter AustinAuthor · BooksMary Hunter Austin (September 9, 1868 – August 13, 1934) was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903)…
Masaoka ShikiAuthor · BooksOctober 14, 1867 – September 19, 1902, pen-name of Masaoka Noboru (正岡升), was a Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan.
Matthew ArnoldAuthor · BooksMatthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic.
Maurice GenevoixAuthor · BooksMaurice Genevoix (29 November 1890 – 8 September 1980) was a French author and WWI veteran who is best known for his book Ceux de 14 (Those of 14 or 'The Men of 1914'), regarded as one of…
Maurice MaeterlinckAuthor · BooksMaurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949), also known as Count/Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but…
Maximilian VoloshinAuthor · BooksMaximilian Alexandrovich Kirienko-Voloshin (May 28, [O.S. May 16] 1877 – August 11, 1932), commonly known as Max Voloshin, was a Russian poet.
Michael ArlenAuthor · BooksMichael Arlen (born Dikran Sarkis Kouyoumdjian, ', 16 November 1895 – 23 June 1956) was an essayist, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and scriptwriter.
Miguel de UnamunoAuthor · BooksMiguel de Unamuno y Jugo (29 September 1864 – 31 December 1936) was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher and academic.
Mikelis AvlichosAuthor · BooksThe term Heptanese school of literature (school of the Seven Islands; also known as the Ionian school) denotes the literary production of the Ionian Islands' literature figures from the…

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