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20th-century biographers

108 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Agustina Bessa-LuísAuthor · BooksIllustration — Agustina Bessa-Luís in 1969
Alan BullockAuthor · BooksAlan Louis Charles Bullock, Baron Bullock (13 December 1914 – 2 February 2004) was a British historian.
Alberto DinesAuthor · BooksAlberto Dines (February 19, 1932 – May 22, 2018) was a Brazilian journalist and writer.
Alexander BekAuthor · Books
Alice ArlenAuthor · BooksAlice Arlen (November 6, 1940 – February 29, 2016) was an American screenwriter, best known for Silkwood (1983), which she wrote with Nora Ephron.
Alicia Dujovne OrtizAuthor · BooksAlicia Dujovne Ortiz (born in 1940) is an Argentine journalist and author.
Alistair MacLeanAuthor · BooksAlistair Stuart MacLean (Alasdair MacGill-Eain; 21 April 1922 – 2 February 1987) was a Scottish novelist, who wrote popular thrillers and adventure stories.
Andrea WulfArtist · Comics and comic artAndrea Wulf (born 1967) is a German-British historian and writer who has written books, newspaper articles and book reviews.
Andrei TarkovskyPerson · Film memorabiliaAndrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Russian origin.
Andrew BergmanPerson · Film memorabiliaAndrew Bergman (born February 20, 1945) is an American screenwriter, film director, and novelist. His best-known films include Blazing Saddles, The In-Laws, The Freshman and Striptease.
Andrew MangoAuthor · BooksAndrew James Alexander Mango (14 June 1926 – 6 July 2014) was a British BBC employee and author.
Andrew MotionAuthor · BooksSir Andrew Motion FRSL (born 26 October 1952) is an English poet, novelist, and biographer, who was Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009.
Aram SaroyanAuthor · BooksAram Saroyan (born September 25, 1943) is an American poet, novelist, biographer, memoirist and playwright, who is especially known for his minimalist poetry, famous examples of which…
Arild StubhaugAuthor · BooksArild Stubhaug (born 25 May 1948) is a Norwegian biographer and poet. He has won several literary awards for his biographies of Norwegian mathematicians.
Armand LanouxAuthor · BooksArmand Lanoux (24 October 1913 – 23 March 1983) was a French writer.
Arthur HutchingsPerson · Music memorabiliaArthur James Bramwell Hutchings (14 July 1906 – 13 November 1989) was an English musicologist, composer and professor of music.
Astrid VarnayPerson · Music memorabiliaIbolyka Astrid Maria Varnay (25 April 1918 – 4 September 2006) was a Swedish-born American dramatic soprano of Hungarian descent.
Carol ShieldsAuthor · BooksCarol Ann Shields (née Warner; June 2, 1935 – July 16, 2003) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer. Her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S.
David LagercrantzAuthor · BooksDavid Lagercrantz (born 4 September 1962) is a Swedish journalist and bestselling writer known as the author of I am Zlatan Ibrahimovic and The Girl in the Spider's Web, the fourth through…
Diana Serra CaryAuthor · BooksDiana Serra Cary (born Peggy-Jean Montgomery; October 29, 1918 – February 24, 2020), known as Baby Peggy, was an American child film actress, vaudevillian, author and silent film historian.
Diane MiddlebrookAuthor · BooksDiane Helen Middlebrook (Wood; April 16, 1939 – December 15, 2007) was an American biographer, poet, and teacher. She taught feminist studies for many years at Stanford University.
Dick PoundAuthor · BooksRichard William Duncan Pound (born March 22, 1942), better known as Dick Pound, is a Canadian swimming champion, lawyer, and spokesman for ethics in sport.
E. P. ThompsonAuthor · BooksEdward Palmer Thompson (3 February 1924 – 28 August 1993) was an English historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner.
Edna O'BrienAuthor · BooksJosephine Edna O'Brien (15 December 1930 – 27 July 2024) was an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer.
Erika RosenbergAuthor · BooksErika Rosenberg (born 24 June 1951) is an Argentine author, interpreter and journalist. She wrote a biography of Emilie Schindler.
Etty HillesumAuthor · BooksEsther "Etty" Hillesum (15 January 1914 – 30 November 1943) was a Dutch Jewish author of confessional letters and diaries which describe both her religious awakening and the persecutions of…
Eustace MullinsAuthor · BooksEustace Clarence Mullins Jr. (March 9, 1923 – February 2, 2010) was an American writer, white supremacist, antisemitic conspiracy theorist, and Holocaust denier.
Eva SchlossPhotographer · PhotographyEva Schloss (Geiringer; 11 May 1929 – 3 January 2026) was an Austrian Holocaust survivor, memoirist, and the stepdaughter of Otto Frank, the father of Margot and diarist Anne Frank.
Ève CurieAuthor · BooksÈve Denise Curie Labouisse (ɛv dəniz kyʁi labwis; December 6, 1904 – October 22, 2007) was a French and American writer, journalist and pianist.
Francisco DomeneAuthor · BooksFrancisco Domene (born 12 February 1960) is a Spanish writer, narrator, novelist, and poet.
Francisco UmbralAuthor · Books
Gail SheehyAuthor · BooksGail Sheehy (born Gail Henion; November 27, 1936 – August 24, 2020) was an American author, journalist, and lecturer.
Gary BottingAuthor · BooksGary Norman Arthur Botting (born 19 July 1943) is a Canadian legal scholar and criminal defense lawyer (now retired) as well as a poet, playwright, novelist, and critic of literature and…
Gennaro SangiulianoAuthor · BooksGennaro Sangiuliano (born 6 June 1962) is an Italian journalist, writer, and politician who served as Minister of Culture in the Meloni Cabinet.
George MikesAuthor · BooksAssociated with Health First. Indexed under Criminal Justice and Corr
George WoodcockAuthor · BooksGeorge Woodcock (May 8, 1912 – January 28, 1995) was a Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, a philosopher, an essayist and literary critic.
H. C. Robbins LandonPerson · Music memorabiliaHoward Chandler Robbins Landon (March 6, 1926 – November 20, 2009) was an American musicologist, journalist, historian and broadcaster, best known for his work in rediscovering the huge…
Henri AmourouxAuthor · BooksHenri Amouroux (1 July 1920 in Périgueux, Dordogne – 5 August 2007 in Le Mesnil-Mauger) was a French historian and journalist.
Humphrey CarpenterAuthor · BooksHumphrey William Bouverie Carpenter (29 April 1946 – 4 January 2005) was an English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster. He is known especially for his biographies of J. R. R.
Hunter DaviesAuthor · BooksEdward Hunter Davies (born 7 January 1936) is a British author, journalist and broadcaster. His books include the only authorised biography of the Beatles.
Imogen HolstPerson · Music memorabiliaImogen Clare Holst (von Holst; 12 April 1907 – 9 March 1984) was a British composer, arranger, conductor, teacher, musicologist and festival administrator.
Iris MurdochAuthor · BooksDame Jean Iris Murdoch (15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was an Irish and British novelist and philosopher.
Isaac DeutscherAuthor · BooksIsaac Deutscher (Izaak Deutscher; 3 April 1907 – 19 August 1967) was a Polish Marxist writer, journalist and political activist who moved to the United Kingdom before the outbreak of World…
Jahn Otto JohansenAuthor · BooksJahn Otto Johansen (3 May 1934 – 1 January 2018) was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor, foreign correspondent and non-fiction writer.
Jan Erik VoldPerson · Music memorabiliaJan Erik Vold (born 18 October 1939) is a Norwegian lyric poet, reciter, translator and author.
Jean-Paul SartreAuthor · BooksJean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (US also; French: [saʁtʁ]; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, political activist, and writer, considered a leading figure in…
Jeanne ModiglianiArtist · PaintingsJeanne Modigliani (born Giovanna Hébuterne, 29 November 1918 – 27 July 1984) was an Italian-French historian of Jewish art mostly known for her biographical research on her father, School…
Jeffrey Karl OchsnerDesigner · DesignJeffrey Karl Ochsner (born 1950) is an architect, architectural historian, and professor at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Johan DerksenAuthor · BooksPublisher, editor-in-chief, author, columnist, television presenter
John LehmannAuthor · BooksIllustration — John Lehmann (seated) with sister Rosamond Lehmann and Lytton Strachey
Jonathan CoeAuthor · BooksJonathan Coe (born 19 August 1961) is an English novelist and writer. His work has an underlying preoccupation with political issues, although this serious engagement is often expressed…
Juan CalzadillaArtist · PaintingsJuan Calzadilla (16 May 1930 – 15 June 2025) was a Venezuelan poet, painter and art critic.
Jung ChangAuthor · BooksJung Chang (born 25 March 1952) is a Chinese-born British author. She is best known for her family autobiography Wild Swans, which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide but is banned in…
Kitty FergusonPerson · Music memorabiliaKitty Gail Ferguson (née Vetter, born December 16, 1941) is an American science writer, lecturer, and former professional musician.
Langston HughesAuthor · BooksJames Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri.
Lenny KayePerson · Music memorabiliaLenny Kaye (né Kusikoff; born December 27, 1946) is an American guitarist, composer, and writer, notable for his work with the Patti Smith Group, his contributions to music magazines, and…
Lilly BecherAuthor · BooksLilly Becher (Korpus, 27 January 1901, Nuremberg – 20 September 1978, Berlin) was a German writer, journalist and communist activist.
Lucía EtxebarriaAuthor · BooksLucía María Echevarría de Asteinza (7 December 1966 in Valencia), known as Lucía Etxebarria, is a Spanish writer, winner of Premio Nadal in 1998 and Premio Planeta de Novela in 2004.
Malcolm de ChazalArtist · PaintingsMalcolm de Chazal (12 September 1902 – 1 October 1981) was a Mauritian writer, painter, and visionary, known especially for his Sens-Plastique, a work consisting of several thousand…
Marcel LandovskiPerson · Music memorabiliaMarcel François Paul Landowski (18 February 1915 – 23 December 1999) was a French composer, biographer and arts administrator.
Margaret WalkerAuthor · BooksMargaret Walker (Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander by marriage; July 7, 1915 – November 30, 1998) was an American poet and writer.
Maria StaderAuthor · BooksMaria Stader (November 5, 1911 – April 27, 1999) was a Hungarian-born Swiss lyric soprano, known particularly for her Mozart interpretations.
Marie Christine, Princess Michael of KentAuthor · BooksPrincess Michael of Kent (born Baroness Marie-Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz, 15 January 1945) is a member of the British royal family.
Marjorie BoultonAuthor · BooksMarjorie Boulton (7 May 1924 – 30 August 2017) was a British author and poet writing in both English and Esperanto.
Mark LewisohnPhotographer · PhotographyMark Lewisohn (born 16 June 1958) is an English historian and biographer. Since the 1980s, he has written many reference books about the Beatles and has worked for EMI, MPL Communications…
Mary RenaultAuthor · BooksEileen Mary Challans (4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983), known by her pen name Mary Renault, was a British writer best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece.
Maureen ForresterPerson · Music memorabiliaMaureen Kathleen Stewart Forrester, (July 25, 1930 – June 16, 2010) was a Canadian operatic contralto.
Maurice BardècheAuthor · BooksMaurice Bardèche (1 October 1907 – 30 July 1998) was a French art critic and journalist, better known as one of the leading exponents of neo-fascism and Holocaust denial in post–World War…
Merlin HollandAuthor · BooksChristopher Merlin Vyvyan Holland (born December 1945) is a British and Irish biographer and editor.
Michael Bar-ZoharAuthor · BooksMichael Bar-Zohar (born 30 January 1938) is an Israeli historian, novelist and politician.
Monty RobertsPerson · Music memorabiliaMarvin Earl "Monty" Roberts MVO (May 14, 1935 – August 1, 2026) was an American horse trainer who promoted his techniques of natural horsemanship through his Join-Up International…
Muriel SparkAuthor · BooksMuriel Spark is recorded as having received Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, James Tait Black Memorial Prize a
Nancy CatoAuthor · BooksNancy Fotheringham Cato (11 March 19173 July 2000) was an Australian writer who published more than twenty historical novels, biographies and volumes of poetry.
Nancy MitfordAuthor · BooksNancy Freeman-MitfordAlthough "Freeman-Mitford" was the family's surname after 1886, neither Nancy nor her siblings appear to have used it outside formal documents.
Nativel PreciadoAuthor · BooksNatividad Isabel Preciado González (born 1 November 1948), known as Nativel Preciado, is a Spanish journalist and writer.
Nikos DimouPhotographer · PhotographyNikos Dimou (Greek: Νίκος Δήμου; born 1935 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek writer and columnist and copywriter.
Olivier WeberPerson · Film memorabiliaOlivier Weber (born 1958) is a French writer, novelist and reporter at large, known primarily for his coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Paco JamandreuDesigner · FashionFrancisco Vicente Jaumandreu, also known as Paco Jamandreu (October 17, 1925 – March 9, 1995) was an Argentine fashion designer and actor.
Pascal ConvertPhotographer · PhotographyPascal Convert (born 1957) is a French visual artist. He has made sculpture, installations and videos, and has published several books.
Patricia BosworthPerson · Film memorabiliaPatricia Bosworth (née Crum, April 24, 1933 – April 2, 2020) was an American journalist, biographer, memoirist, and actress.
Paulette FranklPhotographer · PhotographyPaulette Frankl (born 25 February 1937) is an American courtroom artist and author.
Paulo LeminskiAuthor · BooksPaulo Leminski Filho (August 24, 1944 – June 7, 1989) was a Brazilian writer, poet, translator, journalist, advertising professional, songwriter, literary critic, biographer, teacher and…
Penelope FitzgeraldAuthor · BooksPenelope Mary Fitzgerald (17 December 1916 – 28 April 2000) was a Booker Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist and biographer from Lincoln, England.[1][15] In 2008 The Times listed her…
Penelope MortimerAuthor · BooksPenelope Ruth Mortimer (née Fletcher; 19 September 1918 – 19 October 1999) was a Welsh-born English journalist, biographer, and novelist.
Peter BerlingPerson · Film memorabiliaPeter Berling (20 March 1934 – 21 November 2017) was a German actor, film producer, and writer.
Philip TemplePhotographer · PhotographyRobert Philip Temple ONZM (born 1939 in Yorkshire, England) is a Dunedin-based New Zealand author of novels, children's stories, and non-fiction.
Pierre DaixPerson · Film memorabiliaPierre Georges Daix (24 May 1922 – 2 November 2014) was a French journalist, writer and art historian. He was a friend and biographer of Pablo Picasso.
Poppy Z. BriteAuthor · BooksWilliam Joseph Martin (born May 25, 1967), formerly Poppy Z. Brite, is an American author.
Princess Eugénie of Greece and DenmarkAuthor · BooksPrincess Eugenie of Greece and Denmark (Evyenía; 10 February 1910 – 13 February 1989) was by birth member of the Greek royal family and by marriage member of the House of Radziwiłł and…
Ram Kamal MukherjeePerson · Film memorabiliaRam Kamal Mukherjee (born 13 September 1976) is an Indian film journalist, the former editor in chief of Stardust film magazine, biographer of Hema Malini, Mithun Chakraborty and Sanjay…
Randy ShiltsAuthor · BooksRandy Shilts (August 8, 1951February 17, 1994) was an American journalist and author.
Ranulph FiennesAuthor · BooksSir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet (born 7 March 1944) is an English explorer and writer, who holds several endurance records.
Raymond FraserAuthor · BooksRaymond Fraser (May 8, 1941 – October 22, 2018) was a Canadian biographer, editor, essayist, memoirist, novelist, poet and short story writer.
Roy CohnAuthor · BooksRoy Marcus Cohn (February 20, 1927 – August 2, 1986) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and conservative political activist.
Roya HakakianPerson · Film memorabiliaRoya Hakakian is an Iranian American Jewish writer, journalist, and political commentator.
Sally MorganArtist · Paintings
Satsvarupa dasa GoswamiAuthor · BooksSatsvarupa dasa Goswami (Sat-svarūpa dāsa Gosvāmī, Sanskrit, Devanagari: सत्स्वरूप दास गोस्वामी) (born Stephen Guarino on December 6, 1939) is a senior disciple of Bhaktivedanta Swami…
Stacy SchiffAuthor · BooksStacy Madeleine Schiff (born October 26, 1961) is an American writer. Her biography of Véra Nabokov won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize in biography.
Stefan AustPerson · Film memorabiliaStefan Aust (German: [ˈʃtɛ.fan aʊ̯st]; born 1 July 1946) is a German journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of the weekly news magazine Der Spiegel from 1994 to February 2008 and has been…
Stéphan PerreauPerson · Music memorabiliaStéphan Perreau (born 1969) is a French contemporary musician and art historian.
Tam DalyellAuthor · BooksSir Thomas Dalyell, 11th Baronet (9 August 1932 – 26 January 2017), known as Tam Dalyell, was a Scottish politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Linlithgow (formerly West…
Tor NørretrandersAuthor · BooksIllustration — Tor Nørretranders speaking at Reboot 10 in Copenhagen
V. S. PritchettAuthor · BooksSir Victor Sawdon Pritchett FRSL (also known as VSP; 16 December 1900 – 20 March 1997) was a British writer and literary critic.
Vikram SethAuthor · BooksVikram Seth (born 20 June 1952) is an Indian novelist and poet. The author of three novels and several collections of poetry, he is a recipient of the Padma Shri, a Sahitya Akademi Award,…
Wallace StegnerAuthor · BooksWallace Earle Stegner (February 18, 1909 – April 13, 1993) was an American novelist, writer, environmentalist, and historian. He was often called "The Dean of Western Writers".
William ManchesterAuthor · BooksWilliam Raymond Manchester (April 1, 1922 – June 1, 2004) was an American author, biographer, and historian. He was the author of 18 books which have been translated into over 20 languages.
Wolfgang HildesheimerArtist · PaintingsWolfgang Hildesheimer (9 December 1916 – 21 August 1991) was a German author. He originally trained as an artist, before turning to writing.
Yann MoixPerson · Film memorabiliaYann Moix (jan mwaks; born 31 March 1968) is a French author, film director and media commentator.

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