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20th-century editing staffs

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

Adam RutherfordAuthor · BooksAdam David Rutherford (born 16 January 1975) is an English geneticist and science communicator.
Akram AylisliAuthor · BooksAkram Najaf oglu Naibov (Əkrəm Nəcəf oğlu Naibov, born December 6, 1937), better known by his pen name Akram Aylisli (Əkrəm Əylisli), is an Azerbaijani writer, playwright, novelist and…
Aleksandr ChakovskyAuthor · BooksAleksandr Borisovich Chakovsky (August 26, 1913 – February 17, 1994) was a Soviet/Russian editor and novelist; editor-in-chief of "Literaturnaya Gazeta" from 1962 to 1988.
Aleksandr KabakovAuthor · BooksAleksandr Abramovich Kabakov (Russian: Александр Абрамович Кабаков; (22 October 1943 - 18 April 2020), was a Russian writer and journalist.
Alexander YashinAuthor · BooksAlexander Yakovlevich Yashin (March 27, 1913 – July 11, 1968) was a Soviet writer associated with the Village Prose movement.
Allan PorterPhotographer · PhotographyAllan Porter (April 29, 1934 – October 5, 2022) was an American Swiss photographer, journalist, editor, designer, and art director best known for his role as editor of Camera.
Anatoly SofronovAuthor · BooksAnatoly Vladimirovich Sofronov (19 January 1911 – 9 September 1990) was a Soviet Russian writer, poet, playwright, screenwriter, editor (Ogoniok, 1953–1986) and literary administrator, the…
Anna LöwensteinAuthor · BooksAnna Löwenstein (born 1951) is a British journalist, teacher and activist in the Esperanto movement.
Anton NosikAuthor · BooksAnton Borisovich Nossik (4 July 1966 – 9 July 2017) was a Russian journalist, social activist and blogger.
Artur ŻmijewskiArtist · SculptureArtur Żmijewski (born 26 May 1966 in Warsaw) is a Polish visual artist, filmmaker and photographer. During the years of 1990–1995 he studied at Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts.
Assata ShakurAuthor · BooksAssata Olugbala Shakur (born JoAnne Deborah Byron, July 16, 1947 – September 25, 2025) was a Black American political activist, revolutionary, and fugitive who was a member of the Black…
Botho StraussAuthor · BooksBotho Strauss (written as Botho Strauß) (born 2 December 1944) is a German playwright, novelist, and essayist.
Brian BrettAuthor · BooksBrian Brett (April 28, 1950 – January 17, 2024) was a Canadian poet, journalist, editor and novelist.
Bruno ApitzPerson · Film memorabiliaBruno Apitz (28 April 1900 – 7 April 1979) was a German writer and a survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Catherine MilletAuthor · BooksIllustration — Catherine Millet at home
Dan WellsAuthor · BooksDaniel Andrew Wells (born March 4, 1977) is an American horror and science fiction author. Wells's first published novel, I Am Not a Serial Killer, was adapted into a movie in 2016.
Dimitar AnakievAuthor · BooksIllustration — Dimitar Anakiev at Fukuoka Airport in 2007.
Dmitry GordonAuthor · BooksDmitry Ilyich Gordon (Dmytro Illich Hordon, Dmytro Illich Hordon; born 21 October 1967) is a Ukrainian journalist, TV host, and blogger.
Dodie BellamyAuthor · BooksDodie Bellamy (born 1951) is an American novelist, nonfiction author, journalist, educator and editor. Her book Cunt-Ups (2001) won the 2002 Firecracker Alternative Book Award.
Dževad KarahasanAuthor · BooksDževad Karahasan (25 January 1953 – 19 May 2023) was a Bosnian writer, essayist and philosopher. Karahasan was awarded the Herder Prize and Goethe Medal for his writings.
Eduardas MieželaitisAuthor · BooksEduardas Mieželaitis (3 October 1919 – 6 June 1997) was a Lithuanian Soviet poet, translator, essayist and public figure. In 1974 he was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labour.
Ernesto Nathan RogersDesigner · DesignErnesto Nathan Rogers (March 16, 1909 – November 7, 1969) was an Italian architect, writer and educator.
Ernst Werner TechowPhotographer · PhotographyErnst Werner Techow (12 October 1901 – 9 May 1945) was a German right-wing assassin who took part in the assassination of Foreign Minister of Germany Walther Rathenau on 24 June 1922.
Farīza OnggharsynovaAuthor · BooksFariza Oñğarsynqyzy Oñğarsynova (25 December 1939 – 23 January 2014) was a Kazakh poet.
Farrell GrehanPhotographer · PhotographyFarrell Grehan (1926 – May 6, 2008) was an American photojournalist, travel and nature photographer of the period from the 1950s to the 2000s whose work appeared in magazines and books.
François MasperoAuthor · BooksFrançois Maspero (19 January 1932, in Paris – 11 April 2015, in Paris) was a French author and journalist, best known as a publisher of leftist books in the 1970s.
Frédéric BeigbederPerson · Film memorabiliaFrédéric Beigbeder (born 21 September 1965) is a French writer, literary critic and television presenter.
Gardner DozoisAuthor · BooksGardner Raymond Dozois (pron; July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018) was an American science fiction author and editor.
Geir BjørklundAuthor · BooksGeir Bjørklund (born 20 April 1969 in Mo i Rana, Norway) is a researcher, health science writer, and scientific advisor.
Giovanna BorasiDesigner · DesignGiovanna Borasi (born 1971 in Milan, Italy) is Director of the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada since 2020.
Githa HariharanAuthor · BooksGitha Hariharan (born 1954) is an Indian writer and editor based in New Delhi. Her first novel, The Thousand Faces of Night, won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the best first novel in…
Hans HabeAuthor · BooksHans Habe (born János Békessy; 12 February 1911 – 29 September 1977) was a Hungarian and American writer and newspaper publisher. From 1941, he held United States citizenship.
Hans Magnus EnzensbergerAuthor · BooksHans Magnus Enzensberger (11 November 1929 – 24 November 2022) was a German author, poet, playwright, essayist, translator, and editor.
Heinz G. KonsalikAuthor · BooksHeinz G. Konsalik (lang; born Heinz Günther; 28 May 19212 October 1999) was a German novelist. Konsalik was his mother's maiden name.
Helmut HeißenbüttelAuthor · BooksHelmut Heißenbüttel (21 June 1921 – 19 September 1996) was a German novelist and poet. Among Heißenbüttel's works are Das Textbuch (The Textbook) and Marlowe's Ende (Marlowe's End).
Herbert HupkaPhotographer · PhotographyHerbert Hupka (August 15, 1915 – August 24, 2006) was a German journalist, politician (SPD and later the CDU), and advocate for the Germans expelled from neighbouring countries after the…
Horst BienekAuthor · BooksHorst Bienek (7 May 1930 in Gleiwitz – 7 December 1990 in Munich) was a German novelist and poet.
Hubert AquinAuthor · BooksHubert Aquin (24 October 1929 – 15 March 1977) was a Quebec writer, filmmaker and intellectual. He is particularly known for his novel Next Episode.
Iana BoukovaAuthor · BooksIana Boukova or Yana Bukova (born 18 July 1968) is a Bulgarian poet, novelist and essayist. She is considered one of the most significant Bulgarian authors of the 21st century.
Ivan DivišAuthor · BooksIllustration — Ivan Diviš (left) with Ivan Wernisch, 1992 or 1993
Ivica ĐikićAuthor · BooksIvica Đikić is a Bosnian writer and journalist. He was born 1977, in Tomislavgrad, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia.
Jáchym TopolAuthor · BooksJáchym Topol (born 4 August 1962) is a Czech poet, novelist, musician and journalist who became a laureate of the Czech State Award for Literature in October 2017 for his novel A Sensitive…
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 EkierPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Jan Ekier after having received the Order of the White Eagle (2010)
Jaroslav Erik FričAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jaroslav Erik Frič, club performance
Jaroslav FoglarAuthor · BooksJaroslav Foglar (6 July 1907 – 23 January 1999) was a Czech writer for children and youth.
Jaroslav SeifertAuthor · BooksJaroslav Seifert (23 September 1901 – 10 January 1986) was a Czech writer, poet and journalist.
Jiří KratochvilAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jiří Kratochvil (2017)
Johannes WahlströmPerson · Film memorabiliaJohannes Wahlström (born 1981) is a Swedish journalist and filmmaker.
John WagnerArtist · Comics and comic artJohn Alexander Wagner (born 1949) is an American-born British comics writer. Alongside Pat Mills, he helped revitalise British comics in the 1970s, and continues to be active in the British…
Judith KerrIllustrator · IllustrationAnna Judith Gertrud Helene Kerr (surname pronounced; 14 June 1923 – 22 May 2019) was a German-born British writer and illustrator whose books sold more than 10 million copies around the…
Karl OlmaAuthor · BooksKarl Olma (24 June 1914 – 23 February 2001), rendered Päuesch Karl in his native Halcnovian, was a writer, journalist, aphorist and poet.
Kathrin SchmidtAuthor · BooksKathrin Schmidt (born 12 March 1958 in Gotha, Bezirk Erfurt), is a German writer. She is known both for her poetry and prose.
Kevin KellyPhotographer · PhotographyKevin Kelly (born 1952) is the founding executive editor of Wired magazine and a former editor and publisher of the Whole Earth Review.
Kurt MaetzigAuthor · BooksKurt Maetzig (25 January 1911 – 8 August 2012) was a German film director who had a significant effect on the film industry in East Germany.
Leila S. ChudoriAuthor · BooksLeila Salikha Chudori (born December 12, 1962) is an Indonesian journalist and writer. She won the Southeast Asian Writers Award in 2020.
Lilly BecherAuthor · BooksLilly Becher (Korpus, 27 January 1901, Nuremberg – 20 September 1978, Berlin) was a German writer, journalist and communist activist.
Linor GoralikAuthor · BooksLinor Goralik (born Yuliya Borisovna Goralik; on 9 July 1975) is an Israeli author, poet, artist, essayist and marketing specialist.
Ludvík AškenazyAuthor · BooksLudvík Aškenazy (24 February 1921 – 18 March 1986) was a Czech-Jewish writer and journalist.
Lydia ChukovskayaAuthor · BooksLydia Korneyevna Chukovskaya (Ли́дия Корне́евна Чуко́вская; 24 March 1907 – February 7, 1996) was a Soviet and Russian writer, poet, editor, publicist, memoirist and dissident.
Lydia MilletAuthor · BooksLydia Millet (born December 5, 1968) is an American novelist. Her 2020 novel A Children's Bible was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and named one of the ten best books of…
Maksim TankAuthor · Books
Marilyn FergusonAuthor · BooksMarilyn Ferguson (April 5, 1938 – October 19, 2008) was an American author, editor and public speaker known for her 1980 book The Aquarian Conspiracy, which is connected with the New Age…
Marina StepnovaAuthor · BooksMarina Lvovna Stepnova (née Rovner; born 2 September 1971, in Yefremov) is a Russian writer and poet, best known for her books Women of Lazarus (2011), which won the Big Book Award, and was…
Melville Bell GrosvenorPhotographer · PhotographyMelville Bell Grosvenor (November 26, 1901 – April 22, 1982) was an American magazine editor who was the president of the National Geographic Society and editor of The National Geographic…
Milan OhniskoAuthor · BooksMilan Ohnisko (16 July 1965 – 3 September 2026) was a Czech poet, editor and dissident.
Miroslav HolubAuthor · BooksMiroslav Holub (13 September 1923 – 14 July 1998) was a Czech poet and immunologist.
Mykola RiabchukAuthor · BooksMykola Riabchuk (born September 27, 1953) is a Ukrainian public intellectual, journalist, political analyst, literary critic, translator and writer.
Nasiha Kapidžić-HadžićAuthor · BooksNasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić (6 December 1932 – 22 September 1995) was a Bosnian children's author and poet.
Nikolay KolyadaPerson · Film memorabiliaNikolay Vladimirovich Kolyada (also transliterated as Nikolai Koliada; 4 December 1957 – 2 March 2026) was a Russian actor, theatre director, writer, playwright, and teacher.
Nils Johan RudAuthor · BooksNils Johan Rud (24 July 1908 – 7 June 1993) was a Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, children's writer, and a magazine editor.
Oldřich HameraEngraver · PrintsOldřich Hamera (3 March 1944 – 15 November 2021) was a Czech printmaker, painter, illustrator, printer, typographer, publisher and restorer.
Oliver PötzschPerson · Music memorabiliaOliver Pötzsch (born 20 December 1970) is a German author of popular fiction. He was among the first writers to achieve bestselling status by publishing e-books.
Olof LagercrantzAuthor · BooksOlof Gustaf Hugo Lagercrantz (10 March 1911 – 23 July 2002) was a Swedish writer, critic, literary scholar (PhD 1951) and publicist (editor-in-chief of Dagens Nyheter 1960–1975).
Oscar BronnerArtist · PaintingsOscar Bronner (born 14 January 1943) is an Austrian publisher, journalist, painter and sculptor.
Ota FilipAuthor · BooksOta Filip (9 March 1930 – 2 March 2018) was a Czech and German novelist and journalist.
Peter AbrahamsAuthor · BooksPeter Henry Abrahams Deras (3 March 1919 – 18 January 2017), commonly known as Peter Abrahams, was a South African-born novelist, journalist and political commentator who in 1956 settled in…
Peter LovšinPerson · Music memorabiliaPeter "Pero" Lovšin (born June 27, 1955) is a Slovenian musician, songwriter and singer, best known as a frontman of the first Yugoslav punk rock group Pankrti.
Petr HruškaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Petr Hruška in 2017
Robert HarrisAuthor · BooksHe was born in Nottingham.
Rosemary DobsonIllustrator · IllustrationRosemary de Brissac Dobson (18 June 192027 June 2012) was an Australian poet, illustrator, editor and anthologist.
Roy AscottPerson · Music memorabiliaRoy Ascott FRSA (born 26 October 1934) is a British artist, who works with cybernetics and telematics on an art he calls technoetics by focusing on the impact of digital and…
Scott HeimAuthor · BooksScott Heim (born September 26, 1966) is an American novelist from Hutchinson, Kansas, currently living in Massachusetts. Heim's first novel, Mysterious Skin, was published in 1995.
Sei ItoAuthor · Books16 January 1905 – 15 November 1969, born Hitoshi Itō, was a Japanese Modernist writer of poetry, prose and essays, and a translator.
Sergey Sergeyevich MinaevAuthor · BooksSergey Sergeevich Minaev (Russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Мина́ев, born January 25, 1975) is a Russian writer, TV and radio host, screenwriter, blogger, and entrepreneur.
Simon ReynoldsAuthor · BooksSimon Reynolds (born 19 June 1963) is an English music journalist and author who began his career at Melody Maker in the mid-1980s.
Tommy WieringaAuthor · BooksTommy Wieringa (born 20 May 1967) is a Dutch writer. He received the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prize in 2006 for his novel Joe Speedboot (2005), and the Libris Prize in 2013 for the novel Dit…
Toni MorrisonAuthor · BooksChloe Anthony Wofford "Toni" Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019) was an American novelist and editor.
Ulla HahnAuthor · BooksUlla Hahn is a German poet and novelist.
Václav ČtvrtekAuthor · BooksVáclav Cafourek (4 April 1911 – 6 November 1976), commonly known under his pen name of Václav Čtvrtek, was a Czech poet and author.
Vadim KozhevnikovAuthor · BooksVadim Mikhailovich Kozhevnikov (Togur20 October 1984, Moscow) was a Soviet writer and journalist. His daughter Nadezhda Kozhevnikova is also a writer.
Valentin YudashkinDesigner · FashionValentin Yudashkin was a Soviet and Russian personal stylist, painter, editing staff, television presenter, editor-in-chief and fashion designer (1963–2023).
Véra NabokovAuthor · BooksVéra Nabokov (Slonim; Vera Yevseyevna Nabokova; 5 January 1902 – 7 April 1991) was a Russian literary editor, translator, and typist.
Viktoriya TokarevaAuthor · BooksViktoriya Samuilovna Tokareva (born 20 November 1937) is a Soviet and Russian screenwriter and short story writer.
Vitaly KorotichAuthor · BooksVitaly Alekseevich Korotich (Vitaliy Oleksiyovych Korotych; 26 May 1936 – 29 September 2025) was a Soviet, Ukrainian and Russian writer, journalist, poet and KGB agent.
Vladimir LugovskoyAuthor · BooksVladimir Alexandrovich Lugovskoy (Russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Луговско́й; July 1, 1901 Moscow - June 5, 1957 Yalta) was a Russian constructivist poet.
Vladimir MaksimovAuthor · BooksVladimir Yemelyanovich Maksimov (born Lev Alekseyevich Samsonov, Лев Алексеевич Самсонов;
Volodymyr RafeienkoAuthor · BooksIllustration — Volodymyr Rafeienko in 2015
Vsevolod KochetovAuthor · BooksVsevolod Anissimovich Kochetov (Novgorod, Russian Empire – 4 November 1973, Moscow) was a Soviet Russian writer and cultural functionary.
Vsevolod VishnevskyAuthor · BooksVsevolod Vitalyevich Vishnevsky (21 December 1900 – 28 February 1951) was a Soviet and Russian writer, screenwriter, playwright and journalist.
Walter ErnstingAuthor · BooksWalter Ernsting (13 June 1920 – 15 January 2005) was a German science fiction and fantasy author who mainly published under the pseudonym Clark Darlton.
Wanda WasilewskaAuthor · BooksWanda Wasilewska (ˈvanda vaɕiˈlɛfska), also known by her Russian name Vanda Lvovna Vasilevskaya (21 January 1905 – 29 July 1964), was a Polish and Soviet novelist and journalist and a…
Willi BredelAuthor · BooksWilli Bredel (2 May 1901 – 27 October 1964) was a German writer and president of the East German Academy of Arts, Berlin.
Yury TrifonovAuthor · BooksYury Valentinovich Trifonov (28 August 1925 – 28 March 1981) was a Soviet poet and writer. He was a leading representative of the so-called Soviet "Urban Prose".
Zdeněk JirotkaAuthor · BooksZdeněk Jirotka (7 January 1911 – 12 April 2003) was a Czechoslovak writer of radio-broadcast plays and author of humorous novels, short stories, and feuilletons.
Zdeněk RotreklAuthor · BooksIllustration — Zdeněk Rotrekl 1996
Zsuzsa BánkAuthor · BooksZsuzsa Bánk (born 24 October 1965 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German writer.

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