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20th-century essayists

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Goenawan MohamadArtist · PaintingsGoenawan Mohamad (born 29 July 1941) is an Indonesian poet, essayist, playwright and editor. He is the founder and editor of the Indonesian magazine Tempo.
Golo MannAuthor · BooksGolo Mann (born Angelus Gottfried Thomas Mann; 27 March 1909 – 7 April 1994) was a popular German historian and essayist.
Guillermo Cabrera InfanteAuthor · BooksGuillermo Cabrera Infante (ɡiˈʝeɾmo kaˈβɾeɾa iɱˈfante; Gibara, 22 April 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, translator, screenwriter, and critic;
Guy DebordPerson · Film memorabiliaGuy-Ernest Debord (lang; 28 December 1931 – 30 November 1994) was a French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker, critic of work, member of the Letterist International, founder of a…
György KonrádAuthor · BooksGyörgy (George) Konrád (2 April 1933 – 13 September 2019) was a Hungarian novelist, pundit, essayist and sociologist known as an advocate of individual freedom.
H. E. BatesAuthor · BooksHerbert Ernest Bates (16 May 1905 – 29 January 1974), better known as H. E. Bates, was an English writer of novels and short stories.
Hannah ArendtAuthor · BooksHannah Arendt (born Johanna Arendt; 14 October 19064 December 1975) was a German and American historian and philosopher.
Hanni OssottAuthor · BooksHanni Ossott (14 February 1946 – 31 December 2002) was a Venezuelan poet, translator and critic.
Harry MulischAuthor · BooksHarry Kurt Victor Mulisch (29 July 192730 October 2010) was a Dutch writer. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections.
Haruki MurakamiAuthor · BooksHaruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold…
Hashem AghajariAuthor · BooksSeyyed Hashem Aghajari (born 1957) is an Iranian historian, university professor and a critic of the government of the Islamic Republic who was sentenced to death in 2002 for apostasy for a…
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).
Henryk BroderPhotographer · PhotographyHenryk Marcin Broder (born 20 August 1946), self-designation Henryk Modest Broder, is a Polish-born German journalist, author, and television personality.
Herbert MeierAuthor · BooksHerbert Meier (29 August 1928 – 21 September 2018) was a Swiss writer and translator.
Herman de ConinckAuthor · BooksHerman de Coninck (21 February 1944 – 22 May 1997) was a Belgian poet, essayist, journalist and publisher.
Herta MüllerAuthor · BooksHerta Müller (born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Hervé BazinAuthor · BooksHervé Bazin (lang; 17 April 191117 February 1996) was a French writer, whose best-known novels covered semi-autobiographical topics of teenage rebellion and dysfunctional families.
Hervé RyssenPerson · Film memorabiliaHervé Ryssen (Real name: Hervé Lalin, born April 10, 1967) is a French writer, militant nationalist, Holocaust denier and antisemite. He is close to the circles of the far right.
Hideo KobayashiAuthor · BooksHideo Kobayashi was a Japanese author, who established literary criticism as an independent art form in Japan.
Hisham MatarAuthor · BooksHisham Matar (born 1970) is an American-born British-Libyan novelist, essayist, and memoirist.
Hossein NuriArtist · PaintingsHossein Nuri (also spelled Hosein Noori or Hussein Nouri) (born 1 July 1954) is an Iranian painter, playwright and film director.
Howard McCordAuthor · BooksHoward McCord (November 3, 1932 – November 3, 2022) was an American writer. He was an emeritus professor of English at Bowling Green State University, where he was director of the creative…
Hunter S. ThompsonPhotographer · PhotographyHunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author, regarded as a pioneer of New Journalism along with Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman…
Ifi AmadiumeAuthor · BooksIfi Amadiume was born on April 23, 1947. She is a Nigerian poet, anthropologist, and essayist.
Ignacio PadillaAuthor · BooksWas a Mexican writer whose works were translated into several languages. Padilla helped found the Crack Movement, along with fellow writers Eloy Urroz, Jorge Volpi, and Pedro Angel Palou,…
Ikuma DanPerson · Music memorabilia7 April 1924 – 17 May 2001 was a Japanese composer. Dan was born in Tokyo, the descendant of a prominent family, his grandfather Baron Dan Takuma having been President of Mitsui before…
Ingeborg BachmannAuthor · BooksAnrufung des großen Bären (1956, "Invocation of Ursa Major")
Inger ChristensenAuthor · BooksInger Christensen (16 January 1935 – 2 January 2009) was a Danish poet, novelist, essayist and editor. She is considered the foremost Danish poetic experimentalist of her generation.
Irena KlepfiszAuthor · BooksIrena Klepfisz (born April 17, 1941) is a Jewish lesbian author, academic and activist.
Issa SambArtist · SculptureIssa Samb, also known as Joe Ouakam (31 December 1945 – 25 April 2017) was a Senegalese painter, sculptor, performance artist, playwright and poet.
Ivan Goran KovačićAuthor · BooksIvan Goran Kovačić (pron; 21 March 1913 – 13 July 1943) was a Croatian poet and writer.
Ivan IvanjiAuthor · BooksIvan Ivanji (Иван Ивањи; 24 January 1929 – 9 May 2024) was a Serbian author of many internationally renowned novels.
Jacques JouetAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jacques Jouet in 2012.
James BaldwinAuthor · BooksJames Arthur Baldwin (Jones; August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American writer and civil rights activist who garnered acclaim for his essays, novels, plays, and poems.
Jan Erik VoldPerson · Music memorabiliaJan Erik Vold (born 18 October 1939) is a Norwegian lyric poet, reciter, translator and author.
Janne TellerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Janne Teller in Mexico City, 2016
Jaron LanierPerson · Music memorabiliaJaron Zepel Lanier (born May 3, 1960) is an American computer scientist,[1] futurist, and composer. Considered a founder of the field of virtual reality,[2] Lanier and Thomas G.
Jaroslav SeifertAuthor · BooksJaroslav Seifert (23 September 1901 – 10 January 1986) was a Czech writer, poet and journalist.
Jean PrévostAuthor · BooksJean Prévost (13 June 1901 – 1 August 1944) was a French writer, journalist, and Resistance fighter.
Jean-Daniel LafondPerson · Film memorabiliaJean-Daniel Lafond (born August 18, 1944) is a French-Canadian filmmaker, teacher of philosophy, and the husband to the former Governor General Michaëlle Jean, making him the viceregal…
Jean-Marc DesgentAuthor · BooksJean-Marc Desgent est né à Montréal le 15 septembre 1951. Il habite le Vieux-Longueuil.
Jean-Philippe ToussaintPerson · Film memorabiliaJean-Philippe Toussaint (29 November 1957, Brussels) is a Belgian novelist, photographer and filmmaker.
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…
Jeannette ArmstrongAuthor · BooksShe was born and grew up on the Penticton Indian reserve in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, and f
Jeffrey FordAuthor · BooksJeffrey Ford (born November 8, 1955) is an American writer in the fantastic genre tradition, although his works have spanned genres including fantasy, science fiction and mystery.
Jenny DiskiAuthor · BooksJenny Diski FRSL (née Simmonds; 8 July 1947 – 28 April 2016) was an English novelist, non-fiction writer and memoirist. She was a regular contributor to the London Review of Books;
Jerzy KosińskiAuthor · BooksJerzy Kosiński (born Józef Nikodem Lewinkopf; June 14, 1933May 3, 1991) was a Polish-born American writer and two-time president of the American chapter of PEN, who wrote primarily in…
Jindřich ChalupeckýAuthor · BooksJindřich Chalupecký (12 February 1910 – 19 June 1990) was a Czech art and literary theorist and critic, essayist, art historian, and translator. He was the husband of poet Jiřina Hauková.
Joan Ferraté i SolerAuthor · BooksJoan Ferraté i Soler, born 1924 in Reus (Catalunya), died 2003 in Barcelona (Catalunya), was a Catalan poet, critic and translator.
Joaquim Amat-PiniellaAuthor · BooksJoaquim Amat-Piniella (November 22, 1913 – August 3, 1974) was a Catalan writer. He is best known for his semi-autobiographic novel K.L.
John FowlesAuthor · BooksJohn Robert Fowles (31 March 1926 – 5 November 2005) was an English novelist, critically positioned between modernism and postmodernism.
John Perry BarlowAuthor · BooksJohn Perry Barlow (October 3, 1947February 7, 2018) was an American poet, essayist, cattle rancher, and cyberlibertarian political activist.
John Taylor GattoAuthor · BooksJohn Taylor Gatto (December 15, 1935 – October 25, 2018) was an American author, school teacher, and public figure.
John UpdikeAuthor · BooksJohn Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic.
Jon FosseAuthor · BooksJon Olav Fosse (lang; born 29 September 1959) is a Norwegian author, translator, and playwright.
Jon JuaristiAuthor · BooksJon Juaristi Linacero (born in Bilbao in 1951) is a Spanish poet, essayist and translator in Spanish and Basque, as well as a self-confessed former ETA militant. He lives in Madrid.
Jorge de SenaAuthor · BooksJorge Cândido Alves Rodrigues Telles Grilo Raposo de Abreu de Sena (2 November 1919 – 4 June 1978) was a Portuguese-born poet, critic, essayist, novelist, dramatist, translator and…
José Emilio PachecoAuthor · BooksJosé Emilio Pacheco Berny (30 June 1939 – 26 January 2014) was a Mexican poet, essayist, novelist and short story writer.
José María ArguedasPerson · Film memorabiliaJosé María Arguedas Altamirano (18 January 1911 – 2 December 1969) was a Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist.
José SaramagoAuthor · BooksJosé de Sousa Saramago (lang; 16 November 1922 – 18 June 2010) was a Portuguese writer.
Joseph BrodskyAuthor · BooksIosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996), anglicized as Joseph, was a Russian and American poet and essayist.
Josephine JohnsonAuthor · BooksJosephine Winslow Johnson (June 20, 1910 – February 27, 1990) was an American novelist, poet, and essayist.
Juan María SolarePerson · Music memorabiliaJuan María Solare (born August 11, 1966) is an Argentine composer and pianist.
Julia HartwigAuthor · BooksJulia Hartwig-Międzyrzecka (14 August 1921 – 14 July 2017) was a Polish writer, poet and translator, considered to be one of Poland's most important poets.
Julián MaríasAuthor · Books
Julio CortázarAuthor · BooksJulio Florencio Cortázar (26 August 1914 – 12 February 1984) was an Argentine and naturalised French novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and translator.
Jurga IvanauskaitėAuthor · BooksJurga Ivanauskaitė (14 November 1961 – 17 February 2007) was a Lithuanian writer.
Karl DedeciusAuthor · BooksKarl Dedecius (20 May 1921 in Łódź – 26 February 2016) - was a Polish-born German translator of Polish and Russian literature.
Karl KrolowAuthor · BooksKarl Krolow (11 March 1915 – 21 June 1999) was a German poet and translator. In 1956 he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize.
Karl SchlögelAuthor · BooksKarl Schlögel (born 7 March 1948 in Hawangen, Bavaria, Germany) is a noted German historian of Eastern Europe who specialises in modern Russia, the history of Stalinism, the Russian…
Karl-Markus GaußAuthor · BooksKarl-Markus Gauß (born 14 May 1954, in Salzburg) is an Austrian contemporary writer, essayist and editor. He lives in Salzburg.
Katha PollittAuthor · BooksKatha Pollitt (born October 14, 1949) is an American poet, essayist and critic. She is the author of four essay collections and two books of poetry.
Kathy AckerAuthor · BooksKathy Acker (April 18, 1947 [disputed] – November 30, 1997) was an American experimental novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, critic, performance artist, and postmodernist writer, known…
Kedarnath SinghAuthor · BooksKedarnath Singh (7 July 1934 – 19 March 2018) was an Indian poet who wrote in Hindi.[1] He was also an eminent critic and essayist.
Kenzaburō ŌeAuthor · BooksKenzaburō Ōe was a Japanese writer and a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature.
Keorapetse KgositsileAuthor · BooksKeorapetse William Kgositsile (19 September 1938 – 3 January 2018), also known by his pen name Bra Willie, was a South African Tswana poet, journalist and political activist.
Kōki MitaniPerson · Film memorabiliaKōki Mitani is a Japanese playwright, screenwriter, actor and film director. He was named after Taihō Kōki, the youngest sumo wrestler to become yokozuna.
Konstantin VanshenkinAuthor · BooksKonstantin Yakovlevich Vanshenkin (17 December 1925 – 15 December 2012; born Konstantin Weinschenker) was a Soviet poet and lyricist from Moscow.
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.
Lauri ViljanenAuthor · BooksLauri Viljanen (1900–1984) was a Finnish literary critic and writer.
Leo ButnaruAuthor · BooksIllustration — Butnaru in 2011
Lila GuerreroAuthor · BooksLila Guerrero (born Elizabeth Innokentevna Yakovlev; June 16, 1906 – December 24, 1986) was a Jewish poet, translator, essayist, playwright and literary critic famous for translating…
Liliane WoutersAuthor · BooksLiliane Wouters (5 February 193028 February 2016) was a Belgian poet, playwright, translator, anthologist and essayist.
Lily BrettAuthor · BooksLily Brett (born Lilijahne Brajtsztajn 5 September 1946) is an Australian novelist, essayist and poet.
Lima de FreitasArtist · CeramicsIllustration — Lima de Freitas
Linor GoralikAuthor · BooksLinor Goralik (born Yuliya Borisovna Goralik; on 9 July 1975) is an Israeli author, poet, artist, essayist and marketing specialist.
Lucien KrollDesigner · DesignLucien Kroll (13 March 1927 – 1 August 2022) was a Belgian architect. They are considered to be the founders—as early as 1960—of p
Luís Espinal CampsArtist · PaintingsLuís Espinal Camps (2 February 1932 – 21 March 1980), also known by the nickname Lucho and by the Catalan name Lluís Espinal i Camps, was a Spanish Jesuit priest, poet, journalist,…
Madeleine L'EngleAuthor · BooksMadeleine L'Engle (November 29, 1918 – September 6, 2007) was an American writer of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
Makoto WadaIllustrator · IllustrationMakoto Wada (10 April 1936 – 7 October 2019) was a Japanese illustrator, essayist, and film director.
Manès SperberAuthor · BooksManès Sperber (12 December 1905 – 5 February 1984) was an Austrian-French novelist, essayist and psychologist. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Jan Heger and N.A. Menlos.
Manfredi NicolettiDesigner · DesignManfredi Nicoletti (16 June 1930 – 29 October 2017) was an Italian architect.
Manuel RivasAuthor · BooksIllustration — Manuel Rivas, 2022
Marc FumaroliAuthor · BooksMarc Fumaroli (10 June 1932 – 24 June 2020) was a French historian and essayist who was widely respected as an advocate for French literature and culture.
Marcel BeyerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Marcel Beyer in 2008
Marguerite YourcenarAuthor · BooksMarguerite Yourcenar (born Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour;
Mario Vargas LlosaAuthor · BooksJorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (28 March 1936 – 13 April 2025) was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and politician.
Masaru EmotoAuthor · BooksMasaru Emoto (Japanese: 江本勝, Hepburn: Emoto Masaru; July 22, 1943 – October 17, 2014) was a Japanese businessman, author and pseudoscientist who claimed that human consciousness could…
Michael BishopAuthor · BooksMichael Bishop was an American novelist, writer, journalist, poet and teacher (1945–2023). He was born in Lincoln.
Michael David O'BrienAuthor · BooksMichael David O'Brien was born in Ottawa, he is self-taught, without an academic background. He writes and speaks on Catholic themes
Michael OrenAuthor · BooksMichael Bornstein Oren (born Michael Scott Bornstein; May 20, 1955) is an American-Israeli diplomat, writer, and politician.
Michel HouellebecqAuthor · BooksMichel Houellebecq (born Michel Thomas on 26 February 1956) is a French author of novels, poems, and essays, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker, and singer.
Michèle LalondeAuthor · BooksMichèle Lalonde (July 28, 1937 – July 22, 2021) was a Canadian dramatist, essayist, playwright and poet for print and radio.
Mieczysław JastrunAuthor · BooksIllustration — The grave of Mieczysław Jastrun at Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw.
Miguel BarnetAuthor · BooksMiguel Ángel Barnet Lanza (born January 28, 1940) is a Cuban writer, novelist and ethnographer.
Mikako IchikawaPerson · Film memorabiliaMikako Ichikawa is a Japanese actress and model born in Tokyo. She has appeared in films including Blue (2001), Cutie Honey (2004), Memories of Matsuko (2006) and Shin Godzilla (2016).
Milan RúfusAuthor · BooksMilan Rúfus (December 10, 1928 – January 11, 2009) was a Slovak poet, essayist, translator, children's writer and academic. Rúfus is the most translated Slovak poet into other languages.
Mina AssadiAuthor · BooksMina Assadi (born 12 March 1943) is an Iranian-born poet, author, journalist and songwriter who lives in exile in Stockholm, Sweden.
Mir-Hossein MousaviAuthor · BooksMir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh (born 2 March 1942) is an Iranian politician, artist, architect, and opposition figure who served as the forty-fifth and last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981…
Momoko SakuraAuthor · BooksMiki Miura, known professionally as Momoko Sakura (May 8, 1965 – August 15, 2018) was a Japanese manga artist and writer.
Mordecai RichlerAuthor · BooksMordecai Richler (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001) was a Canadian writer from Montreal, Quebec. He is best known for his novels set in Montreal's Jewish community;
Murray RothbardAuthor · BooksMurray Newton Rothbard (March 2, 1926 – January 7, 1995) was an American economist of the Austrian School, economic historian, political theorist, and activist.
Myla DalbesioArtist · SculptureMyla Grace Dalbesio (born June 26, 1987) is an American model, artist, and writer.
Nandana SenAuthor · BooksNandana Dev Sen is an Indian-born American actress, screenwriter, children's author, and child-rights activist.
Nasser FakouhiAuthor · BooksNasser Fakouhi (born 13 May 1956 in Tehran) is an Iranian anthropologist, writer and translator.
Neil PostmanAuthor · BooksNeil Postman (March 8, 1931 – October 5, 2003) was an American author, educator, media theorist, and cultural critic who eschewed digital technology, including personal computers and mobile…
Nelly KaplanPerson · Film memorabiliaNelly Kaplan (11 April 1931 – 12 November 2020) was an Argentine-born French writer and film director who focused on the arts, film, and filmmakers.
Nick HornbyAuthor · BooksNicholas Peter John Hornby[1][2] (born 17 April 1957) is an English writer. He is best known for his memoir Fever Pitch (1992) and novels High Fidelity (1995) and About a Boy (1998), all of…
Niko GrafenauerAuthor · BooksNiko Grafenauer (born 5 December 1940) is a Slovenian poet, essayist, literary historian, editor and translator.
Nikos FokasAuthor · BooksNikos Fokas (1927 – 26 July 2021) was a Greek poet, essayist and translator.

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