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20th-century essayists

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Noël AudetAuthor · BooksNoël Audet (December 23, 1938 – December 29, 2005) was a Canadian novelist and poet from Quebec.
Nora EphronPerson · Film memorabiliaNora Ephron (May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012) was an American writer, playwright, journalist, and filmmaker.
Norbert BleiAuthor · BooksNorbert George Blei (August 23, 1935 – April 23, 2013) was an American writer of non-fiction, fiction, and poetry.
Norman MailerPerson · Film memorabiliaNachem Malech Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007), known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American writer, journalist, and filmmaker.
Okey NdibeAuthor · BooksNdibe was born in Yola, the capital city of Adamawa State, north-eastern Nigeria. He is the author of Arrows of Rain
Olga MartynovaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Olga Martynova at the Book Vienna (2023)
Panagiotis KanellopoulosAuthor · BooksPanagiotis Kanellopoulos or Panayotis Kanellopoulos (13 December 1902 – 11 September 1986) was a Greek writer, politician and Prime Minister of Greece.
Parviz Natel-KhanlariAuthor · BooksParviz Natel Khanlari (20 March 1914 – 23 August 1990) was an Iranian literary scholar, linguist, author, researcher, politician, and professor at the University of Tehran.
Pascal BrucknerAuthor · BooksPascal Bruckner (lang; born 15 December 1948 in Paris) is a French writer, one of the "New Philosophers" who came to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s.
Pascal LainéAuthor · BooksPascal Lainé (10 May 1942 – 30 December 2024) was a French academic, novelist and writer. He was born in Anet, Eure-et-Loir.
Patricio MannsPerson · Music memorabiliaInti-illimani, Víctor Jara, Ángel Parra, Horacio Salinas, Isabel Parra, Sergio Ortega, Pablo Neruda, Francisco Coloane
Paul CelanAuthor · BooksPaul Celan (lang; born Paul Antschel; 23 November 1920 – c. 20 April 1970) was a German-speaking Romanian poet, Holocaust survivor, and literary translator.
Paul GrahamAuthor · BooksPaul Graham (born November 13, 1964) is an English-American computer scientist, writer, essayist, entrepreneur, and investor.
Paul GuthAuthor · BooksPaul Guth (5 March 1910 – 29 October 1997) was a French humorist, journalist and writer, and the President of the Académie des provinces françaises.
Paul NizanAuthor · BooksIllustration — Paul Nizan
Paul ReiserPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Reiser (born March 30, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He played the roles of Michael Taylor in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads, Paul Buchman in the NBC sitcom Mad About…
Paul-Émile BorduasArtist · SculpturePaul-Émile Borduas (November 1, 1905 – February 22, 1960) was a Canadian artist known for his abstract paintings.
Pavan VarmaAuthor · BooksPavan K. Varma (born 5 November 1953) is an Indian politician, author, and former diplomat who served as India's Ambassador to Bhutan and High Commissioner to Cyprus.
Pavol RankovAuthor · BooksPavol Rankov (born 16 September 1964) is a Slovak writer. He studied library science at the Comenius University, graduating in 1987.
Peter HandkeAuthor · BooksPeter Handke (born 6 December 1942) is an Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter.
Peter HopkirkAuthor · BooksPeter Stuart Hopkirk (15 December 1930 – 22 August 2014) was a British journalist, author and historian who wrote six books about the British Empire, Russia and Central Asia.
Peter TurriniAuthor · BooksPeter Turrini (born 26 September 1944 in St Margarethen im Lavanttal, Carinthia) is an Austrian playwright known for his socio-critical work and earlier folk-dramas.
Philip K. DickAuthor · BooksPhilip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American science fiction short story writer and novelist.
Philip LevineAuthor · Books
Philip WylieAuthor · BooksPhilip Gordon Wylie (May 12, 1902 – October 25, 1971) was an American writer of works ranging from science fiction, mysteries, and social diatribes, to satire concerning topics such as…
Philippe DelermAuthor · BooksPhilippe Delerm (born November 27, 1950, in Auvers-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise, France) is a French writer whose collection of essays La Première gorgée de bière et autres plaisirs minuscules sold…
Philippe Di FolcoAuthor · BooksIllustration — Philippe Di Folco
Philippe JaccottetAuthor · BooksPhilippe Jaccottet (French: [filip ʒakotɛ]; 30 June 1925 – 24 February 2021) was a Swiss-born Francophone poet and translator.
Piero ScaruffiAuthor · BooksPiero Scaruffi (born 1955) is an Italian-American cognitive scientist, philosopher, cultural historian and writer who maintains a website on which his reviews of music, film, and art are…
Pietro CitatiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Pietro Citati
Popati HiranandaniAuthor · BooksPopati Hiranandani (17 September 1924 – 16 December 2005) was an Indian writer who authored more than sixty books in Sindhi language during her life.
Pramoedya Ananta ToerAuthor · BooksPramoedya Ananta Toer (EYD: Pramudya Ananta Tur; 6 February 1925 – 30 April 2006), also nicknamed Pram,[1] was an Indonesian novelist and writer.
Rachel CarsonAuthor · BooksRachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941–1955) and book Silent Spring (1962) are credited…
Rebecca SolnitAuthor · BooksRebecca Solnit (born 1961) is an American writer and activist. She has written on a variety of subjects, including feminism, the environment, politics, place, and art.
René DepestreAuthor · BooksRené Depestre (born 29 August 1924 or 1926, Jacmel, Haiti) is a Haitian-French poet and former communist activist.
Richard C. HoaglandAuthor · BooksRichard Charles Hoagland (born April 25, 1945) is an American author, former science advisor for CBS News and a proponent of various conspiracy theories about NASA, lost alien civilizations…
Rina LasnierAuthor · BooksRina Lasnier, (6 August 1915 – 9 May 1997) was a Québécois Canadian poet. Rina Lasnier was born in St-Grégoire d'Iberville-Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, she attended Collège Marguerite…
Robert A. HeinleinAuthor · BooksRobert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction author, engineer, and naval officer.
Robert B. ShermanArtist · PaintingsRobert Bernard Sherman (December 19, 1925 – March 6, 2012) was an American songwriter. Best known for his work in musical films with his brother, Richard M.
Robert DuncanAuthor · BooksIllustration — Robert Duncan
Robert K. MassieAuthor · BooksRobert Kinloch Massie III (January 5, 1929 – December 2, 2019) was an American journalist and historian.
Robert Pogue HarrisonAuthor · BooksRobert Pogue Harrison is an American literary scholar, cultural critic, and public intellectual.
Roberto CalassoAuthor · BooksRoberto Calasso (30 May 1941 – 28 July 2021) was an Italian writer and publisher. Apart from his mother tongue, Calasso was fluent in French, English, Spanish, German, Latin and ancient…
Rochelle RileyPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Riley in 2019
Rodney Saint-ÉloiAuthor · BooksRodney Saint-Éloi is a Haitian-Canadian poet. He is a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry, at the 2013 Governor General's Awards for Jacques Roche,…
Roland BarthesAuthor · BooksÉcole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (the VIe section of the EPHE until 1975)
Ron PadgettAuthor · BooksRon Padgett (born June 17, 1942) is an American poet, essayist, fiction writer, translator, and a member of the New York School.
Rosario FerréAuthor · BooksRosario Ferré Ramírez de Arellano (September 28, 1938 – February 18, 2016) was a Puerto Rican writer, poet, and essayist. Her father, Luis A.
Rossana RossandaAuthor · BooksRossana Rossanda (23 April 1924 – 20 September 2020) was an Italian communist politician, journalist, author, and feminist.
Saiichi MaruyaAuthor · BooksAugust 27, 1925 – October 13, 2012 was a Japanese author and literary critic.
Saleem HaddadPerson · Film memorabiliaSaleem Yacoub Saleem Haddad (Arabic: سليم حداد; born 1983) is a queer Arab author, filmmaker and aid worker of Iraqi-German and Palestinian-Lebanese descent, His debut novel Guapa (2016),…
Salman RushdiePerson · Film memorabiliaSir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British and American novelist.
Samad BehrangiAuthor · BooksSamad Behrangi (Persian: صمد بهرنگی; 24 June 1939 – 31 August 1968) was a Marxist-Leninist Iranian teacher, social activist and critic, folklorist, translator, and short story writer of…
Samuel R. DelanyArtist · Comics and comic artSamuel R. Delany (born April 1, 1942) is an African American writer and literary critic.
Sandra CisnerosAuthor · BooksSandra Cisneros (born December 20, 1954) is an American writer. She is best known for her first novel, The House on Mango Street (1984), and her subsequent short story collection, Woman…
Sasha SokolovAuthor · BooksSasha Sokolov (Alexander Vsevolodovitch Sokolov; born November 6, 1943, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a writer of Russian literature.
Saul BellowAuthor · BooksSaul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; June 10, 1915April 5, 2005) was an American writer.
Sebastián Salazar BondyAuthor · BooksSebastián Salazar Bondy (February 4, 1924 in Lima – July 4, 1965) was a Peruvian playwright, essayist, poet, and journalist, and among the most important of Peruvian intellectuals.
Selena MillaresAuthor · BooksIllustration — Selena Millares
Serge Patrice ThibodeauAuthor · BooksSerge Patrice Thibodeau (born August 11, 1959) is a Canadian writer. He is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry—winning at the 1996 Governor…
Serhiy ZhadanAuthor · BooksSerhiy Viktorovych Zhadan (born 23 August 1974) is a Ukrainian poet, novelist, musician, translator, and social activist. He has been a member of the ska band Zhadan i Sobaky since 2008.
Shungicu UchidaArtist · Comics and comic artShigeko Uchida, known by the pen name 内田春菊, is a Japanese manga artist, novelist, essayist, actress, and singer.
Sid ChaplinAuthor · BooksSid Chaplin (20 September 191611 January 1986) was an English writer whose works (novels, television screenplays, poetry and short stories) are mostly set in the north-east of England, in…
Simon LeysAuthor · BooksPierre Ryckmans (28 September 1935 – 11 August 2014), better known by his pen name Simon Leys, was a Belgian-Australian sinologist and translator. He lived in Australia from 1970.
Simone de BeauvoirAuthor · BooksSimone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir (9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist.
Siri HustvedtAuthor · BooksSiri Hustvedt (born February 19, 1955) is an American novelist and essayist. Hustvedt is the author of a book of poetry, seven novels, two books of essays, and several works of non-fiction.
Slavoj ŽižekPerson · Film memorabiliaSlavoj Žižek (born 21 March 1949) is a Slovenian philosopher, cultural theorist and public intellectual.
Srečko KosovelAuthor · BooksSrečko Kosovel (18 March 1904 – 27 May 1926) was a Slovenian poet, now considered one of central Europe's major modernist poets.
Stanisław LemAuthor · BooksStanisław Herman Lem (12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, and essays on various subjects, including philosophy,…
Stewart BrandDesigner · Modern designStewart Brand (born December 14, 1938) is an American project developer and writer, best known as the co-founder and editor of the Whole Earth Catalog.
Suzanne BrøggerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Suzanne Brøgger, 1991
Suzanne LilarAuthor · BooksBaroness Suzanne Lilar (née Suzanne Verbist; 21 May 1901 – 11 December 1992) was a Flemish Belgian essayist, novelist, and playwright writing in French.
Sven LindqvistAuthor · BooksSven Oskar Lindqvist (28 March 1932 – 14 May 2019) was a prolific Swedish author whose 35 books range from essays, aphorisms, autobiography, and documentary prose to travel and reportage.
Sylvie RichterováAuthor · BooksIllustration — Sylvie Richterová in 2016
Tao LinPerson · Film memorabiliaTao Lin (born July 2, 1983) is an American novelist, poet, essayist, short-story writer, and artist.
Tetsuko KuroyanagiPerson · Film memorabiliaTetsuko Kuroyanagi is a Japanese actress and television personality. She has hosted the television program since 1975.
Thomas KingPerson · Film memorabiliaThomas King (born April 24, 1943) is an American-born Canadian writer and broadcast presenter who most often writes about First Nations.
Thomas MertonAuthor · BooksThomas Merton (January 31, 1915December 10, 1968), religious name M. Louis, was an American Trappist monk, theologian, mystic, poet, and social activist.
Thomas PynchonAuthor · BooksThomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. (commonly; born May 8, 1937) is an American novelist.
Thomas WolfeAuthor · BooksThomas Clayton Wolfe (October 3, 1900 – September 15, 1938) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Tom SleighAuthor · BooksTom Sleigh is an American poet, dramatist, essayist and academic, who lives in New York City.
Tómas GuðmundssonAuthor · BooksTómas Guðmundsson (6 January 1901 – 14 November 1983) was an Icelandic writer. He was known as Reykjavík's poet (Reykjavíkurskáldið, skáld Reykjavíkur).
Tomas VenclovaAuthor · BooksLithuanian National Prize, Petrarca-Preis, Vilenica International Literary Prize, Zbigniew Herbert Award, Doctor Honoris Causa of Vilnius University
Tristan Mendès FrancePerson · Film memorabiliaTristan Mendès France (born 7 March 1970) is a French teacher, columnist, essayist, and film director who works in the digital field.
Uladzimir NyaklyayewAuthor · BooksUladzimir Prakopavich Nyaklyayew (Łacinka: Uładzimir Prakopavič Niaklajeŭ; Vladimir Prokofyevich Neklyayev;
Ulas SamchukAuthor · BooksUlas Oleksiiovych Samchuk (– 9 July 1987) was a Ukrainian writer, publicist, journalist, Nationalist and proponent of Ukrainian independence.
Uroš ZupanAuthor · BooksUroš Zupan (born 25 August 1963) is a Slovene poet and translator. He has published numerous collections of poetry and his poetry has also been translated into German, Polish, Czech,…
Varujan VosganianAuthor · BooksNational Liberal Party (2003–2015, Senator during 2004–2016)
Vasilis SteriadisAuthor · Books
Venko AndonovskiAuthor · BooksVenko Andonovski is a Macedonian writer (novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet), essayist, critic and literary theorist.
Vicente Molina FoixAuthor · BooksVicente Molina Foix (born 18 October 1946) is a Spanish writer and film director.
Víctor Hugo MoralesAuthor · Books
Viktor KrivulinAuthor · BooksViktor Borisovich Krivulin (9 July 1944 – 17 March 2001) was a Russian poet, novelist and essayist.
Vintilă HoriaAuthor · BooksVintilă Horia (vinˈtilə ˈhori.a; December 18, 1915 – April 4, 1992) was a Romanian writer, winner of the Prix Goncourt. His best known novel is God Was Born in Exile (1960).
Violeta LunaAuthor · BooksVioleta Luna (born 24 February 1943 in Guayaquil) is an Ecuadorian poet, essayist, professor and literary critic.
Viswanathan RaghunathanArtist · Comics and comic artViswanathan Raghunathan (born 1954) is an academic, businessman, author, and columnist.
Vivian GornickAuthor · BooksVivian Gornick (born June 14, 1935) is an American radical feminist critic, journalist, essayist, and memoirist.
Vladimir BartolAuthor · BooksVladimir Bartol (24 February 1903 – 12 September 1967) was a writer from the Slovene minority in Italy.
William AuldAuthor · BooksWilliam Auld (6 November 1924 – 11 September 2006) was a British poet, author, translator and magazine editor who wrote chiefly in Esperanto.
William T. VollmannPhotographer · PhotographyWilliam Tanner Vollmann (born July 28, 1959) is an American novelist, journalist, war correspondent, short story writer and essayist.
Wisława SzymborskaAuthor · BooksMaria Wisława Anna Szymborska (2 July 1923 – 1 February 2012) was a Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Wole SoyinkaAuthor · BooksAkinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka (born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian writer, playwright, and poet.
Wolfgang RihmPerson · Music memorabiliaWolfgang Michael Rihm (German: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈʁiːm]; 13 March 1952 – 27 July 2024) was a German composer of contemporary classical music and an academic teacher based in Karlsruhe.
Xavier VillaurrutiaAuthor · BooksXavier Villaurrutia y González (27 March 1903 – 25 December 1950) was a Mexican poet, playwright, translator, and literary critic whose most famous works are the short theatrical dramas…
Xiao HongAuthor · Books
Yacine KatebAuthor · BooksKateb Yacine (2 August 1929 or 6 August 1929 – 28 October 1989) was an Algerian writer notable for his novels and plays, both in French and Algerian Arabic, and his advocacy of the Berber…
Yasmine GooneratneAuthor · BooksYasmine Gooneratne (1935 – 15 February 2024) was a Sri Lankan poet, short story writer, university professor and essayist.
Yi SangAuthor · Books
Yoko TawadaAuthor · BooksYōko Tawada (多和田葉子 Tawada Yōko, born March 23, 1960) is a Japanese writer currently living in Berlin, Germany. She writes in both Japanese and German.
Yuki SaitoAuthor · BooksYuki Saito (Saitō Yuki; born September 10, 1966, in Minami-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese actress, singer and narrator.
Yukio MishimaAuthor · BooksKimitake Hiraoka (平岡公威, Hiraoka Kimitake; 14 January 1925 – 25 November 1970), known by his pen name Yukio Mishima (三島由紀夫, Mishima Yukio), was a Japanese novelist, playwright, short story…
Yuri GalanskovAuthor · BooksYuri Timofeyevich Galanskov (19 June 1939 – 4 November 1972) was a Russian poet, historian, human rights activist and dissident.
Yves BonnefoyAuthor · BooksYves Jean Bonnefoy (24 June 1923, Tours – 1 July 2016, Paris) was a French poet and art historian.
Zaal SamadashviliAuthor · BooksZaal Samadashvili (ზაალ სამადაშვილი; 3 October 1953 – 1 November 2024) was a Georgian writer.
Zahra RahnavardArtist · SculptureZahra Rahnavard (born Zohreh Kazemi; 19 August 1945) is an Iranian academic, artist and politician.
Zbigniew HerbertAuthor · BooksZbigniew Herbert (Polish: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf ˈxɛrbɛrt]; 29 October 1924 – 28 July 1998) was a Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist.
Zoi KareliAuthor · BooksZoé Karelli was the pen-name used by Chryssoulas Argyriadou (1901–1998), a Greek poet, playwright and essayist.
Zsófia BallaPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Zsófia Balla, Image: László Horváth

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