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20th-century linguists

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Mohammad MoinAuthor · BooksMohammad Moin (his surname could also be transliterated as Mo'in; 12 July 1914, in Rasht, Iran – 4 July 1971, in Tehran, Iran) was an Iranian scholar of Persian literature and Iranian…
Mona BakerAuthor · BooksMona Baker (née Mona El Hilali; Arabic منى الهلالي; born September 29, 1953) is former professor of Translation Studies and founder of the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies…
Mouloud MammeriAuthor · BooksMouloud Mammeri (Tamazight: Mulud At Mɛammer) was an Algerian writer, anthropologist and linguist.
Moysey FishbeinAuthor · BooksMoysey (Moses) Abramovych Fishbein (1 December 1946 – 26 May 2020) was an influential Ukrainian poet and translator of Jewish origin.
Muhammad SalihAuthor · BooksMuhammad Salih (Muhammad Solih, born 20 December 1949) is an Uzbek political opposition leader and writer.
Munier ChoudhuryAuthor · BooksAbu Naeem Mohammad Munier Choudhury (27 November 192514 December 1971) was a Bangladeshi educationist, playwright, literary critic and political dissident.
Mustafa BalelAuthor · BooksMustafa Balel (born 1 September 1945) is a Turkish short story writer and novelist.
N. P. van Wyk LouwAuthor · BooksNicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw (11 June 1906 in Sutherland, Cape Colony – 18 June 1970 in Johannesburg), almost universally known as N.P.
Nancy HustonAuthor · BooksNancy Louise Huston (born September 16, 1953) is a Canadian novelist and essayist, a longtime resident of France, who writes primarily in French and translates her own works into English.
Natallia ArsiennievaAuthor · BooksNatallia Alyakseyewna Arsiennieva (20 September 1903 – 25 July 1997) was a Belarusian playwright, poet and translator who authored the lyrics to the hymn "Mahutny Boža" ("Almighty God").
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.
Nina CassianAuthor · BooksNina Cassian (pen name of Renée Annie Cassian-Mătăsaru; 27 November 1924, in Galați – 14 April 2014, in New York City) was a Romanian poet, children's book writer, translator, journalist,…
Nirmal VermaAuthor · BooksNirmal Verma (3 April 192925 October 2005) was a Hindi writer, novelist, activist and translator.
Olga KirschAuthor · BooksOlga Kirsch (23 September 1924 – 5 June 1997) was a South African and Israeli poet.
Oswald WienerAuthor · BooksOswald Wiener (5 October 1935 – 18 November 2021) was an Austrian-Canadian writer, cyberneticist, language theorist, musician and restaurateur.
Ott ArderAuthor · BooksIllustration — Ott Arder (2004)
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.
Patrik OuředníkAuthor · BooksPatrik Ouředník (in French sometimes known as Patrick; born 23 April 1957) is a Czech author and translator, living in France.
Pavle MerkùPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Pavle Merkù
Peter ColeAuthor · BooksPeter Cole (born 1957) is a MacArthur-winning poet and translator who lives in Jerusalem and New Haven. He attended Williams College and Hampshire College, and moved to Jeru
Petros MarkarisAuthor · BooksPétros Márkaris (born Bedros Markarian) is a Greek crime fiction writer. He is known for his detective novels starring the grumpy Athenian police investigator Costas Haritos.
Petrus Josephus ZoetmulderAuthor · BooksPetrus Josephus Zoetmulder S.J. (January 29, 1906 – July 8, 1995) was an Indonesian expert in the Old Javanese language.
Philippe Di FolcoAuthor · BooksIllustration — Philippe Di Folco
Pierre BecAuthor · BooksPierre Bec (lang; 11 December 1921 – 30 June 2014) was a French Occitan-language poet and linguist.
Raghunath MurmuAuthor · BooksRaghunath Murmu (5 May 1905 – 1 February 1982) was an Indian writer, educator, and playwright. He developed the Ol Chiki script for the Santali language.
Rami SaariAuthor · BooksRami Saari (born 17 September 1963, Petah Tikva, Israel) is an Israeli poet, translator, linguist and literary critic.
Ravindra KelekarAuthor · BooksRavindra Kelekar (7 March 1925 – 27 August 2010) was an Indian author who wrote primarily in the Konkani language, though he also wrote in Marathi and Hindi.
Reiner KunzeAuthor · BooksReiner Kunze (born 16 August 1933 in Oelsnitz, Erzgebirge, Saxony) is a German writer and GDR dissident. He studied media and journalism at the University of Leipzig.
Richard HowardAuthor · BooksRichard Joseph Howard (October 13, 1929 – March 31, 2022), adopted as Richard Joseph Orwitz, was an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator.
Robert ElsieAuthor · BooksThe Highland Lute (Lahuta e Malcís): The Albanian National Epic.
Robèrt LafontAuthor · BooksRobèrt Lafont (March 16, 1923 in Nîmes – June 24, 2009 in Florence) was a French intellectual from Provence.
Robert MajzelsAuthor · BooksRobert Majzels (born May 12, 1950) is a Canadian novelist, poet, playwright and translator.
Robert McHenryAuthor · BooksRobert Dale McHenry (born April 30, 1945) is an American editor, encyclopedist, philanthropist and writer. McHenry worked from 1967 for Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.
Robert van GulikIllustrator · IllustrationRobert Hans van Gulik (9 August 1910 – 24 September 1967) was a Dutch orientalist, diplomat, musician (of the guqin), and writer, best known for the Judge Dee historical mysteries, the…
Roberto JuarrozAuthor · BooksRoberto Juarroz (5 October 1925 – 31 March 1995) was an Argentine poet famous for his "Poesía vertical" (Vertical poetry).
Roger WillemsenAuthor · BooksRoger Willemsen (15 August 1955 – 7 February 2016) was a German author, essayist and TV presenter.
Ron PadgettAuthor · BooksRon Padgett (born June 17, 1942) is an American poet, essayist, fiction writer, translator, and a member of the New York School.
Sabine HuynhAuthor · BooksSabine Huynh (born 1972) is a Vietnamese-born French writer, poet, translator, and literary critic.
Salvador ElizondoAuthor · BooksSalvador Elizondo Alcalde (December 19, 1932, in Mexico City – March 29, 2006) was a Mexican writer of the 60s Generation of Mexican literature.
Sándor KányádiAuthor · BooksSándor Kányádi (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈʃaːndor ˈkaːɲaːdi]; 10 May 1929 – 20 June 2018) was a Hungarian poet and translator from the region of Transylvania, Romania.
Seamus HeaneyAuthor · BooksSeamus Justin Heaney (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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.
Sholeh WolpeAuthor · BooksSholeh Wolpé (born 1962 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian and American award-winning poet, author, playwright, librettist, and literary translator.
Sigitas GedaAuthor · BooksSigitas Geda (full name - Sigitas Zigmas Geda; 4 February 1943 – 12 December 2008) was a Lithuanian poet, translator, playwright, essayist, critic and a member of the Lithuanian…
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.
Sonja LangAuthor · BooksToki Pona (toki pona, the language of good) is a philosophical and artistic constructed language designed for its small vocabulary, simplicity, and ease of acquisition.
Surjit PatarAuthor · BooksSurjit Patar (born Surjit Hunjan; 14 January 1945 – 11 May 2024) was an Indian Punjabi language writer and poet from Punjab.
Susumu ŌnoAuthor · BooksAugust 23, 1919 – July 14, 2008 was a Tokyo-born linguist, specializing in the early history of the Japanese language.
Sylvia DayAuthor · BooksSylvia June Day (born March 11, 1973) is a Japanese American writer. She also writes under the pseudonyms S.J. Day and Livia Dare.
T. CarmiAuthor · Books
Tatsuo HoriAuthor · BooksTatsuo Hori was a Japanese translator and writer of poetry, short stories and novels.
Thomas BernhardAuthor · BooksNicolaas Thomas Bernhard (lang; 9 February 1931 – 12 February 1989) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, poet and polemicist who is considered one of the most important German-language…
Thomas SebeokAuthor · BooksThomas Albert Sebeok (pron; November 9, 1920December 21, 2001) was a Hungarian-born American polymath, semiotician, and linguist.
Tormod HaugenAuthor · BooksTormod Haugen (12 May 1945 – 18 October 2008) was a Norwegian writer of children's books and translator.
Toshihiko IzutsuAuthor · Books4 May 1914 – 7 January 1993 was a Japanese scholar who specialized in Islamic studies and comparative religion.
Umberto BarbaroPerson · Film memorabiliaUmberto Barbaro (3 January 1902, Acireale – 19 March 1959, Rome) was an Italian film critic and essayist.
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,…
Utako YamadaIllustrator · IllustrationUtako Yamada is a Japanese writer, illustrator and translator from Tokyo, Japan. She is the author of 3 official children's books, on which the most notable were The Story of Cherry the Pig…
Valeri BraininPerson · Music memorabiliaValeri "Willi" Borisovich Brainin (Valeri "Villi" Borissovich Brainin, Willi Braynin.ru.vorb.oga;
Veijo MeriAuthor · BooksVeijo Väinö Valvo Meri (31 December 1928 – 21 June 2015) was a Finnish writer. Much of his work focuses on war and its absurdity.
Víctor Rodríguez NúñezAuthor · BooksVíctor Rodríguez Núñez (born in Havana, 1955) is a Cuban poet, journalist, literary critic and translator.
Vítězslav NezvalAuthor · BooksVítězslav Nezval (26 May 1900 – 6 April 1958) was a Czech poet, writer and translator.
Vladimir BeekmanAuthor · BooksVladimir Beekman (23 August 1929 – 3 October 2009) was an Estonian writer, poet and translator.
Vyacheslav IvanovAuthor · BooksVyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov (vʲɪtɕɪˈslaf ˈfsʲevələdəvʲɪtɕ ɪˈvanəf; 21 August 1929 – 7 October 2017) was a prominent Soviet and Russian philologist, semiotician and Indo-Europeanist…
Waheed QureshiAuthor · BooksWaheed Qureshi (Urdu: وحید قریشی) (14 February 1925 – 17 October 2009) was a Pakistani linguist, literary critic, writer, researcher, educationalist and scholar of Urdu literature and…
Yasmina RezaPerson · Film memorabiliaYasmina Reza (lang; born 1 May 1959) is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter best known for her plays Art and God of Carnage.
Zaal SamadashviliAuthor · BooksZaal Samadashvili (ზაალ სამადაშვილი; 3 October 1953 – 1 November 2024) was a Georgian writer.
Zbyněk HejdaAuthor · BooksZbyněk Hejda (2 February 1930, Hradec Králové – 16 November 2013, Prague) was a Czech poet, essayist and translator (mainly from English - Emily Dickinson;
Zhao JingshenAuthor · BooksZhao Jingshen (1902–1985) was a popular Chinese novelist. He taught at Fudan University in Shanghai.

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