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20th-century literary critics

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Aad NuisAuthor · BooksAdrianus "Aad" Nuis (18 July 1933 – 8 November 2007) was a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and political scientist.
Abdourahman WaberiAuthor · BooksAbdourahman A. Waberi (Cabdiraxmaan Waaberi) is a novelist, essayist, poet, academic, and short-story writer from Djibouti.
Abe de VriesPhotographer · PhotographyAbe de Vries (10 January 1965) is a Frisian poet, essayist, literary critic, journalist, editor, translator and photographer.
Adam RobertsAuthor · BooksHe was born in London.
Adolfo Sánchez VázquezAuthor · BooksAdolfo Sánchez Vázquez (September 17, 1915 – July 8, 2011) was a Spanish-born Mexican philosopher, writer and professor born in Algeciras, Andalucia.
Adrian PăunescuAuthor · BooksAdrian Păunescu (adriˈan pə.uˈnesku; 20 July 1943 – 5 November 2010) was a Romanian writer, publisher, cultural promoter, translator, and politician.
AdunisAuthor · BooksAli Ahmad Said Esber (North Levantine; born 1 January 1930), also known by the pen name Adonis or Adunis (أدونيس), is a Syrian poet, essayist and translator.
Agha Shahid AliAuthor · BooksAgha Shahid Ali Qizilbash (4 February 1949 – 8 December 2001) was an Indian-born American poet.
Agustín Díaz YanesPerson · Film memorabiliaAgustín Díaz Yanes (born 1950, in Madrid) is a Spanish Goya Award-winning screenwriter and film director.
Alan HollinghurstAuthor · BooksSir Alan James Hollinghurst (born 26 May 1954) is an English novelist, poet, short story writer and translator.
Alberto Asor RosaAuthor · BooksAlberto Asor Rosa (23 September 1933 – 21 December 2022) was an Italian literary critic, historian, and politician, born in Rome.
Alejandra PizarnikAuthor · BooksFlora Alejandra Pizarnik (29 April 1936 – 25 September 1972) was an Argentine poet.
Alejo CarpanterAuthor · BooksAlejo Carpentier y Valmont (karpanˈtje; December 26, 1904 – April 24, 1980) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its…
Ales AdamovichAuthor · BooksAleksandr Mikhailovich Adamovich (3 September 1927 – 26 January 1994) was a Soviet Belarusian writer, screenwriter, literary critic and democratic activist.
Aleš ŠtegerAuthor · BooksAleš Šteger (born 31 May 1973) is a Slovene poet, writer, translator and editor. Aleš belongs to a generation of writers that started to publish right after the fall of Yugoslavia.
Alexander MezhirovAuthor · BooksIllustration — Alexander Mezhirov 1980
Alexandre AstrucPerson · Film memorabiliaAlexandre Astruc (13 July 1923 – 19 May 2016) was a French film director, film critic, screenwriter, and novelist.
Alexandru RobotAuthor · BooksAlexandru Robot (alekˈsandru ˈrobot; born Alter Rotmann, also known as Al. Robot; Moldovan Cyrillic: Александру Робот; January 15, 1916 – c.
Alfonso GattoArtist · PaintingsAlfonso Gatto (17 July 1909 – 8 March 1976) was an Italian poet and writer. Along with Giuseppe Ungaretti he is one of the foremost Italian poets of the 20th century and a major exponent of…
Alfredo BosiAuthor · BooksAlfredo Bosi (26 August 1936 – 7 April 2021) was a Brazilian historian, literary critic, and professor.
Ali Sardar JafriAuthor · BooksAli Sardar Jafri (29 November 1913 – 1 August 2000) was an Indian writer of Urdu language. He was also a poet, critic and film lyricist.
Allen HoeyAuthor · BooksAllen Hoey (October 21, 1952 – June 16, 2010) was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic who received numerous honors during his lifetime, including a Pulitzer Prize nomination for…
Amal El-MohtarAuthor · BooksAmal El-Mohtar (born 13 December 1984) is a Canadian poet and writer of speculative fiction, best known for the 2019 novella This Is How You Lose the Time War.
Amichai ChassonAuthor · BooksAmichai Chasson (also Amichai Hasson, Hebrew: עמיחי חסון; born 1987) is an Israeli poet, curator and filmmaker.
Amit ChaudhuriAuthor · BooksAmit Chaudhuri (born 15 May 1962) is a novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, singer, and music composer from India.
Anders OlssonAuthor · BooksAnders Olsson (born 19 June 1949) is a Swedish writer, professor of literature at Stockholm University, literary critic and member of the Swedish Academy.
André du BouchetAuthor · BooksAndré du Bouchet (April 7, 1924 – April 19, 2001) was a French poet.
André SchmitzAuthor · BooksAndré Schmitz (17 August 1929 – 15 January 2016) was a Belgian poet.
Andrii MalyshkoAuthor · BooksAndriy Samiylovych Malyshko (Ukrainian: Андрій Самійлович Малишко; 14 November [O.S. 1 November] 1912, Obukhiv – 17 February 1970, Kyiv) was a Soviet Ukrainian poet and translator.
Andrzej StasiukAuthor · BooksAndrzej Stasiuk (born 25 September 1960 in Warsaw, Poland) is a contemporary Polish writer, journalist and literary critic.
Ángel RamaAuthor · BooksÁngel A. Rama (ˈaŋxel rama; April 30, 1926November 27, 1983) was a Uruguayan writer, academic, and literary critic, known for his work on modernismo and for his theorization of the concept…
Angèle Bassolé-OuédraogoAuthor · BooksAngèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (born 8 February 1967) is an Ivoirian-born Canadian poet and journalist. She has won the Trillium Book Award and been nominated for the Ottawa Book Award.
Anna MitgutschAuthor · BooksIllustration — Anna Mitgutsch (2016).
Anne EnrightPerson · Film memorabiliaAnne Teresa Enright (born 11 October 1962) is an Irish writer. The first Laureate for Irish Fiction (2015–2018) and winner of the Man Booker Prize (2007), she has published eight novels,…
Anne StevensonAuthor · BooksAnne Katharine Stevenson (January 3, 1933 – September 14, 2020) was an American-British poet and writer and recipient of a Lannan Literary Award.
Anne TylerAuthor · BooksAnne Tyler (born October 25, 1941) is an American novelist, short story writer, and literary critic.
Annette KolodnyAuthor · BooksAnnette Kolodny (August 21, 1941 – September 11, 2019) was an American feminist literary critic and activist, held the position of College of Humanities Professor Emerita of American…
Antje Rávic StrubelAuthor · BooksAntje Rávik Strubel, also known as Antje Rávic Strubel (born 12 April 1974) is a German writer, translator, and literary critic. She lives in Potsdam.
Antonio LarretaPerson · Film memorabiliaGualberto José Antonio Rodríguez-Larreta y Ferreira (14 December 1922 – 19 August 2015), better known as Antonio Larreta or Taco Larreta, was a Uruguayan writer, critic and actor.
Armand RobinAuthor · BooksArmand Robin (January 19, 1912 – March 29, 1961) was a French poet, translator, and journalist.
Augustin BuzuraAuthor · BooksAugustin Buzura (awɡusˈtin buˈzura; September 22, 1938 – July 10, 2017) was a Romanian novelist and short story writer, also known as a journalist, essayist, and literary critic.
Augusto MeyerAuthor · BooksAugusto Meyer (born in Porto Alegre on January 24, 1902; died in Rio de Janeiro on July 10, 1970) was a Brazilian poet, journalist, literary critic, and folklorist.
Austin WrightAuthor · BooksAustin McGiffert Wright (1922 – April 23, 2003) was an American novelist, literary critic and professor emeritus of English at the University of Cincinnati.
Avital RonellAuthor · BooksAvital Ronell (born 15 April 1952) is an American academic who writes about continental philosophy, literary studies, psychoanalysis, political philosophy, and ethics.
Ayn RandAuthor · BooksAlice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum, 1905March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand, was a Russian-American writer and philosopher.
B. S. JohnsonAuthor · BooksBryan Stanley William Johnson (5 February 1933 – 13 November 1973) was an English experimental novelist, poet and literary critic. He also produced television programmes and made films.
Ben LernerAuthor · BooksBenjamin S. Lerner (born February 4, 1979) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, and critic.
Benjamin TammuzArtist · SculptureBenjamin Tammuz (Hebrew: בנימין תמוז; 11 July 1919 – 19 July 1989) was an Israeli writer and artist who contributed to Israeli culture in many disciplines, as a novelist, journalist,…
Bernard NoëlAuthor · BooksBernard Noël (19 November 1930 – 13 April 2021) was a French writer and poet. He received the Grand Prix national de la poésie (National Grand Prize of Poetry) in 1992, the Prix Robert…
Birgitta TrotzigAuthor · BooksBirgitta Trotzig (11 September 1929 – 14 May 2011)[1] was a Swedish writer who was elected to the Swedish Academy in 1993.[2] She was one of Sweden's most celebrated authors, and wrote…
Bishnu DeyAuthor · BooksBishnu Dey (July 18, 1909 – December 3, 1982) was a Bengali poet, writer, essayist, academician, art appreciator, and connoisseur in the era of modernism and post-modernism.
Bogomil RaynovAuthor · BooksBogomil Nikolaev Raynov (19 June 1919 – 8 June 2007) was a Bulgarian writer and professor of aesthetics.
Brian AldissAuthor · BooksBrian Wilson Aldiss (18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist and anthology editor, best known for science-fiction novels and short stories.
C. W. CeramAuthor · BooksKurt Wilhelm Marek (20 January 1915 – 12 April 1972), best known by the pen name C. W.
Carl Jóhan JensenAuthor · BooksIllustration — Carl Jóhan Jensen
Carlos MastronardiAuthor · BooksCarlos Mastronardi (1901 – June 5, 1976) was an Argentine journalist, poet, and translator.
Carmen CondeAuthor · BooksCarmen Conde Abellán (15 August 1907 – 8 January 1996) was a Spanish poet, narrative writer and teacher.
Carmen Martín GaiteAuthor · BooksCarmen Martín Gaite (8 December 1925 – 23 July 2000) was a Spanish author who wrote many novels, short stories, screenplays, and essays across multiple genres.
Carmen OlléAuthor · BooksCarmen Ollé (born 29 July 1947) is a Peruvian poet, narrator, and literary critic.
César Antonio MolinaAuthor · BooksCésar Antonio Molina Sánchez (born 14 September 1952) is a Spanish writer, translator, university professor, cultural manager and politician.
Cesare PaveseAuthor · BooksCesare Pavese (9 September 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, literary critic, and essayist.
Charles OlsonAuthor · BooksHarvard University Graduate work in American Studies, 1936-1939
Charles OsborneAuthor · BooksCharles Thomas Osborne (24 November 192723 September 2017) was an Australian journalist, theatre and opera critic, poet and novelist.[1] He was the assistant editor of The London Magazine…
Cintio VitierAuthor · BooksCintio Vitier (September 25, 1921 – October 1, 2009) was a Cuban poet, essayist, and novelist.
Clifton FadimanAuthor · BooksClifton Paul "Kip" Fadiman (May 15, 1904 – June 20, 1999) was an American intellectual, author, editor, and radio and television personality.
Clifton SniderAuthor · BooksClifton Mark Snider (March 3, 1947 – October 24, 2021) was an American poet, novelist, literary critic, scholar, and educator.
Colm TóibínAuthor · BooksColm Tóibín (lang; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet.
Cristina Sánchez-AndradeAuthor · BooksCristina Sánchez-Andrade (born 5 April 1968) is a Spanish writer and translator of partial English descent.
Cyril ConnollyAuthor · BooksCyril Vernon Connolly (10 September 1903 – 26 November 1974) was an English literary critic and writer.
Daniel-RopsAuthor · BooksHenri Jules Charles Petiot (19 January 1901 – 27 July 1965), known by the pen name Henri Daniel-Rops, was a French Catholic writer and historian.
David BrooksAuthor · BooksDavid Gordon Brooks (born 1953) is an Australian poet, novelist, short-fiction writer, and essayist.
David MaddenAuthor · BooksDavid Madden (born July 25, 1933) is an American writer of many novels, short stories, poems, plays, and works of nonfiction and literary criticism.
Davide RondoniAuthor · Books
Debora VogelAuthor · BooksDebora Vogel (1900–1942; alternative spellings: Dvora Vogel and Dvoyre Fogel) was a Polish philosopher and poet who published work in Yiddish and Polish.
Déborah HeisslerAuthor · BooksDeborah Heissler (born 5 May 1976 in Mulhouse, France) is a contemporary French author.
Dhiru ParikhAuthor · BooksDhiru Ishwarlal Parikh (31 August 1933 – 9 May 2021) was an Indian Gujarati poet, short story writer and critic. He was an editor of Kavilok and Kumar, Gujarati literary magazines.
Dmytro PavlychkoAuthor · BooksDmytro Vasylyovych Pavlychko (28 September 1929 – 29 January 2023) was a Ukrainian poet, translator, scriptwriter, culturologist, and politician.
Dolores CastroAuthor · BooksDolores Castro Varela (12 April 1923 – 30 March 2022) was a Mexican poet, narrator, essayist and literary critic.
Doodhnath SinghAuthor · BooksDoodhnath Singh (17 October 1936 – 12 January 2018) was an Indian Hindi language writer, critic and poet.
Dorothy AuchterlonieAuthor · BooksDorothy Auchterlonie (also known as Dorothy Green; 28 May 1915 – 21 February 1991) was an English-born Australian academic, literary critic and poet.
Dương Thu HươngAuthor · BooksDương Thu Hương (born 1947) is a Vietnamese author and political dissident.
Eavan BolandAuthor · BooksEavan Aisling Boland (24 September 1944 – 27 April 2020) was an Irish poet, author, and professor. She was a professor at Stanford University, where she had taught from 1996.
Ebba HaslundAuthor · BooksEbba Margareta Haslund Halvorsen (12 August 1917 – 10 July 2009) was an American-Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, playwright, essayist, children's writer, literary critic, radio…
Echezonachukwu NdukaAuthor · BooksEchezonachukwu Chinedu Nduka (born 19 July 1989) is a Nigerian poet, pianist, essayist, author, recording artist, and ethnomusicologist specializing in African pianism by West African…
Edith TiempoAuthor · BooksEdith Cutaran Lopez-Tiempo (April 22, 1919 – August 21, 2011) was a Filipino poet, fiction writer, teacher and literary critic in the English language.
Eduardo LagoAuthor · BooksEduardo Lago (born 16 June 1954) is a Spanish novelist, translator, and literary critic, born in Madrid and currently living in Manhattan, New York, United States.
Eduardo LourençoAuthor · BooksEduardo Lourenço de Faria (23 May 1923 – 1 December 2020), best known as Eduardo Lourenço, was a Portuguese essayist, professor, critic, philosopher and writer.
Edward BalcerzanAuthor · BooksEdward Balcerzan (born 13 October 1937) is a Polish literary critic, poet, prose writer, and translator.
Elaine ShowalterAuthor · BooksElaine Showalter (born January 21, 1941) is an American literary critic, feminist, and writer on cultural and social issues.
Elfriede JelinekAuthor · BooksElfriede Jelinek (lang; born 20 October 1946) is an Austrian playwright and novelist.
Elizabeth Azcona CranwellAuthor · BooksElizabeth Azcona Cranwell (10 March 1933 – 2 December 2004) was an Argentine poet, storyteller, writer, translator, and literary critic. She was born and died in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Els de GroenAuthor · BooksElly de Groen-Kouwenhoven (Kouwenhoven; 23 December 1949 – 19 October 2025), generally known as Els de Groen, was a Dutch author and politician, who served as a Member of the European…
Enrique Anderson ImbertAuthor · BooksEnrique Anderson Imbert (February 12, 1910 – December 6, 2000) was an Argentine novelist, short-story writer and literary critic.
Erik von Kuehnelt-LeddihnAuthor · BooksErik Maria Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (31 July 1909 – 26 May 1999) was an Austrian-American nobleman and polymath, whose areas of interest included philosophy, history, political science,…
Eugen GomringerDesigner · Modern designEugen Gomringer (20 January 1925 – 21 August 2025) was a Bolivian-born Swiss concrete poet. He was head of the Institut für Konstruktive Kunst und Konkrete Poesie (IKKP) in Rehau, Germany.
Eva StrömAuthor · BooksEva Ström (born 4 January 1947 in Lidingö, Stockholm County) is a Swedish lyricist, novelist, biographer, and literary critic.
Fernanda PivanoAuthor · BooksIllustration — Fernanda Pivano in 2006
Francisco AyalaAuthor · BooksFrancisco Ayala was a Spanish writer, translator, novelist, sociologist, lawyer and literary critic (1906–2009). He was born in Granada and died in Madrid.
Frank Cottrell-BoyceAuthor · BooksFrank Cottrell-Boyce (Francis G. Boyce; born 23 September 1959) is a British screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor, known for his children's fiction and for his collaborations with…
Frédéric BeigbederPerson · Film memorabiliaFrédéric Beigbeder (born 21 September 1965) is a French writer, literary critic and television presenter.
Fredric JamesonAuthor · BooksFredric Ruff Jameson (April 14, 1934 – September 22, 2024) was an American literary critic, philosopher and Marxist political theorist.
Gabriel FerraterAuthor · BooksGabriel Ferrater i Soler (20 May 1922 – 27 April 1972) was an author, translator and scholar of linguistics of the sixties who wrote in the Catalan language.
Gabriele KubyAuthor · BooksGabriele Kuby (born 1944) is a German writer and sociologist. She is a convert from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism, and is noted for her Traditionalist Catholic ideas and orthodox…
Gajanan Madhav MuktibodhAuthor · BooksGajanan Madhav Muktibodh (13 November 1917 – 11 September 1964) was a prominent Hindi poet, essayist, literary and political critic, and fiction writer of the 20th century.
Gane TodorovskiAuthor · BooksDragan "Gane" Todorovski (11 May 1929 – 22 May 2010) was a Macedonian poet, translator, essayist, literary critic, and historian, publicist.
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…
Geno PampaloniAuthor · BooksGeno Pampaloni (25 November 1918 – 17 January 2001) was an Italian literary critic, journalist, editor, and essayist.
Geo BogzaAuthor · BooksGeo Bogza (born Gheorghe Bogza; February 6, 1908 – September 14, 1993) was a Romanian avant-garde theorist, poet, and journalist, known for his left-wing and communist political convictions.
George BoweringAuthor · BooksGeorge Harry Bowering, (born December 1, 1935) is a prolific Canadian novelist, poet, historian, and biographer. He was the first Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate.
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.
Ghassan KanafaniAuthor · BooksGhassan Fayiz Kanafani (8April 19368July 1972) was a prominent Palestinian author and militant, considered to be a leading novelist of his generation and one of the Arab world's leading…
Gig RyanAuthor · BooksGig Ryan, born Elizabeth Anne Martina Ryan, is an Australian poet. She is a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award.
Giuseppe PontiggiaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Giuseppe Pontiggia in 1994
Gjekë MarinajAuthor · BooksGjekë Marinaj is an Albanian–American poet, writer, translator and literary critic who is also known as the founder of a form of arts criticism known as Protonism Theory.
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.
Gonzalo SantonjaAuthor · BooksGonzalo Santonja Gómez-Agero (born 12 October 1952) is a Spanish writer, politician, professor, and literary critic who, As of 2022 has served as Minister of Culture, Tourism, and Sport in…
Gonzalo Torrente BallesterAuthor · BooksGonzalo Torrente Ballester (13 June 1910 – 27 January 1999) was a Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
Gregorio SalvadorAuthor · BooksGregorio Salvador Caja (11 July 1927 – 26 December 2020) was a Spanish linguist specialized in structural semantics.
Guido Rodríguez AlcaláAuthor · BooksGuido Rodriguez Alcalá (born Asunción, Paraguay, 1946) is a poet, narrator, historian, journalist, essayist, and literary critic.
Halyna PetrosanyakAuthor · BooksHalyna Petrosanyak (born 1969) is a Ukrainian poet, writer, and translator.

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