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20th-century literary critics

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Hanni OssottAuthor · BooksHanni Ossott (14 February 1946 – 31 December 2002) was a Venezuelan poet, translator and critic.
Hans Egon HolthusenAuthor · BooksHans Egon Holthusen (15 April 1913 – 21 January 1997) was a German Nazi, lyric poet, essayist, and literary scholar.
Hans WollschlägerPerson · Music memorabiliaHans Wollschläger (17 March 1935, in Minden – 19 May 2007, in Bamberg) was a German writer, translator, historian, and editor of German literature.
Harlan EllisonAuthor · BooksHarlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative…
Harry JärvAuthor · BooksHarry Järv (27 March 1921 – 21 December 2009) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish and Swedish librarian, author and translator. He was a lieutenant-ranked veteran of World War II.
Helen VendlerAuthor · BooksHelen Vendler (née Hennessy; April 30, 1933 – April 23, 2024) was an American academic, writer and literary critic.
Hellmuth KarasekPerson · Film memorabiliaHellmuth Karasek (4 January 1934 – 29 September 2015) was a German journalist, literary critic, novelist, and the author of many books on literature and film.
Hervé Le TellierAuthor · BooksHervé Le Tellier (born 21 April 1957) is a French writer and linguist, and a member of the international literary group Oulipo (Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle, which translates roughly…
Hideo KobayashiAuthor · BooksHideo Kobayashi was a Japanese author, who established literary criticism as an independent art form in Japan.
Horace EngdahlAuthor · BooksHorace Oscar Axel Engdahl (born 30 December 1948) is a Swedish literary historian and critic, and has been a member of the Swedish Academy since 1997.
Ida VitaleAuthor · BooksIda Vitale (born 2 November 1923) is a Uruguayan poet, translator, essayist, lecturer and literary critic.
Ilmar LaabanAuthor · BooksIlmar Laaban (11 December 1921, Tallinn, Estonia – 29 November 2000, Stockholm) was an Estonian poet and literary critic.
Ion NegoițescuAuthor · BooksIon Negoiţescu (iˈon neɡo.iˈt͡sesku; also known as Nego; 10 August 1921 – 6 February 1993) was a Romanian literary historian, critic, poet, novelist and memoirist, one of the leading…
Itzik MangerAuthor · BooksItzik Manger (30 May 1901 – 21 February 1969) was a prominent Yiddish poet and playwright, a self-proclaimed folk bard, visionary, and 'master tailor' of the written word.
Ivan Goran KovačićAuthor · BooksIvan Goran Kovačić (pron; 21 March 1913 – 13 July 1943) was a Croatian poet and writer.
J. Hillis MillerAuthor · BooksJoseph Hillis Miller Jr. (March 5, 1928 – February 7, 2021) was an American literary critic and scholar who advanced theories of literary deconstruction.
Jabbour DouaihyAuthor · BooksJabbour Douaihy (1949 – 23 June 2021) was a critically-acclaimed Lebanese writer, translator, and professor of literature.
Jabra Ibrahim JabraAuthor · BooksJabra Ibrahim Jabra (28 August 1919 – 12 December 1994) was an Iraqi-Palestinian author, artist and intellectual born in Adana in French-occupied Cilicia to a Syriac Orthodox Christian…
Jacques BergierAuthor · BooksIllustration — Image of Jacques Bergier
Jacques De DeckerAuthor · BooksJacques De Decker (19 August 1945 – 12 April 2020) was a Belgian writer and author.
Jean-Paul SartreAuthor · BooksJean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (US also; French: [saʁtʁ]; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, political activist, and writer, considered a leading figure 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.
John BetjemanAuthor · BooksSir John Betjeman (28 August 190619 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death.
John CluteAuthor · BooksJohn Frederick Clute (born 12 September 1940) is a Canadian-born author and critic specializing in science fiction and fantasy literature who has lived in both England and the United States…
John Gregory DunneAuthor · BooksJohn Gregory Dunne (May 25, 1932 – December 30, 2003) was an American writer. He began his career as a journalist for Time magazine before expanding into writing criticism, essays, novels,…
John UpdikeAuthor · BooksJohn Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic.
John WainAuthor · BooksJohn Barrington Wain CBE (14 March 1925 – 24 May 1994) was an English poet, novelist, and critic, associated with the literary group known as "The Movement".
José Emilio PachecoAuthor · BooksJosé Emilio Pacheco Berny (30 June 1939 – 26 January 2014) was a Mexican poet, essayist, novelist and short story writer.
José Lins do RegoAuthor · BooksIllustration — José Lins do Rego (1918)
José María ValverdeAuthor · BooksIllustration — José María Valverde in 1980
Josep Palau i FabreAuthor · BooksIllustration — Josep Palau i Fabre
Judith WrightAuthor · Books
Julian CroftAuthor · BooksJulian Croft (born 31 May 1941) is an Australian poet and Emeritus Professor of English, University of New England.
Kaoru KurimotoAuthor · BooksFebruary 13, 1953 – May 26, 2009 was the pen name of Sumiyo Imaoka, a Japanese novelist. Imaoka also used the pen name Azusa Nakajima to write criticism and music.
Karel JonckheereAuthor · BooksIllustration — Karel Jonckheere in 1965
Karel TeigeDesigner · Modern designKarel Teige (13 December 1900 – 1 October 1951) was a Czech modernist avant-garde artist, writer, critic and one of the most important figures of the 1920s and 1930s movement.
Karl ShapiroAuthor · BooksKarl Jay Shapiro (November 10, 1913 – May 14, 2000) was an American poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1945 for his collection V-Letter and Other Poems.
Karl-Markus GaußAuthor · BooksKarl-Markus Gauß (born 14 May 1954, in Salzburg) is an Austrian contemporary writer, essayist and editor. He lives in Salzburg.
Katia GrubisicAuthor · BooksKatia Grubisic (born April 25, 1978, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian writer, editor and translator.
Katica ḰulavkovaAuthor · BooksKatica Kulavkova (Macedonian: Катица Ќулавкова, born 1951) is a Macedonian writer and academic. She has published over forty books, including twenty collections of poetry.
Kim Sa-inAuthor · Books
Kinga DuninAuthor · BooksKinga Maria Dunin-Horkawicz (born 1954 in Łódź) is a Polish writer, feminist, and sociologist.
Kingsley AmisAuthor · BooksSir Kingsley William Amis (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher.
Kiyoshi JinzaiAuthor · BooksKiyoshi Jinzai was a Japanese novelist, Russian translator and literary critic active during the Shōwa period of Japan.
Klaus MannAuthor · BooksKlaus Heinrich Thomas Mann (18 November 1906 – 21 May 1949) was a German writer and anti-fascist activist.
Klaus RifbjergPerson · Film memorabiliaKlaus Rifbjerg (15 December 1931 – 4 April 2015) was a Danish writer. He authored more than 170 novels, books and essays.
Kolakaluri EnochAuthor · BooksKolakaluri Enoch (born 1 July 1939) is an Indian writer, teacher, and former Vice Chancellor of Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.
László NémethAuthor · Books
Lauri ViljanenAuthor · BooksLauri Viljanen (1900–1984) was a Finnish literary critic and writer.
Lennart HellsingAuthor · BooksPaul Lennart Hellsing (5 June 1919 – 25 November 2015) was a Swedish writer and translator.
Leonard NathanAuthor · BooksLeonard E. Nathan, (November 8 1924 – June 3, 2007) was an American poet, critic, and professor emeritus of rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley where he retired in 1991.
Lester del ReyAuthor · BooksLeonard Knapp (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993), best known by his primary pseudonym Lester del Rey, was an American science fiction author and editor.
Lev ManovichDesigner · Modern designLev Manovich is an artist, author and theorist of digital culture. He is a distinguished professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Linda Maria BarosAuthor · BooksLinda Maria Baros (born 6 August 1981) is a French-language poet, translator and literary critic. She has won the Prix Guillaume Apollinaire in 2007 and The Poetical Calling Prize in 2004.
Lionel TrillingAuthor · BooksLionel Mordecai Trilling (July 4, 1905 – November 5, 1975) was an American literary critic, short story writer, essayist, and teacher. One of the leading U.S.
Lisa AppignanesiAuthor · BooksLisa Appignanesi (born Elżbieta Borensztejn; 4 January 1946) is a British-Canadian writer, novelist, and campaigner for free expression.
Liu XiaoboAuthor · BooksLiu Xiaobo (28 December 1955 – 13 July 2017) was a Chinese literary critic, philosopher and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who called for political reforms and was involved in campaigns to end…
Lluís-Anton BaulenasAuthor · BooksLluís-Anton Baulenas (born 21 September 1958 in Barcelona) is a Catalan novelist, translator and playwright.
Louis AwadAuthor · BooksLouis Awad (el-Minya; 5 January 1915 – 9 September 1990) was an Egyptian intellectual and a writer.
Louis Paul BoonAuthor · BooksLodewijk Paul Aalbrecht (Louis Paul) Boon (15 March 1912, in Aalst – 10 May 1979, in Erembodegem) was a Belgian writer of novels, poetry, pornography, columns and art criticism in Flemish.
Louis SimpsonAuthor · BooksLouis Aston Marantz Simpson (March 27, 1923 – September 14, 2012) was an American poet born in Jamaica. He won the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his work At the End of the Open Road.
Louis-René des ForêtsAuthor · BooksLouis-René des Forêts (28 January 1916 – 30 December 2000) was a French writer.
Louise DoughtyAuthor · BooksLouise Doughty (born 4 September 1963) is an English novelist and screenwriter. She is best known for her bestselling novels, including Apple Tree Yard.
Luc EstangAuthor · BooksLuc Bastard (pen name: Luc Estang; 1911–1992) was a French writer, critic and publisher.
Luigi LunariPerson · Music memorabiliaLuigi Lunari (January 3, 1934 – August 15, 2019) was an Italian playwright, translator, essayist and screenwriter.
Luis CernudaAuthor · Books
Luise RinserAuthor · BooksIllustration — Luise Rinser (1987)
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.
Lyuba YakimchukAuthor · BooksIllustration — Lyuba Yakimchuk in 2023
M. H. AbramsAuthor · BooksMeyer Howard Abrams (July 23, 1912 – April 21, 2015), usually cited as M. H. Abrams, was an American literary critic, known for works on romanticism, in particular his book The Mirror and…
M. John HarrisonAuthor · BooksMichael John Harrison (born 26 July 1945), known for publication purposes primarily as M.
Maarten 't HartAuthor · BooksMaarten 't Hart (born 25 November 1944 in Maassluis) is a Dutch writer. Maarten 't Hart was trained as a biologist in zoology and ethology at the Leiden University, he taught that subject…
Magli ElsterAuthor · BooksMagli Elster (née Raknes; 21 November 1912 – 11 May 1993) was a Norwegian psychoanalyst, literary critic, poet and translator.
Máirtín Ó CadhainAuthor · BooksMáirtín Ó Cadhain (4 January 1906 – 18 October 1970) was one of the most prominent Irish language writers of the twentieth century.
Manuel Maples ArceAuthor · BooksManuel Maples Arce (May 1, 1900 - June 26, 1981) was a Mexican poet, writer, art critic, lawyer and diplomat, especially known as the founder of the Stridentism movement.
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.
Marc LambronAuthor · BooksMarc Lambron (born 4 February 1957 in Lyon) is a French writer and winner of the Prix Femina, 1993, for L'Oeil du silence.
Marcelin PleynetAuthor · BooksIllustration — Marcelin Pleynet, Venice, 2006
Marcello PaglieroPerson · Film memorabiliaMarcello Pagliero (15 January 1907 – 18 October 1980) was an Italian film director, actor, and screenwriter.
Margaret BusbyAuthor · BooksMargaret Yvonne Busby, Hon. FRSL (born 1944), also known as Nana Akua Ackon, is a Ghanaian-born publisher, editor, writer and broadcaster, resident in the UK.
Marguerite YourcenarAuthor · BooksMarguerite Yourcenar (born Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour;
Maria Àngels AngladaAuthor · BooksMaria Àngels Anglada was a Catalan poet and novelist. She was born in Vic, Spain, in 1920.
Marianna KiyanovskaAuthor · BooksMarianna Kiyanovska (born 17 November 1973) is a Ukrainian poet, translator and a literary scholar and is a recipient of the Shevchenko National Prize (2020) and the Zbigniew Herbert…
Marianne AhrnePerson · Film memorabiliaSiv Marianne Ahrne (born 25 May 1940) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter. She has directed ten films between 1970 and 1997.
Marie-Claire BancquartAuthor · BooksMarie-Claire Bancquart (21 July 1932 – 19 February 2019) was a French poet, essayist, professor emerita and literary critic.
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.
Marshall BermanAuthor · BooksMarshall Howard Berman (November 24, 1940 – September 11, 2013) was an American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer.
Märt VäljatagaAuthor · BooksMärt Väljataga (born 30 March 1965) is an Estonian literary scholar, critic, translator, poet and editor. Since 1995, he has been the editor-in-chief of the cultural journal Vikerkaar.
Martin AagårdPerson · Music memorabiliaSven Martin Aagård (born 5 March 1971) is a Swedish culture journalist and newspaper and magazine editor and a member of the Swedish pop band Doktor Kosmos.
Martin EsslinAuthor · BooksMartin Julius Esslin OBE (6 June 1918 – 24 February 2002) was a Hungarian-born British producer, dramatist, journalist, adaptor and translator, critic, academic scholar and professor of…
Martin GardnerAuthor · BooksMartin Gardner (October 21, 1914May 22, 2010) was an American writer on popular mathematics and popular science.
Mary GordonAuthor · BooksShe was born in Far Rockaway.
Mateja MatevskiAuthor · BooksMateja Matevski (Macedonian: Матеја Матевски; 13 March 1929 – 6 June 2018) was a Macedonian poet, literary and theater critic, essayist, and translator.
Matija BećkovićAuthor · BooksMatija Bećković (Матија Бећковић; born 29 November 1939) is a Serbian poet, writer and academic.
Maurice BardècheAuthor · BooksMaurice Bardèche (1 October 1907 – 30 July 1998) was a French art critic and journalist, better known as one of the leading exponents of neo-fascism and Holocaust denial in post–World War…
Maurice BlanchotAuthor · BooksMaurice Blanchot (lang; 22 September 1907 – 20 February 2003) was a French writer, philosopher and literary theorist.
Max AubArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Max Aub. Detail from a mural in Valencia
Max KozloffPhotographer · PhotographyMaxwell Kozloff (June 21, 1933 – April 6, 2025) was an American art historian, art critic of modern art, and photographer. He was art editor at The Nation, and executive editor of Artforum.
Menno ter BraakAuthor · BooksMenno ter Braak (26 January 1902 – 14 May 1940) was a Dutch modernist writer, critic, essayist, and journalist.
Michael HardtAuthor · BooksMichael Hardt (born 1960) is an American political philosopher and literary theorist. Hardt is best known for his 2000 book Empire, which was co-written with Antonio Negri.
Michał WitkowskiAuthor · Books
Michel OrcelAuthor · BooksMichel Orcel (born 1952, in Marseille) is a contemporary French writer, publisher and psychoanalyst.
Milorad PavićAuthor · BooksMilorad Pavić (Милорад Павић; 15 October 1929 – 30 November 2009) was a Serbian writer, university professor, translator, literary historian and academic.
Mircea CărtărescuAuthor · BooksMircea Cărtărescu (ˈmirtʃe̯a kərtəˈresku; born 1 June 1956) is a Romanian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic, and essayist.
Mirta YáñezAuthor · Books
Munier ChoudhuryAuthor · BooksAbu Naeem Mohammad Munier Choudhury (27 November 192514 December 1971) was a Bangladeshi educationist, playwright, literary critic and political dissident.
Muriel SparkAuthor · BooksMuriel Spark is recorded as having received Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, James Tait Black Memorial Prize a
Nakamura ShinichiroAuthor · BooksIllustration — The author in 1948
Newton ArvinAuthor · BooksFrederic Newton Arvin (August 23, 1900 – March 21, 1963) was an American literary critic and academic.
Niall MontgomeryDesigner · DesignIllustration — Photo of Irish Architect Niall Montgomery, taken by RTE in 1973
Nirmal VermaAuthor · BooksNirmal Verma (3 April 192925 October 2005) was a Hindi writer, novelist, activist and translator.
Northrop FryeAuthor · BooksHerman Northrop Frye (July 14, 1912 – January 23, 1991) was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century.
Olga SlavnikovaAuthor · BooksOlga Alexandrovna Slavnikova (born 23 October 1957) is a Russian novelist and literary critic. She was awarded the 2006 Russian Booker Prize for her novel 2017.
Patrick LaneAuthor · BooksPatrick Lane (March 26, 1939 – March 7, 2019) was a Canadian poet. He had written in several other genres, including essays, short stories, and was the author of the novels Red Dog, Red Dog…
Patrick NessAuthor · BooksPatrick Ness FRSL (born 17 October 1971) is an American-British author, journalist, lecturer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his books f
Paul de ManAuthor · BooksPaul de Man (lang; December 6, 1919 – December 21, 1983), born Paul Adolph Michel Deman, was a Belgian-born American literary critic and literary theorist.
Paul GoodmanAuthor · BooksPaul Goodman (September 9, 1911 – August 2, 1972) was an American writer and public intellectual best known for his 1960s works of social criticism.
Paul-Eerik RummoAuthor · BooksPaul-Eerik Rummo (born 19 January 1942) is an Estonian poet, playwright, translator and politician who was the former Estonian Minister of Culture and Education, as well as the former…
Paula Gunn AllenAuthor · BooksPaula Gunn Allen (October 24, 1939 – May 29, 2008) was an American poet, literary critic, activist, professor, and novelist.

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