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20th-century literary critics

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Pegah AhmadiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Pegah Ahmadi in Berlin, 2023
Peter RühmkorfAuthor · BooksPeter Rühmkorf (25 October 1929 – 8 June 2008) was a German writer who significantly influenced German post-war literature.
Petr HruškaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Petr Hruška in 2017
Pierre BayardAuthor · BooksIllustration — * Pierre Bayard (2017)
Pierre GascarAuthor · BooksPierre Fournier (13 March 1916 – 20 February 1997), better known his pen name Pierre Gascar, was a French journalist, literary critic, writer, essayist and screenwriter.
Pierre MertensAuthor · BooksPierre Mertens (9 October 1939 – 19 January 2025) was a Belgian writer and lawyer who specialised in international law, director of the Centre de sociologie de la littérature at the…
Pierre NavilleAuthor · BooksPierre Naville (1 February 1904 – 24 April 1993) was a French Surrealist writer and sociologist. He was a prominent member of the "Investigating Sex" group of Surrealist thinkers.
Pietro CitatiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Pietro Citati
Predrag MarkovićAuthor · BooksPredrag Marković (Предраг Марковић; born 7 December 1955) is a Serbian politician, author, and publisher who served as the President of the National Assembly of Serbia from 2004 to 2007 and…
Raghuveer ChaudhariAuthor · BooksRaghuveer Chaudhari is a novelist, poet and critic from Gujarat, India. He has also worked as a columnist for numerous newspapers, such as Sandesh, Janmabhumi, Nirikshaka and Divya Bhaskar.
Rami SaariAuthor · BooksRami Saari (born 17 September 1963, Petah Tikva, Israel) is an Israeli poet, translator, linguist and literary critic.
Randall JarrellAuthor · BooksRandall Jarrell (May 6, 1914 – October 14, 1965) was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist.
Raoul SchrottAuthor · BooksRaoul Schrott (born 17 January 1964) is an Austrian poet, writer, literary critic, translator, humanities scholar and broadcast personality.
Régis BonvicinoAuthor · BooksRégis Rodrigues Bonvicino (25 February 1955 – 5 July 2025) was a Brazilian judge, appellate judge, poet, translator, literary critic and editor.
René DaumalAuthor · BooksRené Daumal (ʁəne domal; 16 March 1908 – 21 May 1944) was a French poet, essayist, novelist, dramatist, literary critic, translator and scholar of Sanskrit and Indian aesthetics.
Rexhep QosjaAuthor · BooksRexhep Qosja (25 June 1936 – 23 April 2026) was a Kosovo Albanian writer, literary critic and academic who was a professor at University of Pristina.
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 A. HeinleinAuthor · BooksRobert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction author, engineer, and naval officer.
Robert BrasillachAuthor · BooksRobert Brasillach (31 March 1909 – 6 February 1945) was a French author and journalist.
Robert DuncanAuthor · BooksIllustration — Robert Duncan
Robert EscarpitAuthor · BooksRobert Escarpit (24 April 1918 in Saint-Macaire – 19 November 2000 in Langon) was a French academic, writer and journalist.
Robert PinskyAuthor · BooksRobert Pinsky (born October 20, 1940) is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator. He was the first United States Poet Laureate to serve three terms.
Robert SabatierAuthor · BooksRobert Sabatier (17 August 1923 – 28 June 2012) was a French poet and writer. He wrote numerous novels, essays and books of aphorisms and poems.
Roger CailloisAuthor · BooksRoger Caillois (3 March 1913 – 21 December 1978) was a French intellectual and prolific writer whose original work brought together literary criticism, sociology, poetry, ludology and…
Roland BarthesAuthor · BooksÉcole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (the VIe section of the EPHE until 1975)
Ronald AugustoPerson · Music memorabiliaRonald Augusto da Costa (Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, August 4, 1961) is an experimental and visual poet, initially linked to the poesia marginal, poetry critic, editor, musician and…
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.
Rui KnopfliAuthor · BooksRui Manuel Correia Knopfli (10 August 1932 in Inhambane, Portuguese East Africa – 25 December 1997 in Lisbon) was a Mozambican writer.
Saiichi MaruyaAuthor · BooksAugust 27, 1925 – October 13, 2012 was a Japanese author 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.
Samuel R. DelanyArtist · Comics and comic artSamuel R. Delany (born April 1, 1942) is an African American writer and literary critic.
Sarah Webster FabioAuthor · BooksSarah Webster Fabio (January 20, 1928 – November 7, 1979) was an American poet, literary critic and educator.
Satya Vrat ShastriAuthor · BooksSatya Vrat Shastri (29 September 1930 – 14 November 2021) was an Indian Sanskrit scholar, writer, grammarian and poet.
Seamus DeaneAuthor · BooksSeamus Francis Deane (9 February 194012 May 2021) was a Northern Irish poet, novelist, critic, and intellectual historian.
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.
Sei ItoAuthor · Books16 January 1905 – 15 November 1969, born Hitoshi Itō, was a Japanese Modernist writer of poetry, prose and essays, and a translator.
Shankha GhoshAuthor · BooksSankha Ghosh (born Chittapriya Ghosh; 5 February 1932 – 21 April 2021) was an Indian poet and literary critic. His ancestral home wa
Shigehiko HasumiAuthor · BooksShigehiko Hasumi (also romanized Shiguéhiko; born 29 April 1936) is a Japanese literary critic, film critic, French literature scholar, and novelist.
Shin ShifraAuthor · BooksShin Shifra; is the pen name of Shifra Shifman Shmuelevitch (1931 – 9 February 2012), a poet, translator, writer, editor and literary academic. Shifra won multiple literature awards.
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.
Sterjo SpasseAuthor · BooksSterjo Spasse (14 August 1914 – 12 September 1989) was an Albanian prose writer and novelist.
Susan BassnettAuthor · BooksSusan Edna Bassnett, FRSL (born 21 October 1945) is a translation theorist and scholar of comparative literature.
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 DelblancAuthor · BooksSven Delblanc (May 26, 1931 – December 15, 1992) was a Swedish author and professor of literature.
Sviatoslav HordynskyAuthor · BooksSviatoslav Hordynskyi Sas coat of arms (30 December 1906 – 20 May 1993) was a Ukrainian poet, translator, literary critic, artist, and art historian.
Sylvie RichterováAuthor · BooksIllustration — Sylvie Richterová in 2016
T. N. SrikantaiahAuthor · BooksTheerthapura Nanjundaiah Srikantaiah (26 November 1906 – 7 September 1966) commonly known as 'Thee. Shree, was a Kannada poet, essayist, editor, translator, linguist and teacher.
Tahar DjaoutAuthor · BooksTahar Djaout (Ṭaher Ǧaɛut, 11 January 1954 – 2 June 1993) was an Algerian journalist, poet, and fiction writer. He was assassinated in 1993 by the Armed Islamic Group.
Tahereh SaffarzadehAuthor · BooksTahereh Saffarzadeh (1936 in Sirjan, Kerman Province, Iran – October 25, 2008 in Tehran, Iran) was an Iranian poet, writer, translator and prominent university professor.
Theodor W. AdornoAuthor · BooksTheodor W. Adorno (born Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund; 11 September 1903 – 6 August 1969) was a German philosopher, cultural, and music critic.
Theodore SturgeonAuthor · BooksTheodore Sturgeon (born Edward Hamilton Waldo, February 26, 1918 – May 8, 1985) was an American author of primarily fantasy, science fiction, and horror, as well as a critic.
Timothy SnyderAuthor · BooksTimothy David Snyder (born August 18, 1969) is an American historian specializing in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust.
Tomislav DretarAuthor · BooksTomislav Dretar (born 2 March 1945) is a Croatian, Bosnian, French and Belgian poet, writer, critic, and translator, as well as an academic, journalist, editor, political leader and…
Tomoji AbeAuthor · BooksTomoji Abe was a Japanese novelist, social critic, humanist, and translator of English and American literature.
Tove NilsenAuthor · BooksTove Nilsen (born 25 October 1952) is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer and literary critic.
U. R. AnanthamurthyAuthor · BooksUdupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy (21 December 1932 – 22 August 2014) was an Indian contemporary writer and critic in the Kannada language.
Venko AndonovskiAuthor · BooksVenko Andonovski is a Macedonian writer (novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet), essayist, critic and literary theorist.
Violeta LunaAuthor · BooksVioleta Luna (born 24 February 1943 in Guayaquil) is an Ecuadorian poet, essayist, professor and literary critic.
Virgil IeruncaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Virgil Ierunca in 1994
Vivian GornickAuthor · BooksVivian Gornick (born June 14, 1935) is an American radical feminist critic, journalist, essayist, and memoirist.
Volodymyr MalykAuthor · BooksVolodymyr Malyk (born Volodymyr Sychenko; 21 February 1921 – 31 August 1998) was a Soviet-Ukrainian writer.
W. H. NewAuthor · BooksWilliam Herbert New FRSC (born March 28, 1938) is a Canadian poet and literary critic.
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…
Wallace StegnerAuthor · BooksWallace Earle Stegner (February 18, 1909 – April 13, 1993) was an American novelist, writer, environmentalist, and historian. He was often called "The Dean of Western Writers".
Walter JensAuthor · BooksWalter Jens (8 March 1923 – 9 June 2013) was a German philologist, literature historian, critic, university professor and writer.
William EmpsonAuthor · BooksSir William Empson (27 September 1906 – 15 April 1984) was an English literary critic and poet, widely influential for his practice of closely reading literary works, a practice fundamental…
William Irwin ThompsonAuthor · BooksWilliam Irwin Thompson (July 16, 1938 – November 8, 2020) was an American social philosopher, cultural critic, and poet. He received the Oslo International Poetry Festival Award in 1986.
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.
Wojciech ŻukrowskiAuthor · BooksWojciech Żukrowski (14 April 1916 in Kraków – 26 August 2000 in Warsaw) was a Polish prosaist, poet, reporter, essayist and literary critic.
Wolfgang HarichAuthor · BooksWolfgang Harich (9 December 1923 – 15 March 1995)[1] was a communist philosopher and journalist in East Germany.
Xosé Filgueira ValverdeAuthor · BooksXosé Fernando Filgueira Valverde, or sometimes José Filgueira Valverde (28 October 1906, in Pontevedra – 13 September 1996, in Pontevedra), was a Spanish writer, intellectual, researcher,…
Yaroslav SmelyakovAuthor · BooksYaroslav Vasilyevich Smelyakov (8 January 1913 – 27 November 1972) was a Russian Soviet poet, critic and translator.
Yolanda CastañoAuthor · BooksYolanda Castaño Pereira (Santiago de Compostela, 1977) is a Galician painter, literary critic and poet.
Yūko TsushimaAuthor · BooksSatoko Tsushima (30 March 1947 – 18 February 2016), known by her pen name Yūko Tsushima (津島佑子 Tsushima Yūko), was a Japanese fiction writer, essayist and critic.
Yuri KublanovskyAuthor · BooksYury Mikhaylovich Kublanovsky (b. 30 April 1947, Rybinsk) is a Russian poet, essayist, critic and art historian.
Zdeněk RotreklAuthor · BooksIllustration — Zdeněk Rotrekl 1996
Zoran StefanovićArtist · Comics and comic artZoran Stefanović (Зоран Стефановић, born 21 November 1969 in Loznica) is a Serbian author, publisher and cultural activist, best known as the founder of several cultural networks, including…

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