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20th-century literary scholars

147 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Adam RobertsAuthor · BooksHe was born in London.
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.
Alberto Asor RosaAuthor · BooksAlberto Asor Rosa (23 September 1933 – 21 December 2022) was an Italian literary critic, historian, and politician, born in Rome.
Alberto FuguetPerson · Film memorabiliaAlberto Felipe Fuguet de Goyeneche (pronounced [alˈβeɾto fuˈɣet]; born 7 March 1963) is a Chilean author, journalist, film critic and film director who rose to critical prominence in the…
Ales AdamovichAuthor · BooksAleksandr Mikhailovich Adamovich (3 September 1927 – 26 January 1994) was a Soviet Belarusian writer, screenwriter, literary critic and democratic activist.
Alfred KolleritschAuthor · BooksAlfred Kolleritsch (16 February 1931 – 29 May 2020) was an Austrian journalist, poet and philosopher.
Ali-Akbar Sa'idi SirjaniAuthor · BooksAli-Akbar Sa'idi Sirjani (12 December 1931 – 28 November 1994) was an Iranian University professor, writer, poet, and journalist who died in prison under mysterious circumstances after…
Alicia OstrikerAuthor · BooksAlicia Suskin Ostriker (born November 11, 1937) is an American poet and scholar who writes Jewish feminist poetry.
Amal ZivAuthor · BooksAmal Ziv (Hebrew: עמל זיו; born December 14, 1964) is an Israeli academic and researcher.
Amit ChaudhuriAuthor · BooksAmit Chaudhuri (born 15 May 1962) is a novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, singer, and music composer from India.
Ana Emilia LahitteAuthor · BooksAna Emilia Lahitte (La Plata, December 19, 1921 – July 10, 2013) was an Argentine writer, poet, and playwright. Her works include several literature genres, but mainly poetry.
Ana HatherlyArtist · PaintingsAna Hatherly (8 May 1929 – 5 August 2015) was a Portuguese academic, poet, visual artist, essayist, filmmaker, painter, and writer.
Ana Paula Ribeiro TavaresAuthor · BooksAna Paula Ribeiro Tavares (born 30 October 1952, Lubango, Huíla Province, Angola) is an Angolan poet.
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.
Andreas KoukoumaAuthor · BooksAndreas Koukouma is a commentator and literary critic of the left. His poems and short stories deal with universal themes and are written in the Cypriot dialect.
Andrée A. MichaudAuthor · BooksAndrée A. Michaud (born November 12, 1957) is a Canadian novelist and playwright from Quebec.
Barbara WiedemannAuthor · BooksBarbara Wiedemann (born October 30, 1945) is an American poet. She has published four books of poetry, besides a number of poems in literary journals.
Ben BelittAuthor · BooksBen Belitt (May 2, 1911 – August 17, 2003) was an American poet and translator. Besides writing poetry, he also translated several books of poetry by Pablo Neruda, Rafael Alberti, and…
Ben LernerAuthor · BooksBenjamin S. Lerner (born February 4, 1979) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, and critic.
Ben OkriAuthor · BooksSir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri FRSL (born 15 March 1959) is a Nigerian-born British poet and novelist.
Bengt PohjanenPerson · Film memorabiliaBengt Erik Benedictus Pohjanen (born 26 June 1944 in Kassa in Pajala, Norrbotten, Sweden), is a Swedish author, translator and priest living in Överkalix.
Bogomil RaynovAuthor · BooksBogomil Nikolaev Raynov (19 June 1919 – 8 June 2007) was a Bulgarian writer and professor of aesthetics.
Burton RaffelAuthor · BooksBurton Nathan Raffel (April 27, 1928 – September 29, 2015) was an American writer, translator, poet and professor.
Carlos Ángel LópezAuthor · BooksCarlos Ángel López Llanes (17 July 1952 – 30 September 2018) was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Chika UnigweAuthor · BooksChika Nina Unigwe (born 12 June 1974) is a Nigerian-born Igbo novelist who writes in English and Dutch.
Damian Walford DaviesAuthor · BooksProfessor Damian Walford Davies (born 16 January 1971 in Aberystwyth) is a Welsh writer and English literature academic.
Dan PagisAuthor · BooksIllustration — Dan Pagis
Daniil AndreyevAuthor · BooksDaniil Leonidovich Andreyev (Даниил Леонидович Андреев; 2 November 1906 – 30 March 1959) was a Russian writer, poet, and Christian mystic.
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.
Devapriya RoyAuthor · BooksDevapriya Roy is an Indian author best known for her books, Friends from College, Indira and The Heat and Dust Project. She lives in New Delhi with her husband Saurav Jha.
Dilara AliyevaAuthor · BooksDilara Alakbar qizi Aliyeva (Dilarə Əliyeva; 14 December 1929 – 19 April 1991) was an Azerbaijani philologist, translator, Women's rights activist and Member of The Supreme Council of…
Dmitry LikhachovAuthor · BooksDmitry Sergeyevich Likhachev (also spelled Dmitrii Likhachev or Dmitry Likhachov; – 30 September 1999) was a Russian medievalist, linguist, and an inmate of Gulag.
Dubravka Oraić TolićAuthor · BooksIllustration — Dubravka Oraić Tolić
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.
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.
Elaine ShowalterAuthor · BooksElaine Showalter (born January 21, 1941) is an American literary critic, feminist, and writer on cultural and social issues.
Elena PoniatowskaAuthor · BooksHélène Elizabeth Louise Amélie Paula Dolores Poniatowska Amor (born May 19, 1932), known professionally as Elena Poniatowska, is a French-born Mexican journalist and author, specializing in…
Ennio FlaianoAuthor · BooksEnnio Flaiano (5 March 1910 – 20 November 1972) was an Italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist, and drama critic.
Enrique Anderson ImbertAuthor · BooksEnrique Anderson Imbert (February 12, 1910 – December 6, 2000) was an Argentine novelist, short-story writer and literary critic.
Esi EdugyanAuthor · BooksEsi Edugyan (born 1978) is a Canadian novelist. She has twice won the Giller Prize, for her novels Half-Blood Blues (2011) and Washington Black (2018).
Fred BachrachArtist · PaintingsAlbert Gustave Herbert "Fred" Bachrach (9 December 1914 – 18 December 2009) was a Dutch literary and art historian of French and German descent whose academic work featured in a number of…
Friedrich Christian DeliusAuthor · BooksFriedrich Christian Delius (13 February 1943 – 30 May 2022), also known by his pen name F.C. Delius, was a German novelist, short story and non-fiction writer and poet.
Georgiy ZhzhonovPerson · Film memorabiliaGeorgiy Stepanovich Zhzhonov (22 March 1915 – 8 December 2005), was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and writer.
Gert HofmannAuthor · BooksGert Hofmann (29 January 1931 – 1 July 1993) was a German writer and professor of German literature.
Gilberto OwenAuthor · BooksGilberto Owen Estrada (May 13, 1904 – March 9, 1952) was a Mexican poet and diplomat.
Gopi Chand NarangAuthor · BooksGopi Chand Narang (11 February 193115 June 2022) was an Indian theorist, literary critic, and scholar who wrote in Urdu and English.
Güzin DinoAuthor · BooksGüzin Dino (1910 – May 30, 2013) was a Turkish literary scholar, linguist, translator and writer. She is known for writing from a Marxist perspective.
Ha JinAuthor · Books
Haig ActerianPerson · Film memorabiliaHaig Acterian (haˈiɡ akteriˈan; also known under his pen name Mihail mihaˈil; March 5, 1904 – August 8, 1943) was a Romanian film and theater director, critic, dramatist, poet, journalist,…
Halyna KrukAuthor · BooksHalyna Kruk (born 30 November 1974) is a Ukrainian writer, translator, educator and literary critic. Her surname also appears as Krouk.
Halyna PetrosanyakAuthor · BooksHalyna Petrosanyak (born 1969) is a Ukrainian poet, writer, and translator.
Hayden WhiteAuthor · BooksHayden V. White (July 12, 1928 – March 5, 2018) was an American historian in the tradition of literary criticism.
Helen VendlerAuthor · BooksHelen Vendler (née Hennessy; April 30, 1933 – April 23, 2024) was an American academic, writer and literary critic.
Hermann BurgerAuthor · BooksHermann Burger (10 July 1942 – 28 February 1989) was a Swiss poet, novelist and essayist.
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.
Hyun Kil-unPhotographer · Photography
Ibrāhīm tooqānAuthor · BooksIbrahim Abd al-Fattah Tuqan (Ibrāhīm ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ Ṭūqān; 1905 – 2 May 1941) was a Palestinian nationalist poet whose work rallied Arabs during their revolt against the British mandate.
Ignacio PadillaAuthor · BooksWas a Mexican writer whose works were translated into several languages. Padilla helped found the Crack Movement, along with fellow writers Eloy Urroz, Jorge Volpi, and Pedro Angel Palou,…
Iman MersalAuthor · BooksIman Mersal (born November 30, 1966, Mit 'Adlan, Dakahlia, Egypt) is an Egyptian writer, poet, academic and translator. Her books include The Threshold and Traces of Enayat.
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…
Irena VeisaitėAuthor · BooksIrena Veisaitė (9 January 1928 – 11 December 2020) was a Lithuanian theatre scholar, intellectual and human rights activist.
Ivan MelezhAuthor · BooksIvan Pavlovich Melezh (8 February 1921 – 9 August 1976) was a Soviet and Belarusian writer and playwright.
Ivar IvaskAuthor · BooksIvar Vidrik Ivask (December 17, 1927 Riga, Latvia – September 23, 1992 Fountainstown, Ireland) was an Estonian poet and literary scholar.
Ivonka SurviłaArtist · PaintingsIvonka Survilla (born Iwonka Szymaniec, 11 April 1936) is the President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic, a Belarusian government in exile.
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.
Jack HalberstamAuthor · BooksJack Halberstam (born December 15, 1961) is an American academic and author, best known for his book Female Masculinity (1998).
Jacques BorelAuthor · BooksJacques Borel (17 December 1925 in Paris – 25 September 2002) was a French author best known for his 1965 novel L'Adoration (translated into English as The Bond), which won the Prix…
Jean PélégriAuthor · BooksJean Pélégri (20 June 1920 – 24 September 2003) was a writer and professor of literature.
Jeannette ArmstrongAuthor · BooksShe was born and grew up on the Penticton Indian reserve in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, and f
Jesper SvenbroAuthor · BooksJesper Svenbro (born 10 March 1944) is a Swedish poet, classical philologist, and member of the Swedish Academy.
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".
Jon FosseAuthor · BooksJon Olav Fosse (lang; born 29 September 1959) is a Norwegian author, translator, and playwright.
Jorge de SenaAuthor · BooksJorge Cândido Alves Rodrigues Telles Grilo Raposo de Abreu de Sena (2 November 1919 – 4 June 1978) was a Portuguese-born poet, critic, essayist, novelist, dramatist, translator and…
Karel JonckheereAuthor · BooksIllustration — Karel Jonckheere in 1965
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.
Kiyoshi JinzaiAuthor · BooksKiyoshi Jinzai was a Japanese novelist, Russian translator and literary critic active during the Shōwa period of Japan.
Laura DevetachAuthor · BooksMaria Laura Devetach (born 5 October 1936) is an Argentinian writer for children.
Lauri ViljanenAuthor · BooksLauri Viljanen (1900–1984) was a Finnish literary critic and writer.
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.
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…
Luis CernudaAuthor · Books
Luz Méndez de la VegaAuthor · BooksLuz Méndez de la Vega (2 September 1919 – 8 March 2012) was a Guatemalan feminist writer, journalist, poet, academic and actress.
Lynne CheneyAuthor · BooksLynne Ann Cheney (Vincent; born August 14, 1941) is an American author, scholar, former talk show host, and the widow of Dick Cheney, the 46th vice president of the United States.
Lyonel TrouillotAuthor · BooksLyonel Trouillot (born 31 December 1956, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is a novelist and poet in French and Haitian Creole, a journalist and a professor of French and Creole literature in…
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…
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.
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…
Marie-Claire BancquartAuthor · BooksMarie-Claire Bancquart (21 July 1932 – 19 February 2019) was a French poet, essayist, professor emerita and literary critic.
Marilyn ChinAuthor · BooksMarilyn Chin (陈美玲) is a prominent Chinese American poet, writer, activist, and feminist, as well as an editor and Professor of English.
Marjorie BoultonAuthor · BooksMarjorie Boulton (7 May 1924 – 30 August 2017) was a British author and poet writing in both English and Esperanto.
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.
Massimiliano ChiamentiAuthor · BooksMassimiliano Chiamenti (Florence, 1967 - Bologna, 2011) was an Italian poet and philologist who lived in Bologna, and taught at the "Liceo delle Scienze Sociali Laura Bassi and the "Liceo…
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…
Mehmed Abid EfendiAuthor · BooksŞehzade Mehmed Abid Efendi (17 May 1905 – 8 December 1973) was an Ottoman prince, a son of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and Saliha Naciye Kadın, and[1][2] brother-in-law of King Zog I of Albania.
Mieczysław JastrunAuthor · BooksIllustration — The grave of Mieczysław Jastrun at Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw.
Milton HatoumAuthor · BooksMilton Assi Hatoum (born August 19, 1952) is a Brazilian writer, translator and professor. Hatoum is one of Brazil's most eminent contemporary writers.
Mircea CărtărescuAuthor · BooksMircea Cărtărescu (ˈmirtʃe̯a kərtəˈresku; born 1 June 1956) is a Romanian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic, and essayist.
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…
Mohammad-Hossein ShahriarAuthor · BooksSeyyed Mohammad-Hossein Behjat Tabrizi (Persian: سیدمحمدحسین بهجت تبریزی, romanized: Seyyed Moḥammad Ḥoseyn Behjat Tabrīzī;
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.
Nabile FarèsAuthor · BooksNabile Farès (25 September 1940 – 30 August 2016) was an Algerian-born French novelist.
Nandini SahuAuthor · BooksNandini Sahu (born 23 July 1973) is an Indian poet and creative writer.
Natividad BarrosoAuthor · BooksNatividad Barroso Garcia (born 1937) is a Venezuelan investigator of ethno-folklore, essayist and Venezuelan poet.
Nedim GürselAuthor · BooksIllustration — Nedim Gürsel
Newton ArvinAuthor · BooksFrederic Newton Arvin (August 23, 1900 – March 21, 1963) was an American literary critic and academic.
Nike WagnerPerson · Music memorabiliaNike Wagner (born 9 June 1945) is a German dramaturge, arts administrator and author. She directed the festival Kunstfest Weimar, and has been the director of the Beethovenfest from 2014.
Nil HilevichAuthor · BooksIllustration — Nil Hilevich
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.
Olof LagercrantzAuthor · BooksOlof Gustaf Hugo Lagercrantz (10 March 1911 – 23 July 2002) was a Swedish writer, critic, literary scholar (PhD 1951) and publicist (editor-in-chief of Dagens Nyheter 1960–1975).
Paola MastrocolaAuthor · BooksPaola Mastrocola (born Turin, 1956) is an Italian writer. She was the recipient of the Rapallo Carige Prize for La gallina volante in 2001.
Parvin E'tesamiAuthor · BooksRakhshandeh E'tesami (17 March 1907 – 4 April 1941), better known as Parvin E'tesami, was a 20th-century Iranian Persian-language poet.
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.
Paul ClaesAuthor · BooksIllustration — Claes (photo by Michiel Hendryckx)
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.
Pierre BayardAuthor · BooksIllustration — * Pierre Bayard (2017)
Raoul SchrottAuthor · BooksRaoul Schrott (born 17 January 1964) is an Austrian poet, writer, literary critic, translator, humanities scholar and broadcast personality.
René GalandAuthor · BooksRené Marie Galand (Reun ar C'halan in Breton) (January 27, 1923 – May 28, 2017) was a writer and Professor of French. He was born in Châteauneuf-du-Faou in Brittany.
Robert ElsieAuthor · BooksThe Highland Lute (Lahuta e Malcís): The Albanian National Epic.
Robert EscarpitAuthor · BooksRobert Escarpit (24 April 1918 in Saint-Macaire – 19 November 2000 in Langon) was a French academic, writer and journalist.

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