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20th-century literary scholars

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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 Pogue HarrisonAuthor · BooksRobert Pogue Harrison is an American literary scholar, cultural critic, and public intellectual.
Roger WillemsenAuthor · BooksRoger Willemsen (15 August 1955 – 7 February 2016) was a German author, essayist and TV presenter.
Rubén Bareiro SaguierAuthor · BooksRubén Bareiro Saguier (January 22, 1930 – March 25, 2014) was a Paraguayan writer, poet, and diplomat.
Säbit MūqanovAuthor · BooksSabit Mukanov (Sábıt Muqanuly Muqanov, transliterated Sabit Mukanovich Mukanov; 26 April 1900 – 18 April 1973) was a Kazakh and Soviet poet, writer, publicist, scientist Academician of the…
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.
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.
Shrikant VermaAuthor · BooksShrikant Verma (18 September 1931 – 25 May 1986) was an Indian poet and a Member of Parliament from Madhya Pradesh as a Congress party candidate from 1976 to 1982 and 1982 to 1986.
Simon ArmitageAuthor · BooksSimon Robert Armitage (born 26 May 1963) is an English poet, playwright, musician and novelist. He was appointed Poet Laureate on 10 May 2019.
Sokrat KhanyanAuthor · BooksSokrat Agalari Khanyan (22 January 1930 – 30 July 2026) was an Armenian poet, translator, literary critic, publicist, academic, and doctor of philology, who was a member of Writers Union of…
Susan BassnettAuthor · BooksSusan Edna Bassnett, FRSL (born 21 October 1945) is a translation theorist and scholar of comparative literature.
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.
Tadashi IijimaAuthor · Books5 March 1902 – 5 January 1996 was a Japanese film critic and screenwriter. He has been called "a leader who established film criticism and film research in Japan".
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.
Ulla HahnAuthor · BooksUlla Hahn is a German poet and novelist.
Vira VovkArtist · PaintingsVira Ostapivna Selianska (Ukrainian: Ві́ра Оста́півна Селя́нська, pen name Vira Vovk (Ukrainian: Ві́ра Вовк; 2 January 1926 – 16 July 2022) was a Ukrainian writer, critic and translator.
Vítor Manuel Aguiar e SilvaAuthor · BooksVítor Manuel de Aguiar e Silva (1939–2022) was a Portuguese scholar, writer and poet.
W. G. SebaldPhotographer · PhotographyWinfried Georg Sebald (18 May 1944 – 14 December 2001), known as W. G. Sebald or (as he preferred) Max Sebald, was a German writer and academic.
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…
William TennAuthor · BooksWilliam Tenn was the pseudonym of Philip Klass (May 9, 1920 – February 7, 2010), a British-born American science fiction author, notable for many stories with satirical elements.
Xəlil Rza UlutürkAuthor · BooksKhalil Rza Uluturk (Xəlil Rza Ulutürk), (21 October 1932, Salyan – 22 June 1994, Baku) was an Azerbaijani poet, critic, literary scholar, translator, member of the Azerbaijan Writers' Union…
Yasmine GooneratneAuthor · BooksYasmine Gooneratne (1935 – 15 February 2024) was a Sri Lankan poet, short story writer, university professor and essayist.
Yoko TawadaAuthor · BooksYōko Tawada (多和田葉子 Tawada Yōko, born March 23, 1960) is a Japanese writer currently living in Berlin, Germany. She writes in both Japanese and German.
Yusuf Bashir al-TijaniAuthor · BooksAl-Tijani Yusuf Bashir (1912–1937) was a Sudanese poet who wrote in Arabic. He died from tuberculosis at the age of 25, and his work only became widely known after his death.
Zabihollah SafaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Zabihollah Safa, c.

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