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20th-century writers

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Yuyutsu SharmaAuthor · BooksHe was born in Nakodar, Punjab and moved to Nepal at an early age. He writes in English and Nepali.
Yves AllégretPerson · Film memorabiliaYves Allégret (13 October 1905 – 31 January 1987) was a French film director, often working in the film noir genre. He was born in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine and died in Paris.
Yves BonnefoyAuthor · BooksYves Jean Bonnefoy (24 June 1923, Tours – 1 July 2016, Paris) was a French poet and art historian.
Yves LafontaineAuthor · BooksYves Lafontaine (born 16 July 1959), is a Canadian musician, luthier and writer.
Yves NavarreAuthor · BooksYves Navarre (iv navaʁ; 24 September 1940, Condom, Gers – 24 January 1994) was a French writer. A gay man, most of his work concerned homosexuality and associated issues, such as AIDS.
Yves VincentAuthor · BooksYves Vincent (5 August 1921 – 6 January 2016) was a French film and television actor.
Yvonne Adhiambo OwuorAuthor · BooksYvonne Adhiambo Owuor (born 1968) is a Kenyan writer who is the author of novels, short stories and essays.
Yvonne GreenAuthor · BooksYvonne Green (8 April 1957 – 16 April 2024) was an English poet, translator, writer and barrister.
Yvonne ZimaPerson · Film memorabiliaYvonne Marie Zima (born January 16, 1989) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Daisy Carter on The Young and the Restless.
Zaal SamadashviliAuthor · BooksZaal Samadashvili (ზაალ სამადაშვილი; 3 October 1953 – 1 November 2024) was a Georgian writer.
Zabihollah SafaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Zabihollah Safa, c.
Zach BraffPerson · Film memorabiliaZachary Israel Braff (born April 6, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as Dr.
Zaharia StancuAuthor · BooksZaharia Stancu (Romanian pronunciation: [zahaˈri.a ˈstaŋku]; October 7, 1902 – December 5, 1974) was a Romanian prose writer, novelist, poet, and philosopher.
Zakes MdaArtist · SculptureZanemvula Kizito Gatyeni "Zakes" Mda (born 6 October 1948) is a South African novelist, poet and playwright.
Zandra AhlArtist · Ceramics
Zbigniew HerbertAuthor · BooksZbigniew Herbert (Polish: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf ˈxɛrbɛrt]; 29 October 1924 – 28 July 1998) was a Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist.
Zbyněk HejdaAuthor · BooksZbyněk Hejda (2 February 1930, Hradec Králové – 16 November 2013, Prague) was a Czech poet, essayist and translator (mainly from English - Emily Dickinson;
Zdeněk JirotkaAuthor · BooksZdeněk Jirotka (7 January 1911 – 12 April 2003) was a Czechoslovak writer of radio-broadcast plays and author of humorous novels, short stories, and feuilletons.
Zdeněk MlynářAuthor · BooksZdeněk Mlynář (born Zdeněk Müller; 22 June 1930 – 15 April 1997) was a Czech Communist politician and lawyer.
Zdeněk RotreklAuthor · BooksIllustration — Zdeněk Rotrekl 1996
Zdeněk SvěrákAuthor · BooksZdeněk Svěrák (born 28 March 1936) is a Czech actor, humorist, playwright and screenwriter. He is one of the most well-known and popular Czech cultural personalities.
Zecharia SitchinAuthor · BooksZecharia Sitchin (11 July 1920 – 9 October 2010) was an author of a number of books proposing an explanation for human origins involving ancient astronauts.
Zehra DoğanArtist · PaintingsZehra Doğan (born 14 April 1989) is a Kurdish artist and journalist and author from Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Zeina AbirachedIllustrator · IllustrationZeina Abirached (born 1981 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese illustrator, graphic novelist and comic artist.
Zelda FitzgeraldArtist · PaintingsZelda Fitzgerald (Sayre; July 24, 1900 – March 10, 1948) was an American novelist, painter, writer, and socialite.
Zenia LarssonArtist · SculptureZenia Szajna Larsson, née Marcinkowska (1922–2007) was a Polish-Swedish writer and sculptor of Jewish descent.
Zeruya ShalevAuthor · Books
Zhang ChunqiaoAuthor · Books
Zhang XianliangAuthor · BooksZhang Xianliang (December 1936 – 27 September 2014) was a Chinese novelist, essayist, and poet, and former president of the Chinese Writers Association in Ningxia.
Zhanna BichevskayaPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — At a concert in 2006
Zhao JingshenAuthor · BooksZhao Jingshen (1902–1985) was a popular Chinese novelist. He taught at Fudan University in Shanghai.
Zhao ShuliAuthor · BooksZhao Shuli (simplified Chinese: 赵树理; traditional Chinese: 趙樹理; pinyin: Zhào Shùlǐ; Wade–Giles: Chao Shu-li;
Zhenis Kakenuly NurlybayevArtist · Paintings
Zija DizdarevićAuthor · BooksZija Dizdarević (18 February 1916 – 1942) was a Yugoslav Bosnian prose writer and brother of Yugoslav politician Raif Dizdarević.
Zivia LubetkinAuthor · BooksZivia Lubetkin (Cywia Lubetkin, nom de guerre: Celina; 9 November 1914 – 11 July 1978) was one of the leaders of the Jewish underground in Nazi-occupied Warsaw and the only woman on the…
Zoë SkouldingAuthor · BooksZoë Skoulding FLSW is a poet, living in Wales, whose work encompasses translation, editing, sound-based vocal performance, literary criticism and teaching creative writing.
Zoë WicombAuthor · BooksZoë Charlotte Wicomb (23 November 1948 – 13 October 2025) was a South African author and academic who lived in the United Kingdom from the 1970s until her death.
Zoi KareliAuthor · BooksZoé Karelli was the pen-name used by Chryssoulas Argyriadou (1901–1998), a Greek poet, playwright and essayist.
Zoketsu Norman FischerAuthor · BooksZoketsu Norman Fischer is an American poet, writer, and Soto Zen priest, teaching and practicing in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki.
Zoran PetrovićAuthor · BooksZoran Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Петровић; 5 March 1954 – 25 February 2018) was a Serbian poet, novelist, and screenwriter.
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…
Zsófia BallaPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Zsófia Balla, Image: László Horváth
Zsuzsa BánkAuthor · BooksZsuzsa Bánk (born 24 October 1965 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German writer.
Zsuzsa RakovszkyAuthor · BooksZsuzsa Rakovszky (born 4 December 1950) is a Hungarian translator and writer. Her surname also appears as Rakovsky.
ZulfiyaAuthor · BooksZulfiya Isroilova, known by her pen name Zulfiya (in Cyrillic Зулфия; 1 March 1915 in Tashkent, Russian Empire – 1 August 1996 in Tashkent,[3] Uzbekistan) was a Soviet and Uzbek writer.
Þórarinn EldjárnAuthor · BooksÞórarinn Eldjárn (born 22 August 1949) is an Icelandic writer, particularly well known in Iceland for his humorous poetry books for children.

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