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Abel HermantAuthor · BooksAbel Hermant (3 February 1862 – 29 September 1950) was a French novelist, playwright, essayist and writer, and member of the Académie française.
Abel PosseAuthor · BooksAbel Parentini Posse (7 January 1934 – 14 April 2023) was an Argentine novelist, essayist, poet, career diplomat, and politician.
Abraham CowleyAuthor · BooksAbraham Cowley (161828 July 1667) was an English poet and essayist born in the City of London late in 1618.
Adam MickiewiczAuthor · BooksAdam Bernard Mickiewicz (24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist.
Adam WażykAuthor · BooksAdam Ważyk born Ajzyk Wagman (17 November 1905 – 13 August 1982) was a Polish poet, essayist and writer born to a Jewish family in Warsaw.
Adam ZagajewskiAuthor · BooksAdam Zagajewski (21 June 1945 – 21 March 2021) was a Polish poet, novelist, translator, and essayist.
Adam ZamoyskiAuthor · BooksAdam Zamoyski (born 11 January 1949) is a Polish-British historian and author.[1]
Adrienne RichAuthor · BooksAdrienne Cecile Rich (May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist.
Ag ApolloniAuthor · BooksAg Apolloni (language; born 13 June 1982) is an Albanian writer, poet, playwright, essayist, and scholar. He is a professor at the University of Prishtina, Kosovo.
Ágnes HellerAuthor · BooksÁgnes Heller (12 May 1929 – 19 July 2019) was a Hungarian philosopher and lecturer.
Agnes RepplierAuthor · BooksAgnes Repplier (April 1, 1855 – December 15, 1950) was an American essayist.
Agustín Fernández MalloAuthor · BooksIllustration — Agustín Fernández Mallo presenting his book Nocilla Experience in Barcelona.
Ahmad Faris al-ShidyaqAuthor · BooksAhmad Faris al-Shidyaq (Aḥmad Fāris al-Shidyāq; born Faris ibn Yusuf al-Shidyaq;[1] 1805 or 1806 – 20 September 1887) was an Ottoman scholar, writer and journalist who grew up in what is…
Aisha Abd al-RahmanAuthor · BooksAisha Abd al-Rahman (Arabic: عائشة عبد الرحمن; November 18, 1913 – 1 December 1998) (ʻĀʾishah ʻAbd al-Raḥman) was an Egyptian author, editor and professor of literature who published under…
Akiko YosanoAuthor · Books
Alain GrandboisAuthor · BooksAlain Grandbois, (May 25, 1900 – March 18, 1975) was a Canadian Quebecer poet, considered the first great modern one.
Albert CamusAuthor · BooksAlbert Camus (kam-OO; French: [albɛʁ kamy]; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, novelist, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist.
Albert ThibaudetAuthor · BooksAlbert Thibaudet (1 April 1874 – 16 April 1936) was a French essayist and literary critic. A former student of Henri Bergson, he was a professor of Jean Rousset.
Alberto Asor RosaAuthor · BooksAlberto Asor Rosa (23 September 1933 – 21 December 2022) was an Italian literary critic, historian, and politician, born in Rome.
Alberto BlancoAuthor · BooksIllustration — Alberto Blanco, Mexican Poet
Alecu RussoAuthor · BooksIllustration — Alecu Russo
Alejo CarpanterAuthor · BooksAlejo Carpentier y Valmont (karpanˈtje; December 26, 1904 – April 24, 1980) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its…
Aleš ŠtegerAuthor · BooksAleš Šteger (born 31 May 1973) is a Slovene poet, writer, translator and editor. Aleš belongs to a generation of writers that started to publish right after the fall of Yugoslavia.
Alexander PushkinAuthor · BooksEugene Onegin is dated 1823. The Fountain of Bakhchisaray is dated 1821.
Alexander WilsonAuthor · BooksAlexander Wilson (July 6, 1766 – August 23, 1813) was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator.
Alexandre LenoirArtist · PaintingsMarie Alexandre Lenoir (French pronunciation: [maʁi alɛksɑ̃dʁ lənwaʁ]; 27 December 1761 – 11 June 1839) was a French archaeologist.
Alfred BrendelPerson · Music memorabiliaAlfred Brendel (5 January 1931 – 17 June 2025) was a Czech-born Austrian classical pianist, poet, author, composer and lecturer, based in London.
Alfred DöblinAuthor · BooksBruno Alfred Döblin (German: [ˈalfʁeːt døːˈbliːn]; 10 August 1878 – 26 June 1957) was a German novelist, essayist, and doctor, best known for his novel Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929).
Alfredo BosiAuthor · BooksAlfredo Bosi (26 August 1936 – 7 April 2021) was a Brazilian historian, literary critic, and professor.
Alfredo MarquerieAuthor · BooksAlfredo Marqueríe (17 January 1907 - 31 July 1974) was a Spanish writer who received his doctorate in Jurisprudence in 1928, but it was through his passion for literature that he made his…
Ali ShariatiAuthor · BooksAli Shariati Mazinani (23November 193318June 1977) was an Iranian revolutionary and sociologist who specialised in the sociology of religion.
Alice Becker-HoAuthor · BooksAlice Becker-Ho, also known as Alice Debord (born August 6, 1941), is a Chinese-born French intellectual closely associated with the Situationist International.
Alice MillerArtist · PaintingsAlice Miller was a French, Swiss and Polish psychologist, sociologist, painter, essayist, psychotherapist and writer (1923–2010). She was born in Lviv and died in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
Alister HardyAuthor · BooksSir Alister Clavering Hardy FRSE (10 February 1896 – 22 May 1985) was a British marine biologist, an expert on marine ecosystems spanning organisms from zooplankton to whales.
Alojz IhanAuthor · BooksAlojz Ihan (23 July 1961 – 10 March 2026) was a Slovenian doctor who was a specialist in medical microbiology and immunology.
Alojz RebulaAuthor · BooksAlojz Rebula (June 21, 1924 – October 23, 2018) was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, and translator, and a prominent member of the Slovene minority in Italy.
Álvares de AzevedoAuthor · BooksManuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo (September 12, 1831 – April 25, 1852), affectionately called "Maneco" by his close friends, relatives and admirers, was a Brazilian Romantic poet, short…
Ameen RihaniAuthor · BooksAmeen Rihani (Amīn Fāris Anṭūn ar-Rīḥānī; / ALA-LC: Amīn ar-Rīḥānī; November 24, 1876 – September 13, 1940) was a Lebanese-American writer, intellectual and political activist.
Amiri BarakaAuthor · BooksAmiri Baraka (born Everett Leroy Jones; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays,…
Amit ChaudhuriAuthor · BooksAmit Chaudhuri (born 15 May 1962) is a novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, singer, and music composer from India.
Amos OzAuthor · BooksAmos Oz (born Amos Klausner (עמוס קלוזנר); 4 May 1939 – 28 December 2018) was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual.
Amy TanAuthor · BooksAmy Ruth Tan (born February 19, 1952) is an American author best known for her novel The Joy Luck Club (1989), which was adapted into a 1993 film.
Ana BlandianaAuthor · BooksAna Blandiana (ˈana blandiˈana; pen name of Otilia Valeria Coman; born 25 March 1942) is a Romanian poet, essayist, and political figure.
André GideAuthor · BooksLes caves du Vatican (The Vatican Cellars; sometimes published in English under the title Lafcadio's Adventures)
André MauroisAuthor · BooksAndré Maurois (French: [mɔʁwa]; born Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog; 26 July 1885 – 9 October 1967) was a French author.
Andrée A. MichaudAuthor · BooksAndrée A. Michaud (born November 12, 1957) is a Canadian novelist and playwright from Quebec.
Ángel RamaAuthor · BooksÁngel A. Rama (ˈaŋxel rama; April 30, 1926November 27, 1983) was a Uruguayan writer, academic, and literary critic, known for his work on modernismo and for his theorization of the concept…
Anita NairAuthor · BooksAnita Nair (born 26 January 1966) is an Indian novelist who writes her books in English. She is best known for her novels A Better Man, Mistress, and Lessons in Forgetting.
Anna Laetitia BarbauldAuthor · BooksAnna Laetitia Barbauld (by herself possibly, as in French, Aikin; 20 June 1743 – 9 March 1825) was a prominent English poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, and author of children's…
Anne EnrightPerson · Film memorabiliaAnne Teresa Enright (born 11 October 1962) is an Irish writer. The first Laureate for Irish Fiction (2015–2018) and winner of the Man Booker Prize (2007), she has published eight novels,…
Anne SimpsonAuthor · BooksAnne Simpson (born 1956) is a Canadian poet, novelist, artist and essayist. She was a recipient of the Griffin Poetry Prize.
Annette KolbAuthor · BooksAnnette Kolb (pseudonym of Anna Mathilde Kolb) was an author, journalist, emigrée and pacifist.
Antoine ArnauldAuthor · BooksAntoine Arnauld (French: [ɑ̃twan aʁno]; 6 February 1612 – 8 August 1694) was a French Catholic theologian, priest, philosopher and mathematician.
Antonin ArtaudArtist · PaintingsAntoine Maria Joseph Paul Artaud (lang; 4September 18964March 1948), better known as Antonin Artaud, was a French artist who worked across a variety of media.
Antonio AltarribaArtist · Comics and comic artAntonio Altarriba Ordóñez (born 1952 in Zaragoza) is a Spanish essayist, novelist, critic and comics and television writer.
Archibald MacLeishAuthor · BooksArchibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American poet and writer, who was associated with the modernist school of poetry.
Armand RobinAuthor · BooksArmand Robin (January 19, 1912 – March 29, 1961) was a French poet, translator, and journalist.
Arthur MillerAuthor · BooksArthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist in the 20th-century American theater.
Arundhati RoyAuthor · BooksSuzanna Arundhati Roy (orundʱoti rae̯; born 24 November 1961)[4] is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997…
Audre LordeAuthor · BooksAudre Lorde (born Audrey Geraldine Lorde; February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was an American writer, professor, philosopher, intersectional feminist, poet, and civil rights activist.
Augusto MeyerAuthor · BooksAugusto Meyer (born in Porto Alegre on January 24, 1902; died in Rio de Janeiro on July 10, 1970) was a Brazilian poet, journalist, literary critic, and folklorist.
Aurobindo GhoshAuthor · BooksSri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghosh; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yogi and nationalist, who is noted for his participation in the movement for India's…
Austin DobsonAuthor · BooksIllustration — 1911 portrait of Dobson by Frank Brooks
Austin WrightAuthor · BooksAustin McGiffert Wright (1922 – April 23, 2003) was an American novelist, literary critic and professor emeritus of English at the University of Cincinnati.
Axel CortiPerson · Film memorabiliaAxel Corti (born Axel Fuhrmanns; 7 May 1933 – 29 December 1993) was an Austrian screenwriter, film director and radio host.
Ayn RandAuthor · BooksAlice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum, 1905March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand, was a Russian-American writer and philosopher.
Baldur RagnarssonAuthor · BooksBaldur Ragnarsson (25 August 1930 – 25 December 2018) was an Icelandic poet and author of Esperanto works. He was a teacher and a superintendent of schools in Iceland.
Barbara KingsolverAuthor · BooksBarbara Ellen Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is an American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo;
Barry LopezPhotographer · PhotographyBarry Holstun Lopez (January 6, 1945 – December 25, 2020) was an American essayist, nature writer, and fiction writer whose work is known for its humanitarian and environmental concerns.
Barthélemy-Prosper EnfantinAuthor · BooksBarthélemy-Prosper Enfantin (8 February 17961 September 1864) was a French social reformer, one of the founders of Saint-Simonianism. He was also a proponent of a Suez Canal.
Bat Ye'orAuthor · BooksGisèle Littman (Orebi; born 1933), better known by her pen name Bat Ye'or (Daughter of the Nile), is an Egyptian-born, Jewish-British author, known for her promulgation of the Eurabia…
Ben LernerAuthor · BooksBenjamin S. Lerner (born February 4, 1979) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, and critic.
Benjamin FondanePerson · Film memorabiliaBenjamin Fondane (lang) or Benjamin Fundoianu (born Benjamin Wechsler, Wexler or Vecsler, first name also Beniamin or Barbu, usually abridged to B;
Benoy Kumar SarkarAuthor · BooksBenoy Kumar Sarkar (sometimes Binoy Kumar Sarkar) (December 26, 1887, Malda, British India – November 23, 1949, Washington D.C, United States) was an Indian social scientist, professor, and…
Bernard DubourgAuthor · BooksIllustration — Bernard Dubourg
Bernard NoëlAuthor · BooksBernard Noël (19 November 1930 – 13 April 2021) was a French writer and poet. He received the Grand Prix national de la poésie (National Grand Prize of Poetry) in 1992, the Prix Robert…
Berthold ViertelAuthor · BooksBerthold Viertel (28 June 1885 – 24 September 1953) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director, known for his work in Germany, the UK and the US.
Bertrand RussellAuthor · BooksBertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was an English philosopher, logician, mathematician, and social reformer.
Betsy WarlandAuthor · BooksBetsy Warland (born 1946) is a Canadian feminist writer of over a dozen books of poetry, creative nonfiction, and lyrical prose.
Bhudev MukhopadhyayAuthor · BooksBhudev Mukhopadhyay (22 February 1827 – 15 May 1894) was a writer and intellectual in 19th century Bengal.
Birgitta TrotzigAuthor · BooksBirgitta Trotzig (11 September 1929 – 14 May 2011)[1] was a Swedish writer who was elected to the Swedish Academy in 1993.[2] She was one of Sweden's most celebrated authors, and wrote…
Borislav PekićAuthor · BooksBorislav Pekić (Борислав Пекић; 4 February 1930 – 2 July 1992) was a Serbian writer and political activist.
Botho StraussAuthor · BooksBotho Strauss (written as Botho Strauß) (born 2 December 1944) is a German playwright, novelist, and essayist.
Boualem SansalAuthor · BooksBoualem Sansal (Tamazight: Buɛlam Senṣal; Tifinagh: ⴱⵓⴰⵍⴰⵎ ⵙⴻⵏⵚⴰⵍ; bwalɛm sɑ̃sal; born 15 October 1944) is a French-Algerian author who writes in French.
Bruno VespaAuthor · BooksBruno Paolo Vespa (born 27 May 1944) is an Italian television and newspaper journalist.
C. S. LewisAuthor · BooksClive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian.
Camilo José CelaAuthor · BooksCamilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (11 May 1916 – 17 January 2002) was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36…
Carl JungArtist · PaintingsCarl Gustav Jung (26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychologist who founded the school of analytical psychology.
Carla Porta MusaAuthor · BooksCarla Porta Musa (15 March 1902 – 10 October 2012) was an Italian supercentenarian, essayist and poet.
Carlos BarralAuthor · BooksCarlos Barral i Agesta (1928–1989) was a Spanish poet, considered (along with Jaime Gil de Biedma) to be one of the greatest poets of the so-called generation of the 1950s.
Carmen Martín GaiteAuthor · BooksCarmen Martín Gaite (8 December 1925 – 23 July 2000) was a Spanish author who wrote many novels, short stories, screenplays, and essays across multiple genres.
Carol J. AdamsAuthor · BooksCarol J. Adams (born 1951) is an American writer, feminist, and animal rights advocate.
Chantal RinguetAuthor · BooksIllustration — Chantal Ringuet in 2019
Charles BaudelaireAuthor · BooksCharles-Pierre Baudelaire (9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet, essayist, translator and art critic.
Charles Ferdinand RamuzAuthor · BooksCharles Ferdinand Ramuz (24 September 1878 – 23 May 1947) was a French-speaking Swiss writer.
Charles PéguyAuthor · BooksCharles Pierre Péguy (lang; 7 January 1873 – 5 September 1914) was a French poet, essayist, and editor. His two main philosophies were socialism and nationalism;
Charlotte MutsaersIllustrator · IllustrationCharlotte Jacoba Maria Mutsaers (ɕɑrˈlɔtə jaːˈkoːbaː maːˈrijaː ˈmʏtsaːrs; born 2 November 1942) is a Dutch painter, prose writer and essayist.
Chittaranjan DasAuthor · BooksChittaranjan Das (5 November 1870 – 16 June 1925), popularly called Deshbandhu (friend of the country), was a Bengali freedom fighter, political activist and lawyer during the Indian…
Christoph HeinAuthor · BooksChristoph Hein (German: [ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈhaɪn]; born 8 April 1944) is a German author and translator.
Christopher MorleyAuthor · BooksChristopher Darlington Morley (May 5, 1890 – March 28, 1957) was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet.
Cintio VitierAuthor · BooksCintio Vitier (September 25, 1921 – October 1, 2009) was a Cuban poet, essayist, and novelist.
Clarence DayArtist · Comics and comic artClarence Shepard Day Jr. (November 18, 1874 – December 28, 1935) was an American author and cartoonist, best known for his 1935 work Life with Father.
Clarissa SlighEngraver · PrintsClarissa T. Sligh (born 1939) is an African-American book artist and photographer based in Asheville, North Carolina.
Claude PironAuthor · BooksClaude Piron, also known by the pseudonym Johán Valano, was a Swiss psychologist, Esperantist, translator, and writer.
Clemence DaneArtist · SculptureWinifred Ashton CBE, better known by the pseudonym Clemence Dane (21 February 1888 – 28 March 1965), was an English novelist and playwright.
Colm TóibínAuthor · BooksColm Tóibín (lang; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet.
Conrad AikenAuthor · BooksConrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and was United States Poet Laureate from…
Constantin NoicaAuthor · BooksConstantin Noica (– 4 December 1987) was a Romanian philosopher, essayist, and poet.
Czesław MiłoszAuthor · BooksCzesław Miłosz (USalso; 30 June 1911 – 14 August 2004) was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat.
Daniel-RopsAuthor · BooksHenri Jules Charles Petiot (19 January 1901 – 27 July 1965), known by the pen name Henri Daniel-Rops, was a French Catholic writer and historian.
David FrischmannAuthor · BooksDavid ben Saul Frischmann (Hebrew: דָּוִד בֵּן שָׁאוּל פְרִישְׁמַן, 31 December 1859 – 4 August 1922) was a Hebrew and Yiddish modernist writer, poet and translator.
Davide RondoniAuthor · Books
Déborah HeisslerAuthor · BooksDeborah Heissler (born 5 May 1976 in Mulhouse, France) is a contemporary French author.
Denis de RougemontAuthor · BooksGraduate Institute of European Studies, University of Geneva
Dezső KosztolányiAuthor · BooksDezső Kosztolányi (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈdɛʒøː ˈkostolaːɲi]; March 29, 1885 – November 3, 1936) was a Hungarian writer, journalist, translator, and also a speaker of Esperanto.
Diane WakoskiEngraver · PrintsDiane Wakoski (born August 3, 1937) is an American poet. Wakoski is primarily associated with the deep image poets, as well as the confessional and Beat poets of the 1960s.
Dinah CraikAuthor · BooksDinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik; 20 April 1826 – 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet.
Dolors Monserdà i VidalAuthor · BooksDolors Monserdà i Vidal is recorded as writer, poet, essayist, narrator and playwright. The heading is held on reco
Don DeLilloAuthor · BooksDonald Richard DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an American novelist, short-story writer, playwright, screenwriter, and essayist.
Drago JančarAuthor · BooksDrago Jančar (pron; born 13 April 1948) is a Slovenian writer, playwright and essayist. Jančar is one of the best-known contemporary Slovene writers.

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