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Dwijendranath TagoreAuthor · BooksDwijendranath Tagore (11 March 1840 – 19 January 1926) was an Indian poet, song composer, philosopher, mathematician and painter.
Dževad KarahasanAuthor · BooksDževad Karahasan (25 January 1953 – 19 May 2023) was a Bosnian writer, essayist and philosopher. Karahasan was awarded the Herder Prize and Goethe Medal for his writings.
E. B. WhiteAuthor · BooksElwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer, essayist, and a contributing editor for The New Yorker magazine.
E. L. DoctorowAuthor · BooksEdgar Lawrence Doctorow (January 6, 1931 – July 21, 2015) was an American novelist, editor, and professor, known for his historical fiction.
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.
Ebba HaslundAuthor · BooksEbba Margareta Haslund Halvorsen (12 August 1917 – 10 July 2009) was an American-Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, playwright, essayist, children's writer, literary critic, radio…
Edgar Allan PoeAuthor · BooksEdgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales…
Edmond RostandAuthor · BooksEdmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (lang; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist.
Eduardas MieželaitisAuthor · BooksEduardas Mieželaitis (3 October 1919 – 6 June 1997) was a Lithuanian Soviet poet, translator, essayist and public figure. In 1974 he was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labour.
Eduardo GaleanoAuthor · BooksEduardo Germán María Hughes Galeano (lang; 3 September 1940 – 13 April 2015) was a Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist considered, among other things, "a literary giant of the Latin…
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.
Edvard KocbekAuthor · BooksEdvard Kocbek (pron) (27 September 1904 – 3 November 1981) was a Slovenian Yugoslav poet, writer, essayist, translator, member of Christian Socialists in the Liberation Front of the Slovene…
Edward DahlbergAuthor · BooksEdward Dahlberg (July 22, 1900 – February 27, 1977) was an American novelist, essayist, and autobiographer.
Élisabeth VonarburgAuthor · BooksÉlisabeth Vonarburg (born 5 August 1947) is a science fiction writer.
Eliza HaywoodAuthor · BooksEliza Haywood (Elizabeth Fowler; c. 1693 – 25 February 1756), was an English writer, actress and publisher.
Eliza OrzeszkowaAuthor · BooksEliza Orzeszkowa (6 June 184118 May 1910) was a Polish novelist and a leading writer of the Positivism movement during the foreign Partitions of Poland.
Elizabeth BishopAuthor · BooksElizabeth Bishop (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979) was an American poet and short-story writer.
Elizabeth BlackwellAuthor · BooksElizabeth Blackwell (3 February 182131 May 1910) was an English-American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the…
Els de GroenAuthor · BooksElly de Groen-Kouwenhoven (Kouwenhoven; 23 December 1949 – 19 October 2025), generally known as Els de Groen, was a Dutch author and politician, who served as a Member of the European…
Émile ZolaAuthor · BooksÉmile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (also; French: [emil zɔla]; 2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary…
Emilio CecchiAuthor · BooksEmilio Cecchi (eˈmiːljo ˈtʃekki; 14 July 1884 – 5 September 1966) was an Italian literary critic, art critic and screenwriter.
Emmanuel Joseph SieyèsAuthor · BooksEmmanuel Joseph Sieyès (3 May 174820 June 1836), usually known as the Abbé Sieyès (sjejɛs), was a French Catholic priest, abbé, and political writer who was a leading political theorist of…
Empress ZhangsunAuthor · BooksEmpress Zhangsun (長孫皇后, personal name unknown, presumably Wugou (無垢)) (15 March 601 – 28 July 636), formally Empress Wendeshunsheng (文德順聖皇后, literally "the civil, virtuous, serene, and holy…
Enrico TestaAuthor · BooksEnrico Testa (born 1956) is an Italian poet. He works as a professor of Italian studies at the University of Genova.
Enrique Anderson ImbertAuthor · BooksEnrique Anderson Imbert (February 12, 1910 – December 6, 2000) was an Argentine novelist, short-story writer and literary critic.
Enrique KrauzeAuthor · BooksEnrique Krauze Kleinbort (born 16 September 1947) is a Mexican historian, essayist, editor, and entrepreneur.
Enzo MariArtist · SculptureEnzo Mari (27 April 1932 – 19 October 2020) was an Italian modernist artist and furniture designer who is known to have influenced many generations of industrial designers.
Enzo SicilianoPerson · Film memorabiliaEnzo Siciliano (27 May 1934 – 9 June 2006) was an Italian writer, playwright, literary critic and intellectual.
Erich FriedAuthor · BooksErich Fried (6 May 1921 – 22 November 1988) was an Austrian-born poet, writer, and translator.
Erika MannAuthor · BooksErika Julia Hedwig Mann (9 November 1905 – 27 August 1969) was a German actress and writer, daughter of the novelist Thomas Mann.
Erín MoureAuthor · BooksErín Moure (born 1955 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian poet and translator with eighteen books of poetry, a co-authored book of poetry, a volume of essays, a book of articles on…
Ernesto SabatoArtist · PaintingsErnesto Sabato (lang; June 24, 1911 – April 30, 2011) was an Argentine novelist, essayist, painter, and physicist.
Erwin AxerPerson · Film memorabiliaErwin Axer (1 January 1917 – 5 August 2012) was a Polish theatre director, writer and university professor.
Eunice OdioAuthor · BooksEunice Odio (pseudonym, Catalina Mariel; October 18, 1919 – March 23, 1974) was a prominent Costa Rican poet known for her diverse body of work, including articles, essays, reflections,…
Évelyne TrouillotAuthor · BooksÉvelyne Trouillot (born January 2, 1954) is a Haitian author, writing in French and Creole.
Fabio CarpiPerson · Film memorabiliaFabio Carpi (19 January 1925 – 26 December 2018) was an Italian director, screenwriter, and author.
Fabrice HadjadjAuthor · BooksHadjadj was born in Nanterre to Jewish parents of Tunisian heritage. In his teens he was an atheist and anarchist, and he maintained a nihilistic attitude for most of
Fazil IskanderAuthor · BooksFazil Abdulovich Iskander (6 March 1929 – 31 July 2016) was a Soviet and Russian writer and poet known in the former Soviet Union for his descriptions of Caucasian life.
Fernanda PivanoAuthor · BooksIllustration — Fernanda Pivano in 2006
Fernando del PasoArtist · PaintingsFernando del Paso Morante (1 April 1935 – 14 November 2018) was a Mexican novelist, essayist, and poet.
Fernando Goncalves NamoraAuthor · BooksFernando Gonçalves Namora (15 April 1919 – 31 January 1989) was a Portuguese writer and medical doctor. Namora was born in Condeixa-a-Nova, Coimbra District and died in Lisbon, Portugal.
Flannery O'ConnorAuthor · BooksMary Flannery O'Connor (March 25, 1925August 3, 1964) was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist.
Fran HoskenDesigner · Modern designIllustration — Fran Hosken ca.
Francisco UmbralAuthor · Books
Franco LoiAuthor · BooksFranco Loi (21 January 1930 – 4 January 2021) was an Italian poet, writer and essayist.
Franco PuriniDesigner · DesignFranco Purini, born as Francesco Purini (Isola del Liri, 9 November 1941), is an Italian architect, essayist, and university professor.
François ChengAuthor · Books
François-Auguste-René de ChateaubriandAuthor · BooksFrançois-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (4 September 1768 – 4 July 1848) was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French literature of the 19th century.
Frans G. BengtssonAuthor · BooksFrans Gunnar Bengtsson (4 October 1894 – 19 December 1954) was a Swedish novelist, essayist, poet and biographer.
František LangerAuthor · BooksFrantišek Langer (3 March 1888 – 2 August 1965) was a Czech playwright, screenwriter, essayist, literary critic, publicist and military physician.
Fredric JamesonAuthor · BooksFredric Ruff Jameson (April 14, 1934 – September 22, 2024) was an American literary critic, philosopher and Marxist political theorist.
Freya Madeline StarkPhotographer · PhotographyDame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 18939 May 1993) was a British-Italian explorer and travel writer.
Fumi HiranoPerson · Film memorabiliaFumi Hirano is a Japanese actress, singer, voice actress, narrator, radio personality, and essayist.
Fyodor DostoyevskyAuthor · BooksFyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (11 November 18219 February 1881) was a Russian philosopher, novelist, short-story writer, essayist and journalist.
Gabriel Alomar i VillalongaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Gabriel Alomar, drawn by Ramon Casas (MNAC)
Gabriel CelayaAuthor · BooksGabriel Celaya (full name: Rafael Gabriel Juan Múgica Celaya Leceta; March 18, 1911, in Hernani, Gipuzkoa – April 18, 1991, in Madrid) was a Spanish poet.
Gennaro SangiulianoAuthor · BooksGennaro Sangiuliano (born 6 June 1962) is an Italian journalist, writer, and politician who served as Minister of Culture in the Meloni Cabinet.
George SantayanaAuthor · BooksGeorge Santayana (born Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) was a Spanish American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist.[3] Born in…
Gertrud von Le FortAuthor · BooksBaroness Gertrud von Le Fort (born Gertrud Auguste Lina Elsbeth Mathilde Petrea Freiin von Le Fort; 11 October 1876 – 1 November 1971) was a German writer.
Gilles ClémentDesigner · Modern designGilles Clément (ʒil klemɑ̃; born in Argenton-sur-Creuse, Indre, France in 1943), is a French gardener, garden designer, botanist, entomologist and writer.
Gilles JacobPerson · Film memorabiliaGilles Jacob (born 22 June 1930) is a French film critic and essayist who served as president of the Cannes Film Festival between 2001 and 2014.
Gioconda BelliAuthor · BooksGioconda Belli Pereira (born December 9, 1948) is a Nicaraguan-born novelist and poet known for her contributions to Nicaraguan literature.
Giorgi KekelidzeAuthor · BooksGiorgi Kekelidze (გიორგი კეკელიძე; born April 10, 1984) is a Georgian poet, essayist and the founder of the first Georgian digital library, lib.ge.
Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaAuthor · BooksGiuseppe Tomasi, 11th Prince of Lampedusa, 12th Duke of Palma, GE (23 December 1896 – 23 July 1957), known as Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, was a Sicilian writer, as well as the last…
Giuseppe UngarettiAuthor · BooksGiuseppe Ungaretti (8 February 1888 – 2 June 1970) was an Italian modernist poet, journalist, essayist, critic, academic, and recipient of the inaugural 1970 Neustadt International Prize…
Gloria SteinemAuthor · BooksShe was born in Toledo.
Goenawan MohamadArtist · PaintingsGoenawan Mohamad (born 29 July 1941) is an Indonesian poet, essayist, playwright and editor. He is the founder and editor of the Indonesian magazine Tempo.
Golo MannAuthor · BooksGolo Mann (born Angelus Gottfried Thomas Mann; 27 March 1909 – 7 April 1994) was a popular German historian and essayist.
Gottfried BennAuthor · BooksGottfried Benn (2 May 1886 – 7 July 1956) was a German poet, essayist, and physician. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.
Guillermo Cabrera InfanteAuthor · BooksGuillermo Cabrera Infante (ɡiˈʝeɾmo kaˈβɾeɾa iɱˈfante; Gibara, 22 April 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, translator, screenwriter, and critic;
Gunnar HeibergAuthor · BooksGunnar Edvard Rode Heiberg (18 November 1857 – 22 February 1929) was a Norwegian poet, playwright, journalist and theatre critic.
Guy DebordPerson · Film memorabiliaGuy-Ernest Debord (lang; 28 December 1931 – 30 November 1994) was a French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker, critic of work, member of the Letterist International, founder of a…
György KonrádAuthor · BooksGyörgy (George) Konrád (2 April 1933 – 13 September 2019) was a Hungarian novelist, pundit, essayist and sociologist known as an advocate of individual freedom.
H. E. BatesAuthor · BooksHerbert Ernest Bates (16 May 1905 – 29 January 1974), better known as H. E. Bates, was an English writer of novels and short stories.
H. P. LovecraftAuthor · BooksHoward Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird, horror, fantasy, and science fiction.
Hamlin GarlandAuthor · BooksHannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14, 1860 – March 4, 1940) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, Georgist, and psychical researcher.
Hannah ArendtAuthor · BooksHannah Arendt (born Johanna Arendt; 14 October 19064 December 1975) was a German and American historian and philosopher.
Hannah MoreAuthor · BooksHannah More (2 February 1745 – 7 September 1833) was an English writer, philanthropist, poet and verse dramatist.
Hanni OssottAuthor · BooksHanni Ossott (14 February 1946 – 31 December 2002) was a Venezuelan poet, translator and critic.
Harriet Beecher StoweAuthor · BooksHarriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist.
Harriet MartineauAuthor · BooksHarriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was an English social theorist.[2] She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte,…
Harry MulischAuthor · BooksHarry Kurt Victor Mulisch (29 July 192730 October 2010) was a Dutch writer. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections.
Haruki MurakamiAuthor · BooksHaruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold…
Hashem AghajariAuthor · BooksSeyyed Hashem Aghajari (born 1957) is an Iranian historian, university professor and a critic of the government of the Islamic Republic who was sentenced to death in 2002 for apostasy for a…
Hayim Nahman BialikAuthor · BooksHayim Nahman Bialik (January 9, 1873 – July 4, 1934) was a Russian-Jewish poet who wrote primarily in Hebrew and Yiddish.
Heinrich HeineAuthor · BooksChristian Johann Heinrich Heine (born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic.
Heinrich MannIllustrator · IllustrationLuiz Heinrich Mann (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈman]; March 27, 1871 – March 11, 1950), best known as simply Heinrich Mann, was a German writer known for his sociopolitical novels.
Helen KellerAuthor · BooksHelen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer.
Helmut HeißenbüttelAuthor · BooksHelmut Heißenbüttel (21 June 1921 – 19 September 1996) was a German novelist and poet. Among Heißenbüttel's works are Das Textbuch (The Textbook) and Marlowe's Ende (Marlowe's End).
Henryk BroderPhotographer · PhotographyHenryk Marcin Broder (born 20 August 1946), self-designation Henryk Modest Broder, is a Polish-born German journalist, author, and television personality.
Herbert MeierAuthor · BooksHerbert Meier (29 August 1928 – 21 September 2018) was a Swiss writer and translator.
Herman de ConinckAuthor · BooksHerman de Coninck (21 February 1944 – 22 May 1997) was a Belgian poet, essayist, journalist and publisher.
Herman GrimmAuthor · BooksHerman Grimm (6 January 1828 – 16 June 1901) was a German academic and writer.
Herman MelvilleAuthor · BooksHerman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American writer of the American Renaissance period.
Herta MüllerAuthor · BooksHerta Müller (born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Hervé BazinAuthor · BooksHervé Bazin (lang; 17 April 191117 February 1996) was a French writer, whose best-known novels covered semi-autobiographical topics of teenage rebellion and dysfunctional families.
Hervé RyssenPerson · Film memorabiliaHervé Ryssen (Real name: Hervé Lalin, born April 10, 1967) is a French writer, militant nationalist, Holocaust denier and antisemite. He is close to the circles of the far right.
Hideo KobayashiAuthor · BooksHideo Kobayashi was a Japanese author, who established literary criticism as an independent art form in Japan.
Hisham MatarAuthor · BooksHisham Matar (born 1970) is an American-born British-Libyan novelist, essayist, and memoirist.
Hossein NuriArtist · PaintingsHossein Nuri (also spelled Hosein Noori or Hussein Nouri) (born 1 July 1954) is an Iranian painter, playwright and film director.
Howard McCordAuthor · BooksHoward McCord (November 3, 1932 – November 3, 2022) was an American writer. He was an emeritus professor of English at Bowling Green State University, where he was director of the creative…
Hunter S. ThompsonPhotographer · PhotographyHunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author, regarded as a pioneer of New Journalism along with Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman…
Ifi AmadiumeAuthor · BooksIfi Amadiume was born on April 23, 1947. She is a Nigerian poet, anthropologist, and essayist.
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,…
Ikuma DanPerson · Music memorabilia7 April 1924 – 17 May 2001 was a Japanese composer. Dan was born in Tokyo, the descendant of a prominent family, his grandfather Baron Dan Takuma having been President of Mitsui before…
Ingeborg BachmannAuthor · BooksAnrufung des großen Bären (1956, "Invocation of Ursa Major")
Inger ChristensenAuthor · BooksInger Christensen (16 January 1935 – 2 January 2009) was a Danish poet, novelist, essayist and editor. She is considered the foremost Danish poetic experimentalist of her generation.
Irena KlepfiszAuthor · BooksIrena Klepfisz (born April 17, 1941) is a Jewish lesbian author, academic and activist.
Issa SambArtist · SculptureIssa Samb, also known as Joe Ouakam (31 December 1945 – 25 April 2017) was a Senegalese painter, sculptor, performance artist, playwright and poet.
Ivan Goran KovačićAuthor · BooksIvan Goran Kovačić (pron; 21 March 1913 – 13 July 1943) was a Croatian poet and writer.
Ivan IvanjiAuthor · BooksIvan Ivanji (Иван Ивањи; 24 January 1929 – 9 May 2024) was a Serbian author of many internationally renowned novels.
Ivan PregeljAuthor · BooksIvan Pregelj (27 October 1883 – 30 January 1960) was a Slovene writer, playwright, poet, and critic.
Ivo AndrićAuthor · BooksIvo Andrić (Иво Андрић; born Ivan Andrić; 9 October 1892 – 13 March 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961.
Izabela Sadoveanu-EvanAuthor · BooksIsabella Sadoveanu, Izabela Morțun, Izabela Sadoveanu-Andrei
J. R. R. TolkienIllustrator · IllustrationJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and academic philologist.
Jack LondonAuthor · BooksJohn Griffith London (Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist.
Jacques JouetAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jacques Jouet in 2012.
Jagadish Chandra BoseAuthor · BooksSir Jagadish Chandra Bose (30 November 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a polymath with interests in biology, physics and writing science fiction.
James BaldwinAuthor · BooksJames Arthur Baldwin (Jones; August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American writer and civil rights activist who garnered acclaim for his essays, novels, plays, and poems.
James BeattieAuthor · BooksJames Beattie was a linguist, poet, translator, philosopher, writer and literary critic (1735–1803). He was born in Laurencekirk and died in Aberdeen.

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