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

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Maurice MaeterlinckAuthor · BooksMaurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949), also known as Count/Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but…
Maximilian VoloshinAuthor · BooksMaximilian Alexandrovich Kirienko-Voloshin (May 28, [O.S. May 16] 1877 – August 11, 1932), commonly known as Max Voloshin, was a Russian poet.
Michael ArlenAuthor · BooksMichael Arlen (born Dikran Sarkis Kouyoumdjian, ', 16 November 1895 – 23 June 1956) was an essayist, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and scriptwriter.
Michael BishopAuthor · BooksMichael Bishop was an American novelist, writer, journalist, poet and teacher (1945–2023). He was born in Lincoln.
Michael David O'BrienAuthor · BooksMichael David O'Brien was born in Ottawa, he is self-taught, without an academic background. He writes and speaks on Catholic themes
Michael OrenAuthor · BooksMichael Bornstein Oren (born Michael Scott Bornstein; May 20, 1955) is an American-Israeli diplomat, writer, and politician.
Michel de MontaigneAuthor · BooksMichel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne (28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592), commonly known as just Michel de Montaigne, was one of the most significant writers of the French Renaissance.
Michel HouellebecqAuthor · BooksMichel Houellebecq (born Michel Thomas on 26 February 1956) is a French author of novels, poems, and essays, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker, and singer.
Michèle LalondeAuthor · BooksMichèle Lalonde (July 28, 1937 – July 22, 2021) was a Canadian dramatist, essayist, playwright and poet for print and radio.
Mieczysław JastrunAuthor · BooksIllustration — The grave of Mieczysław Jastrun at Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw.
Miguel BarnetAuthor · BooksMiguel Ángel Barnet Lanza (born January 28, 1940) is a Cuban writer, novelist and ethnographer.
Miguel de UnamunoAuthor · BooksMiguel de Unamuno y Jugo (29 September 1864 – 31 December 1936) was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher and academic.
Mikako IchikawaPerson · Film memorabiliaMikako Ichikawa is a Japanese actress and model born in Tokyo. She has appeared in films including Blue (2001), Cutie Honey (2004), Memories of Matsuko (2006) and Shin Godzilla (2016).
Mikelis AvlichosAuthor · BooksThe term Heptanese school of literature (school of the Seven Islands; also known as the Ionian school) denotes the literary production of the Ionian Islands' literature figures from the…
Mikhail OsorginAuthor · BooksMikhail Andreyevich Osorgin (real last name Ilyin (Ильи́н); 19 October 1878 – 27 November 1942) was a writer, journalist, and essayist born in the Russian Empire.
Milan RúfusAuthor · BooksMilan Rúfus (December 10, 1928 – January 11, 2009) was a Slovak poet, essayist, translator, children's writer and academic. Rúfus is the most translated Slovak poet into other languages.
Mina AssadiAuthor · BooksMina Assadi (born 12 March 1943) is an Iranian-born poet, author, journalist and songwriter who lives in exile in Stockholm, Sweden.
Mir-Hossein MousaviAuthor · BooksMir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh (born 2 March 1942) is an Iranian politician, artist, architect, and opposition figure who served as the forty-fifth and last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981…
Miroslav KrležaAuthor · BooksMiroslav Krleža (7 July 1893 – 29 December 1981) was a Croatian writer, widely considered to be the greatest of the 20th century.
Mohammad-Taqi BaharAuthor · Books
Momoko SakuraAuthor · BooksMiki Miura, known professionally as Momoko Sakura (May 8, 1965 – August 15, 2018) was a Japanese manga artist and writer.
Mordecai RichlerAuthor · BooksMordecai Richler (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001) was a Canadian writer from Montreal, Quebec. He is best known for his novels set in Montreal's Jewish community;
Motiram BhattaAuthor · BooksMotiram Bhatta (1866–1896) was a Nepalese poet, singer, essayist, publisher, literary critic and biographer.
Murray RothbardAuthor · BooksMurray Newton Rothbard (March 2, 1926 – January 7, 1995) was an American economist of the Austrian School, economic historian, political theorist, and activist.
Myla DalbesioArtist · SculptureMyla Grace Dalbesio (born June 26, 1987) is an American model, artist, and writer.
Nandana SenAuthor · BooksNandana Dev Sen is an Indian-born American actress, screenwriter, children's author, and child-rights activist.
Nasser FakouhiAuthor · BooksNasser Fakouhi (born 13 May 1956 in Tehran) is an Iranian anthropologist, writer and translator.
Neil PostmanAuthor · BooksNeil Postman (March 8, 1931 – October 5, 2003) was an American author, educator, media theorist, and cultural critic who eschewed digital technology, including personal computers and mobile…
Nelly KaplanPerson · Film memorabiliaNelly Kaplan (11 April 1931 – 12 November 2020) was an Argentine-born French writer and film director who focused on the arts, film, and filmmakers.
Nick HornbyAuthor · BooksNicholas Peter John Hornby[1][2] (born 17 April 1957) is an English writer. He is best known for his memoir Fever Pitch (1992) and novels High Fidelity (1995) and About a Boy (1998), all of…
Niko GrafenauerAuthor · BooksNiko Grafenauer (born 5 December 1940) is a Slovenian poet, essayist, literary historian, editor and translator.
Nikos FokasAuthor · BooksNikos Fokas (1927 – 26 July 2021) was a Greek poet, essayist and translator.
Nizami AruziAuthor · BooksIllustration — Folio of a copy of the Chahar Maqala by Nizami Aruzi. Dated 1383, likely from Jalayirid-era Tabriz
Noël AudetAuthor · BooksNoël Audet (December 23, 1938 – December 29, 2005) was a Canadian novelist and poet from Quebec.
Nolini Kanta GuptaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Nolini Kanta Gupta
Nora EphronPerson · Film memorabiliaNora Ephron (May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012) was an American writer, playwright, journalist, and filmmaker.
Norbert BleiAuthor · BooksNorbert George Blei (August 23, 1935 – April 23, 2013) was an American writer of non-fiction, fiction, and poetry.
Norman MailerPerson · Film memorabiliaNachem Malech Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007), known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American writer, journalist, and filmmaker.
Octave PirmezAuthor · BooksOctave Pirmez (1832 – May 1883) was a Belgian author born in Châtelineau.
Okey NdibeAuthor · BooksNdibe was born in Yola, the capital city of Adamawa State, north-eastern Nigeria. He is the author of Arrows of Rain
Olga MartynovaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Olga Martynova at the Book Vienna (2023)
Oscar MiloszAuthor · BooksOscar Vladislas de Lubicz Milosz (Oskaras Milašius; Oskar Władysław Miłosz) (28 May 1877 or 15 May 1877 – 2 March 1939) was a French language poet, playwright, novelist, essayist and…
Osip MandelstamAuthor · BooksOsip Emilyevich Mandelstam (14 January 1891 – 27 December 1938) was a Russian and Soviet poet. He was one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school.
Ouyang XiuAuthor · Books
Panagiotis KanellopoulosAuthor · BooksPanagiotis Kanellopoulos or Panayotis Kanellopoulos (13 December 1902 – 11 September 1986) was a Greek writer, politician and Prime Minister of Greece.
Pär LagerkvistAuthor · BooksPär Fabian Lagerkvist (23 May 1891 – 11 July 1974) was a Swedish author who received the 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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.
Pascal BrucknerAuthor · BooksPascal Bruckner (lang; born 15 December 1948 in Paris) is a French writer, one of the "New Philosophers" who came to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s.
Pascal LainéAuthor · BooksPascal Lainé (10 May 1942 – 30 December 2024) was a French academic, novelist and writer. He was born in Anet, Eure-et-Loir.
Patricio MannsPerson · Music memorabiliaInti-illimani, Víctor Jara, Ángel Parra, Horacio Salinas, Isabel Parra, Sergio Ortega, Pablo Neruda, Francisco Coloane
Paul CelanAuthor · BooksPaul Celan (lang; born Paul Antschel; 23 November 1920 – c. 20 April 1970) was a German-speaking Romanian poet, Holocaust survivor, and literary translator.
Paul ClaudelAuthor · BooksPaul Claudel (6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel.
Paul GrahamAuthor · BooksPaul Graham (born November 13, 1964) is an English-American computer scientist, writer, essayist, entrepreneur, and investor.
Paul GuthAuthor · BooksPaul Guth (5 March 1910 – 29 October 1997) was a French humorist, journalist and writer, and the President of the Académie des provinces françaises.
Paul NizanAuthor · BooksIllustration — Paul Nizan
Paul ReiserPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Reiser (born March 30, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He played the roles of Michael Taylor in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads, Paul Buchman in the NBC sitcom Mad About…
Paul VerlaineAuthor · BooksPaul Marie Verlaine (lang; 30 March 1844 – 8 January 1896) was a French poet, writer and critic associated with the Symbolist, Parnassianist and Decadent movements.
Paul-Émile BorduasArtist · SculpturePaul-Émile Borduas (November 1, 1905 – February 22, 1960) was a Canadian artist known for his abstract paintings.
Pavan VarmaAuthor · BooksPavan K. Varma (born 5 November 1953) is an Indian politician, author, and former diplomat who served as India's Ambassador to Bhutan and High Commissioner to Cyprus.
Pavol RankovAuthor · BooksPavol Rankov (born 16 September 1964) is a Slovak writer. He studied library science at the Comenius University, graduating in 1987.
Peter HandkeAuthor · BooksPeter Handke (born 6 December 1942) is an Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter.
Peter HopkirkAuthor · BooksPeter Stuart Hopkirk (15 December 1930 – 22 August 2014) was a British journalist, author and historian who wrote six books about the British Empire, Russia and Central Asia.
Peter TurriniAuthor · BooksPeter Turrini (born 26 September 1944 in St Margarethen im Lavanttal, Carinthia) is an Austrian playwright known for his socio-critical work and earlier folk-dramas.
Philip K. DickAuthor · BooksPhilip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was an American science fiction short story writer and novelist.
Philip LevineAuthor · Books
Philip WylieAuthor · BooksPhilip Gordon Wylie (May 12, 1902 – October 25, 1971) was an American writer of works ranging from science fiction, mysteries, and social diatribes, to satire concerning topics such as…
Philippe DelermAuthor · BooksPhilippe Delerm (born November 27, 1950, in Auvers-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise, France) is a French writer whose collection of essays La Première gorgée de bière et autres plaisirs minuscules sold…
Philippe Di FolcoAuthor · BooksIllustration — Philippe Di Folco
Philippe JaccottetAuthor · BooksPhilippe Jaccottet (French: [filip ʒakotɛ]; 30 June 1925 – 24 February 2021) was a Swiss-born Francophone poet and translator.
Philippe SoupaultAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Philippe Soupault by Robert Delaunay (1922)
Piero ScaruffiAuthor · BooksPiero Scaruffi (born 1955) is an Italian-American cognitive scientist, philosopher, cultural historian and writer who maintains a website on which his reviews of music, film, and art are…
Pierre LotiPhotographer · PhotographyPierre Loti (lang; pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud; 14 January 1850 – 10 June 1923) was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels and short stories.
Pietro BemboAuthor · BooksPietro Bembo, O.S.I.H. (Petrus Bembus; 20 May 1470 – 18 January 1547) was a Venetian scholar, poet, and literary theorist who also was a member of the Knights Hospitaller and a cardinal of…
Pietro CitatiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Pietro Citati
Pietro Napoli SignorelliAuthor · BooksPietro Napoli Signorelli (28 September 1731 – 1 April 1815) was an Italian scholar of classic literature, mainly drama, and historian.
PlutarchAuthor · BooksPlutarch (Ploútarchos; before CE 50 – after 120) was a Greek and later Roman Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.
Popati HiranandaniAuthor · BooksPopati Hiranandani (17 September 1924 – 16 December 2005) was an Indian writer who authored more than sixty books in Sindhi language during her life.
Pramoedya Ananta ToerAuthor · BooksPramoedya Ananta Toer (EYD: Pramudya Ananta Tur; 6 February 1925 – 30 April 2006), also nicknamed Pram,[1] was an Indonesian novelist and writer.
Rabindranath TagoreAuthor · BooksRabindranath Tagore FRAsS (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali poet, author, playwright, musician, composer, philosopher, social reformer, painter, and one of the foremost figures of…
Rachel CarsonAuthor · BooksRachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941–1955) and book Silent Spring (1962) are credited…
Ralph Waldo EmersonAuthor · BooksRalph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the…
Ramón Otero PedrayoAuthor · BooksIllustration — Ramón Otero Pedrayo.
Randolph BourneAuthor · BooksRandolph Silliman Bourne (May 30, 1886 – December 22, 1918) was a progressive writer and intellectual born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, and a graduate of Columbia University.
Raymond SabouraudArtist · SculptureRaymond Jacques Adrien Sabouraud (24 November 1864 – 4 February 1938) was a French physician born in Nantes.
Rebecca SolnitAuthor · BooksRebecca Solnit (born 1961) is an American writer and activist. She has written on a variety of subjects, including feminism, the environment, politics, place, and art.
René BoylesveAuthor · BooksRené Boylesve (ʁəne bwalɛv; 14 April 1867 in La Haye-Descartes – 14 January 1926 in Paris), born René Marie Auguste Tardiveau (ʁəne maʁi oɡyst taʁdivo), was a French writer and a literary…
René DepestreAuthor · BooksRené Depestre (born 29 August 1924 or 1926, Jacmel, Haiti) is a Haitian-French poet and former communist activist.
Richard C. HoaglandAuthor · BooksRichard Charles Hoagland (born April 25, 1945) is an American author, former science advisor for CBS News and a proponent of various conspiracy theories about NASA, lost alien civilizations…
Richard von SchaukalAuthor · BooksIllustration — Richard von Schaukal, 1924
Riichi YokomitsuAuthor · BooksRiichi Yokomitsu (横光利一, Yokomitsu Riichi) was an experimental, modernist Japanese writer.
Rina LasnierAuthor · BooksRina Lasnier, (6 August 1915 – 9 May 1997) was a Québécois Canadian poet. Rina Lasnier was born in St-Grégoire d'Iberville-Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, she attended Collège Marguerite…
Robert A. HeinleinAuthor · BooksRobert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction author, engineer, and naval officer.
Robert B. ShermanArtist · PaintingsRobert Bernard Sherman (December 19, 1925 – March 6, 2012) was an American songwriter. Best known for his work in musical films with his brother, Richard M.
Robert BurtonAuthor · BooksRobert Burton (8 February 1577 – 25 January 1640; sometimes writing under the pen name Democritus Junior) was an English author and fellow of Oxford University, known for his encyclopaedic…
Robert DuncanAuthor · BooksIllustration — Robert Duncan
Robert K. MassieAuthor · BooksRobert Kinloch Massie III (January 5, 1929 – December 2, 2019) was an American journalist and historian.
Robert Louis StevensonAuthor · Books
Robert Pogue HarrisonAuthor · BooksRobert Pogue Harrison is an American literary scholar, cultural critic, and public intellectual.
Roberto CalassoAuthor · BooksRoberto Calasso (30 May 1941 – 28 July 2021) was an Italian writer and publisher. Apart from his mother tongue, Calasso was fluent in French, English, Spanish, German, Latin and ancient…
Rochelle RileyPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Riley in 2019
Rodney Saint-ÉloiAuthor · BooksRodney Saint-Éloi is a Haitian-Canadian poet. He is a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry, at the 2013 Governor General's Awards for Jacques Roche,…
Roland BarthesAuthor · BooksÉcole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (the VIe section of the EPHE until 1975)
Ron PadgettAuthor · BooksRon Padgett (born June 17, 1942) is an American poet, essayist, fiction writer, translator, and a member of the New York School.
Rosa MayrederAuthor · BooksRosa Mayreder was an Austrian writer, librettist, pastellist, painter, editor and musician (1858–1938). She was born in Vienna.
Rosario FerréAuthor · BooksRosario Ferré Ramírez de Arellano (September 28, 1938 – February 18, 2016) was a Puerto Rican writer, poet, and essayist. Her father, Luis A.
Rosina Bulwer LyttonAuthor · BooksRosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton, (née Doyle Wheeler; 4 November 1802 – 12 March 1882) was an Anglo-Irish writer who published fourteen novels, a volume of essays, and a volume of…
Rossana RossandaAuthor · BooksRossana Rossanda (23 April 1924 – 20 September 2020) was an Italian communist politician, journalist, author, and feminist.
Rudolf LeonhardAuthor · BooksRudolf Leonhard (27 October 1889, in Lissa, German Empire (today Leszno, Poland) – 19 December 1953, in East Berlin) was a German author and communist activist.
Saiichi MaruyaAuthor · BooksAugust 27, 1925 – October 13, 2012 was a Japanese author and literary critic.
Saleem HaddadPerson · Film memorabiliaSaleem Yacoub Saleem Haddad (Arabic: سليم حداد; born 1983) is a queer Arab author, filmmaker and aid worker of Iraqi-German and Palestinian-Lebanese descent, His debut novel Guapa (2016),…
Salman RushdiePerson · Film memorabiliaSir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British and American novelist.
Salvador de MadariagaAuthor · BooksSalvador de Madariaga y Rojo (23 July 1886 – 14 December 1978) was a Spanish "eminent liberal", diplomat, writer, historian and pacifist who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature…
Samad BehrangiAuthor · BooksSamad Behrangi (Persian: صمد بهرنگی; 24 June 1939 – 31 August 1968) was a Marxist-Leninist Iranian teacher, social activist and critic, folklorist, translator, and short story writer of…
Samuel R. DelanyArtist · Comics and comic artSamuel R. Delany (born April 1, 1942) is an African American writer and literary critic.
Sandra CisnerosAuthor · BooksSandra Cisneros (born December 20, 1954) is an American writer. She is best known for her first novel, The House on Mango Street (1984), and her subsequent short story collection, Woman…
Santiago ArcosIllustrator · IllustrationIllustration — Santiago Arcos
Santō KyōdenArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Depiction of Santō Kyōden
Sasha SokolovAuthor · BooksSasha Sokolov (Alexander Vsevolodovitch Sokolov; born November 6, 1943, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a writer of Russian literature.
Saul BellowAuthor · BooksSaul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; June 10, 1915April 5, 2005) was an American writer.
Sebastián Salazar BondyAuthor · BooksSebastián Salazar Bondy (February 4, 1924 in Lima – July 4, 1965) was a Peruvian playwright, essayist, poet, and journalist, and among the most important of Peruvian intellectuals.

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