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Abel BonnardAuthor · BooksAbel Jean Désiré Bonnard (19 December 1883 31 May 1968) was a French poet, novelist and politician.
Abelardo CastilloAuthor · BooksAbelardo Castillo (March 27, 1935 – May 2, 2017) was an Argentine writer, novelist, essayist, diarist, born in the city of San Pedro, Buenos Aires. He practised amateur boxing in his youth.
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.
Adrianus TurnebusAuthor · BooksAdrianus Turnebus (Adrien Turnèbe or Tournebeuf; 151212 June 1565) was a French classical scholar.
Alejandra PizarnikAuthor · BooksFlora Alejandra Pizarnik (29 April 1936 – 25 September 1972) was an Argentine poet.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynAuthor · BooksAleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet…
Antoine de RivarolAuthor · BooksAntoine de Rivarol (26 June 1753 – 11 April 1801) was a French royalist writer and translator who lived during the Revolutionary era.
Antón ArrufatAuthor · BooksAntón Arrufat Mrad (14 August 1935 – 21 May 2023) was a Cuban dramatist, novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist.
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.
Augusto Céspedes PatziAuthor · BooksAugusto Céspedes Patzi (6 February 1904, Cochabamba – 9 May 1997, La Paz) was a Bolivian writer, politician, diplomat, and journalist. He was the brother-in-law of writer Carlos Montenegro.
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.
Carl Gustaf TessinAuthor · BooksCount Carl Gustaf Tessin (5 September 1695 – 7 January 1770) was a Swedish count and politician and son of architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock.
César AiraAuthor · BooksCésar Aira (Argentine Spanish: ˈsesaɾ ˈajɾa; born 23 February 1949 in Coronel Pringles, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine writer and translator, and an exponent of contemporary…
Charlotte MutsaersIllustrator · IllustrationCharlotte Jacoba Maria Mutsaers (ɕɑrˈlɔtə jaːˈkoːbaː maːˈrijaː ˈmʏtsaːrs; born 2 November 1942) is a Dutch painter, prose writer and essayist.
Christoph HeinAuthor · BooksChristoph Hein (German: [ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈhaɪn]; born 8 April 1944) is a German author and translator.
Cintio VitierAuthor · BooksCintio Vitier (September 25, 1921 – October 1, 2009) was a Cuban poet, essayist, and novelist.
Clemens J. SetzAuthor · BooksClemens J. Setz (born 15 November 1982, in Graz) is an Austrian writer and translator.
Concepción Arenal PonteAuthor · BooksConcepción Arenal Ponte (Ferrol, 31 January 1820 – Vigo, 4 February 1893) was a graduate in law, thinker, journalist, poet and Galician dramatic author within the literary Realism and…
Cristina Ali FarahAuthor · BooksUbah Cristina Ali Farah (born 1973 in Verona, Italy) is an Italian writer of mixed Italian and Somali descent.
Dodie BellamyAuthor · BooksDodie Bellamy (born 1951) is an American novelist, nonfiction author, journalist, educator and editor. Her book Cunt-Ups (2001) won the 2002 Firecracker Alternative Book Award.
Durs GrünbeinAuthor · BooksDurs Grünbein (born 9 October 1962) is a German poet and essayist.
Edgardo CozarinskyPerson · Film memorabiliaEdgardo Cozarinsky (eðˈɣaɾðo kosaˈɾinski; 13 January 1939 – 2 June 2024) was an Argentine writer and filmmaker. He was best known for his Spanish-language novel Vudú urbano.
Edmond RostandAuthor · BooksEdmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (lang; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist.
Emmanuel CarrèrePerson · Film memorabiliaEmmanuel Carrère (born 9 December 1957) is a French author, screenwriter and film director.
Erich FriedAuthor · BooksErich Fried (6 May 1921 – 22 November 1988) was an Austrian-born poet, writer, and translator.
Ernesto SabatoArtist · PaintingsErnesto Sabato (lang; June 24, 1911 – April 30, 2011) was an Argentine novelist, essayist, painter, and physicist.
Erno PaasilinnaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Erno-Paasilinna-1963.jpg
Eva MenasseAuthor · BooksEva Menasse (born 11 May 1970 in Vienna) is an Austrian author and journalist. She has studied history and German literature.
Fernando IwasakiAuthor · BooksFernando Iwasaki Cauti (born 1961) is a Peruvian writer and historian.
Francisco UmbralAuthor · 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.
Frederick BuechnerAuthor · BooksCarl Frederick Buechner (July 11, 1926 – August 15, 2022) was an American author, Presbyterian minister, preacher, and theologian.
G. K. ChestertonIllustrator · IllustrationGilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English Christian apologist writer.
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.
Geeta TripatheeAuthor · BooksGeeta Tripathee (born 28 June 1972) is a Nepali poet, lyricist, essayist, literary critic and scholar.
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.
Gonzalo RojasAuthor · BooksGonzalo Rojas Pizarro (December 20, 1916 – April 25, 2011) was a Chilean poet. His work is part of the continuing Latin American avant-garde literary tradition of the twentieth century.
Gösta ÅgrenAuthor · BooksSven Gösta Ågren (3 August 1936 in Nykarleby – 24 June 2020) was a Finland-Swedish author who won the Finlandia Prize in 1988 for Jär.
Guido Rodríguez AlcaláAuthor · BooksGuido Rodriguez Alcalá (born Asunción, Paraguay, 1946) is a poet, narrator, historian, journalist, essayist, and literary critic.
H. G. WellsAuthor · BooksHerbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer, prolific in many genres. He wrote more than forty novels and dozens of short stories.
Hans Magnus EnzensbergerAuthor · BooksHans Magnus Enzensberger (11 November 1929 – 24 November 2022) was a German author, poet, playwright, essayist, translator, and editor.
Harry JärvAuthor · BooksHarry Järv (27 March 1921 – 21 December 2009) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish and Swedish librarian, author and translator. He was a lieutenant-ranked veteran of World War II.
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…
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).
Hermann BurgerAuthor · BooksHermann Burger (10 July 1942 – 28 February 1989) was a Swiss poet, novelist and essayist.
Herta MüllerAuthor · BooksHerta Müller (born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Hilaire BellocAuthor · BooksJoseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (27 July 187016 July 1953) was a French-English writer and political activist.
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…
Ida VitaleAuthor · BooksIda Vitale (born 2 November 1923) is a Uruguayan poet, translator, essayist, lecturer and literary critic.
Iris MurdochAuthor · BooksDame Jean Iris Murdoch (15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was an Irish and British novelist and philosopher.
Jacob M. AppelAuthor · BooksJacob M. Appel (born February 21, 1973) is an American polymath, author, bioethicist, medical doctor, lawyer, and social critic.
Jacques JouetAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jacques Jouet in 2012.
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.
Javier CercasAuthor · BooksJavier Cercas Mena (born 1962) is a Spanish writer and professor of Spanish literature at the University of Girona, Spain.
Jean PrévostAuthor · BooksJean Prévost (13 June 1901 – 1 August 1944) was a French writer, journalist, and Resistance fighter.
Jesús Fernández SantosPerson · Film memorabiliaJesús Fernández Santos (9 November 1926 – 2 June 1988) was a Spanish novelist, short story writer, film critic, film director and documentarist.
Joan-Lluís LluísAuthor · BooksJoan-Lluís Lluís (Perpignan, 1963) is a Catalan writer. His works include five novels and a collection of essays entitled Conversa amb el meu gos sobre França i els francesos (Conversation…
Jon JuaristiAuthor · BooksJon Juaristi Linacero (born in Bilbao in 1951) is a Spanish poet, essayist and translator in Spanish and Basque, as well as a self-confessed former ETA militant. He lives in Madrid.
Jonathan SwiftAuthor · BooksJonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric.
Jorge de LimaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jorge de Lima, anos 1940
Jorge Luis BorgesAuthor · BooksJorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges[2] (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and…
Jörn DonnerAuthor · BooksHe was also a publisher, editor, and
José Enrique RodóAuthor · Books
José Lins do RegoAuthor · BooksIllustration — José Lins do Rego (1918)
José MartíAuthor · BooksJosé Julián Martí Pérez (Spanish: [xoˈse maɾˈti]; 28 January 1853 – 19 May 1895) was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who…
Juan José MillásAuthor · BooksHe was born in Valencia and has spent most of his life in Madrid, where he studied philosophy and literature at the Universidad Complu
Juan José SaerAuthor · BooksJuan José Saer (28 June 193711 June 2005) was a major Argentine writer. For his novel The Event (La ocasión), he won the Premio Nadal in 1987.
Juan VilloroAuthor · BooksJuan Antonio Villoro Ruiz (born 24 September 1956, in Mexico City) is a Mexican writer and journalist and the son of philosopher Luis Villoro.
Kenzaburō ŌeAuthor · BooksKenzaburō Ōe was a Japanese writer and a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature.
Kim Chi-haAuthor · BooksKim Jiha or Kim Chi-ha (born Kim Yeongil; 4 February 1941 – 8 May 2022) was a South Korean poet and playwright.
Konstantin VanshenkinAuthor · BooksKonstantin Yakovlevich Vanshenkin (17 December 1925 – 15 December 2012; born Konstantin Weinschenker) was a Soviet poet and lyricist from Moscow.
László NémethAuthor · Books
Laura Ingalls WilderAuthor · BooksLaura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer, teacher, and journalist.
Lawrence DurrellAuthor · BooksLawrence George Durrell (27 February 1912 – 7 November 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer.
Lee RadziwillDesigner · FashionPrincess Caroline Lee Radziwill (née Bouvier; March 3, 1933 – February 15, 2019), previously known as Lee Canfield and Lee Ross, was an American socialite, public relations executive, and…
Léon DaudetAuthor · BooksLéon Daudet (French: [dodɛ]; 16 November 1867 – 2 July 1942) was a French journalist, writer, an active monarchist, and a member of the Académie Goncourt.
Louis-Claude de Saint-MartinAuthor · BooksLouis Claude de Saint‑Martin (18 January 1743 – 14 October 1803) was a French freemason and philosopher, known as le philosophe inconnu ('the unknown philosopher'), the name under which his…
Lu XunAuthor · Books
Luis Mateo DíezAuthor · Books
Magda SzabóAuthor · Books
Manuel RivasAuthor · BooksIllustration — Manuel Rivas, 2022
Manuel VilasAuthor · BooksIllustration — Manuel Vilas at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2022
Marcel ProustAuthor · BooksValentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (lang; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist best known for his novel À la recherche du temps…
María Teresa LeónAuthor · Books
María ZambranoAuthor · BooksMaría Zambrano Alarcón (April 22, 1904 – February 6, 1991) was a Spanish philosopher, intellectual, and essayist.
Mario BenedettiAuthor · BooksMario Benedetti Farrugia (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾjo βeneˈðeti]; 14 September 1920 – 17 May 2009), was a Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the…
Maxine Hong KingstonAuthor · BooksMaxine Hong Kingston (born Maxine Ting Ting Hong; October 27, 1940) is an American novelist.
Menotti Del PicchiaArtist · PaintingsPaulo Menotti Del Picchia (20 March 1892 – 23 August 1988) was a Brazilian poet, journalist, and painter who was born and died in São Paulo.
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.
Norbert GstreinAuthor · BooksHe was born in Mils in Tyrol, the son of the hotelier and ski school director Norbert Gstrein (1931–1988) and Maria Gstrein, née Thurner (born 1935). He grew up with his
Olavi PaavolainenAuthor · BooksIllustration — Väinö Kunnas, Olavi Paavolainen, 1928
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.
Pedro Laín EntralgoAuthor · Books
Peter HandkeAuthor · BooksPeter Handke (born 6 December 1942) is an Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter.
Peter RühmkorfAuthor · BooksPeter Rühmkorf (25 October 1929 – 8 June 2008) was a German writer who significantly influenced German post-war literature.
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)
Pierre MertensAuthor · BooksPierre Mertens (9 October 1939 – 19 January 2025) was a Belgian writer and lawyer who specialised in international law, director of the Centre de sociologie de la littérature at the…
Rabbe EnckellAuthor · BooksRabbe Arnfinn Enckell (3 March 1903 – 17 June 1974) was a Finland-Swedish writer and poet.
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…
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 KerrAuthor · Books
Roland BarthesAuthor · BooksÉcole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (the VIe section of the EPHE until 1975)
Sasha SokolovAuthor · BooksSasha Sokolov (Alexander Vsevolodovitch Sokolov; born November 6, 1943, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a writer of Russian literature.
Serge Patrice ThibodeauAuthor · BooksSerge Patrice Thibodeau (born August 11, 1959) is a Canadian writer. He is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry—winning at the 1996 Governor…
Sigurd FrosterusDesigner · DesignSigurd Frosterus (4 June 1876 – 2 March 1956) was a Finnish architect, art critic, and art collector.
T. S. EliotAuthor · Books
Tao LinPerson · Film memorabiliaTao Lin (born July 2, 1983) is an American novelist, poet, essayist, short-story writer, and artist.
Teresa González de FanningAuthor · BooksTeresa González de Fanning (Nepeña District, Ancash Region, Peru, 12 August 1836 - Miraflores District, Lima, 7 April 1918) was a Peruvian writer and journalist notable for her activism in…
Thomas McEvilleyAuthor · BooksThomas McEvilley (July 13, 1939 – March 2, 2013) was an American art critic, poet, novelist, and scholar.
Thorvald SteenAuthor · BooksThorvald Steen (born 9 January 1954) is a Norwegian writer and government scholar.
Tsegaye Gabre-MedhinAuthor · BooksTsegaye Gabre-Medhin (17 August 1936 – 25 February 2006) was an Ethiopian poet and novelist.
Ulla-Lena LundbergAuthor · BooksUlla-Lena Lundberg (born 14 July 1947) is a Finland-Swedish author living in Porvoo, Finland.
Uwe TimmAuthor · BooksUwe Timm (German pronunciation: [ˈuːvə tɪm]; born 30 March 1940 in Hamburg) is a German writer.
Veijo MeriAuthor · BooksVeijo Väinö Valvo Meri (31 December 1928 – 21 June 2015) was a Finnish writer. Much of his work focuses on war and its absurdity.
Veikko Antero KoskenniemiAuthor · BooksVeikko Antero Koskenniemi (8 July 1885 – 4 August 1962) was a Finnish poet, newspaper editor, and literary professor.
Vladislav KrapivinAuthor · BooksVladislav Petrovich Krapivin (Russian: Владислав Петрович Крапивин; 14 October 1938 – 1 September 2020) was a Soviet and Russian children's books writer.
Volodia TeitelboimAuthor · BooksIllustration — Volodia Teitelboim

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