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Abbé DelilleAuthor · BooksIllustration — A print by Pierre-Michel Alix after a portrait of the poet (1802)
Abdurrahman SharafkandiAuthor · BooksAbdurrahman Sharafkandi (14 April 1921 – 21 February 1991), better known by his pen name Hejar or Hazhar, was an Iranian Kurdish writer, poet, lexicographer, linguist, and translator.
Abel HermantAuthor · BooksAbel Hermant (3 February 1862 – 29 September 1950) was a French novelist, playwright, essayist and writer, and member of the Académie française.
Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-DuperronAuthor · BooksAbraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron (7 December 173117 January 1805) was the first professional French Indologist. He conceived the institutional framework for the new profession.
Adam ZagajewskiAuthor · BooksAdam Zagajewski (21 June 1945 – 21 March 2021) was a Polish poet, novelist, translator, and essayist.
Adolf ČernýAuthor · BooksAdolf Černý (19 August 1864 in Hradec Králové – 27 December 1952 in Prague) was a Czech linguist, translator, poet and journalist, as well as professor of Slavic studies in Prague.
Adolf ToblerAuthor · BooksAdolf Tobler (24 May 1835 – 18 March 1910) was a Swiss-German linguist and a philologist.
Adolphe PictetAuthor · BooksAdolphe Pictet (11 September 1799 – 20 December 1875) was a Swiss linguist, philologist and ethnologist.
Adrianus TurnebusAuthor · BooksAdrianus Turnebus (Adrien Turnèbe or Tournebeuf; 151212 June 1565) was a French classical scholar.
Agnes O'FarrellyAuthor · BooksAgnes O'Farrelly (born Agnes Winifred Farrelly; 24 June 1874 – 5 November 1951; Úna Ní Fhaircheallaigh), also known by her nom-de-plume Uan Uladh, was an academic and professor of Irish at…
Agostinho da SilvaAuthor · BooksGeorge Agostinho Baptista da Silva, GCSE (ɐɣuʃˈtiɲu ðɐ ˈsilvɐ; Porto, 13 February 1906 – Lisbon, 3 April 1994) was a Portuguese philosopher, essayist, and writer.
Ágoston PávelAuthor · BooksÁgoston Pável, also known in Slovenian as Avgust Pavel (28 August 1886, Cankova, Kingdom of Hungary, today in Slovenia – 2 January 1946, Szombathely, Hungary) was a Hungarian Slovene poet,…
Ahmad ibn ArabshahAuthor · BooksAhmad ibn Arabshah was an author. Ahmad ibn Arabshah was recorded as writer, translator, traveler, historian and linguist.
Ahmed ShawqiAuthor · BooksAhmed Shawqi (Aḥmad Shawqī; 1868–1932), nicknamed the Prince of Poets (Amīr al-Shu‘arā’), was an Egyptian poet laureate, linguist, and one of the most famous Arabic literary writers of the…
Aki ShimazakiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Aki Shimazaki
Al-ZamakhshariAuthor · BooksAbu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari (1074 –1143) was a medieval Muslim scholar of Iranian descent.
Albert GallatinAuthor · BooksAbraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (January 29, 1761 – August 12, 1849) was a Genevan-American politician, diplomat, ethnologist, and linguist.
Alejandra PizarnikAuthor · BooksFlora Alejandra Pizarnik (29 April 1936 – 25 September 1972) was an Argentine poet.
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 Keith JohnstonAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlexander Keith Johnston FRSE FRGS FGS FEGS LLD (died 9 July 1871) was a Scottish geographer and cartographer.
Alexander MezhirovAuthor · BooksIllustration — Alexander Mezhirov 1980
Alexandru MacedonskiAuthor · BooksAlexandru Macedonski (alekˈsandru mat͡ʃeˈdonski; also rendered as Al.
Alois KayserAuthor · BooksAlois Kayser (March 29, 1877 in Lupstein, Alsace – October 21, 1944 in Chuuk) was a German-French Roman Catholic missionary who spent almost forty years on Nauru and wrote a Nauruan grammar…
Alojz GradnikAuthor · BooksAlojz Gradnik (August 3, 1882 – July 14, 1967) was a Slovenian poet and translator.
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.
Amanda AizpurieteAuthor · BooksAmanda Aizpuriete (28 March 1956 – 22 October 2023) was a Latvian poet and translator.
AmarsinghaAuthor · BooksAmarasimha (IAST: Amara-siṃha, c. CE 375) was a Sanskrit grammarian and poet from ancient India, of whose personal history hardly anything is known.
Amos OzAuthor · BooksAmos Oz (born Amos Klausner (עמוס קלוזנר); 4 May 1939 – 28 December 2018) was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual.
Anabel TorresAuthor · BooksAnabel Torres Restrepo (born 28 December 1948) is a Colombian poet and translator.
Anatoly KudryavitskyAuthor · BooksAnatoly Kudryavitsky (Russian: Анатолий Исаевич Кудрявицкий; born 17 August 1954) is a Russian-Irish novelist, poet, editor and literary translator.
Andrej ŽarnovAuthor · BooksAndrej Žarnov, born František Šubík, (November 19, 1903 in Kuklov (Kukló), Austria-Hungary (today:Slovakia) – March 16, 1982 in Poughkeepsie City, New York, United States) was a Slovak…
Angela CarterAuthor · BooksAngela Olive Pearce (formerly Carter, Stalker; 7 May 1940 – 16 February 1992), who published under the name Angela Carter, was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist,…
Anneke BrassingaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Anneke Brassinga in 2015
Antanas BaranauskasAuthor · BooksAntanas Baranauskas (Antoni Baranowski; 17 January 1835 – 26 November 1902) was a Lithuanian poet, mathematician and Catholic bishop of Sejny.
Antoine CassarAuthor · BooksAntoine Christopher A. F. Cassar (born 1978 in London) is a Maltese poet and translator.
Antoni Edward OdyniecAuthor · BooksIllustration — Antoni Edward Odyniec. Portrait by Maksymilian Fajans.
Antoni LangeAuthor · BooksPrecursor to existentialism, collage, imagism and science-fiction
António Feliciano de CastilhoAuthor · BooksAntónio Feliciano de Castilho, 1st Viscount of Castilho (28 January 180018 June 1875) was a Portuguese writer.
Antonio FontánAuthor · BooksAntonio Fontán Pérez, 1st Marquess of Guadalcanal (15 October 1923 – 14 January 2010) was a Spanish journalist recognized for his work in promoting press freedom in his country.
Antony PogorelskyAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Count Alexey Perovsky by Karl Briullov, 1835
Apollo KorzeniowskiAuthor · BooksApollo Korzeniowski (21 February 1820 – 23 May 1869) was a Polish poet, playwright, translator, clandestine political activist, and father of Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad.
Arne NovákAuthor · BooksIllustration — Arne Novák before 1929
Arthur LeistAuthor · BooksArthur Leist was a German linguist, journalist, translator and writer (1852–1927). He was born in Wrocław and died in Tbilisi.
Arvid GenetzAuthor · BooksArvid Genetz was a politician, anthropologist, poet, linguist, folklorist and university teacher (1848–1915). He was born in Impilahti and died in Helsinki.
Åse-Marie NesseAuthor · BooksÅse-Marie Nesse (29 April 1934 – 13 July 2001) was a Norwegian philologist, translator and poet.
Assia DjebarPerson · Film memorabiliaFatima-Zohra Imalayen (30 June 1936 – 6 February 2015), known by her pen name Assia Djebar, was an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker.
Ataol BehramoğluAuthor · BooksAtaol Behramoğlu (born April 13, 1942) is a Turkish poet, author, and Russian-into-Turkish literary translator.
Athanasius KircherPerson · Music memorabiliaAthanasius Kircher (2 May 1601/1602 – 27 November 1680) was a German Jesuit scholar and polymath who published around 40 major works of comparative religion, geology, and medicine.
August StöberAuthor · BooksIllustration — August Stöber
August Wilhelm SchlegelAuthor · BooksAugust Wilhelm von Schlegel (Schlegel until 1812; lang; 8 September 176712 May 1845) was a German scholar, critic, Orientalist, Indologist, translator and poet.
Augusta, Lady GregoryAuthor · BooksIsabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (Persse; 15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932) was an Anglo-Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager.
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…
Babette DeutschAuthor · BooksBabette Deutsch (September 22, 1895 – November 13, 1982) was an American poet, critic, translator, and novelist.
Bagrat ShinkubaAuthor · BooksBagrat Uasyl-ipa Shinkuba (12 May 1917 – 25 February 2004) was an Abkhaz writer, poet, historian, linguist and politician.
Bartol KašićAuthor · Books
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;
Bernard DubourgAuthor · BooksIllustration — Bernard Dubourg
Besim BokshiAuthor · BooksBesim Bokshi (12 November 1930 – 16 August 2014) was an Albanian poet, linguist and philologist. He served as the president of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo during 2008-2011.
BhartṛhariAuthor · Books5th to 6th century CE), was an Indian philosopher of language, linguist and poet, known for his contributions to the fields of linguistics, grammar, and philosophy.
Biernat of LublinAuthor · BooksBiernat of Lublin (Polish: Biernat z Lublina, Latin Bernardus Lublinius, ca. 1465 – after 1529) was a Polish poet, fabulist, translator, and physician.
Bo RalphAuthor · BooksBo Rune Ingemar Ralph (born 4 October 1945) is a Swedish linguist, member of the Swedish Academy, and professor of Nordic Languages at the Department of Swedish Language at University of…
Boris UspenskijArtist · PaintingsBoris Andreevich Uspenskij (born 1937, in Moscow) is a Russian linguist, philologist, semiotician, and historian of culture.
Burton RaffelAuthor · BooksBurton Nathan Raffel (April 27, 1928 – September 29, 2015) was an American writer, translator, poet and professor.
C. S. LewisAuthor · BooksClive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian.
Carles Duarte i MontserratAuthor · BooksCarles Duarte i Montserrat (Barcelona, September 16, 1959) is a Catalan poet, linguist and politician, brother of the historian Àngel Duarte Montserrat.
Cesare PaveseAuthor · BooksCesare Pavese (9 September 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, literary critic, and essayist.
Chang Ping-linAuthor · Books
Charles JervasArtist · PaintingsCharles Jervas (also Jarvis and Jervis; c. 1675 – 2 November 1739) was an Irish painter, translator, and art collector of the early 18th century.
Charles Lock EastlakePhotographer · PhotographySir Charles Lock Eastlake (17 November 1793 – 24 December 1865) was a British painter, gallery director, collector and writer of the 19th century.
Charlotte GuestAuthor · BooksLady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest (née Bertie; 19 May 1812 – 15 January 1895), later Lady Charlotte Schreiber, was an English aristocrat who is best known as the first publisher in modern…
Chen DiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Statue of Chen Di in Lianjiang County.
Chit PhumisakAuthor · BooksChit Phumisak (also spelt Jit Poumisak; Thai: จิตร ภูมิศักดิ์, pronounced [tɕìt pʰūː.mí.sàk];
Christianus Cornelius UhlenbeckPhotographer · PhotographyChristianus Cornelius Uhlenbeck (18 October 1866 – 12 August 1951) was a Dutch linguist and anthropologist with a wide variety of research interests.
Ciril ZlobecAuthor · BooksCiril Zlobec (4 July 1925 – 24 August 2018) was a Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and former politician.
Claude Charles FaurielAuthor · BooksClaude Charles Fauriel (klod ʃaʁl foʁjɛl; 21 October 1772 – 15 July 1844) was a French historian, philologist and critic.
Claudius Henricus de GoejeAuthor · Maps and atlasesClaudius Henricus de Goeje (4 May 1879 – 8 June 1955) was a Dutch Navy officer and cartographer, who took a special interest in the Wayana and Tiriyó peoples he encountered on his…
Cole SwensenAuthor · BooksCole Swensen (born 1955) is an American poet, translator, editor, copywriter, and professor.
Colin MackenzieAuthor · Maps and atlases
Dahlia RavikovitchAuthor · BooksDahlia Ravikovitch (November 17, 1936 – August 21, 2005) was an Israeli poet, translator and recipient of the Israel Prize for Poetry in 1998.
Dámaso AlonsoAuthor · BooksDámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas (22 October 1898 – 25 January 1990) was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic.
Daniel Garrison BrintonAuthor · BooksDaniel Garrison Brinton (May 13, 1837July 31, 1899) was an American archeologist, ethnologist, and surgeon.
Dante AlighieriAuthor · BooksDante Alighieri (most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri; c. May 1265 – September 14, 1321), widely known mononymously as Dante, was an Italian poet, writer, and…
David AlbaharAuthor · BooksDavid Albahari (Давид Албахари; 15 March 1948 – 30 July 2023) was a Serbian novelist.
David Dean ShulmanAuthor · BooksDavid Dean Shulman (born January 13, 1949) is an Israeli Indologist, poet and peace activist, known for his work on the history of religion in South India, Indian poetics, Tamil Islam,…
David McDuffAuthor · BooksDavid McDuff (born 1945, Sale, Cheshire, England) is a Scottish translator, editor and literary critic.
David MitchellPerson · Music memorabiliaDavid Stephen Mitchell (born 12 January 1969) is an English novelist and screenwriter, who has also translated two children's books.
Denis FonvizinAuthor · BooksDenis Ivanovich Fonvizin (–) was a Russian playwright during the Age of Enlightenment. He was one of the founders of literary comedy in Russia.
Dmitry LikhachovAuthor · BooksDmitry Sergeyevich Likhachev (also spelled Dmitrii Likhachev or Dmitry Likhachov; – 30 September 1999) was a Russian medievalist, linguist, and an inmate of Gulag.
Dmitry Svyatopolk-MirskyAuthor · Books7 June 1939), a Russian political and literary historian who promoted the knowledge and t
Dobriša CesarićAuthor · BooksDobriša Cesarić (10 January 1902 – 18 December 1980) was a Croatian poet and translator. In 1951, he became a member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Dositej ObradovićAuthor · BooksDositej Obradović (Доситеј Обрадовић; 17 February 1739 – 7 April 1811) was a Serbian writer, philosopher, pedagogue, translator, educational reformer, linguist and the first minister of…
Douglas YoungAuthor · BooksDouglas Cuthbert Colquhoun Young (5 June 1913 – 23 October 1973) was a Scottish poet, scholar, translator and politician.
Dragutin TadijanovićAuthor · BooksDragutin Tadijanović (4 November 1905 – 27 June 2007) was a Croatian poet, and in his native Croatia he is referred to as a "Bard."
Dunash ben LabratAuthor · BooksDunash ha-Levi ben Labrat (920 – 990) (Hebrew: ר׳ דוֹנָש הַלֵּוִי בֵּן לָבְּרָט; Arabic: دناش بن لبراط) was a medieval Jewish commentator, poet, and grammarian of the Golden age of Jewish…
Edith PargeterAuthor · BooksEdith Mary Pargeter (28 September 1913 – 14 October 1995), also known by her pen name Ellis Peters, was an English author of works in many categories, especially history and historical…
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 BalcerzanAuthor · BooksEdward Balcerzan (born 13 October 1937) is a Polish literary critic, poet, prose writer, and translator.
Edward Denison RossAuthor · BooksIllustration — Edward Denison Ross (John Lavery, 1922)
Edward StorerAuthor · BooksEdward Augustine Storer (1880–1944) was an English writer, translator, and poet.
Edwin O. ReischauerAuthor · BooksEdwin Oldfather Reischauer (RYSHE-ow-ər; October 15, 1910 – September 1, 1990) was an American diplomat, educator, and professor at Harvard University. Edwin O.
Eeva-Liisa MannerAuthor · BooksEeva-Liisa Manner (5 December 1921 – 7 July 1995) was a Finnish poet, playwright and translator.
Ehsan DanishAuthor · BooksEhsan Danish (17 November 1914 – 22 March 1982), born Ehsan-ul-Haq), was an Urdu poet, prose writer, linguist, lexicographer and scholar from Pakistan.
Elena FanailovaAuthor · BooksElena Nikolayevna Fanailova (Еле́на Никола́евна Фана́йлова; born 19 December 1962) is a Russian poet.
Elias BlixAuthor · BooksElias Blix (24 February 1836 – 17 January 1902) was a Norwegian professor, theologian, hymn writer, and a politician for the Liberal Party.
Elizaveta PolonskayaAuthor · BooksElizaveta Grigorevna Polonskaya (Елизаве́та Григо́рьевна Поло́нская), born Movshenson
Eriks ĀdamsonsAuthor · BooksEriks Ādamsons (22 June 1907 – 28 February 1946) was a Latvian writer, poet and novelist.
Ermolao BarbaroAuthor · BooksIllustration — Ermolao Barbaro depicted in the painting Pilgrims Meet the Pope by Vittore Carpaccio (c.
Erri De LucaAuthor · BooksEnrico "Erri" De Luca (born 20 May 1950, Naples) is an Italian novelist, translator and poet.
Étienne DoletAuthor · BooksÉtienne Dolet (lang; 3 August 15093 August 1546) was a French scholar, translator and printer.
Eugen RelgisAuthor · BooksEugen D. Relgis (backward reading of Eisig D. Sigler; first name also Eugenio, Eugène or Eugene, last name also Siegler or Siegler Watchel;
Eugene BuechelPhotographer · PhotographyEugene Buechel was born on October 20, 1874, in Schleida, now Schleid, in the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Germany, and died October 27, 1954, in O'Neill, Nebraska, United States.
Ferdinand FreiligrathAuthor · BooksIllustration — Ferdinand Freiligrath in 1851
Ferdynand Antoni OssendowskiAuthor · Maps and atlasesFerdynand Antoni Ossendowski (fɛrˈdɨnant anˈtɔɲi ɔssɛnˈdɔfskʲi; 27 May 1876 – 3 January 1945) was a Polish writer, explorer, university professor, and anticommunist political activist.
Ferenc ToldyAuthor · BooksFerenc Toldy (born Franz Karl Joseph Schedel, August 10, 1805, in Buda - December 10, 1875, in Budapest) was a literary critic from the Austrian Empire and later Austria-Hungary.
FiruzabadiAuthor · BooksFiruzabadi (from Firuzabad; 1329–1414), whose proper name was Abu 'l-Ṭāhir Muḥammad ib Yaʿqūb ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm Majd al-Dīn al-Shāfiʿī al-Shīrāzī, was a Persian Sunni Muslim…
Fleeming JenkinAuthor · BooksHenry Charles Fleeming Jenkin FRS FRSE (25 March 1833 – 12 June 1885) was a British engineer, inventor, economist, linguist, actor and dramatist known as the inventor of the cable car or…
Fran LevstikAuthor · BooksFran Levstik (28 September 1831 – 16 November 1887) was a Slovene writer, political activist, playwright and critic.
Fran Saleški FinžgarAuthor · BooksFran Saleški Finžgar (February 9, 1871 – June 2, 1962) was perhaps the most popular Slovene folk writer.
Franciszek Ksawery DmochowskiAuthor · BooksFranciszek Ksawery Dmochowski (1762–1818) was a Polish Romantic novelist, poet, translator, publisher, critic, and satirist. Father of Franciszek Salezy Dmochowski.
François-Marie LuzelAuthor · BooksFrançois-Marie Luzel (6 June 1821 – 26 February 1895), often known by his Breton name Fañch an Uhel, was a French folklorist and Breton-language poet.

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