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Franz BleiPerson · Film memorabiliaFranz Blei (pseudonyms: Medardus, Dr. Peregrinus Steinhövel, Amadée de la Houlette, Franciscus Amadeus, Gussie Mc-Bill, Prokop Templin, Heliogabal, Nikodemus Schuster, L. O. G, Hans Adolar;
Franz HesselAuthor · BooksFranz Hessel (November 21, 1880 – January 6, 1941) was a German writer and translator.
Friedrich August WolfAuthor · BooksFriedrich August Wolf (German: [vɔlf]; 15 February 1759 – 8 August 1824) was a German classicist who is considered the founder of classical and modern philology.
Friedrich Gottlieb WelckerAuthor · BooksFriedrich Gottlieb Welcker (4 November 1784 – 17 December 1868) was a German classical philologist and archaeologist.
Friedrich Max MüllerAuthor · BooksFriedrich Max Müller (6 December 1823 – 28 October 1900) was a German-born British comparative philologist and Orientalist.
Gabriel FerraterAuthor · BooksGabriel Ferrater i Soler (20 May 1922 – 27 April 1972) was an author, translator and scholar of linguistics of the sixties who wrote in the Catalan language.
Gabriel TalphirAuthor · BooksGabriel (Joseph) Talphir (1901–1990) was an Israeli poet, art critic, publisher, editor and translator.
Gaston WaringhienAuthor · BooksGaston Waringhien (July 20, 1901 – December 20, 1991) was a French linguist, lexicographer, and Esperantist. He wrote poems as well as essays and books on linguistics.
Gavino LeddaPerson · Film memorabiliaGavino Ledda (Gavinu 'e Ledda; born 30 December 1938) is an author and a scholar of the Italian language and of Sardinian.
Gavrila DerzhavinAuthor · BooksGavriil (Gavrila) Romanovich Derzhavin (14 July 1743 – 20 July 1816) was one of the most highly esteemed Russian poets before Alexander Pushkin, as well as a statesman.
Geoffrey ChaucerAuthor · BooksGeoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, writer and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales.
Georg BüchmannAuthor · BooksGeorg Büchmann (lang; 4 January 1822 – 24 February 1884) was a German philologist. He was born in Berlin, and died there in Schöneberg.
Georg Friedrich TreitschkePerson · Music memorabiliaGeorg Friedrich Treitschke (German: [ˈtʀaɪtʃkə]; 29 August 1776 – 4 June 1842) was a German librettist, translator and lepidopterist.
Georg MorgenstierneAuthor · BooksGeorg Valentin von Munthe af Morgenstierne (2 January 1892 – 3 March 1978) was a Norwegian professor of linguistics with the University of Oslo (UiO).
George BorrowAuthor · BooksGeorge Henry Borrow (5 July 1803 – 26 July 1881) was an English writer of novels and of travel based on personal experiences in Europe.
George BuchananAuthor · BooksGeorge Buchanan (Seòras Bochanan; February 1506 – 28 September 1582) was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar.
George Campbell HayAuthor · BooksGeorge Campbell Hay (1915–1984) was a Scottish Symbolist poet and translator, who wrote in Scottish Gaelic, Scots and English. He used the patronymic Deòrsa Mac Iain Dheòrsa.
George ChapmanAuthor · BooksGeorge Chapman (c. 1559 – 12 May 1634) was an English dramatist, translator and poet.
George CoșbucAuthor · BooksGeorge Coșbuc (20 September 1866 – 9 May 1918) was a Romanian poet, translator, teacher, and journalist, best remembered for his verses describing, praising and eulogizing rural life, its…
George LakoffAuthor · BooksGeorge Philip Lakoff (born May 24, 1941) is an American cognitive linguist and philosopher, best known for his thesis that people's lives are significantly influenced by the conceptual…
Gérard ÉtienneAuthor · BooksGérard Vergniaud Étienne (28 May 1936 – 14 December 2008) was a linguist, journalist and writer of poems, novels and essays.
Gheorghe AsachiAuthor · BooksGheorghe Asachi (ˈɡe̯orɡe aˈsaki, surname also spelled Asaki; 1 March 1788 – 12 November 1869) was a Romanian prose writer, poet, painter, historian, dramatist, engineer, border maker, and…
Giorgi LeonidzeAuthor · BooksGiorgi Leonidze (Georgian: გიორგი ლეონიძე; 27 December 1899 – 9 August 1966) was a Georgian poet, prose writer, and literary scholar.
Gjekë MarinajAuthor · BooksGjekë Marinaj is an Albanian–American poet, writer, translator and literary critic who is also known as the founder of a form of arts criticism known as Protonism Theory.
Gopi Chand NarangAuthor · BooksGopi Chand Narang (11 February 193115 June 2022) was an Indian theorist, literary critic, and scholar who wrote in Urdu and English.
Graciliano RamosAuthor · BooksGraciliano Ramos de Oliveira (ɡɾasiliˈɐnu ˈʁɐmuz dʒi oliˈvejɾɐ; October 27, 1892 – March 20, 1953) was a Brazilian modernist writer, politician and journalist.
Gregorio SalvadorAuthor · BooksGregorio Salvador Caja (11 July 1927 – 26 December 2020) was a Spanish linguist specialized in structural semantics.
Guillaume de JerphanionPhotographer · PhotographyGuillaume de Jerphanion, born in Pontevès in 1877, died in Rome on 22 October 1948, was a French Jesuit, archaeologist and explorer of Cappadocia.
Guillaume PostelAuthor · Maps and atlasesGuillaume Postel (25 March 1510 – 6 September 1581) was a French linguist, Orientalist, astronomer, Christian Kabbalist, diplomat, polyglot, professor, religious universalist, and writer.
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;
Güzin DinoAuthor · BooksGüzin Dino (1910 – May 30, 2013) was a Turkish literary scholar, linguist, translator and writer. She is known for writing from a Marxist perspective.
H. C. ArtmannArtist · PaintingsHans Carl Artmann (12 June 1921 – 4 December 2000), also known as Ib Hansen, was an Austrian poet and writer, most popular for his early poems written in Viennese (med ana schwoazzn dintn,…
Halldór LaxnessAuthor · BooksHalldór Kiljan Laxness (born Halldór Guðjónsson; 23 April 1902 – 8 February 1998) was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Hanni OssottAuthor · BooksHanni Ossott (14 February 1946 – 31 December 2002) was a Venezuelan poet, translator and critic.
Hans E. KinckAuthor · BooksHans Ernst Kinck (11 October 1865 – 13 October 1926) was a Norwegian author and philologist who wrote novels, short stories, dramas, and essays.
Hans Ferdinand MassmannAuthor · BooksIllustration — Hans Ferdinand Massmann.
Hans WollschlägerPerson · Music memorabiliaHans Wollschläger (17 March 1935, in Minden – 19 May 2007, in Bamberg) was a German writer, translator, historian, and editor of German literature.
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,…
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…
Heinrich August JäschkeAuthor · BooksHeinrich August Jäschke (17 May 1817 in Herrnhut – 24 September 1883) was a German Tibetologist missionary and Bible translator.
Helen KellerAuthor · BooksHelen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer.
Hendrik MarsmanAuthor · BooksHendrik Marsman (30 September 1899 – 21 June 1940) was a Dutch poet and writer. He died while escaping to Great Britain, when the ship he was sailing on, the S.S.
Henri d'Arbois de JubainvilleAuthor · BooksIllustration — Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville
Henry Edward KrehbielAuthor · BooksHenry Edward Krehbiel (10 March 1854 – 20 March 1923) was an American music critic and musicologist who was the chief music critic of The New York Tribune for more than forty years.
Herbert MeierAuthor · BooksHerbert Meier (29 August 1928 – 21 September 2018) was a Swiss writer and translator.
Hermynia Zur MühlenAuthor · BooksHermynia Zur Mühlen (12 December 1883 – 20 March 1951), or Folliot de Crenneville-Poutet, was an Austrian writer and translator.
Herta MüllerAuthor · BooksHerta Müller (born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Hiob LudolfAuthor · BooksHiob or Job Ludolf (Latin: Iobus Ludolfus or Ludolphus; 15 June 1624 – 8 April 1704), also known as Job Leutholf, was a German orientalist, born in Erfurt.
Hjalmar GullbergAuthor · BooksHjalmar Gullberg (30 May 1898 – 19 July 1961) was a Swedish poet and translator.
Humphrey TonkinAuthor · BooksHumphrey R. Tonkin (born 2 December 1939) is professor of English, and served as the 4th president of the University of Hartford.
I. A. RichardsAuthor · BooksIvor Armstrong Richards CH (26 February 1893 – 7 September 1979), known as I. A. Richards, was an English educator, literary critic, poet, and rhetorician.
Ienăchiță VăcărescuAuthor · BooksIenăchiță Văcărescu (jenəˈkit͡sə vəkəˈresku; 1740 – 11 July 1797) was a Wallachian Romanian poet, historian, philologist, and boyar belonging to the Văcărescu family.
Ihor PavlyukAuthor · BooksIhor Pavlyuk (sometimes spelled as Ihor Pawlyuk, Igor Pavlyk, Igor Pavluk; Ukrainian: І́гор Зино́війович Павлю́к, Russian: Игорь Зиновьевич Павлюк, born 1 January 1967 in Rozhysche Raion,…
Ilmar LaabanAuthor · BooksIlmar Laaban (11 December 1921, Tallinn, Estonia – 29 November 2000, Stockholm) was an Estonian poet and literary critic.
Ioan Budai-DeleanuAuthor · BooksIon Budai-Deleanu (January 6, 1760 – August 24, 1820) was a Romanian scholar, philologist, historian, poet, and a representative of the Transylvanian School.
Ioannis PsycharisAuthor · BooksIoannis (Yiannis) Psycharis (Greek: Ιωάννης (Γιάννης) Ψυχάρης; French: Jean Psychari; 1854–1929) was a Russian-born philologist who was much of his life a national of France.
Ippolit BogdanovichAuthor · BooksIppolit Fyodorovich Bogdanovich (Ипполи́т Фёдорович Богдано́вич; –) was a Russian classicist and rococo author of light poetry, best known for his long poem Dushenka (1778).
Ippolito PindemonteAuthor · BooksIppolito Pindemonte (November 13, 1753 – November 18, 1828) was an Italian poet.
Irena KlepfiszAuthor · BooksIrena Klepfisz (born April 17, 1941) is a Jewish lesbian author, academic and activist.
Ishaq al-MawsiliPerson · Music memorabiliaIshaq al-Mawsili (767/772 – March 850) was a Persian musician active as a composer, singer and music theorist.
Ivan ČičmanecAuthor · BooksIvan Čičmanec (born 21 August 1942, Bratislava, Slovakia) is a Slovak writer, poet, essayist and translator.
Ivan KrylovAuthor · BooksIvan Andreyevich Krylov (13 February 1769 – 21 November 1844) is Russia's best-known fabulist and probably the most epigrammatic of all Russian authors.
Ivan Kukuljević SakcinskiAuthor · BooksIvan Kukuljević Sakcinski (ǐʋan kukǔːʎeʋit͡ɕ sǎkt͡sinskiː; 29 May 1816 – 1 August 1889) was a Croatian historian, politician, and writer, most famous for delivering the first speech in…
Ivan MartinovAuthor · BooksIvan Ivanovich Martinov (the last name also spelled Martynov; 1771 – 1833 in Saint Peterburg) was a Russian botanist and philologist.
Ivan MažuranićAuthor · BooksIvan Mažuranić (11 August 1814 – 4 August 1890) was a Croatian poet, linguist, lawyer and politician who is considered to be one of the most important figures in Croatia's political and…
Ivan MinattiAuthor · BooksIvan Minatti (22 March 1924 – 9 June 2012) was a Slovene poet, translator, and editor.
Ivan OlbrachtAuthor · BooksIvan Olbracht, born Kamil Zeman (6 January 1882 – 20 December 1952), was a Czech writer, journalist, censor and translator of German prose.
Ivan PuliuiAuthor · BooksIvan Pavlovych Puluj (pron; Johann Puluj; 2 February 1845 – 31 January 1918) was a Ukrainian physicist and inventor known for his early research into X-rays.
Ivan von MüllerPerson · Music memorabiliaIvan von Müller (20 May 1830 in Wunsiedel, Bavaria – 20 July 1917 in Munich) was a German classical philologist.
Ivar Andreas AasenAuthor · BooksIvar Andreas Aasen (5 August 1813 – 23 September 1896) was a Norwegian philologist, lexicographer, playwright, and poet.
Ivonka SurviłaArtist · PaintingsIvonka Survilla (born Iwonka Szymaniec, 11 April 1936) is the President of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic, a Belarusian government in exile.
Ivor Thord-GrayAuthor · BooksIvor Thord-Gray (born Thord Ivar Hallström) (April 17, 1878 – August 18, 1964) was a Swedish-born adventurer, sailor, prison guard, soldier, government official, police officer, rubber…
Izidor CankarAuthor · BooksIllustration — Izidor Cankar in the 1920s
J. R. R. TolkienIllustrator · IllustrationJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and academic philologist.
Jack HibberdAuthor · BooksJohn Charles Hibberd (12 April 1940 – 30 August 2024) was an Australian playwright best known for his plays Dimboola (1969) and A Stretch of the Imagination (1972). He was also a physician.
Jaime SilesAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jaime Siles
Jakob AdlungPerson · Music memorabiliaJakob Adlung, or Adelung, (14 January 1699 – 5 July 1762) was a German organist, teacher, instrument maker, music historian, composer and music theorist.
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.
Jan Arnošt SmolerAuthor · BooksJan Arnošt Smoler (Johann Ernst Schmaler; born 3 March 1816, Merzdorf, Boxberg, Saxony – died 13 June 1884, Bautzen) was a Sorbian philologist and writer.
Jan Frans WillemsAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jan Frans Willems.
Ján HollýAuthor · BooksJán Hollý (contemporary orthography: Gán Hollí; 24 March 1785, Bur-Szent-Miklos – 14 April 1849, Jókő) was a Slovak poet and translator.
Jan HusAuthor · BooksJan Hus (lang; c. 1369 – 6 July 1415), sometimes anglicized as John Goose or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as Iohannes Hus or Johannes Huss, was a Czech Christian…
Ján KollárAuthor · BooksJán Kollár (Kollár János; 29 July 1793 – 24 January 1852) was a Slovak writer (mainly poet), archaeologist, scientist, Lutheran pastor, politician, and major proponent of Pan-Slavism.
Janko JesenskýAuthor · BooksBaron Ján Jesenský (30 December 1874 in Tučiansky Svätý Martin (Túrócszentmárton), Kingdom of Hungary (present day Martin, Slovakia) – 27 December 1945 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) was a…
János ZsámbokyAuthor · BooksJános Zsámboky or János Zsámboki or János Sámboki, (with his humanist name Johannes Sambucus, or Johannes Pannonicus Sambucus;
Jaroslav VrchlickýAuthor · BooksJaroslav Vrchlický (ˈjaroslav ˈvr̩xlɪtskiː; 17 February 1853 – 9 September 1912) was a Czech lyrical poet. He was nominated for the Nobel prize in literature eight times.
Javier de BurgosAuthor · BooksFrancisco Javier de Burgos y del Olmo (22 October 1778—22 January 1848) was a Spanish jurist, politician, journalist, and translator.
Jean TerrassonAuthor · BooksJean Terrasson (31 January 1670 – 15 September 1750), often referred to as the Abbé Terrasson, was a French Catholic priest, author and member of the Académie française.
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine SuardAuthor · BooksJean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard (15 January 1732 in Besançon – 20 July 1817 in Paris) was a French writer, translator and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment.
Jean-François LyotardAuthor · BooksJean-François Lyotard (lang; 10 August 1924 – 21 April 1998)[5] was a French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist.
Jens Christian SvaboAuthor · BooksJens Christian Svabo (1746 – 1824) was a pioneering Faroese linguist, scholar, and ethnographer. At the time the islands were part of Denmark-Norway.
Jeremiah CurtinAuthor · BooksJeremiah Curtin (6 September 1835 – 14 December 1906) was an American ethnographer, folklorist, and translator. Curtin had an abiding interest in languages and was conversant with several.
Jerzy FicowskiAuthor · BooksJerzy Tadeusz Ficowski (4 October 1924 in Warsaw – 9 May 2006 in Warsaw) was a Polish poet, writer, ethnographer and translator (from Yiddish, Russian, Romani and Hungarian).
Jerzy ZagórskiAuthor · BooksJerzy Zagórski (3 December 1907 – 5 August 1984) was a Polish poet, essayist and translator. Member of literary group Żagary.
Jiří StránskýAuthor · BooksJiří Stránský (12 August 1931 – 29 May 2019) was a Czech author, playwright, translator, screenwriter, twice a political prisoner of the communist regime, and human rights advocate.
Joachim Heinrich CampeAuthor · Books(date and artist unknown)
João RodriguesAuthor · Maps and atlasesJoão Rodrigues (1561or 1562 1633or 1634), distinguished as Tçuzu and also known by other names in China and Korea, was a Portuguese sailor, warrior, and Jesuit interpreter, missionary,…
Joaquín García IcazbalcetaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Joaquín García Icazbalceta
Joel LehtonenAuthor · BooksJoel Lehtonen (27 November 1881 – 20 November 1934) was a Finnish author, translator, critic and journalist. He was born in Sääminki (now part of Savonlinna).
Johan HuizingaArtist · PaintingsJohan Huizinga (lang; 7 December 1872 – 1 February 1945) was a Dutch historian and one of the founders of modern cultural history.
Johan NieuhofIllustrator · IllustrationJohan Nieuhof (22 July 1618 – 8 October 1672) was a Dutch traveler who wrote about his journeys to Brazil, China and India.
Johann Christoph AdelungAuthor · BooksJohann Christoph Adelung (8 August 1732 – 10 September 1806) was a German grammarian and philologist.
Johann Ernst GlückAuthor · BooksJohann Ernst Glück (Johans Ernsts Gliks; 18 May 1654 – 5 May 1705) was a German translator and Lutheran theologian active in Livonia, which is now in Latvia.
Johann Georg von HahnAuthor · BooksJohann Georg von Hahn (11 July 1811 – 23 September 1869) was a German diplomat, philologist and specialist in Albanian history, language and culture, who spent the majority of his career…
Johann Joachim Christoph BodePerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Joachim Christoph Bode (January 16, 1731 – December 13, 1793) was a well-known German translator of literary works.
Johannes AavikAuthor · BooksJohannes Aavik (8 December [O.S. 26 November] 1880 – 18 March 1973) was an Estonian linguist and innovator of the Estonian language.
Johannes BureusAuthor · BooksJohannes Thomae Bureus Agrivillensis (born Johan Bure; 1568–1652) was a Swedish polymath, antiquarian, mystic, royal librarian, poet, and tutor and adviser of King Gustavus Adolphus of…
Johannes SemperAuthor · BooksIllustration — Johannes Semper, 1930s
John Amos ComeniusAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohn Amos Comenius (Jan Amos Komenský; Johann Amos Comenius; Jan Amos Komeński; Latinized: Ioannes Amos Comenius;
John CiardiAuthor · BooksJohn Anthony Ciardi (June 24, 1916 – March 30, 1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist.
John CrawfurdAuthor · BooksJohn Crawfurd (13 August 1783 – 11 May 1868) was a Scottish physician, British colonial administrator, diplomat and writer who served as the second and last resident of Singapore.
John DeFrancisAuthor · BooksJohn DeFrancis (August 31, 1911January 2, 2009) was an American linguist and sinologist.
John FlorioAuthor · BooksGiovanni Florio (1552 or 1553 – 1625), known as John Florio, was an English humanist, linguist, writer, translator, lexicographer, and language tutor.
John Gibson LockhartAuthor · BooksJohn Gibson Lockhart (12 June 1794 – 25 November 1854) was a Scottish writer and editor.
John M. AllegroPhotographer · PhotographyJohn Marco Allegro (17 February 1923 – 17 February 1988) was an English archaeologist and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar.
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.
Jorge de SenaAuthor · BooksJorge Cândido Alves Rodrigues Telles Grilo Raposo de Abreu de Sena (2 November 1919 – 4 June 1978) was a Portuguese-born poet, critic, essayist, novelist, dramatist, translator and…
Joscelyn GodwinPerson · Music memorabiliaJoscelyn Godwin (born 16 January 1945) is a historian of the occult and esotericism.
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…
José RizalArtist · PaintingsJosé Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (lang, lang; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer, and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial…

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