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Joseph AquilinaAuthor · BooksĠużè Aquilina (7 April 1911 – 8 August 1997), often called Joseph Aquilina in English, was a Maltese author and linguist born in Munxar.
Joseph of AnchietaAuthor · BooksJosé de Anchieta y Díaz de Clavijo, SJ (Joseph of Anchieta; 19 March 1534 – 9 June 1597) was a Spanish missionary to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in the second half of the 16th century.
Józef Bohdan ZaleskiAuthor · BooksJózef Bohdan Zaleski (14 February 1802 – 31 March 1886) was a Polish Romantic poet. A friend of Adam Mickiewicz, Zaleski founded the Ukrainian poetic school.
Julia StonePerson · Music memorabiliaJulia Natasha Stone (born 13 April 1984) is an Australian folk singer-songwriter. She is a sister of Angus Stone, with whom she has collaborated in professional music, and is also a solo…
Julian TuwimAuthor · BooksJulian Tuwim (13 September 1894 – 27 December 1953), known also under the pseudonym Oldlen as a lyricist, was a Polish poet, born in Łódź, then part of the Russian Partition.
Julio CortázarAuthor · BooksJulio Florencio Cortázar (26 August 1914 – 12 February 1984) was an Argentine and naturalised French novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and translator.
Julius OppertAuthor · BooksJulius (Jules) Oppert (9 July 1825 – 21 August 1905) was a French-German Assyriologist, born in Hamburg of Jewish parents.
Jung ChangAuthor · BooksJung Chang (born 25 March 1952) is a Chinese-born British author. She is best known for her family autobiography Wild Swans, which has sold over 10 million copies worldwide but is banned in…
Junzaburō NishiwakiAuthor · BooksJunzaburō Nishiwaki was a Japanese poet and literary critic, active in Shōwa period Japan, specializing in modernism, Dadaism and surrealism. He was also a noted painter of watercolors.
Justus van EffenAuthor · BooksIllustration — Justus van Effen
Karel TeigeDesigner · Modern designKarel Teige (13 December 1900 – 1 October 1951) was a Czech modernist avant-garde artist, writer, critic and one of the most important figures of the 1920s and 1930s movement.
Karin LannbyAuthor · BooksKarin Tekla Maria Lannby (13 April 1916 – 19 November 2007), credited in French films and publications as Maria Cyliakus, was a Swedish actress, translator, journalist, poet and spy.
Karl August HermannAuthor · BooksKarl August Hermann (23 September 1851 – 11 January 1909) was an Estonian writer, publicist, linguist and composer.
Karl DedeciusAuthor · BooksKarl Dedecius (20 May 1921 in Łódź – 26 February 2016) - was a Polish-born German translator of Polish and Russian literature.
Karl GützlaffAuthor · BooksKarl Friedrich August Gützlaff (8 July 1803 – 9 August 1851), anglicised as Charles Gutzlaff, was a German Lutheran missionary to the Far East, notable as one of the first Protestant…
Karl Ludwig FernowAuthor · BooksIllustration — Karl Ludwig Fernow
Kaspar von BarthAuthor · BooksKaspar von Barth (21 June 1587 – 17 September 1658) was a German philologist and writer.
Kaspar von StielerPerson · Film memorabiliaKaspar von Stieler (2 August 1632 – 24 June 1707), also called Caspar Stieler, was a soldier-poet and later a linguist.
Kasym TynystanovAuthor · BooksKasym Tynystanov (10 September 1901 – 6 November 1938) was a Kyrgyz linguist, politician and poet.
Katherine Siva SaubelAuthor · BooksKatherine Siva Saubel (Siva; March 7, 1920 – November 1, 2011) was a Native American scholar, educator, tribal leader, author, and activist committed to preserving her Cahuilla history,…
Kazimierz FlatauPerson · Music memorabiliaKazimierz Flatau (11 July 1910 in Warsaw – 25 July 2000 in Poznań) was a Polish harpsichordist, music critic, physicist, translator, and astrologist.
Ken GeorgeAuthor · BooksIllustration — Kenneth J. George, May 2006
Ken LiuAuthor · Books
Kiyoshi JinzaiAuthor · BooksKiyoshi Jinzai was a Japanese novelist, Russian translator and literary critic active during the Shōwa period of Japan.
Klaus EbnerAuthor · BooksKlaus Ebner (born 8 August 1964) is an Austrian writer, essayist, poet, and translator. He started submitting stories to magazines in the 1980s, and also publi
Konstantinas SirvydasAuthor · BooksKonstantinas Sirvydas (rarely referred as Konstantinas Širvydas; Constantinus Szyrwid; Konstanty Szyrwid; c.
Konstanty Ildefons GałczyńskiAuthor · BooksKonstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (23 January 1905 – 6 December 1953), alias Karakuliambro, was a Polish poet.
Kostandin KristoforidhiAuthor · BooksKostandin Nelko (22 May 1827 – 7 March 1895), known as Kostandin Kristoforidhi, was an Albanian translator and scholar of Greek descent.
Kunio YanagitaAuthor · BooksKunio Yanagita was a Japanese author, scholar, ethnographer, and folklorist. He began his career as a bureaucrat, but developed an interest in rural Japan and its folk traditions.
Kyōsuke KindaichiPerson · Film memorabiliaMay 5, 1882 – November 14, 1971 was a Japanese linguist, chiefly known for his dictations of yukar, or sagas of the Ainu people, as well as his study of the Matagi dialect.
Lasgush PoradeciAuthor · BooksLlazar Sotir Gusho (pronounced [ɫaˈzar sɔˈtiɾ guˈʃo]; 27 December 1899 – 12 November 1987), commonly known by the pen name Lasgush Poradeci, was an Albanian philologist, poet, translator,…
Lennart HellsingAuthor · BooksPaul Lennart Hellsing (5 June 1919 – 25 November 2015) was a Swedish writer and translator.
Leon Battista AlbertiArtist · PaintingsLeon Battista Alberti (14 February 1404 – 25 April 1472) was an Italian Renaissance humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, and cryptographer;
Leonard CoxAuthor · BooksLeonard Cox (or Coxe) (c. 1495 – c.
Leonard NathanAuthor · BooksLeonard E. Nathan, (November 8 1924 – June 3, 2007) was an American poet, critic, and professor emeritus of rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley where he retired in 1991.
Leopoldo CanoAuthor · BooksLeopoldo Cano y Masas (13 November 1844 – 9 April 1934) was a Spanish soldier, poet and playwright associated with the Realist movement.
Lewis SpenceAuthor · BooksJames Lewis Thomas Chalmers Spence (25 November 1874 – 3 March 1955) was a Scottish journalist, poet, author, folklorist and occult scholar.
Lidia ZamenhofAuthor · BooksLidia Zamenhof (Esperanto: Lidja Zamenhofo; 29 January 1904–1942) was a Jewish Polish writer, publisher, translator and the youngest daughter of Klara Silbernik and L. L.
Linda Maria BarosAuthor · BooksLinda Maria Baros (born 6 August 1981) is a French-language poet, translator and literary critic. She has won the Prix Guillaume Apollinaire in 2007 and The Poetical Calling Prize in 2004.
Lisa AppignanesiAuthor · BooksLisa Appignanesi (born Elżbieta Borensztejn; 4 January 1946) is a British-Canadian writer, novelist, and campaigner for free expression.
Ljudevit GajAuthor · BooksLjudevit Gaj (lang; born Ludwig Gay; 8 August 1809 – 20 April 1872) was a Croatian linguist, politician, journalist and writer.
Lodovico DolceAuthor · BooksIllustration — Lodovico Dolce
Lokesh ChandraAuthor · BooksLokesh Chandra (born 11 April 1927 in Ambala, India) is a prominent scholar of the Vedic period, Buddhism and the Indian arts. Between 1942 and 2004, he published 576 books and 286 articles.
Lorenz DiefenbachAuthor · BooksGeorg Anton Lorenz Diefenbach (19 July 1806, Ostheim, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt – 28 March 1883, Darmstadt) was a German philologist and lexicographer, as well as a novelist…
Lorenzo Hervás y PanduroAuthor · BooksLorenzo Hervás y Panduro was a Spanish Jesuit and philologist; born in Horcajo, 1 May 1735; died in Rome, 24 August 1809.
Loreta AnilionytėAuthor · BooksLoreta Anilionytė (born in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian philosopher, writer and translator.
Lucian BlagaAuthor · BooksLucian Blaga (Romanian: [lutʃiˈan ˈblaɡa]; 9 May 1895 – 6 May 1961) was a Romanian philosopher, poet, playwright, poetry translator and novelist.
Ľudovít ŠtúrAuthor · BooksĽudovít Štúr (Sk-Ludovit Stur.ogg; 28 October 1815 – 12 January 1856), also known as Ľudovít Velislav Štúr, was a Slovak revolutionary, philosopher, politician and writer.
Ludwig FuldaAuthor · BooksLudwig Anton Salomon Fulda (July 7, 1862 – March 7, 1939) was a German playwright and poet, with a strong social commitment.
Luigi LanziAuthor · BooksLuigi Antonio Lanzi (13 June 1732 – 31 March 1810) was an Italian Jesuit priest, known for his writings as an art historian and archaeologist.
Machado de AssisAuthor · BooksJoaquim Maria Machado de Assis (lang), sometimes called Bruxo do Cosme Velho (21 June 1839 – 29 September 1908), was a pioneer Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer,…
Magli ElsterAuthor · BooksMagli Elster (née Raknes; 21 November 1912 – 11 May 1993) was a Norwegian psychoanalyst, literary critic, poet and translator.
Mahmoud Mosharraf Azad TehraniAuthor · BooksIllustration — Tomb of M. Azad
Máire Mhac an tSaoiAuthor · BooksMáire Mhac an tSaoi (4 April 1922 – 16 October 2021) was an Irish civil service diplomat, writer of Modernist poetry in the Corca Dhuibhne dialect of Munster Irish, a memoirist, and a…
Maksim BahdanovičAuthor · BooksMaksim Adamavich Bahdanovich (makˈsʲim aˈdamavʲid͡ʐ baɣdaˈnɔvʲit͡ɕ; 9 December 1891 – 25 May 1917) was a Belarusian poet, journalist, translator, literary critic and historian of…
Margarita AligerAuthor · BooksMargarita Iosifovna Aliger (Маргари́та Ио́сифовна Алиге́р; née Zeliger; October 7 1915 – August 1, 1992) was a Soviet-Russian poet, translator, and journalist.
Maria Mercè MarçalAuthor · Books
Mario BenzingAuthor · BooksIllustration — Benzing circa 1925
Mark FreidkinAuthor · BooksIllustration — Mark Freidkin
Martin HattalaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Martin Hattala (1863)
Mary Elizabeth ByrneAuthor · BooksMary Elizabeth Byrne, M.A. (2 July 1880 – 19 January 1931) was an Irish linguist, author, and journalist.
Matej BorAuthor · BooksIllustration — Matej Bor in the 1930s
Mateja MatevskiAuthor · BooksMateja Matevski (Macedonian: Матеја Матевски; 13 March 1929 – 6 June 2018) was a Macedonian poet, literary and theater critic, essayist, and translator.
Maurice GrevisseAuthor · BooksMaurice Grevisse (7 October 1895 – 4 July 1980) was a Belgian grammarian.
Melchiore CesarottiAuthor · BooksMelchiorre Cesarotti (Italian pronunciation: [melˈkjɔrre tʃezaˈrɔtti]; May 15, 1730 – November 4, 1808) was an Italian poet, translator and theorist.
Michał BoymAuthor · Maps and atlasesMichał Piotr Boym, SJ (c. 1612 – 22 June 1659) was a Polish Jesuit missionary, scientist, and explorer active in China during the 17th century.
Miguel CasiriAuthor · Books
Miguel León PortillaAuthor · BooksMiguel León-Portilla (22 February 1926 – 1 October 2019) was a Mexican anthropologist and historian, specializing in Aztec culture and literature of the pre-Columbian and colonial eras.
Mihály VörösmartyAuthor · Books
Mikael AgricolaAuthor · BooksMikael Agricola (c. 1510 – 9 April 1557) was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman who became the de facto founder of literary Finnish and a prominent proponent of the Protestant Reformation in…
Mikalojus AkelaitisAuthor · BooksMikalojus Akelaitis (Mikołaj Akielewicz, also known by pen-name Juras Varnelis; 1829–1887) was a Lithuanian writer, publicist and amateur linguist, one of the early figures of the…
Mikhail BakhtinAuthor · BooksMikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin[1] (mʲɪxɐˈil mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ bɐxˈtʲin; – 7 March 1975) was a Russian philosopher and literary critic who worked on the philosophy of language, ethics, and…
Mikhail LomonosovArtist · PaintingsMikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (–) was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science.
Mikhail MikhailovAuthor · BooksMikhail Mikhailov was a Russian linguist, poet, journalist, translator and writer (1829–1865). He was born in Ufa and died in Kadaya.
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.
Milorad PavićAuthor · BooksMilorad Pavić (Милорад Павић; 15 October 1929 – 30 November 2009) was a Serbian writer, university professor, translator, literary historian and academic.
Milovan GlišićAuthor · BooksMilovan Glišić (6 January 1847 – 20 January 1908) was a Serbian writer, dramatist, translator, and literary theorist. He is sometimes referred to as the Serbian Gogol.
Minamoto no ShitagōAuthor · BooksIllustration — Minamoto no Shitagō by Kikuchi Yōsai
Mohammad MoinAuthor · BooksMohammad Moin (his surname could also be transliterated as Mo'in; 12 July 1914, in Rasht, Iran – 4 July 1971, in Tehran, Iran) was an Iranian scholar of Persian literature and Iranian…
Mona BakerAuthor · BooksMona Baker (née Mona El Hilali; Arabic منى الهلالي; born September 29, 1953) is former professor of Translation Studies and founder of the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies…
Motoori NorinagaAuthor · Books
Mouloud MammeriAuthor · BooksMouloud Mammeri (Tamazight: Mulud At Mɛammer) was an Algerian writer, anthropologist and linguist.
Moysey FishbeinAuthor · BooksMoysey (Moses) Abramovych Fishbein (1 December 1946 – 26 May 2020) was an influential Ukrainian poet and translator of Jewish origin.
Muhammad SalihAuthor · BooksMuhammad Salih (Muhammad Solih, born 20 December 1949) is an Uzbek political opposition leader and writer.
Munier ChoudhuryAuthor · BooksAbu Naeem Mohammad Munier Choudhury (27 November 192514 December 1971) was a Bangladeshi educationist, playwright, literary critic and political dissident.
Mustafa BalelAuthor · BooksMustafa Balel (born 1 September 1945) is a Turkish short story writer and novelist.
N. P. van Wyk LouwAuthor · BooksNicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw (11 June 1906 in Sutherland, Cape Colony – 18 June 1970 in Johannesburg), almost universally known as N.P.
Nahum SokolowAuthor · BooksNahum ben Joseph Samuel Sokolow (Nachum ben Yosef Shmuel Soqolov; 10 January 1859 – 17 May 1936) was a Jewish-Polish writer, translator, and journalist, the fifth President of the World…
Nancy HustonAuthor · BooksNancy Louise Huston (born September 16, 1953) is a Canadian novelist and essayist, a longtime resident of France, who writes primarily in French and translates her own works into English.
Naomi MitchisonAuthor · BooksNaomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, Baroness Mitchison (née Haldane; 1 November 1897 – 11 January 1999) was a Scottish novelist and poet.
Näqi İsänbätAuthor · BooksNäqi İsänbät (tt-Cyrl; Naki Isanbet; December 29, 1899 – September 12, 1992), also anglicized as Nakie Isanbet, was a Tatar-language writer, encyclopaedist, poet, playwright, prosaist,…
Natallia ArsiennievaAuthor · BooksNatallia Alyakseyewna Arsiennieva (20 September 1903 – 25 July 1997) was a Belarusian playwright, poet and translator who authored the lyrics to the hymn "Mahutny Boža" ("Almighty God").
Neophyte of RilaArtist · PaintingsNeofit Rilski or Neophyte of Rila (born Nikola Poppetrov Benin; 1793 – 4 January 1881) was a 19th-century Bulgarian monk, teacher and artist, and an important figure of the Bulgarian…
Niccolò TommaseoAuthor · BooksNiccolò Tommaseo (9 October 1802 – 1 May 1874) was a Dalmatian Italian linguist, journalist and essayist, the editor of a Dizionario della Lingua Italiana (A Dictionary of the Italian…
Nicolaus AdrianiPhotographer · PhotographyNicolaus Adriani (15 September 1865 – 5 August 1926) was a Dutch linguist who worked in Indonesia. He studied linguistics of the East Indies at Leiden University, obtaining his PhD in 1893.
Niko GrafenauerAuthor · BooksNiko Grafenauer (born 5 December 1940) is a Slovenian poet, essayist, literary historian, editor and translator.
Nikolay Alexandrovich LvovAuthor · BooksNikolay Aleksandrovich Lvov (May 4, 1753 – December 21, 1803) was a Russian artist of the Age of Enlightenment.
Nikolay GnedichAuthor · BooksNikolay Ivanovich Gnedich (Nikolay Ivanovich Gnyedich.ru.vorb.oga; 13 February 1784 – 15 February 1833) was a Ukrainian-born Russian poet and translator best known for his translation of…
Nikolay KaramzinAuthor · BooksNikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin (3 June) was a Russian historian, writer, poet and critic. He is best remembered for his fundamental History of the Russian State, a 12-volume national history.
Nikos FokasAuthor · BooksNikos Fokas (1927 – 26 July 2021) was a Greek poet, essayist and translator.
Nina CassianAuthor · BooksNina Cassian (pen name of Renée Annie Cassian-Mătăsaru; 27 November 1924, in Galați – 14 April 2014, in New York City) was a Romanian poet, children's book writer, translator, journalist,…
Nirmal VermaAuthor · BooksNirmal Verma (3 April 192925 October 2005) was a Hindi writer, novelist, activist and translator.
Olavo BilacAuthor · BooksOlavo Brás Martins dos Guimarães Bilac (16 December 1865 – 28 December 1918), known simply as Olavo Bilac (oˈlavu biˈlak(i)), was a Brazilian Parnassian poet, journalist and translator.
Oleksandr KonyskyiAuthor · BooksOleksandr Yakovych Konysky (18 August 1836 – 12 December 1900) was a Ukrainian interpreter, writer, lexicographer, pedagogue, poet, and civil activist of liberal direction.
Olga KirschAuthor · BooksOlga Kirsch (23 September 1924 – 5 June 1997) was a South African and Israeli poet.
Oswald WienerAuthor · BooksOswald Wiener (5 October 1935 – 18 November 2021) was an Austrian-Canadian writer, cyberneticist, language theorist, musician and restaurateur.
Oton ŽupančičAuthor · BooksOton Župančič (pron; January 23, 1878 – June 11, 1949; pseudonym Gojko) was a Slovene poet, translator, and playwright.
Ott ArderAuthor · BooksIllustration — Ott Arder (2004)
Otto Erich HartlebenAuthor · BooksIllustration — Otto Erich Hartleben.
PaniniAuthor · BooksPanini (IAST) was an ancient Indian Sanskrit grammarian and linguist whose masterwork, the Aṣṭādhyāyī, is the foundational text of Vyākaraṇa (linguistics)—one of the six Vedāṅgas (auxillary…
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.
Patrik OuředníkAuthor · BooksPatrik Ouředník (in French sometimes known as Patrick; born 23 April 1957) is a Czech author and translator, living in France.
Pavel Jozef ŠafárikAuthor · BooksPavel Jozef Šafárik (Pavol Jozef Šafárik; 13 May 1795 – 26 June 1861) was a Slovak philologist, poet, literary historian, historian and ethnographer.
Pavle MerkùPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Pavle Merkù
Pavol DobšinskýAuthor · BooksPavol Dobšinský (16 March 1828 – 22 October 1885) was a Slovak collector of folklore tales and a key figure in the Slovak national revival.
Peter AbelardAuthor · BooksPeter Abelard (12 February 1079 – 21 April 1142) was a French philosopher, logician, theologian, composer, and poet, regarded as one of the most brilliant and controversial theologians of…
Peter ColeAuthor · BooksPeter Cole (born 1957) is a MacArthur-winning poet and translator who lives in Jerusalem and New Haven. He attended Williams College and Hampshire College, and moved to Jeru
Petros MarkarisAuthor · BooksPétros Márkaris (born Bedros Markarian) is a Greek crime fiction writer. He is known for his detective novels starring the grumpy Athenian police investigator Costas Haritos.
Petrus Josephus ZoetmulderAuthor · BooksPetrus Josephus Zoetmulder S.J. (January 29, 1906 – July 8, 1995) was an Indonesian expert in the Old Javanese language.
Philipp von ZesenAuthor · BooksPhilipp von Zesen, also Filip Cösius or Caesius (originally Ph. Caesien, Filip Zesen, Filip von Zesen, in Latin Philippus Caesius à Fürstenau, Philippus Caesius à Zesen) (8 October 1619…

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