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Charles OlsonAuthor · BooksHarvard University Graduate work in American Studies, 1936-1939
Charles OsborneAuthor · BooksCharles Thomas Osborne (24 November 192723 September 2017) was an Australian journalist, theatre and opera critic, poet and novelist.[1] He was the assistant editor of The London Magazine…
Charles Palissot de MontenoyAuthor · BooksCharles Palissot de Montenoy (3 January 1730 – 15 June 1814) was an 18th-century French playwright, admirer and disciple of Voltaire and Antoine de Rivarol.
Charles PéguyAuthor · BooksCharles Pierre Péguy (lang; 7 January 1873 – 5 September 1914) was a French poet, essayist, and editor. His two main philosophies were socialism and nationalism;
Charles WilliamsAuthor · BooksCharles Williams was a British writer, poet, novelist, screenwriter, literary critic and theologian (1886–1945). He was born in London and died in Oxford.
Charles-Augustin Sainte-BeuveAuthor · BooksCharles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (lang; 23 December 1804 – 13 October 1869) was a French literary critic.
Charles-Guillaume ÉtienneAuthor · BooksIllustration — Charles-Guillaume Étienne
Cintio VitierAuthor · BooksCintio Vitier (September 25, 1921 – October 1, 2009) was a Cuban poet, essayist, and novelist.
Claude Charles FaurielAuthor · BooksClaude Charles Fauriel (klod ʃaʁl foʁjɛl; 21 October 1772 – 15 July 1844) was a French historian, philologist and critic.
Clifton FadimanAuthor · BooksClifton Paul "Kip" Fadiman (May 15, 1904 – June 20, 1999) was an American intellectual, author, editor, and radio and television personality.
Clifton SniderAuthor · BooksClifton Mark Snider (March 3, 1947 – October 24, 2021) was an American poet, novelist, literary critic, scholar, and educator.
Coelho NetoAuthor · BooksHenrique Maximiano Coelho Neto (February 20, 1864 – November 28, 1934) was a Brazilian writer and politician.
Colm TóibínAuthor · BooksColm Tóibín (lang; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet.
Conrad AikenAuthor · BooksConrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and was United States Poet Laureate from…
Conrad of HirsauPerson · Music memorabiliaConrad of Hirsau or Hirschau (Conradus Hirsaugiensis; c. 1070) was a German Benedictine monk and writer at the Hirsau Abbey.
Cristina Sánchez-AndradeAuthor · BooksCristina Sánchez-Andrade (born 5 April 1968) is a Spanish writer and translator of partial English descent.
Cyril ConnollyAuthor · BooksCyril Vernon Connolly (10 September 1903 – 26 November 1974) was an English literary critic and writer.
Dámaso AlonsoAuthor · BooksDámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas (22 October 1898 – 25 January 1990) was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic.
Daniel-RopsAuthor · BooksHenri Jules Charles Petiot (19 January 1901 – 27 July 1965), known by the pen name Henri Daniel-Rops, was a French Catholic writer and historian.
Dashiell HammettAuthor · BooksSamuel Dashiell Hammett (duh-SHEEL HAM-it; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories.
David BrooksAuthor · BooksDavid Gordon Brooks (born 1953) is an Australian poet, novelist, short-fiction writer, and essayist.
David MaddenAuthor · BooksDavid Madden (born July 25, 1933) is an American writer of many novels, short stories, poems, plays, and works of nonfiction and literary criticism.
Davide RondoniAuthor · Books
Debora VogelAuthor · BooksDebora Vogel (1900–1942; alternative spellings: Dvora Vogel and Dvoyre Fogel) was a Polish philosopher and poet who published work in Yiddish and Polish.
Déborah HeisslerAuthor · BooksDeborah Heissler (born 5 May 1976 in Mulhouse, France) is a contemporary French author.
Dezső KosztolányiAuthor · BooksDezső Kosztolányi (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈdɛʒøː ˈkostolaːɲi]; March 29, 1885 – November 3, 1936) was a Hungarian writer, journalist, translator, and also a speaker of Esperanto.
Dhiru ParikhAuthor · BooksDhiru Ishwarlal Parikh (31 August 1933 – 9 May 2021) was an Indian Gujarati poet, short story writer and critic. He was an editor of Kavilok and Kumar, Gujarati literary magazines.
Dimitrios DemeterAuthor · BooksDimitrija Demeter or Dimitrije Demeter (Dimitrios Dimitriou; 21 July 1811 – 24 June 1872) was a Croatian poet, dramatist, short story writer and literary critic.
Dmitry MerezhkovskyAuthor · BooksDmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (Дми́трий Серге́евич Мережко́вский; 14 August 1865 – 9 December 1941) was a Russian novelist, poet, religious thinker, and literary critic.
Dmitry Svyatopolk-MirskyAuthor · Books7 June 1939), a Russian political and literary historian who promoted the knowledge and t
Dmitry VenevitinovAuthor · BooksDmitry Vladimirovich Venevitinov (26 September 1805 – March 27 1827) was a minor Russian Romantic poet who died (perhaps committed suicide) at the age of 21, carrying with him one of the…
Dmytro PavlychkoAuthor · BooksDmytro Vasylyovych Pavlychko (28 September 1929 – 29 January 2023) was a Ukrainian poet, translator, scriptwriter, culturologist, and politician.
Dolores CastroAuthor · BooksDolores Castro Varela (12 April 1923 – 30 March 2022) was a Mexican poet, narrator, essayist and literary critic.
Doodhnath SinghAuthor · BooksDoodhnath Singh (17 October 1936 – 12 January 2018) was an Indian Hindi language writer, critic and poet.
Dorothy AuchterlonieAuthor · BooksDorothy Auchterlonie (also known as Dorothy Green; 28 May 1915 – 21 February 1991) was an English-born Australian academic, literary critic and poet.
Dorothy ParkerAuthor · BooksDorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, literary critic and writer of fiction.
Dương Thu HươngAuthor · BooksDương Thu Hương (born 1947) is a Vietnamese author and political dissident.
Eavan BolandAuthor · BooksEavan Aisling Boland (24 September 1944 – 27 April 2020) was an Irish poet, author, and professor. She was a professor at Stanford University, where she had taught from 1996.
Ebba HaslundAuthor · BooksEbba Margareta Haslund Halvorsen (12 August 1917 – 10 July 2009) was an American-Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, playwright, essayist, children's writer, literary critic, radio…
Echezonachukwu NdukaAuthor · BooksEchezonachukwu Chinedu Nduka (born 19 July 1989) is a Nigerian poet, pianist, essayist, author, recording artist, and ethnomusicologist specializing in African pianism by West African…
Edgar Allan PoeAuthor · BooksEdgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales…
Edgar du PerronAuthor · BooksCharles Edgar du Perron, more commonly known as E. du Perron, was a Dutch poet and author.
Edith TiempoAuthor · BooksEdith Cutaran Lopez-Tiempo (April 22, 1919 – August 21, 2011) was a Filipino poet, fiction writer, teacher and literary critic in the English language.
Edmond MaloneAuthor · BooksEdmond Malone (4 October 174125 May 1812) was an Irish barrister, Shakespearean scholar and editor of the works of William Shakespeare.
Edogawa RanpoAuthor · BooksIn this Japanese name, the surname is Hirai. In the pen name, the surname is Edogawa.
Eduardo LagoAuthor · BooksEduardo Lago (born 16 June 1954) is a Spanish novelist, translator, and literary critic, born in Madrid and currently living in Manhattan, New York, United States.
Eduardo LourençoAuthor · BooksEduardo Lourenço de Faria (23 May 1923 – 1 December 2020), best known as Eduardo Lourenço, was a Portuguese essayist, professor, critic, philosopher and writer.
Edward BalcerzanAuthor · BooksEdward Balcerzan (born 13 October 1937) is a Polish literary critic, poet, prose writer, and translator.
Edward Bulwer-LyttonAuthor · BooksEdward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873) was an English writer and politician.
Edward ThomasAuthor · BooksPhilip Edward Thomas (3 March 1878 – 9 April 1917) was a British writer of English poetry and prose.
Elaine ShowalterAuthor · BooksElaine Showalter (born January 21, 1941) is an American literary critic, feminist, and writer on cultural and social issues.
Elfriede JelinekAuthor · BooksElfriede Jelinek (lang; born 20 October 1946) is an Austrian playwright and novelist.
Elizabeth Azcona CranwellAuthor · BooksElizabeth Azcona Cranwell (10 March 1933 – 2 December 2004) was an Argentine poet, storyteller, writer, translator, and literary critic. She was born and died in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Els de GroenAuthor · BooksElly de Groen-Kouwenhoven (Kouwenhoven; 23 December 1949 – 19 October 2025), generally known as Els de Groen, was a Dutch author and politician, who served as a Member of the European…
Émile HenriotAuthor · BooksÉmile Henriot (3 March 1889 – 14 April 1961) was a French poet, novelist, essayist and literary critic.
Émile ZolaAuthor · BooksÉmile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (also; French: [emil zɔla]; 2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary…
Emilio CecchiAuthor · BooksEmilio Cecchi (eˈmiːljo ˈtʃekki; 14 July 1884 – 5 September 1966) was an Italian literary critic, art critic and screenwriter.
Enrique Anderson ImbertAuthor · BooksEnrique Anderson Imbert (February 12, 1910 – December 6, 2000) was an Argentine novelist, short-story writer and literary critic.
Enrique de MesaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Enrique de Mesa
Erik von Kuehnelt-LeddihnAuthor · BooksErik Maria Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (31 July 1909 – 26 May 1999) was an Austrian-American nobleman and polymath, whose areas of interest included philosophy, history, political science,…
Ernest DowsonAuthor · BooksErnest Christopher Dowson (2 August 186723 February 1900) was an English poet, novelist, and short-story writer.
Ernst StadlerAuthor · BooksErnst Maria Richard Stadler (11 August 1883 – 30 October 1914) was a German Expressionist poet, writer and translator.
Ernst, Baron von FeuchterslebenAuthor · BooksBaron Ernst von Feuchtersleben (full name: Ernst Maria Johann Karl Freiherr von Feuchtersleben; 29 April 18063 September 1849), was an Austrian medical doctor, poet and philosopher.
Eugen GomringerDesigner · Modern designEugen Gomringer (20 January 1925 – 21 August 2025) was a Bolivian-born Swiss concrete poet. He was head of the Institut für Konstruktive Kunst und Konkrete Poesie (IKKP) in Rehau, Germany.
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;
Eva StrömAuthor · BooksEva Ström (born 4 January 1947 in Lidingö, Stockholm County) is a Swedish lyricist, novelist, biographer, and literary critic.
Ezra PoundAuthor · BooksEzra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a collaborator in Fascist Italy and…
F. R. LeavisAuthor · BooksThe Significance of C. P. Snow (lecture; 1962)
Faddey BulgarinAuthor · BooksFaddei Venediktovich Bulgarin (5 July 1789 – 13 September 1859), born Jan Tadeusz Krzysztof Bułharyn, was a Russian writer, journalist and publisher of Polish ancestry.
Faik KonitzaAuthor · BooksFaik Bey Konica (later named Faïk Dominik Konitza, 15 March 1875 – 15 December 1942) was an important figure in Albanian language and culture in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Federico de RobertoAuthor · BooksFederico De Roberto (16 January 1861 – 26 July 1927) was an Italian writer, who became well known for his historical novel The Viceroys (1894).
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.
Fernanda PivanoAuthor · BooksIllustration — Fernanda Pivano in 2006
Filaret KolessaPerson · Music memorabiliaFilaret Mykhailovych Kolessa (17 July 18713 March 1947) was a Ukrainian composer, ethnographer, folklorist, musicologist and literary critic.
Firidun bey KocharliAuthor · BooksFiridun bey Ahmad bey oglu Kocharli or Kocharlinski (Firidun bəy Köçərli; or Кочарли) (26 January 1863, in Shusha – 1920, in Ganja) was a prominent Azerbaijani writer, philologist, and…
Fran LevstikAuthor · BooksFran Levstik (28 September 1831 – 16 November 1887) was a Slovene writer, political activist, playwright and critic.
Francis JammesAuthor · BooksFrancis Jammes (2 December 1868 – 1 November 1938) was a French poet. He spent most of his life in his native region of Béarn and the Basque Country and his poems are known for their…
Francisco AyalaAuthor · BooksFrancisco Ayala was a Spanish writer, translator, novelist, sociologist, lawyer and literary critic (1906–2009). He was born in Granada and died in Madrid.
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 GuizotAuthor · BooksFrançois Pierre Guillaume Guizot (lang; 4 October 1787 – 12 September 1874) was a French historian, orator and statesman.
Frank Cottrell-BoyceAuthor · BooksFrank Cottrell-Boyce (Francis G. Boyce; born 23 September 1959) is a British screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor, known for his children's fiction and for his collaborations with…
František LangerAuthor · BooksFrantišek Langer (3 March 1888 – 2 August 1965) was a Czech playwright, screenwriter, essayist, literary critic, publicist and military physician.
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 Xaver NiemetschekPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of Niemetschek
Frédéric BeigbederPerson · Film memorabiliaFrédéric Beigbeder (born 21 September 1965) is a French writer, literary critic and television presenter.
Fredric JamesonAuthor · BooksFredric Ruff Jameson (April 14, 1934 – September 22, 2024) was an American literary critic, philosopher and Marxist political theorist.
Fredrik CygnaeusAuthor · BooksFredrik Cygnaeus (1 April 1807 – 7 February 1881) was a Finnish poet, art critic and collector, docent of history and university professor of aesthetics and literature.
Frida UhlAuthor · BooksMaria Friederike Cornelia "Frida" Strindberg (née Uhl; 4 April 1872 – 28 June 1943) was an Austrian writer and translator, who was closely associated with many important figures in…
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 GundolfAuthor · BooksFriedrich Gundolf, born Friedrich Leopold Gundelfinger (20 June 1880 – 12 July 1931) was a German-Jewish literary scholar and poet and one of the best known academics of the Weimar Republic.
Ğabdulla TuqayAuthor · BooksĞabdulla Möxəmmətğərif ulı TuqayĞabdulla Tuqay.wav was a Tatar poet, critic, publisher, and prominent contributor to Tatar literature.
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.
Gabriele KubyAuthor · BooksGabriele Kuby (born 1944) is a German writer and sociologist. She is a convert from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism, and is noted for her Traditionalist Catholic ideas and orthodox…
Gabriele RossettiAuthor · BooksGabriele Pasquale Giuseppe Rossetti (28 February 1783 – 24 April 1854) was an Italian nobleman, poet, constitutionalist, scholar, and founder of the secret society Carbonari.
Gajanan Madhav MuktibodhAuthor · BooksGajanan Madhav Muktibodh (13 November 1917 – 11 September 1964) was a prominent Hindi poet, essayist, literary and political critic, and fiction writer of the 20th century.
Gane TodorovskiAuthor · BooksDragan "Gane" Todorovski (11 May 1929 – 22 May 2010) was a Macedonian poet, translator, essayist, literary critic, and historian, publicist.
Gary BottingAuthor · BooksGary Norman Arthur Botting (born 19 July 1943) is a Canadian legal scholar and criminal defense lawyer (now retired) as well as a poet, playwright, novelist, and critic of literature and…
Geno PampaloniAuthor · BooksGeno Pampaloni (25 November 1918 – 17 January 2001) was an Italian literary critic, journalist, editor, and essayist.
Geo BogzaAuthor · BooksGeo Bogza (born Gheorghe Bogza; February 6, 1908 – September 14, 1993) was a Romanian avant-garde theorist, poet, and journalist, known for his left-wing and communist political convictions.
George BoweringAuthor · BooksGeorge Harry Bowering, (born December 1, 1935) is a prolific Canadian novelist, poet, historian, and biographer. He was the first Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate.
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 SaintsburyAuthor · BooksGeorge Edward Bateman Saintsbury, FBA (23 October 1845 – 28 January 1933), an English critic, literary historian, editor, teacher, and wine connoisseur, gained a reputation as a highly…
George WoodcockAuthor · BooksGeorge Woodcock (May 8, 1912 – January 28, 1995) was a Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, a philosopher, an essayist and literary critic.
Georgy ChulkovAuthor · BooksIllustration — Georgy Chulkov
Georgy IvanovAuthor · BooksGeorgy Vladimirovich Ivanov (Russian: Георгий Владимирович Иванов; 10 November [O.S.
Germaine de StaëlAuthor · BooksAnne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein (Necker; 22 April 176614 July 1817), commonly known as Madame de Staël, was a prominent Genevan and French novelist, woman of letters, philosopher,…
Ghassan KanafaniAuthor · BooksGhassan Fayiz Kanafani (8April 19368July 1972) was a prominent Palestinian author and militant, considered to be a leading novelist of his generation and one of the Arab world's leading…
Gheorghe PanuAuthor · BooksIllustration — Bust of George Panu in Cișmigiu Gardens
Giacomo ZanellaAuthor · BooksGiacomo Zanella (9 September 1820 – 17 May 1888) was an Italian poet.
Gig RyanAuthor · BooksGig Ryan, born Elizabeth Anne Martina Ryan, is an Australian poet. She is a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award.
Giosuè CarducciAuthor · BooksGiosuè Alessandro Giuseppe Carducci (27 July 1835 – 16 February 1907) was an Italian poet, writer, literary critic and teacher.[1][2] He was noticeably influential,[4] and was regarded as…
Giovanni de' BardiAuthor · BooksGiovanni de' Bardi (5 February 1534 – September 1612), Count of Vernio, was an Italian literary critic, writer, composer and soldier.
Giovanni Mario CrescimbeniAuthor · BooksGiovanni Mario Crescimbeni (Latinized as Ioannes Maria Crescimbenus, 9 October 1663 – 8 March 1728) was an Italian critic and poet.
Giovanni PascoliAuthor · BooksGiovanni Placido Agostino Pascoli (31 December 1855 – 6 April 1912) was an Italian poet, classical scholar and an emblematic figure of Italian literature in the late nineteenth century.
Giuseppe Antonio BorgeseAuthor · BooksIllustration — G. A. Borgese a San Vigilio di Marebbe (cropped)
Giuseppe PontiggiaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Giuseppe Pontiggia in 1994
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.
Goenawan MohamadArtist · PaintingsGoenawan Mohamad (born 29 July 1941) is an Indonesian poet, essayist, playwright and editor. He is the founder and editor of the Indonesian magazine Tempo.
Gonzalo SantonjaAuthor · BooksGonzalo Santonja Gómez-Agero (born 12 October 1952) is a Spanish writer, politician, professor, and literary critic who, As of 2022 has served as Minister of Culture, Tourism, and Sport in…
Gonzalo Torrente BallesterAuthor · BooksGonzalo Torrente Ballester (13 June 1910 – 27 January 1999) was a Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement.

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