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Literary Critics

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Kenneth BurkeAuthor · BooksKenneth Duva Burke (May 5, 1897 – November 19, 1993) was an American literary theorist, poet, essayist, and novelist, who wrote on 20th-century philosophy, aesthetics, criticism, and…
Kim Sa-inAuthor · Books
Kinga DuninAuthor · BooksKinga Maria Dunin-Horkawicz (born 1954 in Łódź) is a Polish writer, feminist, and sociologist.
Kingsley AmisAuthor · BooksSir Kingsley William Amis (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher.
Kiyoshi JinzaiAuthor · BooksKiyoshi Jinzai was a Japanese novelist, Russian translator and literary critic active during the Shōwa period of Japan.
Klaus MannAuthor · BooksKlaus Heinrich Thomas Mann (18 November 1906 – 21 May 1949) was a German writer and anti-fascist activist.
Klaus RifbjergPerson · Film memorabiliaKlaus Rifbjerg (15 December 1931 – 4 April 2015) was a Danish writer. He authored more than 170 novels, books and essays.
Kolakaluri EnochAuthor · BooksKolakaluri Enoch (born 1 July 1939) is an Indian writer, teacher, and former Vice Chancellor of Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.
Konstantin AksakovAuthor · BooksKonstantin Sergeyevich Aksakov (Russian: Константи́н Серге́евич Акса́ков; 10 April 1817 – 19 December 1860) was a Russian critic and writer.
Konstantin VelichkovAuthor · BooksKonstantin Velichkov (full name Konstantin Velichkov Petkov; in Bulgarian: Констaнтин Величков; 1855 – 3 November 1907) was a Bulgarian writer and public figure.
Kostas VarnalisAuthor · BooksKostas Varnalis (14 February 1884 – 16 December 1974) was a Greek poet and writer.
Kostis PalamasAuthor · BooksKostis Palamas (palaˈmas; 13 January 1859 – 27 February 1943) was a Greek poet who wrote the words to the Olympic Hymn.
Kristofer RandersAuthor · BooksOle Kristofer Randers (1 April 1851 – 15 March 1917) was a Norwegian poet and theatre critic. He made his literary debut in 1879 with the poetry collection Med Lyre og Lanse.
Lafcadio HearnAuthor · Books
Lascelles AbercrombieAuthor · BooksLascelles Abercrombie (9 January 1881 – 27 October 1938) was a British poet and literary critic, one of the "Dymock poets".[2] After the First World War he worked as a professor of English…
László NémethAuthor · Books
Lauri ViljanenAuthor · BooksLauri Viljanen (1900–1984) was a Finnish literary critic and writer.
Lennart HellsingAuthor · BooksPaul Lennart Hellsing (5 June 1919 – 25 November 2015) was a Swedish writer and translator.
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.
Léon HalévyAuthor · BooksLéon Halévy (4 January 1802 – 2 September 1883) was a French civil servant, historian, and dramatist.
Léon WerthAuthor · BooksIllustration — Werth in 1914 in a military uniform
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.
Lester del ReyAuthor · BooksLeonard Knapp (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993), best known by his primary pseudonym Lester del Rey, was an American science fiction author and editor.
Lev ManovichDesigner · Modern designLev Manovich is an artist, author and theorist of digital culture. He is a distinguished professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
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.
Lionel TrillingAuthor · BooksLionel Mordecai Trilling (July 4, 1905 – November 5, 1975) was an American literary critic, short story writer, essayist, and teacher. One of the leading U.S.
Lisa AppignanesiAuthor · BooksLisa Appignanesi (born Elżbieta Borensztejn; 4 January 1946) is a British-Canadian writer, novelist, and campaigner for free expression.
Liu XiaoboAuthor · BooksLiu Xiaobo (28 December 1955 – 13 July 2017) was a Chinese literary critic, philosopher and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who called for political reforms and was involved in campaigns to end…
Lluís-Anton BaulenasAuthor · BooksLluís-Anton Baulenas (born 21 September 1958 in Barcelona) is a Catalan novelist, translator and playwright.
Louis AwadAuthor · BooksLouis Awad (el-Minya; 5 January 1915 – 9 September 1990) was an Egyptian intellectual and a writer.
Louis BertrandAuthor · BooksLouis Bertrand (disambiguation)Louis Bertrand
Louis Paul BoonAuthor · BooksLodewijk Paul Aalbrecht (Louis Paul) Boon (15 March 1912, in Aalst – 10 May 1979, in Erembodegem) was a Belgian writer of novels, poetry, pornography, columns and art criticism in Flemish.
Louis SimpsonAuthor · BooksLouis Aston Marantz Simpson (March 27, 1923 – September 14, 2012) was an American poet born in Jamaica. He won the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his work At the End of the Open Road.
Louis-Marcelin de FontanesAuthor · BooksLouis Jean-Pierre, marquis de Fontanes (6 March 175717 March 1821) was a French poet and politician.
Louis-René des ForêtsAuthor · BooksLouis-René des Forêts (28 January 1916 – 30 December 2000) was a French writer.
Louise DoughtyAuthor · BooksLouise Doughty (born 4 September 1963) is an English novelist and screenwriter. She is best known for her bestselling novels, including Apple Tree Yard.
Lu XunAuthor · Books
Luc EstangAuthor · BooksLuc Bastard (pen name: Luc Estang; 1911–1992) was a French writer, critic and publisher.
Luciano CordeiroAuthor · BooksLuciano Cordeiro (Mirandela, 21 July 1844 – Lisbon, 24 December 1900) was a Portuguese writer, historian, politician and geographer.
Ludolf WienbargAuthor · BooksChristian Ludolf Wienbarg (25 December 1802 – 2 January 1872) was a German journalist and literary critic, one of the founders of the Young Germany movement during the Vormärz period.
Ludwig TieckAuthor · BooksJohann Ludwig Tieck (lang; 31 May 177328 April 1853) was a German poet, fiction writer, translator, and critic.
Luigi CapuanaAuthor · BooksLuigi Capuana (May 28, 1839 – November 29, 1915) was an Italian author and journalist and one of the main exponents of Verismo.
Luigi LunariPerson · Music memorabiliaLuigi Lunari (January 3, 1934 – August 15, 2019) was an Italian playwright, translator, essayist and screenwriter.
Luis CernudaAuthor · Books
Luise RinserAuthor · BooksIllustration — Luise Rinser (1987)
Lydia ChukovskayaAuthor · BooksLydia Korneyevna Chukovskaya (Ли́дия Корне́евна Чуко́вская; 24 March 1907 – February 7, 1996) was a Soviet and Russian writer, poet, editor, publicist, memoirist and dissident.
Lyuba YakimchukAuthor · BooksIllustration — Lyuba Yakimchuk in 2023
M. H. AbramsAuthor · BooksMeyer Howard Abrams (July 23, 1912 – April 21, 2015), usually cited as M. H. Abrams, was an American literary critic, known for works on romanticism, in particular his book The Mirror and…
M. John HarrisonAuthor · BooksMichael John Harrison (born 26 July 1945), known for publication purposes primarily as M.
Maarten 't HartAuthor · BooksMaarten 't Hart (born 25 November 1944 in Maassluis) is a Dutch writer. Maarten 't Hart was trained as a biologist in zoology and ethology at the Leiden University, he taught that subject…
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.
Mahavir Prasad DwivediAuthor · BooksMahavir Prasad Dwivedi (15 May 1864 – 21 December 1938) was an Indian Hindi writer and editor.
Máirtín Ó CadhainAuthor · BooksMáirtín Ó Cadhain (4 January 1906 – 18 October 1970) was one of the most prominent Irish language writers of the twentieth century.
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…
Malcolm CowleyAuthor · BooksMalcolm Cowley (August 24, 1898 – March 27, 1989) was an American writer, editor, historian, poet, and literary critic.
Manuel Bretón de los HerrerosAuthor · BooksManuel Bretón de los Herreros (19 December 17968 November 1873) was a Spanish dramatist.
Manuel Maples ArceAuthor · BooksManuel Maples Arce (May 1, 1900 - June 26, 1981) was a Mexican poet, writer, art critic, lawyer and diplomat, especially known as the founder of the Stridentism movement.
Marc FumaroliAuthor · BooksMarc Fumaroli (10 June 1932 – 24 June 2020) was a French historian and essayist who was widely respected as an advocate for French literature and culture.
Marc LambronAuthor · BooksMarc Lambron (born 4 February 1957 in Lyon) is a French writer and winner of the Prix Femina, 1993, for L'Oeil du silence.
Marc MonnierAuthor · BooksMarc Monnier (December 7, 1829 – April 18, 1885) was a Swiss writer.
Marcel ArlandAuthor · BooksMarcel Arland (5 July 1899, Varennes-sur-Amance, Haute-Marne – 12 January 1986, Haute-Marne) was a French novelist, literary critic, and journalist.
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…
Marcelin PleynetAuthor · BooksIllustration — Marcelin Pleynet, Venice, 2006
Marcello PaglieroPerson · Film memorabiliaMarcello Pagliero (15 January 1907 – 18 October 1980) was an Italian film director, actor, and screenwriter.
Margaret BusbyAuthor · BooksMargaret Yvonne Busby, Hon. FRSL (born 1944), also known as Nana Akua Ackon, is a Ghanaian-born publisher, editor, writer and broadcaster, resident in the UK.
Margaret Caroline AndersonAuthor · BooksMargaret Caroline Anderson (November 24, 1886 – October 19, 1973) was the American founder, editor and publisher of the art and literary magazine The Little Review, which published a…
Marguerite YourcenarAuthor · BooksMarguerite Yourcenar (born Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour;
Maria Àngels AngladaAuthor · BooksMaria Àngels Anglada was a Catalan poet and novelist. She was born in Vic, Spain, in 1920.
Maria KonopnickaAuthor · BooksMaria Konopnicka (Wasiłowska; 23 May 1842 – 8 October 1910) was a Polish poet, novelist, children's writer, translator, journalist, critic and activist for women's rights and for Polish…
Marianna KiyanovskaAuthor · BooksMarianna Kiyanovska (born 17 November 1973) is a Ukrainian poet, translator and a literary scholar and is a recipient of the Shevchenko National Prize (2020) and the Zbigniew Herbert…
Marianne AhrnePerson · Film memorabiliaSiv Marianne Ahrne (born 25 May 1940) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter. She has directed ten films between 1970 and 1997.
Marianne MooreAuthor · BooksMarianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor.
Marie-Claire BancquartAuthor · BooksMarie-Claire Bancquart (21 July 1932 – 19 February 2019) was a French poet, essayist, professor emerita and literary critic.
Mario Vargas LlosaAuthor · BooksJorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (28 March 1936 – 13 April 2025) was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and politician.
Marshall BermanAuthor · BooksMarshall Howard Berman (November 24, 1940 – September 11, 2013) was an American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer.
Märt VäljatagaAuthor · BooksMärt Väljataga (born 30 March 1965) is an Estonian literary scholar, critic, translator, poet and editor. Since 1995, he has been the editor-in-chief of the cultural journal Vikerkaar.
Martin AagårdPerson · Music memorabiliaSven Martin Aagård (born 5 March 1971) is a Swedish culture journalist and newspaper and magazine editor and a member of the Swedish pop band Doktor Kosmos.
Martin EsslinAuthor · BooksMartin Julius Esslin OBE (6 June 1918 – 24 February 2002) was a Hungarian-born British producer, dramatist, journalist, adaptor and translator, critic, academic scholar and professor of…
Martin GardnerAuthor · BooksMartin Gardner (October 21, 1914May 22, 2010) was an American writer on popular mathematics and popular science.
Martinus NijhoffAuthor · BooksIllustration — Martinus Nijhoff (1913)
Mary GordonAuthor · BooksShe was born in Far Rockaway.
Masaoka ShikiAuthor · BooksOctober 14, 1867 – September 19, 1902, pen-name of Masaoka Noboru (正岡升), was a Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan.
Mateja MatevskiAuthor · BooksMateja Matevski (Macedonian: Матеја Матевски; 13 March 1929 – 6 June 2018) was a Macedonian poet, literary and theater critic, essayist, and translator.
Matija BećkovićAuthor · BooksMatija Bećković (Матија Бећковић; born 29 November 1939) is a Serbian poet, writer and academic.
Matthew ArnoldAuthor · BooksMatthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic.
Maurice BardècheAuthor · BooksMaurice Bardèche (1 October 1907 – 30 July 1998) was a French art critic and journalist, better known as one of the leading exponents of neo-fascism and Holocaust denial in post–World War…
Maurice BlanchotAuthor · BooksMaurice Blanchot (lang; 22 September 1907 – 20 February 2003) was a French writer, philosopher and literary theorist.
Max AubArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Max Aub. Detail from a mural in Valencia
Max KozloffPhotographer · PhotographyMaxwell Kozloff (June 21, 1933 – April 6, 2025) was an American art historian, art critic of modern art, and photographer. He was art editor at The Nation, and executive editor of Artforum.
Maxime Du CampPhotographer · PhotographyMaxime Du Camp (8 February 1822 – 9 February 1894) was a French writer and photographer.
Maximilian VoloshinAuthor · BooksMaximilian Alexandrovich Kirienko-Voloshin (May 28, [O.S. May 16] 1877 – August 11, 1932), commonly known as Max Voloshin, was a Russian poet.
Melchior de VogüéAuthor · BooksMarie-Eugène-Melchior, vicomte de Vogüé (25 February 1848 – 29 March 1910) was a French diplomat, Orientalist, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist and literary critic.
Menno ter BraakAuthor · BooksMenno ter Braak (26 January 1902 – 14 May 1940) was a Dutch modernist writer, critic, essayist, and journalist.
Michael Georg ConradAuthor · BooksMichael Georg Conrad was a German philosopher, literary critic, writer, politician, editor and theatre critic (1846–1927). He was born in Gnodstadt and died in Munich.
Michael HardtAuthor · BooksMichael Hardt (born 1960) is an American political philosopher and literary theorist. Hardt is best known for his 2000 book Empire, which was co-written with Antonio Negri.
Michał WitkowskiAuthor · Books
Michel OrcelAuthor · BooksMichel Orcel (born 1952, in Marseille) is a contemporary French writer, publisher and psychoanalyst.
Miguel de UnamunoAuthor · BooksMiguel de Unamuno y Jugo (29 September 1864 – 31 December 1936) was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher and academic.
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…
Milan ĆurčinAuthor · BooksMilan Ćurčin (Милан Ћурчин, 14 November 1880, Pančevo – 20 January 1960, Zagreb) was a Serbian poet, essayist, editor of the well-known Nova Evropa magazine and one of the founders of the…
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.
Mircea CărtărescuAuthor · BooksMircea Cărtărescu (ˈmirtʃe̯a kərtəˈresku; born 1 June 1956) is a Romanian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic, and essayist.
Mirta YáñezAuthor · Books
Munier ChoudhuryAuthor · BooksAbu Naeem Mohammad Munier Choudhury (27 November 192514 December 1971) was a Bangladeshi educationist, playwright, literary critic and political dissident.
Muriel SparkAuthor · BooksMuriel Spark is recorded as having received Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, James Tait Black Memorial Prize a
Nadezhda KhvoshchinskayaAuthor · BooksNadezhda Dmitryevna Khvoshchinskaya (May 20, 1821 – June 8, 1889), was a Russian novelist, poet, literary critic and translator. Her married name was Zayonchkovskaya (Зайончковская;
Nakamura ShinichiroAuthor · BooksIllustration — The author in 1948
Nathaniel Parker WillisAuthor · BooksNathaniel Parker Willis (January 20, 1806 – January 20, 1867), also known as N. P.
Newton ArvinAuthor · BooksFrederic Newton Arvin (August 23, 1900 – March 21, 1963) was an American literary critic and academic.
Niall MontgomeryDesigner · DesignIllustration — Photo of Irish Architect Niall Montgomery, taken by RTE in 1973
Nicolas Boileau-DespréauxAuthor · BooksNicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1 November 1636 – 13 March 1711), often known simply as Boileau, was a French poet and critic.
Nikolay GumilevAuthor · BooksIllustration — Gumilev during his senior years in gymnasium
Nikolay NekrasovAuthor · BooksNikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov (Russian: Никола́й Алексе́евич Некра́сов, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪtɕ nʲɪˈkrasəf], 10 December [O.S. 28 November] 1821 – 8 January 1878 [O.S.
Nirmal VermaAuthor · BooksNirmal Verma (3 April 192925 October 2005) was a Hindi writer, novelist, activist and translator.
Northrop FryeAuthor · BooksHerman Northrop Frye (July 14, 1912 – January 23, 1991) was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century.
Ola HanssonAuthor · BooksOla Hansson (12 November 1860, Hönsinge, Sweden – 26 September 1925, Büyükdere, Turkey) was a Swedish poet, prose writer, and critic.
Olga SlavnikovaAuthor · BooksOlga Alexandrovna Slavnikova (born 23 October 1957) is a Russian novelist and literary critic. She was awarded the 2006 Russian Booker Prize for her novel 2017.
Osbert SitwellAuthor · BooksSir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet CH CBE (6 December 1892 – 4 May 1969) was an English writer.

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19th-century literary critics275
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American literary critics78
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Russian literary critics60
British literary critics58
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Literary Critics from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland32
Soviet literary critics30
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