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Literary Critics

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Oscar LevertinAuthor · BooksOscar Ivar Levertin (17 July 1862, Norrköping – 22 September 1906) was a Swedish poet, critic and literary historian.
Osip BrikAuthor · BooksOsip Maksimovich Brik (Russian: Осип Максимович Брик; 28 January [O.S. 16 January] 1888 – 22 February 1945) was a Russian avant garde writer, literary critic and lawyer, known for being an…
Osip MandelstamAuthor · BooksOsip Emilyevich Mandelstam (14 January 1891 – 27 December 1938) was a Russian and Soviet poet. He was one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school.
Osório Duque-EstradaAuthor · BooksJoaquim Osório Duque-Estrada (19 April 1870 – 5 February 1927) was a Brazilian poet, historian, essayist, journalist, literary critic and professor.
Otokar FischerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Otokar Fischer
Oton ŽupančičAuthor · BooksOton Župančič (pron; January 23, 1878 – June 11, 1949; pseudonym Gojko) was a Slovene poet, translator, and playwright.
Otto Wille KuusinenAuthor · BooksOtto Wilhelm "Wille" Kuusinen (Otto Vilgelmovich Kuusinen; 4 October 1881 – 17 May 1964) was a Finnish-born Soviet politician, literary historian, and poet.
Pantazi GhicaAuthor · BooksPantazi Ghica (panˈtazi ˈɡika; also known under the pen names Tapazin, G. Pantazi, and Ghaki;
Patrick LaneAuthor · BooksPatrick Lane (March 26, 1939 – March 7, 2019) was a Canadian poet. He had written in several other genres, including essays, short stories, and was the author of the novels Red Dog, Red Dog…
Patrick NessAuthor · BooksPatrick Ness FRSL (born 17 October 1971) is an American-British author, journalist, lecturer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his books f
Paul de ManAuthor · BooksPaul de Man (lang; December 6, 1919 – December 21, 1983), born Paul Adolph Michel Deman, was a Belgian-born American literary critic and literary theorist.
Paul GoodmanAuthor · BooksPaul Goodman (September 9, 1911 – August 2, 1972) was an American writer and public intellectual best known for his 1960s works of social criticism.
Paul LéautaudAuthor · BooksPaul Léautaud (18 January 1872 – 22 February 1956) was a French writer and theater critic for Mercure de France, signing his often caustic reviews with the pseudonym Maurice Boissard.
Paul-Eerik RummoAuthor · BooksPaul-Eerik Rummo (born 19 January 1942) is an Estonian poet, playwright, translator and politician who was the former Estonian Minister of Culture and Education, as well as the former…
Paula Gunn AllenAuthor · BooksPaula Gunn Allen (October 24, 1939 – May 29, 2008) was an American poet, literary critic, activist, professor, and novelist.
Pedro Henríquez UreñaAuthor · BooksPedro Henríquez Ureña (June 29, 1884 – May 11, 1946) was a Dominican essayist, philosopher, humanist, philologist and literary critic.
Pegah AhmadiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Pegah Ahmadi in Berlin, 2023
Peter RühmkorfAuthor · BooksPeter Rühmkorf (25 October 1929 – 8 June 2008) was a German writer who significantly influenced German post-war literature.
Petr HruškaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Petr Hruška in 2017
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…
Pierre BayardAuthor · BooksIllustration — * Pierre Bayard (2017)
Pierre GascarAuthor · BooksPierre Fournier (13 March 1916 – 20 February 1997), better known his pen name Pierre Gascar, was a French journalist, literary critic, writer, essayist and screenwriter.
Pierre MertensAuthor · BooksPierre Mertens (9 October 1939 – 19 January 2025) was a Belgian writer and lawyer who specialised in international law, director of the Centre de sociologie de la littérature at the…
Pierre NavilleAuthor · BooksPierre Naville (1 February 1904 – 24 April 1993) was a French Surrealist writer and sociologist. He was a prominent member of the "Investigating Sex" group of Surrealist thinkers.
Pietro CitatiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Pietro Citati
Piotr Odmieniec WłastAuthor · BooksPiotr Odmieniec Włast (25 June 1876 – 8 March 1949 in Izabelin; until 1907: Maria Jakubina Komornicka) was a Polish writer of Young Poland period, translator and literary critic.
Predrag MarkovićAuthor · BooksPredrag Marković (Предраг Марковић; born 7 December 1955) is a Serbian politician, author, and publisher who served as the President of the National Assembly of Serbia from 2004 to 2007 and…
Pyotr VyazemskyAuthor · BooksPrince Pyotr Andreyevich Vyazemsky (23 July 1792 – 22 November 1878) was a Russian poet and a leading personality of the Golden Age of Russian poetry.
Pyotr YakubovichAuthor · BooksPyotr Filippovich Yakubovich (–) was a Russian revolutionary, poet and member of Narodnaya Volya (People's Will Party) during the 1880s.
Raghuveer ChaudhariAuthor · BooksRaghuveer Chaudhari is a novelist, poet and critic from Gujarat, India. He has also worked as a columnist for numerous newspapers, such as Sandesh, Janmabhumi, Nirikshaka and Divya Bhaskar.
Rami SaariAuthor · BooksRami Saari (born 17 September 1963, Petah Tikva, Israel) is an Israeli poet, translator, linguist and literary critic.
Ramiro de MaeztuAuthor · BooksRamiro de Maeztu y Whitney, 1st Count of Maeztu (4 May 1875 – 29 October 1936) was a Spanish essayist, journalist and publicist.
Ramnarayan V. PathakAuthor · BooksRamnarayan Vishwanath Pathak was an Indian Gujarati-language poet, short story writer, essayist and literary critic from India.
Randall JarrellAuthor · BooksRandall Jarrell (May 6, 1914 – October 14, 1965) was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist.
Raoul SchrottAuthor · BooksRaoul Schrott (born 17 January 1964) is an Austrian poet, writer, literary critic, translator, humanities scholar and broadcast personality.
Recaizade Mahmut EkremAuthor · BooksRecaizade Mahmud Ekrem (1 March 1847 – 31 January 1914) was a Turkish civil servant, writer, literary critic, and intellectual, who was known for his apolitical views.[1] He wrote poems,…
Régis BonvicinoAuthor · BooksRégis Rodrigues Bonvicino (25 February 1955 – 5 July 2025) was a Brazilian judge, appellate judge, poet, translator, literary critic and editor.
René DaumalAuthor · BooksRené Daumal (ʁəne domal; 16 March 1908 – 21 May 1944) was a French poet, essayist, novelist, dramatist, literary critic, translator and scholar of Sanskrit and Indian aesthetics.
René DoumicAuthor · BooksIllustration — René Doumic
René RapinAuthor · BooksRené Rapin (1621–1687) was a French Jesuit and writer.
Rexhep QosjaAuthor · BooksRexhep Qosja (25 June 1936 – 23 April 2026) was a Kosovo Albanian writer, literary critic and academic who was a professor at University of Pristina.
Richard AldingtonAuthor · BooksRichard Aldington (born Edward Godfree Aldington; 8 July 1892 – 27 July 1962) was an English writer and poet. He was an early associate of the Imagist movement.
Richard HowardAuthor · BooksRichard Joseph Howard (October 13, 1929 – March 31, 2022), adopted as Richard Joseph Orwitz, was an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator.
Robert A. HeinleinAuthor · BooksRobert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction author, engineer, and naval officer.
Robert BrasillachAuthor · BooksRobert Brasillach (31 March 1909 – 6 February 1945) was a French author and journalist.
Robert DuncanAuthor · BooksIllustration — Robert Duncan
Robert EscarpitAuthor · BooksRobert Escarpit (24 April 1918 in Saint-Macaire – 19 November 2000 in Langon) was a French academic, writer and journalist.
Robert PinskyAuthor · BooksRobert Pinsky (born October 20, 1940) is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator. He was the first United States Poet Laureate to serve three terms.
Robert SabatierAuthor · BooksRobert Sabatier (17 August 1923 – 28 June 2012) was a French poet and writer. He wrote numerous novels, essays and books of aphorisms and poems.
Robert SoutheyAuthor · BooksRobert Southey (12 August 1774 – 21 March 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, and Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death.
Robert Williams BuchananAuthor · BooksRobert Williams Buchanan (18 August 1841 – 10 June 1901) was a Scottish poet, novelist and dramatist. Several of his works were adapted into films.
Roger CailloisAuthor · BooksRoger Caillois (3 March 1913 – 21 December 1978) was a French intellectual and prolific writer whose original work brought together literary criticism, sociology, poetry, ludology and…
Roland BarthesAuthor · BooksÉcole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (the VIe section of the EPHE until 1975)
Roman GulAuthor · BooksRoman Borisovich Gul (13 August 1896 – 30 June 1986) was a Russian émigré writer, his political position was leftist-liberal, he was critical towards the conservative, tsarist White…
Ronald AugustoPerson · Music memorabiliaRonald Augusto da Costa (Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, August 4, 1961) is an experimental and visual poet, initially linked to the poesia marginal, poetry critic, editor, musician and…
Rosario FerréAuthor · BooksRosario Ferré Ramírez de Arellano (September 28, 1938 – February 18, 2016) was a Puerto Rican writer, poet, and essayist. Her father, Luis A.
Rudolf SteinerArtist · SculptureRudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (lang; 27 or 25 February 1861 – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian New Age guru, philosopher, occultist, social reformer, architect, esotericist, and claimed…
Rufus Wilmot GriswoldAuthor · BooksRufus Wilmot Griswold (February 13, 1815 – August 27, 1857) was an American anthologist, editor, poet, and critic.
Rui KnopfliAuthor · BooksRui Manuel Correia Knopfli (10 August 1932 in Inhambane, Portuguese East Africa – 25 December 1997 in Lisbon) was a Mozambican writer.
Saiichi MaruyaAuthor · BooksAugust 27, 1925 – October 13, 2012 was a Japanese author and literary critic.
Salvador ElizondoAuthor · BooksSalvador Elizondo Alcalde (December 19, 1932, in Mexico City – March 29, 2006) was a Mexican writer of the 60s Generation of Mexican literature.
Samuel LindeAuthor · BooksIllustration — Samuel Linde
Samuel R. DelanyArtist · Comics and comic artSamuel R. Delany (born April 1, 1942) is an African American writer and literary critic.
Samuil MarshakAuthor · BooksSamuil Yakovlevich Marshak (alternative spelling: Marchak) (3 November 18874 July 1964) was a Soviet writer of Belarusian Jewish origin, translator and poet who wrote for both children and…
Sarah Webster FabioAuthor · BooksSarah Webster Fabio (January 20, 1928 – November 7, 1979) was an American poet, literary critic and educator.
Satya Vrat ShastriAuthor · BooksSatya Vrat Shastri (29 September 1930 – 14 November 2021) was an Indian Sanskrit scholar, writer, grammarian and poet.
Saunders LewisAuthor · BooksSaunders Lewis (born John Saunders Lewis; 15 October 1893 – 1 September 1985) was a Welsh politician, poet, dramatist, Medievalist, and literary critic.
Saverio BettinelliAuthor · BooksSaverio Bettinelli (18 July 1718 – 13 September 1808) was an Italian Jesuit priest and writer. He became known as a polymath, dramatist, polemicist, poet, and literary critic.
Seamus DeaneAuthor · BooksSeamus Francis Deane (9 February 194012 May 2021) was a Northern Irish poet, novelist, critic, and intellectual historian.
Sebastián Salazar BondyAuthor · BooksSebastián Salazar Bondy (February 4, 1924 in Lima – July 4, 1965) was a Peruvian playwright, essayist, poet, and journalist, and among the most important of Peruvian intellectuals.
Sei ItoAuthor · Books16 January 1905 – 15 November 1969, born Hitoshi Itō, was a Japanese Modernist writer of poetry, prose and essays, and a translator.
Serge CharchouneIllustrator · IllustrationSerge Charchoune or Sergey Sharshun was a Russian painter and the first Russian Dada poet.
Sergey GorodetskyArtist · PaintingsSergey Mitrofanovich Gorodetsky (Серге́й Митрофа́нович Городе́цкий; January 17 1884 – June 8, 1967) was a Russian poet.
Sergio SolmiAuthor · BooksSergio Solmi (16 December 1899 – 7 October 1981) was an Italian poet, essayist and literary critic.
Shankha GhoshAuthor · BooksSankha Ghosh (born Chittapriya Ghosh; 5 February 1932 – 21 April 2021) was an Indian poet and literary critic. His ancestral home wa
Shigehiko HasumiAuthor · BooksShigehiko Hasumi (also romanized Shiguéhiko; born 29 April 1936) is a Japanese literary critic, film critic, French literature scholar, and novelist.
Shin ShifraAuthor · BooksShin Shifra; is the pen name of Shifra Shifman Shmuelevitch (1931 – 9 February 2012), a poet, translator, writer, editor and literary academic. Shifra won multiple literature awards.
Sidney LeeAuthor · BooksSir Sidney Lee (5 December 1859 – 3 March 1926) was an English biographer, writer, and critic.
Simon LeysAuthor · BooksPierre Ryckmans (28 September 1935 – 11 August 2014), better known by his pen name Simon Leys, was a Belgian-Australian sinologist and translator. He lived in Australia from 1970.
Simone de BeauvoirAuthor · BooksSimone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir (9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist.
Søren KierkegaardAuthor · BooksSøren Aabye Kierkegaard (SORR-ən KEER-kə-gard, US also -gor; Danish: [ˈsɶːɐn ˈɔˀˌpyˀ ˈkʰiɐ̯kəˌkɒːˀ];
Stanko VrazAuthor · BooksStanko Vraz (baptized Jakob Fraß; 30 June 1810 – 20 May 1851) was a Slovenian-Croatian poet. He Slavicized his name to Stanko Vraz in 1836.
Stefan ZweigAuthor · BooksStefan Zweig (or lang; 28 November 1881 – 22 February 1942) was an Austrian writer.
Stéphane MallarméIllustrator · IllustrationÉtienne Mallarmé (18March 18429September 1898), known professionally as Stéphane Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic.
Sterjo SpasseAuthor · BooksSterjo Spasse (14 August 1914 – 12 September 1989) was an Albanian prose writer and novelist.
Susan BassnettAuthor · BooksSusan Edna Bassnett, FRSL (born 21 October 1945) is a translation theorist and scholar of comparative literature.
Suzanne LilarAuthor · BooksBaroness Suzanne Lilar (née Suzanne Verbist; 21 May 1901 – 11 December 1992) was a Flemish Belgian essayist, novelist, and playwright writing in French.
Sven DelblancAuthor · BooksSven Delblanc (May 26, 1931 – December 15, 1992) was a Swedish author and professor of literature.
Svetozár Hurban-VajanskýAuthor · BooksIllustration — Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský
Svetozar MarkovićAuthor · BooksSvetozar Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Светозар Марковић, pronounced [sʋêtozaːr mǎːrkoʋit͡ɕ];
Sviatoslav HordynskyAuthor · BooksSviatoslav Hordynskyi Sas coat of arms (30 December 1906 – 20 May 1993) was a Ukrainian poet, translator, literary critic, artist, and art historian.
Sylvie RichterováAuthor · BooksIllustration — Sylvie Richterová in 2016
T. E. HulmeAuthor · BooksThomas Ernest Hulme (16 September 1883 – 28 September 1917) was an English critic and poet who, through his writings on art, literature and politics, had a notable influence upon modernism.
T. N. SrikantaiahAuthor · BooksTheerthapura Nanjundaiah Srikantaiah (26 November 1906 – 7 September 1966) commonly known as 'Thee. Shree, was a Kannada poet, essayist, editor, translator, linguist and teacher.
T. S. EliotAuthor · Books
Tadeusz PeiperAuthor · BooksTadeusz Peiper (3 May 1891 – 10 November 1969) was a Polish poet, art critic, theoretician of literature and one of the precursors of the avant-garde movement in Polish poetry.
Taha HusseinAuthor · BooksTaha Hussein (Ṭāhā Ḥusayn, lang; November 15, 1889 – October 28, 1973) was among the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a leading figure of the Arab…
Tahar DjaoutAuthor · BooksTahar Djaout (Ṭaher Ǧaɛut, 11 January 1954 – 2 June 1993) was an Algerian journalist, poet, and fiction writer. He was assassinated in 1993 by the Armed Islamic Group.
Tahereh SaffarzadehAuthor · BooksTahereh Saffarzadeh (1936 in Sirjan, Kerman Province, Iran – October 25, 2008 in Tehran, Iran) was an Iranian poet, writer, translator and prominent university professor.
Takashi NagatsukaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Takashi Nagatsuka
Tekkan YosanoAuthor · BooksYosano Hiroshi (与謝野寛; 26 February 1873 – 26 March 1935), known by his pen name Tekkan Yosano (与謝野鉄幹 or 與謝野鐵幹, Yosano Tekkan) was a Japanese author and poet active in late Meiji, Taishō,…
Theodor MundtAuthor · BooksTheodor Mundt (September 19, 1808 – November 30, 1861) was a German critic and novelist. He was a member of the Young Germany group of German writers.
Theodor W. AdornoAuthor · BooksTheodor W. Adorno (born Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund; 11 September 1903 – 6 August 1969) was a German philosopher, cultural, and music critic.
Theodore SturgeonAuthor · BooksTheodore Sturgeon (born Edward Hamilton Waldo, February 26, 1918 – May 8, 1985) was an American author of primarily fantasy, science fiction, and horror, as well as a critic.
Thomas GrayAuthor · BooksThomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, and classical scholar at Cambridge University, being a fellow first of Peterhouse then of Pembroke College.
Thomas ThorildAuthor · BooksThomas Thorild (Svarteborg, Bohuslän, 18 April 1759 – Greifswald, Swedish Pomerania, 1 October 1808), was a Swedish poet, critic, feminist and philosopher.
Thomas WartonAuthor · Books
Timothy SnyderAuthor · BooksTimothy David Snyder (born August 18, 1969) is an American historian specializing in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust.
Tomislav DretarAuthor · BooksTomislav Dretar (born 2 March 1945) is a Croatian, Bosnian, French and Belgian poet, writer, critic, and translator, as well as an academic, journalist, editor, political leader and…
Tomoji AbeAuthor · BooksTomoji Abe was a Japanese novelist, social critic, humanist, and translator of English and American literature.
Tove NilsenAuthor · BooksTove Nilsen (born 25 October 1952) is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer and literary critic.
Tristan TzaraArtist · PaintingsTristan Tzara (lang; born Samuel or Samy Rosenstock, also known as S. Samyro; – 25 December 1963) was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist.
U. R. AnanthamurthyAuthor · BooksUdupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy (21 December 1932 – 22 August 2014) was an Indian contemporary writer and critic in the Kannada language.
Ugo FoscoloAuthor · BooksUgo Foscolo (6 February 177810 September 1827), born Niccolò Foscolo, was an Italian writer, revolutionary and poet.
Valentin VodnikAuthor · BooksValentin Vodnik (3 February 1758 – 8 January 1819) was a Slovene priest, journalist and poet from Carniola. He was active in the late Enlightenment period.
Valerian PolishchukAuthor · BooksIllustration — Polishchuk in 1928
Valery BryusovAuthor · BooksValery Yakovlevich Bryusov (Вале́рий Я́ковлевич Брю́сов; – 9 October 1924) was a Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian.
Valery LarbaudAuthor · BooksValery Larbaud (29 August 1881 – 2 February 1957) was a French writer and poet.
Vance ThompsonAuthor · BooksVance Thompson (April 17, 1863 - June 5, 1925) was an American literary critic, novelist, poet and low-carbohydrate diet writer.
Veikko Antero KoskenniemiAuthor · BooksVeikko Antero Koskenniemi (8 July 1885 – 4 August 1962) was a Finnish poet, newspaper editor, and literary professor.

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