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244 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Abbé AubertAuthor · BooksJean-Louis Aubert (15 February 1731 in Paris – 10 November 1814 in Paris), called the Abbé Aubert, was a French dramatist, poet and journalist, son of the violinist and composer Jacques…
Abd al-Hamid al-KatibAuthor · BooksAbd al-Hamid ibn Yahya al-Katib was the secretary to the last Umayyad Caliph, Marwan II, and a supreme stylist of early Arabic prose.
Abdurrauf FitratAuthor · BooksAbdurauf Fitrat (sometimes spelled Abdulrauf Fitrat or Abdurrauf Fitrat, Abdurauf Fitrat / Абдурауф Фитрат;
Adam RobertsAuthor · BooksHe was born in London.
AdunisAuthor · BooksAli Ahmad Said Esber (North Levantine; born 1 January 1930), also known by the pen name Adonis or Adunis (أدونيس), is a Syrian poet, essayist and translator.
Agustín DuránAuthor · BooksAgustín Durán (14 October 17891 December 1862), Spanish scholar, was born in Madrid, where his father was the court physician.
Al-Fat·h ibn KhàqanAuthor · BooksAl-Fatḥ ibn Khāqān (c. 817/8 – 11 December 861) was an Abbasid official and one of the most prominent figures of the court of the Caliph al-Mutawakkil.
Al-NuwayriAuthor · BooksAl-Nuwayrī, full name Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad bin ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Nuwayrī (5 April 1279 – 5 June 1333) was an Egyptian Muslim historian and civil servant of the Bahri Mamluk dynasty.
Al-ZamakhshariAuthor · BooksAbu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari (1074 –1143) was a medieval Muslim scholar of Iranian descent.
Albert VerweyAuthor · BooksIllustration — Albert Verwey
Alberto Asor RosaAuthor · BooksAlberto Asor Rosa (23 September 1933 – 21 December 2022) was an Italian literary critic, historian, and politician, born in Rome.
Alberto FuguetPerson · Film memorabiliaAlberto Felipe Fuguet de Goyeneche (pronounced [alˈβeɾto fuˈɣet]; born 7 March 1963) is a Chilean author, journalist, film critic and film director who rose to critical prominence in the…
Ales AdamovichAuthor · BooksAleksandr Mikhailovich Adamovich (3 September 1927 – 26 January 1994) was a Soviet Belarusian writer, screenwriter, literary critic and democratic activist.
Alfred KolleritschAuthor · BooksAlfred Kolleritsch (16 February 1931 – 29 May 2020) was an Austrian journalist, poet and philosopher.
Ali-Akbar Sa'idi SirjaniAuthor · BooksAli-Akbar Sa'idi Sirjani (12 December 1931 – 28 November 1994) was an Iranian University professor, writer, poet, and journalist who died in prison under mysterious circumstances after…
Alicia OstrikerAuthor · BooksAlicia Suskin Ostriker (born November 11, 1937) is an American poet and scholar who writes Jewish feminist poetry.
Amal ZivAuthor · BooksAmal Ziv (Hebrew: עמל זיו; born December 14, 1964) is an Israeli academic and researcher.
Amit ChaudhuriAuthor · BooksAmit Chaudhuri (born 15 May 1962) is a novelist, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, singer, and music composer from India.
Ana Emilia LahitteAuthor · BooksAna Emilia Lahitte (La Plata, December 19, 1921 – July 10, 2013) was an Argentine writer, poet, and playwright. Her works include several literature genres, but mainly poetry.
Ana HatherlyArtist · PaintingsAna Hatherly (8 May 1929 – 5 August 2015) was a Portuguese academic, poet, visual artist, essayist, filmmaker, painter, and writer.
Ana Paula Ribeiro TavaresAuthor · BooksAna Paula Ribeiro Tavares (born 30 October 1952, Lubango, Huíla Province, Angola) is an Angolan poet.
Anders OlssonAuthor · BooksAnders Olsson (born 19 June 1949) is a Swedish writer, professor of literature at Stockholm University, literary critic and member of the Swedish Academy.
Andreas KoukoumaAuthor · BooksAndreas Koukouma is a commentator and literary critic of the left. His poems and short stories deal with universal themes and are written in the Cypriot dialect.
Andrée A. MichaudAuthor · BooksAndrée A. Michaud (born November 12, 1957) is a Canadian novelist and playwright from Quebec.
Andrejs UpītsAuthor · BooksAndrejs Upīts (4 December 1877 – 17 November 1970) was a Latvian teacher, poet and short story writer.
Armen OhanianAuthor · BooksArmen Ohanian, born Sophia Pirboudaghian (1888–1976) was an Armenian dancer, actress, writer, and translator.
Ashraf GilaniAuthor · BooksSeyed Ashrafedin Hosseini Gilani (1870–1934) was a combatant poet in Iran's constitutional revolution and the editor of the Nasim-e-Shomal (Northern Breeze), a short-lived newspaper that…
August VermeylenAuthor · BooksIllustration — August Vermeylen
Azar BigdeliAuthor · BooksHajji Lotf-Ali Beg Azar Bigdeli, better known as Azar Bigdeli ("Azar" was his pen name; 1722–1781), was an Iranian anthologist and poet.
Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilīAuthor · BooksBaha al-Din al-Amili (18 February 1547 – 1 September 1621), commonly known as Sheikh Bahāʾī, was a Twelver Shia Muslim scholar and polymath in Safavid Iran, who composed various works in…
Barbara WiedemannAuthor · BooksBarbara Wiedemann (born October 30, 1945) is an American poet. She has published four books of poetry, besides a number of poems in literary journals.
Ben BelittAuthor · BooksBen Belitt (May 2, 1911 – August 17, 2003) was an American poet and translator. Besides writing poetry, he also translated several books of poetry by Pablo Neruda, Rafael Alberti, and…
Ben LernerAuthor · BooksBenjamin S. Lerner (born February 4, 1979) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, and critic.
Ben OkriAuthor · BooksSir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri FRSL (born 15 March 1959) is a Nigerian-born British poet and novelist.
Bengt PohjanenPerson · Film memorabiliaBengt Erik Benedictus Pohjanen (born 26 June 1944 in Kassa in Pajala, Norrbotten, Sweden), is a Swedish author, translator and priest living in Överkalix.
Blanca de los RíosArtist · PaintingsBlanca de los Ríos Nostench (15 August 1859 – 13 April 1956) was a Spanish writer and painter.
Bogdan PopovićAuthor · BooksBogdan Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Богдан Поповић; 20 December 1863 – 7 November 1944) was Serbian university professor, literary critic and academic.
Bogomil RaynovAuthor · BooksBogomil Nikolaev Raynov (19 June 1919 – 8 June 2007) was a Bulgarian writer and professor of aesthetics.
Bohdan LepkyAuthor · BooksBohdan Teodor Nestor Sylvestrovych Lepky (9 November 1872 – 21 July 1941) was a Ukrainian writer, poet, scholar, public figure, and artist.
Brander MatthewsAuthor · BooksJames Brander Matthews (February 21, 1852 – March 31, 1929) was an American academic, writer and literary critic.
Burton RaffelAuthor · BooksBurton Nathan Raffel (April 27, 1928 – September 29, 2015) was an American writer, translator, poet and professor.
Carlos Ángel LópezAuthor · BooksCarlos Ángel López Llanes (17 July 1952 – 30 September 2018) was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Carlos de LaetAuthor · BooksCarlos Maximiliano Pimenta de Laet (October 3, 1847 – December 7, 1927) was a journalist, professor and poet from Brazil.
Charles de VillersAuthor · BooksIllustration — Charles de Villers by the artist Friedrich Carl Gröger, date unknown, c1800
Charles WilkinsAuthor · BooksSir Charles Wilkins (1749 – 13 May 1836) was an English typographer and scholar who co-founded The Asiatic Society. He is notable as the first translator of the Bhagavad Gita into English.
Chika UnigweAuthor · BooksChika Nina Unigwe (born 12 June 1974) is a Nigerian-born Igbo novelist who writes in English and Dutch.
Concetto MarchesiAuthor · BooksConcetto Marchesi (1 February 1878 – 12 February 1957) was an Italian Latinist and politician.
Constance de SalmAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jean-Baptiste François Desoria's portrait of Constance Pipelet de Leury
Damian Walford DaviesAuthor · BooksProfessor Damian Walford Davies (born 16 January 1971 in Aberystwyth) is a Welsh writer and English literature academic.
Dan PagisAuthor · BooksIllustration — Dan Pagis
Daniil AndreyevAuthor · BooksDaniil Leonidovich Andreyev (Даниил Леонидович Андреев; 2 November 1906 – 30 March 1959) was a Russian writer, poet, and Christian mystic.
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.
Devapriya RoyAuthor · BooksDevapriya Roy is an Indian author best known for her books, Friends from College, Indira and The Heat and Dust Project. She lives in New Delhi with her husband Saurav Jha.
Dilara AliyevaAuthor · BooksDilara Alakbar qizi Aliyeva (Dilarə Əliyeva; 14 December 1929 – 19 April 1991) was an Azerbaijani philologist, translator, Women's rights activist and Member of The Supreme Council of…
Dmitry LikhachovAuthor · BooksDmitry Sergeyevich Likhachev (also spelled Dmitrii Likhachev or Dmitry Likhachov; – 30 September 1999) was a Russian medievalist, linguist, and an inmate of Gulag.
Dmitry MerezhkovskyAuthor · BooksDmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (Дми́трий Серге́евич Мережко́вский; 14 August 1865 – 9 December 1941) was a Russian novelist, poet, religious thinker, and literary critic.
Dubravka Oraić TolićAuthor · BooksIllustration — Dubravka Oraić Tolić
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.
Edmond MaloneAuthor · BooksEdmond Malone (4 October 174125 May 1812) was an Irish barrister, Shakespearean scholar and editor of the works of William Shakespeare.
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 DowdenAuthor · BooksEdward Dowden (3 May 18434 April 1913) was an Irish critic, professor, and poet.
Elaine ShowalterAuthor · BooksElaine Showalter (born January 21, 1941) is an American literary critic, feminist, and writer on cultural and social issues.
Elena PoniatowskaAuthor · BooksHélène Elizabeth Louise Amélie Paula Dolores Poniatowska Amor (born May 19, 1932), known professionally as Elena Poniatowska, is a French-born Mexican journalist and author, specializing in…
Ennio FlaianoAuthor · BooksEnnio Flaiano (5 March 1910 – 20 November 1972) was an Italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist, and drama critic.
Enrique Anderson ImbertAuthor · BooksEnrique Anderson Imbert (February 12, 1910 – December 6, 2000) was an Argentine novelist, short-story writer and literary critic.
Ernst FischerAuthor · BooksErnst Fischer was an Austrian journalist, politician, writer, philosopher and literary scholar (1899–1972). He was born in Chomutov and died in Deutschfeistritz.
Ernst HenriciAuthor · BooksIllustration — Henrici in 1880
Ernst StadlerAuthor · BooksErnst Maria Richard Stadler (11 August 1883 – 30 October 1914) was a German Expressionist poet, writer and translator.
Esi EdugyanAuthor · BooksEsi Edugyan (born 1978) is a Canadian novelist. She has twice won the Giller Prize, for her novels Half-Blood Blues (2011) and Washington Black (2018).
F. R. LeavisAuthor · BooksThe Significance of C. P. Snow (lecture; 1962)
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…
Francesco Saverio SalfiAuthor · BooksFrancesco Saverio Salfi or Franco Salfi (24 January 1759 in Cosenza – 1832 in Paris) was an Italian writer, politician and librettist.
Fred BachrachArtist · PaintingsAlbert Gustave Herbert "Fred" Bachrach (9 December 1914 – 18 December 2009) was a Dutch literary and art historian of French and German descent whose academic work featured in a number of…
Friedrich Christian DeliusAuthor · BooksFriedrich Christian Delius (13 February 1943 – 30 May 2022), also known by his pen name F.C. Delius, was a German novelist, short story and non-fiction writer and poet.
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.
Georg Gottfried GervinusAuthor · BooksGeorg Gottfried Gervinus (20 May 1805 – 18 March 1871) was a German literary and political historian.
Georgiy ZhzhonovPerson · Film memorabiliaGeorgiy Stepanovich Zhzhonov (22 March 1915 – 8 December 2005), was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and writer.
Georgy ChulkovAuthor · BooksIllustration — Georgy Chulkov
Gert HofmannAuthor · BooksGert Hofmann (29 January 1931 – 1 July 1993) was a German writer and professor of German literature.
Gilberto OwenAuthor · BooksGilberto Owen Estrada (May 13, 1904 – March 9, 1952) was a Mexican poet and diplomat.
Giovan Pietro VieusseuxAuthor · BooksIllustration — Vieusseux
Gonzague de ReynoldAuthor · BooksIllustration — Gonzague de Reynold
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.
Gustav SuitsAuthor · BooksGustav Suits (in Võnnu, Tartu County, Livonia – 23 May 1956 in Stockholm, Sweden) is considered one of the greatest Estonian poets.
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.
Ha JinAuthor · Books
Haig ActerianPerson · Film memorabiliaHaig Acterian (haˈiɡ akteriˈan; also known under his pen name Mihail mihaˈil; March 5, 1904 – August 8, 1943) was a Romanian film and theater director, critic, dramatist, poet, journalist,…
Halyna KrukAuthor · BooksHalyna Kruk (born 30 November 1974) is a Ukrainian writer, translator, educator and literary critic. Her surname also appears as Krouk.
Halyna PetrosanyakAuthor · BooksHalyna Petrosanyak (born 1969) is a Ukrainian poet, writer, and translator.
Hayden WhiteAuthor · BooksHayden V. White (July 12, 1928 – March 5, 2018) was an American historian in the tradition of literary criticism.
Helen VendlerAuthor · BooksHelen Vendler (née Hennessy; April 30, 1933 – April 23, 2024) was an American academic, writer and literary critic.
Hermann BurgerAuthor · BooksHermann Burger (10 July 1942 – 28 February 1989) was a Swiss poet, novelist and essayist.
Hermann HesseArtist · PaintingsHermann Karl Hesse (2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet and novelist, and winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Horace EngdahlAuthor · BooksHorace Oscar Axel Engdahl (born 30 December 1948) is a Swedish literary historian and critic, and has been a member of the Swedish Academy since 1997.
Hyun Kil-unPhotographer · Photography
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.
Ibn Al OuardyAuthor · BooksAbū Ḥafs Zayn al-Dīn ʻUmar ibn al-Muẓaffar Ibn al-Wardī, known as Ibn al-Wardi, was an Arab geographer (died circa 1446, sometimes listed as late as 1457).
Ibn al-AdimAuthor · BooksKamāl al-Dīn Abū ʾl-Ḳāsim ʿUmar ibn Aḥmad ibn Hibat Allāh Ibn al-ʿAdīm (1192–1262) was an Arab biographer and historian from Aleppo.
Ibn KhallikanAuthor · BooksShams al-Din Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Ibrāhīm bin Abū Bakr ibn Khallikān (22 September 1211 – 30 October 1282), better known as Ibn Khallikān, was a renowned Islamic historian who compiled…
Ibrāhīm tooqānAuthor · BooksIbrahim Abd al-Fattah Tuqan (Ibrāhīm ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ Ṭūqān; 1905 – 2 May 1941) was a Palestinian nationalist poet whose work rallied Arabs during their revolt against the British mandate.
Ignacio PadillaAuthor · BooksWas a Mexican writer whose works were translated into several languages. Padilla helped found the Crack Movement, along with fellow writers Eloy Urroz, Jorge Volpi, and Pedro Angel Palou,…
Ignaz Vincenz ZingerleAuthor · BooksIllustration — Ignaz Vincenz Zingerle.
Iman MersalAuthor · BooksIman Mersal (born November 30, 1966, Mit 'Adlan, Dakahlia, Egypt) is an Egyptian writer, poet, academic and translator. Her books include The Threshold and Traces of Enayat.
Ion NegoițescuAuthor · BooksIon Negoiţescu (iˈon neɡo.iˈt͡sesku; also known as Nego; 10 August 1921 – 6 February 1993) was a Romanian literary historian, critic, poet, novelist and memoirist, one of the leading…
Irena VeisaitėAuthor · BooksIrena Veisaitė (9 January 1928 – 11 December 2020) was a Lithuanian theatre scholar, intellectual and human rights activist.
Irene di SpilimbergoArtist · PaintingsIrene di Spilimbergo (17 October 1538 - 17 December 1559) was an Italian Renaissance painter and poet.
Ishwar Chandra GuptaAuthor · BooksIshwar Chandra Gupta (6 March 1812 – 23 January 1859) was a Bengali poet and writer. Gupta was born in Kanchrapara, in Bengal.
Ivan MelezhAuthor · BooksIvan Pavlovich Melezh (8 February 1921 – 9 August 1976) was a Soviet and Belarusian writer and playwright.
Ivar IvaskAuthor · BooksIvar Vidrik Ivask (December 17, 1927 Riga, Latvia – September 23, 1992 Fountainstown, Ireland) was an Estonian poet and literary scholar.
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.
J. Hillis MillerAuthor · BooksJoseph Hillis Miller Jr. (March 5, 1928 – February 7, 2021) was an American literary critic and scholar who advanced theories of literary deconstruction.
Jack HalberstamAuthor · BooksJack Halberstam (born December 15, 1961) is an American academic and author, best known for his book Female Masculinity (1998).
Jacques BorelAuthor · BooksJacques Borel (17 December 1925 in Paris – 25 September 2002) was a French author best known for his 1965 novel L'Adoration (translated into English as The Bond), which won the Prix…
James Halliwell-PhillippsAuthor · BooksJames Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (born James Orchard Halliwell; 21 June 1820 – 3 January 1889) was an English writer, Shakespearean scholar, antiquarian, and a collector of English nursery…
Jean PélégriAuthor · BooksJean Pélégri (20 June 1920 – 24 September 2003) was a writer and professor of literature.
Jean Regnault de SegraisAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jean Renaud de Segrais
Jeannette ArmstrongAuthor · BooksShe was born and grew up on the Penticton Indian reserve in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, and f
Jesper SvenbroAuthor · BooksJesper Svenbro (born 10 March 1944) is a Swedish poet, classical philologist, and member of the Swedish Academy.
Johann Christoph GottschedAuthor · BooksJohann Christoph Gottsched (lang; 2 February 1700 – 12 December 1766) was a German philosopher, author, critic and grammarian of the Enlightenment.

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