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John WainAuthor · BooksJohn Barrington Wain CBE (14 March 1925 – 24 May 1994) was an English poet, novelist, and critic, associated with the literary group known as "The Movement".
Jon FosseAuthor · BooksJon Olav Fosse (lang; born 29 September 1959) is a Norwegian author, translator, and playwright.
Jorge de SenaAuthor · BooksJorge Cândido Alves Rodrigues Telles Grilo Raposo de Abreu de Sena (2 November 1919 – 4 June 1978) was a Portuguese-born poet, critic, essayist, novelist, dramatist, translator and…
Julian SchmidtAuthor · BooksHeinrich Julian Schmidt (March 7, 1818 – March 27, 1886) was a German journalist and historian of literature.
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.
Karel JonckheereAuthor · BooksIllustration — Karel Jonckheere in 1965
Karol SzajnochaAuthor · BooksKarol Szajnocha (20 November 1818 – 10 January 1868) was a Polish writer, historian, and independence activist.
Kaspar von BarthAuthor · BooksKaspar von Barth (21 June 1587 – 17 September 1658) was a German philologist and writer.
Katharine Lee BatesAuthor · BooksKatharine Lee Bates (August 12, 1859 – March 28, 1929) was an American author and poet, chiefly remembered for her anthem "America the Beautiful", but also for her many books and articles…
Katica ḰulavkovaAuthor · BooksKatica Kulavkova (Macedonian: Катица Ќулавкова, born 1951) is a Macedonian writer and academic. She has published over forty books, including twenty collections of poetry.
Kedra MitreiAuthor · BooksKedra Mitrei (Dmitrij Ivanovich Korepanov – Кедра Митрей, Дмитрий Ива́нович Коре́панов) was an Udmurt writer, poet, publicist, critic and translator.
Khwaja Ghulam FaridAuthor · BooksKhawaja Ghulam Farid (also romanized as Fareed; c. 1841/1845 – 24 July 1901) was a 19th-century Sufi poet and mystic from Bahawalpur, Punjab, belonging to the Chishti Order.
Kiyoshi JinzaiAuthor · BooksKiyoshi Jinzai was a Japanese novelist, Russian translator and literary critic active during the Shōwa period of Japan.
Laura DevetachAuthor · BooksMaria Laura Devetach (born 5 October 1936) is an Argentinian writer for children.
Lauri ViljanenAuthor · BooksLauri Viljanen (1900–1984) was a Finnish literary critic and writer.
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.
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…
Louis AuvrayArtist · SculptureIllustration — Louis Auvray (c.1860)
Lucjan SiemieńskiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Lucjan Siemieński. Portrait by Maksymilian Fajans
Luis CernudaAuthor · Books
Luz Méndez de la VegaAuthor · BooksLuz Méndez de la Vega (2 September 1919 – 8 March 2012) was a Guatemalan feminist writer, journalist, poet, academic and actress.
Lynne CheneyAuthor · BooksLynne Ann Cheney (Vincent; born August 14, 1941) is an American author, scholar, former talk show host, and the widow of Dick Cheney, the 46th vice president of the United States.
Lyonel TrouillotAuthor · BooksLyonel Trouillot (born 31 December 1956, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is a novelist and poet in French and Haitian Creole, a journalist and a professor of French and Creole literature in…
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…
Maciej Kazimierz SarbiewskiAuthor · BooksMaciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (in Latin, Matthiās Casimīrus Sarbievius; Lithuanian: Motiejus Kazimieras Sarbievijus;
Mahmud al-AlusiAuthor · BooksAbū al-Thanā’ Shihāb ad-Dīn Sayyid Maḥmūd ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Ḥusaynī al-Ālūsī al-Baghdādī (&lrm;
MaironisAuthor · BooksMaironis was the pen name of Jonas Mačiulis (2 November 1862 – 28 June 1932), a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest and one of the most known and influential Lithuanian poets, especially of…
Maksim HaretskiAuthor · BooksIllustration — Maksim Harecki
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 MonnierAuthor · BooksMarc Monnier (December 7, 1829 – April 18, 1885) was a Swiss writer.
Maria HrinchenkoAuthor · BooksMaria Mykolayivna Hrinchenko (Hladilina; 13 July 1863 – 15 July 1928) was a Ukrainian folklorist and pedagogue active at the turn of the 20th century.
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…
Marie-Claire BancquartAuthor · BooksMarie-Claire Bancquart (21 July 1932 – 19 February 2019) was a French poet, essayist, professor emerita and literary critic.
Marilyn ChinAuthor · BooksMarilyn Chin (陈美玲) is a prominent Chinese American poet, writer, activist, and feminist, as well as an editor and Professor of English.
Marjorie BoultonAuthor · BooksMarjorie Boulton (7 May 1924 – 30 August 2017) was a British author and poet writing in both English and Esperanto.
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.
Massimiliano ChiamentiAuthor · BooksMassimiliano Chiamenti (Florence, 1967 - Bologna, 2011) was an Italian poet and philologist who lived in Bologna, and taught at the "Liceo delle Scienze Sociali Laura Bassi and the "Liceo…
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…
Mehmed Abid EfendiAuthor · BooksŞehzade Mehmed Abid Efendi (17 May 1905 – 8 December 1973) was an Ottoman prince, a son of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and Saliha Naciye Kadın, and[1][2] brother-in-law of King Zog I of Albania.
Mieczysław JastrunAuthor · BooksIllustration — The grave of Mieczysław Jastrun at Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw.
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…
Milton HatoumAuthor · BooksMilton Assi Hatoum (born August 19, 1952) is a Brazilian writer, translator and professor. Hatoum is one of Brazil's most eminent contemporary writers.
Mir Mohsun NavvabArtist · PaintingsMir-Mohsun Navvab (Mir Möhsün Nəvvab) (1833–1918 in Shusha, present day Azerbaijan) occupies a prominent place in the history of Azerbaijani culture as the last representative of the old…
Mircea CărtărescuAuthor · BooksMircea Cărtărescu (ˈmirtʃe̯a kərtəˈresku; born 1 June 1956) is a Romanian novelist, poet, short-story writer, literary critic, and essayist.
Mizuho ŌtaAuthor · BooksMizuho Ōta was the pen-name of Teiichi Ōta, a Japanese poet and scholar of Japanese literature, active in Shōwa period Japan. He also occasionally used another pen name, Mizuhonoya.
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…
Mohammad-Hossein ShahriarAuthor · BooksSeyyed Mohammad-Hossein Behjat Tabrizi (Persian: سیدمحمدحسین بهجت تبریزی, romanized: Seyyed Moḥammad Ḥoseyn Behjat Tabrīzī;
Mohammad-Taqi BaharAuthor · Books
Montague SummersAuthor · BooksAugustus Montague Summers (10 April 1880 – 10 August 1948) was an English author, clergyman, and teacher.
Mykhailo Drai-KhmaraAuthor · BooksMykhailo Opanasovych Drai-Khmara (Drai; 10 October 1889 – 19 January/April 1939) was a Ukrainian Neoclassicist poet and Slavicist.
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.
Nabile FarèsAuthor · BooksNabile Farès (25 September 1940 – 30 August 2016) was an Algerian-born French novelist.
Nandini SahuAuthor · BooksNandini Sahu (born 23 July 1973) is an Indian poet and creative writer.
Natividad BarrosoAuthor · BooksNatividad Barroso Garcia (born 1937) is a Venezuelan investigator of ethno-folklore, essayist and Venezuelan poet.
Nedim GürselAuthor · BooksIllustration — Nedim Gürsel
Newton ArvinAuthor · BooksFrederic Newton Arvin (August 23, 1900 – March 21, 1963) was an American literary critic and academic.
Nike WagnerPerson · Music memorabiliaNike Wagner (born 9 June 1945) is a German dramaturge, arts administrator and author. She directed the festival Kunstfest Weimar, and has been the director of the Beethovenfest from 2014.
Nil HilevichAuthor · BooksIllustration — Nil Hilevich
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.
Olof LagercrantzAuthor · BooksOlof Gustaf Hugo Lagercrantz (10 March 1911 – 23 July 2002) was a Swedish writer, critic, literary scholar (PhD 1951) and publicist (editor-in-chief of Dagens Nyheter 1960–1975).
Oscar LevertinAuthor · BooksOscar Ivar Levertin (17 July 1862, Norrköping – 22 September 1906) was a Swedish poet, critic and literary historian.
Osyp MakoveiAuthor · BooksOsyp Makovei (23 August 1867 – 21 August 1925) was a Ukrainian writer, critic, literary historian, publicist, translator, and educator.
Paola MastrocolaAuthor · BooksPaola Mastrocola (born Turin, 1956) is an Italian writer. She was the recipient of the Rapallo Carige Prize for La gallina volante in 2001.
Parvin E'tesamiAuthor · BooksRakhshandeh E'tesami (17 March 1907 – 4 April 1941), better known as Parvin E'tesami, was a 20th-century Iranian Persian-language poet.
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.
Paterne BerrichonArtist · SculpturePaterne Berrichon, the pseudonym of Pierre-Eugène Dufour (10 January 1855, Issoudun – 30 July 1922, La Rochefoucauld) was a French poet, painter, sculptor and designer.
Paul ClaesAuthor · BooksIllustration — Claes (photo by Michiel Hendryckx)
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.
Pierre BayardAuthor · BooksIllustration — * Pierre Bayard (2017)
Ram Prasad BismilAuthor · BooksRam Prasad Bismil (11 June 1897 – 19 December 1927) was an Indian poet, writer, and revolutionary who fought against British Raj, participating in the Mainpuri Conspiracy of 1918, and the…
Raoul SchrottAuthor · BooksRaoul Schrott (born 17 January 1964) is an Austrian poet, writer, literary critic, translator, humanities scholar and broadcast personality.
Rashid al-Din VatvatAuthor · BooksRashid al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Jalil al-Umari (1088/9 – 1182/3), better known by his nickname of Vatvat (وطواط;
René GalandAuthor · BooksRené Marie Galand (Reun ar C'halan in Breton) (January 27, 1923 – May 28, 2017) was a writer and Professor of French. He was born in Châteauneuf-du-Faou in Brittany.
Robert ElsieAuthor · BooksThe Highland Lute (Lahuta e Malcís): The Albanian National Epic.
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 Pogue HarrisonAuthor · BooksRobert Pogue Harrison is an American literary scholar, cultural critic, and public intellectual.
Roger WillemsenAuthor · BooksRoger Willemsen (15 August 1955 – 7 February 2016) was a German author, essayist and TV presenter.
Roman JakobsonAuthor · BooksRoman Osipovich Jakobson (born Roman Iosel-Berovich Yakobson; 10 October [O.S. 28 September] 1896 – 18 July 1982) was a Russian linguist and literary theorist.
Rubén Bareiro SaguierAuthor · BooksRubén Bareiro Saguier (January 22, 1930 – March 25, 2014) was a Paraguayan writer, poet, and diplomat.
Säbit MūqanovAuthor · BooksSabit Mukanov (Sábıt Muqanuly Muqanov, transliterated Sabit Mukanovich Mukanov; 26 April 1900 – 18 April 1973) was a Kazakh and Soviet poet, writer, publicist, scientist Academician of the…
Saeed NafisiAuthor · BooksSaeed Nafisi (also Naficy) (8 June 1895 – 13 November 1966) was an Iranian scholar, fiction writer and poet. He was a prolific writer in Persian.
Salman MumtazAuthor · BooksSalman Mumtaz (Salman Məmmədəmin oğlu Əsgərov; May 20, 1884, Nukha – September 6, 1941, Oryol) — Azerbaijani poet, literature historian, bibliographer, and collector of medieval…
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.
Satya Vrat ShastriAuthor · BooksSatya Vrat Shastri (29 September 1930 – 14 November 2021) was an Indian Sanskrit scholar, writer, grammarian and poet.
Seamus DeaneAuthor · BooksSeamus Francis Deane (9 February 194012 May 2021) was a Northern Irish poet, novelist, critic, and intellectual historian.
Sergio SolmiAuthor · BooksSergio Solmi (16 December 1899 – 7 October 1981) was an Italian poet, essayist and literary critic.
Shinobu OrikuchiAuthor · Books11 February 1887–3 September 1953, also known as Chōkū Shaku, was a Japanese ethnologist, linguist, folklorist, novelist, and poet.
Shrikant VermaAuthor · BooksShrikant Verma (18 September 1931 – 25 May 1986) was an Indian poet and a Member of Parliament from Madhya Pradesh as a Congress party candidate from 1976 to 1982 and 1982 to 1986.
Sidney LeeAuthor · BooksSir Sidney Lee (5 December 1859 – 3 March 1926) was an English biographer, writer, and critic.
Simon ArmitageAuthor · BooksSimon Robert Armitage (born 26 May 1963) is an English poet, playwright, musician and novelist. He was appointed Poet Laureate on 10 May 2019.
Sokrat KhanyanAuthor · BooksSokrat Agalari Khanyan (22 January 1930 – 30 July 2026) was an Armenian poet, translator, literary critic, publicist, academic, and doctor of philology, who was a member of Writers Union of…
Soledad AcostaAuthor · BooksSoledad Acosta Kemble (5 May 1833 – 17 March 1913) was a Colombian writer and journalist.
Susan BassnettAuthor · BooksSusan Edna Bassnett, FRSL (born 21 October 1945) is a translation theorist and scholar of comparative literature.
Sven DelblancAuthor · BooksSven Delblanc (May 26, 1931 – December 15, 1992) was a Swedish author and professor of literature.
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.
Tadashi IijimaAuthor · Books5 March 1902 – 5 January 1996 was a Japanese film critic and screenwriter. He has been called "a leader who established film criticism and film research in Japan".
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…
Teodoro CottrauPerson · Music memorabiliaTeodoro Cottrau (7 December 1827 – 30 March 1879) was an Italian composer, lyricist, publisher, journalist and politician. He specialised in Neapolitan folk songs.
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.
Til BrugmanArtist · PaintingsMathilda (Til) Brugman (16 September 1888, Amsterdam – 24 July 1958, Gouda) was a Dutch author, poet, translator, and linguist.
Uładzimir ŽyłkaAuthor · BooksUladzimir Zhylka (27 May 1900, in Makaszy near Nesvizh, Russian Empire – 1 March 1933) was a Belarusian poet.
Ulla HahnAuthor · BooksUlla Hahn is a German poet and novelist.
Utsubo KubotaAuthor · BooksUtsubo Kubota (窪田空穂 Kubota Utsubo; 1877–1967) was a Japanese tanka poet. He also wrote poetry in other forms, as well as prose fiction and non-fiction critical and scholarly works on…
Veikko Antero KoskenniemiAuthor · BooksVeikko Antero Koskenniemi (8 July 1885 – 4 August 1962) was a Finnish poet, newspaper editor, and literary professor.
Victor Aimé HuberAuthor · BooksVictor Aimé Huber (10 March 1800 – 19 July 1869) was a German social reformer, travel writer and a literature historian.
Villem Grünthal-RidalaAuthor · BooksVillem Grünthal-Ridala, born Wilhelm Grünthal (30 May 1885 in Kuivastu, Muhu, Kreis Ösel, Governorate of Livonia – 16 January 1942 in Helsinki, Finland) was an Estonian poet, translator,…
Vira VovkArtist · PaintingsVira Ostapivna Selianska (Ukrainian: Ві́ра Оста́півна Селя́нська, pen name Vira Vovk (Ukrainian: Ві́ра Вовк; 2 January 1926 – 16 July 2022) was a Ukrainian writer, critic and translator.
Vítor Manuel Aguiar e SilvaAuthor · BooksVítor Manuel de Aguiar e Silva (1939–2022) was a Portuguese scholar, writer and poet.
Volodymyr HnatiukAuthor · BooksVolodymyr Mykhailovych Hnatiuk (9 May 1871 – 6 October 1926) was a writer, literary scholar, translator, journalist, and one of the most influential and notable Ukrainian ethnographers.
W. G. SebaldPhotographer · PhotographyWinfried Georg Sebald (18 May 1944 – 14 December 2001), known as W. G. Sebald or (as he preferred) Max Sebald, was a German writer and academic.
Waheed QureshiAuthor · BooksWaheed Qureshi (Urdu: وحید قریشی) (14 February 1925 – 17 October 2009) was a Pakistani linguist, literary critic, writer, researcher, educationalist and scholar of Urdu literature and…
Walter de la MareAuthor · BooksWalter John de la Mare (25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956) was an English poet, short story writer and novelist.
Wilhelm SchererAuthor · BooksWilhelm Scherer (26 April 18416 August 1886) was a German philologist and historian of literature.
William TennAuthor · BooksWilliam Tenn was the pseudonym of Philip Klass (May 9, 1920 – February 7, 2010), a British-born American science fiction author, notable for many stories with satirical elements.
Władysław SyrokomlaAuthor · BooksLudwik Władysław Franciszek Kondratowicz (29 September 1823 – 15 September 1862), better known as Władysław Syrokomla (Vladislovas Sirokomlė), was a Polish–Lithuanian poet, writer and…
Xəlil Rza UlutürkAuthor · BooksKhalil Rza Uluturk (Xəlil Rza Ulutürk), (21 October 1932, Salyan – 22 June 1994, Baku) was an Azerbaijani poet, critic, literary scholar, translator, member of the Azerbaijan Writers' Union…
Xu WeiArtist · Paintings
Yasmine GooneratneAuthor · BooksYasmine Gooneratne (1935 – 15 February 2024) was a Sri Lankan poet, short story writer, university professor and essayist.

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