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William WhartonArtist · PaintingsAlbert William Du Aime (November 7, 1925 – October 29, 2008), more commonly known by his pen name William Wharton, was an American-born author best known for his first novel Birdy, which…
Winifred HoltbyAuthor · BooksWinifred Holtby (23 June 1898 – 29 September 1935) was an English novelist and journalist, now best known for her novel South Riding, which was posthumously published in 1936.
Winona LaDukeAuthor · BooksWinona LaDuke (born August 18, 1959) is a Native American environmentalist, writer, and industrial hemp grower, known for her work on tribal land claims and preservation, as well as…
Winston ChurchillAuthor · BooksThe Celebrity is dated 1897.
Witi IhimaeraAuthor · BooksWiti Tame Ihimaera-Smiler DCNZM (born 7 February 1944) is a New Zealand author. Raised in the small town of Waituhi, he decided to become a writer as a teenager after being convinced that…
Wole SoyinkaAuthor · BooksAkinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka (born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian writer, playwright, and poet.
Wolf HaasAuthor · BooksWolf Haas (born 14 December 1960) is an Austrian writer. He is most widely known for his crime fiction novels featuring detective Simon Brenner, four of which were made into films.
Wolfdietrich SchnurrePhotographer · PhotographyWolfdietrich Schnurre (22 August 19209 June 1989) was a German writer. Best known for his short stories, he also wrote tales, diaries, poems, radio plays, and children's books.
Wolfgang HilbigAuthor · BooksWolfgang Hilbig (31 August 1941 2 June 2007) was a German writer and poet.
Wolfgang KoeppenAuthor · BooksWolfgang Arthur Reinhold Koeppen (23 June 1906 – 15 March 1996) was a German novelist and one of the best known German authors of the postwar period.
Wyndham LewisIllustrator · IllustrationPercy Wyndham Lewis (18 November 1882 – 7 March 1957) was a Canadian-born British writer, painter and critic.
Xavier Boniface SaintineAuthor · BooksXavier Boniface Saintine (10 July 1798 – 21 January 1865) was a French dramatist and novelist.
Xavier de MontépinAuthor · BooksIllustration — Xavier de Montépin c.1855
Xiaolu GuoPerson · Film memorabiliaXiaolu Guo FRSL (born 20 November 1973) is a Chinese-born British author, filmmaker and academic.
Yaeko NogamiAuthor · Books6 May 1885 – 30 March 1985 was the pen-name of a novelist of the Shōwa period Japan. Her maiden name was Kotegawa Yae.
Yamada BimyōAuthor · BooksIllustration — Yamada Bimyō
Yann MoixPerson · Film memorabiliaYann Moix (jan mwaks; born 31 March 1968) is a French author, film director and media commentator.
Yasmina RezaPerson · Film memorabiliaYasmina Reza (lang; born 1 May 1959) is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter best known for her plays Art and God of Carnage.
Yasmine KhlatPerson · Film memorabiliaShe was born in Ismailia, Egypt, grew up in Lebanon and studied film theory in the University of Paris 3.
Yasunari KawabataAuthor · Books11 June 1899 – 16 April 1972 was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Japanese…
Yayoi KusamaArtist · Sculpture22 March 1929 – 14 August 2026 was a Japanese artist who worked primarily in sculpture and installation.
Yehuda AmichaiAuthor · BooksYehuda Amichai (born Ludwig Pfeuffer 3 May 1924 – 22 September 2000) was an Israeli poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew in modern times.
Yevgeny YevtushenkoPhotographer · PhotographyYevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (18 July 1933 – 1 April 2017) was a Soviet and Russian poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, publisher, actor, editor, university professor,…
Yōko SanoIllustrator · IllustrationYōko Sano was a Japanese writer and illustrator of children's books.
Yoko TawadaAuthor · BooksYōko Tawada (多和田葉子 Tawada Yōko, born March 23, 1960) is a Japanese writer currently living in Berlin, Germany. She writes in both Japanese and German.
Yone NoguchiAuthor · Books
Yoshihiko FunazakiIllustrator · IllustrationFebruary 2, 1945 – October 15, 2015 was a Japanese novelist, poet, illustrator, manga artist, songwriter, and assistant professor of Shirayuri College. He has written more than 300 books.
Yoshii IsamuAuthor · BooksCount Isamu Yoshii was a Japanese tanka poet and playwright active in Taishō and Shōwa period Japan. Attracted to European romanticism in his youth, his later works were more subdued.
Yoshiki HayamaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Yoshiki Hayama
Yu LihuaAuthor · Books
Yukio AoshimaPerson · Film memorabiliaYukio Aoshima was a Japanese politician who served as Governor of Tokyo from 1995 to 1999. He is also well known as a TV actor, novelist, film director, screenwriter and songwriter.
Yukio MishimaAuthor · BooksKimitake Hiraoka (平岡公威, Hiraoka Kimitake; 14 January 1925 – 25 November 1970), known by his pen name Yukio Mishima (三島由紀夫, Mishima Yukio), was a Japanese novelist, playwright, short story…
Yūko TsushimaAuthor · BooksSatoko Tsushima (30 March 1947 – 18 February 2016), known by her pen name Yūko Tsushima (津島佑子 Tsushima Yūko), was a Japanese fiction writer, essayist and critic.
Yury OleshaAuthor · BooksYury Karlovich Olesha (3 March 1899 – 10 May 1960) was a Russian and Soviet novelist.
Yury TynyanovAuthor · BooksYury Nikolaevich Tynyanov (Ю́рий Никола́евич Тыня́нов; October 18, 1894 – December 20, 1943) was a Soviet writer, literary critic, translator, scholar and screenwriter.
Yvonne Adhiambo OwuorAuthor · BooksYvonne Adhiambo Owuor (born 1968) is a Kenyan writer who is the author of novels, short stories and essays.
Zaharia StancuAuthor · BooksZaharia Stancu (Romanian pronunciation: [zahaˈri.a ˈstaŋku]; October 7, 1902 – December 5, 1974) was a Romanian prose writer, novelist, poet, and philosopher.
Zaynab FawwazAuthor · BooksZaynab Fawwaz (1860–1914)[1] was a Lebanese women's rights activist, novelist, playwright, poet and historian of famous women.[2] Her novel "حسن العواقب/Ḥusn al-Awaqib", (The Happy Ending,…
Zelda FitzgeraldArtist · PaintingsZelda Fitzgerald (Sayre; July 24, 1900 – March 10, 1948) was an American novelist, painter, writer, and socialite.
Zeruya ShalevAuthor · Books
Zoë WicombAuthor · BooksZoë Charlotte Wicomb (23 November 1948 – 13 October 2025) was a South African author and academic who lived in the United Kingdom from the 1970s until her death.
Zora CrossAuthor · BooksZora Bernice May Cross (18 May 1890 – 22 January 1964) was an Australian poet, best-selling novelist and journalist.
Zora Neale HurstonPerson · Film memorabiliaZora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American writer, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker.
Zsuzsa BánkAuthor · BooksZsuzsa Bánk (born 24 October 1965 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German writer.

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