Contemporary

Discover the latest and greatest celebrities in the contemporary entertainment scene. From actors and musicians to influencers and entrepreneurs, our comprehensive list showcases the most prominent figures shaping today's culture.

Rasul Gamzatov
Rasul Gamzatov
Russia
Russian poet, publicist and political figure.
Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau
France
French avant-garde writer, film director, actor and artist.
Alexander Irvanets
Alexander Irvanets
Ukraine
Ukrainian writer, translator.
Keizo Hino
Keizo Hino
Japan
Japanese surrealist writer
Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann
Germany
German writer, Nobel laureate in 1912
Lev Losev
Lev Losev
USA
Famous Russian poet, literary critic, essayist
Nikolay Shelgunov
Nikolay Shelgunov
Russia
Famous writer
Alina Vituhnovskaya
Alina Vituhnovskaya
Russia
Russian poetess.
Petr Orlov
Petr Orlov
Ukraine
Soviet and Ukrainian writer, poet, translator
Eliza Grinblat
Eliza Grinblat
USA
American Jewish poet and songwriter
Theo Dorgan
Theo Dorgan
Ireland
Irish poet, writer and teacher
Antonio Gamoneda
Antonio Gamoneda
Italy
Representative of the "fifties generation".
Bob Kaufman
Bob Kaufman
USA
American poet and surrealist, representative of the Beat movement
Haim Guri
Haim Guri
Israel
Israeli poet, novelist, journalist and film director
Natalia Varenik
Natalia Varenik
Ukraine
Poet, novelist, journalist, teacher
George Gordon Byron
George Gordon Byron
Great Britain
English romantic poet
Christian Morgenstern
Christian Morgenstern
Germany
German poet, writer and translator, classic of German literature of the late 19th - early 20th centuries
Malcolm de Chazal
Malcolm de Chazal
France
East African poet and artist, wrote in French
Yves Bonnefoy
Yves Bonnefoy
France
French poet, prose writer, essayist, translator.
Maksim Bogdanovich
Maksim Bogdanovich
Belarus
Belarusian poet
Philip Lamantia
Philip Lamantia
USA
American poet, teacher
Guy Davenport
Guy Davenport
USA
American writer, translator, poet, essayist, artist.
Itsik Manger
Itsik Manger
Israel
Jewish poet who wrote in Yiddish.
Vladimir Burich
Vladimir Burich
Russia
Russian poet, versifier, translator; theorist and promoter of free verse
Kostas Karyotakis
Kostas Karyotakis
Greece
Greek poet
Tatyana Gnedych
Tatyana Gnedych
Ukraine
Russian translator and poet.
Tatiana Bek
Tatiana Bek
Russia
Poetess
Vladimir Sirenko
Vladimir Sirenko
Ukraine
Ukrainian poet, prose writer, editor, correspondent
Iosif Brodskiy
Iosif Brodskiy
USA
Poet, Nobel laureate
Mahmoud Darwish
Mahmoud Darwish
Palestine
Palestinian poet and writer
Sven Stears
Sven Stears
Great Britain
British poet
Sofia Romma
Sofia Romma
USA
Poetess
Dmitriy Avaliani
Dmitriy Avaliani
Russia
Poet, palindromist.
Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz
Mexico
Mexican poet and essayist, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1990
Anastasiya Afanasyeva
Anastasiya Afanasyeva
Ukraine
Ukrainian poet
Pavel Grushko
Pavel Grushko
Russia
Poet
Wilgelm Zorgenfrei
Wilgelm Zorgenfrei
Poet
Peter Balakian
Peter Balakian
USA
American poet, writer and explorer.
Eugenio De Signoribus
Eugenio De Signoribus
Italy
Italian poet.
Grigor Tutunnik
Grigor Tutunnik
Ukrainian writer and prose writer. Younger brother of the writer Grigory Tyutyunnik.
Vera Pavlova
Vera Pavlova
Russia
Poetess
Jose Hierro
Jose Hierro
Spain
Spanish poet of the first post-war generation
Boris Ryzhy
Boris Ryzhy
Russia
Poet
Bantsion Fradkin
Bantsion Fradkin
Ukraine
Jewish poet, playwright, translator
Ted Berrigan
Ted Berrigan
USA
American poet.
Edwin Arnold
Edwin Arnold
Great Britain
English poet, journalist and publisher of the Victorian era.
Lina Kostenko
Lina Kostenko
Ukraine
Ukrainian writer of the sixties
Volodimir Kalinichenko
Volodimir Kalinichenko
Ukraine
Poet, prose writer and publicist
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire
France
French poet, creator of the sensational book 'Flowers of Evil'
Timofey Belozerov
Timofey Belozerov
Soviet poet, Honored Worker of Culture of the RSFSR