Literature
Explore the world of renowned authors, poets, and literary icons. Discover the lives and works of celebrated figures from Shakespeare to Maya Angelou. Get insights into their inspiration, themes, and impact on the literary landscape.

Tom Sawyer
A fictional character by Mark Twain

John Champlin Gardner
USA
USAAmerican writer

Paul Jouvencel
France
FranceFrench publicist and political figure.

Edward Kammings
USA
USAAmerican poet, writer, artist, playwright.

Eduard Vilde
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian writer

Stepan Oleynik
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian Soviet poet

John Davidson
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish poet and writer

Aliakbar Zhumataev
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakh akyn, zhyrau, poet

Ronni Sue Chasen
USA
USAAmerican publicist and advertising agent

Henry David Thoreau
USA
USAAmerican writer and philosopher

Maxim Goretsky
Belarusian writer, literary scholar, translator, folklorist, activist of the Belarusian national movement of the early 20th century

Pelham Wodehous
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish humorist

Harry Harrison
USA
USAScience fiction writer

Anthony Houp
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer.

Charlotte Aisse
France
FranceFrench writer

Anais Nin
France
FranceAmerican and French writer, known for her erotic novels and the diary she kept for over 60 years.

Valentin Bardak
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian writer and journalist

Sokyu Gen'yu
Japan
JapanJapanese writer and monk of the Rinzai school.

Shira Gorshman
Israel
IsraelJewish writer

Vasiliy Ajaev
Russian Soviet writer

Bantsion Fradkin
Ukraine
UkraineJewish poet, playwright, translator

Tom Arden
Australia
AustraliaScience fiction writer

Anna Zegers
Germany
GermanyGerman writer

Neringa Abrutyte
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet and translator.

Walter Savage Landor
Great Britain
Great BritainFamous English poet

Kate O\'Brien
Ireland
IrelandIrish writer and playwright

Alistair Maclean
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish writer, author of adventure novels. His first novel, HMS Ulysses (1955), is about his wartime experiences.

Adam Globus
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian writer, essayist, poet, publisher and artist

Yulia Shilova
Russia
RussiaWriter

Iain Banks
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish writer

Su Manshu
China
ChinaChinese writer and translator, artist, public figure, journalist, teacher

Fridrih Neznansky
Belarus
BelarusLawyer, publicist, writer

Anna Laetitia Barbauld
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish poet, essayist and children's writer

Andrey Ignatiev
Russian-Bulgarian Orthodox publicist, Church historian

Jeff Grubb
USA
USAWriter and game designer

Kathleen Woodiwiss
USA
USAWriter of women's novels

Jonathan Swift
Ireland
IrelandAnglo-Irish satirist, publicist, philosopher, poet and public figure.

William Golding
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature 1983

Jo Beverley
Canada
CanadaEnglish-Canadian writer

Stephen Fry
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish actor, writer and playwright

Alexandr Kusikov
Russian and partly Soviet poet

Isaac Singer
Poland
PolandJewish novelist (Nobel Prize in Literature 1978)

Harlan Ellison
USA
USAAmerican writer

Dorothy Parker
USA
USAAmerican writer

Algernon Blackwood
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer and traveler, one of the leading mystical authors, a classic of horror literature and the "ghost stories" genre of the first half of the 20th century.

Paul Kalanithi
USA
USAA neurologist who later became a patient

Ed Greenwood
Canada
CanadaCanadian science fiction writer

Richard Bach
USA
USAAmerican science fiction writer, journalist, pilot.

Countess of Segur
France
FranceFrench writer of Russian origin

Rufin Gordin
Moldova
MoldovaRussian writer, journalist, author of historical prose.