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.

Edmund Spencer
Edmund Spencer
Great Britain
English poet, contemporary of Shakespeare
Caecilius Statius
Caecilius Statius
Was a Roman comic poet
Aldjernon Suinbern
Aldjernon Suinbern
Great Britain
English poet
William Cartwright
William Cartwright
Great Britain
English poet, native of Northway, Gloucestershire.
Iosif Baltsan
Iosif Baltsan
Moldova
Moldavian Soviet poet.
Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes
Great Britain
English poet.
Marc Laidlaw
Marc Laidlaw
USA
American science fiction writer
Fredric Brown
Fredric Brown
USA
Famous American science fiction writer
 Jivani
Jivani
Armenian poet, musician and ashugh
Jacob Cats
Jacob Cats
Netherlands
Dutch poet.
Eslyam Zikibaev
Eslyam Zikibaev
Kazakhstan
Famous Kazakh poet and writer.
Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Mitchell
USA
Writer 'Gone with the Wind'
Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein
USA
American writer.
Friedrich Glauser
Friedrich Glauser
Switzerland
Swiss writer, wrote in German.
Klaus Ebner
Klaus Ebner
Austria
Austrian writer.
Joao Guimaraes Rosa
Joao Guimaraes Rosa
Brazil
Brazilian writer.
Gerard de Villiers
Gerard de Villiers
France
French writer
Ivan Kasatkin
Ivan Kasatkin
Russian Soviet writer, employee of the Cheka
Herold Belger
Herold Belger
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstani translator, prose writer, publicist
Brone Buivydaite
Brone Buivydaite
Lithuanian poetess and prose writer.
Jules Laforgue
Jules Laforgue
France
French symbolist poet.
Julius Langbehn
Julius Langbehn
Germany
German poet, political journalist
Veronica Gambara
Veronica Gambara
Italy
Italian poet and statesman of the Renaissance
Visente Alejksandre-i-Merlo
Visente Alejksandre-i-Merlo
Spain
Spanish poet, Nobel Prize for Literature, 1977
Alber Cossery
Alber Cossery
France
A classic of Franco-Egyptian literature
Taeko Kono
Taeko Kono
Japan
Japanese writer
Victor Badikov
Victor Badikov
Kazakhstan
Soviet and Kazakh critic and literary critic
Dan Simmons
Dan Simmons
USA
American science fiction writer
Nero Wolfe
Nero Wolfe
USA
Fictional literary character
Imants Ziedonis
Imants Ziedonis
Latvia
Latvian poet
Tracy Hickman
Tracy Hickman
USA
Fantasy author, creator of the Dragonlance universe
Herbert W. Franke
Herbert W. Franke
Germany
German science fiction writer.
Daniel Pennak
Daniel Pennak
France
French writer.
Platon Voronko
Platon Voronko
Ukrainian Soviet poet
Oksana Bezlepkina
Oksana Bezlepkina
Belarus
Belarusian writer, literary scholar, critic
Jan Jakob Lodewijk Ten Kate
Jan Jakob Lodewijk Ten Kate
Netherlands
Dutch poet
Evan Hanter
Evan Hanter
USA
American writer
Maria Vega
Maria Vega
Poetess, author of the famous emigrant song "Institute"
Vagrik Bahchanian
Vagrik Bahchanian
USA
The man who came up with the line “We were born to make Kafka come true”; pioneer slogan “When you tie a tie, take care of it. He and the red fish are the same color”; pseudonym Limonov for teenager Savenko
Hodzha Yasavi
Hodzha Yasavi
Kazakhstan
Thinker, poet
Rene Depestre
Rene Depestre
Haiti
Haitian poet, prose writer, public figure, communist.
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury
USA
American science fiction writer.
Gheorghe Asaki
Gheorghe Asaki
Romania
Moldovan and Romanian writer, poet, artist, historian, playwright and translator
Yuriy Grunin
Yuriy Grunin
Kazakhstan
Russian and Kazakh poet
Nicolas Guillen
Nicolas Guillen
Cuba
Cuban poet
Yulian Tuwim
Yulian Tuwim
Poland
Polish poet
Roy Campbell
Roy Campbell
South African poet and translator
Leo Kiacheli
Leo Kiacheli
Georgia
Georgian Soviet writer.
Monica McCarty
Monica McCarty
Great Britain
British writer
John Chiver
John Chiver
USA
American writer