Literature

Read about notable figures in Literature: books, literary careers, famous works and the cultural legacy of influential authors.

Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis
USA
American writer first Nobel laureate in the United States
Haim Guri
Haim Guri
Israel
Israeli poet, novelist, journalist and film director
Pearl Buck
Pearl Buck
USA
American writer, Nobel laureate 1938. A few months after the birth of their daughter, her missionary parents returned to China, where the writer lived until 1933.
Kazimierz Waliszewski
Kazimierz Waliszewski
Poland
Polish historian, writer and publicist
Maryam Vahidova
Maryam Vahidova
Kazakhstan
Russian publicist
Mark Haddon
Mark Haddon
Great Britain
English writer, author of the world bestseller “The Mysterious Night-Time Murder of a Dog”
Kathleen Woodiwiss
Kathleen Woodiwiss
USA
Writer of women's novels
Michael Golodniy
Michael Golodniy
Russia
Soviet poet.
Fazıl Husnu Daglarca
Fazıl Husnu Daglarca
Turkey
Turkish poet
Andzhey Dravich
Andzhey Dravich
Poland
Literary critic, essayist.
Shaul Chernihovskiy
Shaul Chernihovskiy
Israel
Jewish poet
Howard Lovecraft
Howard Lovecraft
USA
Science fiction writer
Margaret Mahy
Margaret Mahy
New Zealand
New Zealand writer, author of novels for children and young people.
Elcin Safarli
Elcin Safarli
Azerbaijan
Contemporary writer, journalist.
Vladislav Hodasevich
Vladislav Hodasevich
France
Poet
Louis Etienne Arthur La Gueronniere
Louis Etienne Arthur La Gueronniere
France
French publicist
Kunio Ogawa
Kunio Ogawa
Japan
Japanese writer
Arkadiy Gaydar
Arkadiy Gaydar
Russia
Children's writer, one of the youngest commanders of the Civil War (at the age of 16 he commanded a regiment). Participant of the Great Patriotic War.
Guillaume Joseph Gabriel de Lalandelle
Guillaume Joseph Gabriel de Lalandelle
France
French writer.
Pol Verlaine
Pol Verlaine
France
French symbolist poet
Ivo Andric
Ivo Andric
Yugoslav poet and novelist, author of novels and short stories, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1961
Maggie Stiefvater
Maggie Stiefvater
USA
American writer
Ludwig Laistner
Ludwig Laistner
Germany
German writer
Vaclav-Kliment Klicpera
Vaclav-Kliment Klicpera
Czech
Czech writer and political figure.
Valeriy Levenko
Valeriy Levenko
Ukraine
Soviet and Ukrainian Russian-speaking poet, journalist, publicist
Georgiy Lanskoy
Georgiy Lanskoy
Kazakhstan
Writer, journalist
Alain-Ren Lesage
Alain-Ren Lesage
France
French writer, author of the classic moral novel Gilles Blas.
Alfred Bester
Alfred Bester
USA
American journalist, editor, and science fiction writer.
Karel Vanek
Karel Vanek
Czech writer, columnist, journalist
Geinrich Bebel
Geinrich Bebel
Germany
German humanist poet, translator, satirist, teacher.
Gerrit Achterberg
Gerrit Achterberg
Netherlands
Dutch poet.
Yuriy Rybnikov
Yuriy Rybnikov
Ukraine
Satirist writer
Laurence Sterne
Laurence Sterne
Ireland
Irish writer
Charlotte Aisse
Charlotte Aisse
France
French writer
Jose Valente
Jose Valente
Spain
Spanish poet, literary critic, translator of English and Italian poetry
Alpheus Hyatt Verrill,
Alpheus Hyatt Verrill,
USA
American writer, naturalist, traveler and artist
Moses Ephraim Kuh
Moses Ephraim Kuh
Germany
German poet
 Siamanto (Atom Yardzhanyan)
Siamanto (Atom Yardzhanyan)
Turkey
Armenian poet
Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray
Great Britain
An 18th-century English sentimental poet, a precursor of Romanticism, and a literary historian.
Richard Adams
Richard Adams
Great Britain
English writer
Jonathan Littell
Jonathan Littell
USA
Writer novelist
Pavel Amnuel
Pavel Amnuel
Israel
Soviet and Israeli physicist, writer.
Nadejda Nadejdina
Nadejda Nadejdina
Russia
Writer
Bogdan Istru
Bogdan Istru
Moldavian poet, people's writer of the Moldavian SSR
Jozef Bogdan Zaleskiy
Jozef Bogdan Zaleskiy
Poland
Polish poet of the "Ukrainian school"
Valentin Conrart
Valentin Conrart
France
French writer of the 17th century
Michael Harrington
Michael Harrington
USA
American democratic socialist, activist, political theorist, publicist, professor
Mihay Babich
Mihay Babich
Hungary
Hungarian writer
Eugenie John
Eugenie John
Germany
German novelist
Vasiliy Stus
Vasiliy Stus
Ukraine
Ukrainian poet, human rights activist, political prisoner, since 2005 - Hero of Ukraine.