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

Stanislav Kurilov
Russia
RussiaFormer Soviet, and later Canadian and Israeli oceanographer, writer

Giovannino Guareschi
Italy
ItalyItalian writer, journalist, cartoonist and humorist

Tommaso Landolfi
Italy
ItalyItalian writer and translator

Joshua
Leader of the Jewish people during the conquest of Canaan, successor of Moses

David Gemmell
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer

Anwar Ridhwan
Malaysia
MalaysiaOne of the prominent contemporary writers of Malaysia

Anatoliy Avrutin
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian poet, translator, publicist, literary critic of Belarus.

Graham Masterton
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish horror writer

Frank McCourt
USA
USAAmerican writer, Pulitzer Prize winner

Olga Fokina
Russia
RussiaSoviet Russian poetess

Kin Hubbard
USA
USAAmerican cartoonist, humorist and journalist

Vincent Dunin-Martsinkevich
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian writer and playwright, classic of Belarusian literature.

Konstanty Galczynski
Poland
PolandPolish poet, one of the greatest national lyricists of the 20th century

Sapargali Begalin
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakh Soviet writer

Mark Clifton
USA
USAAmerican science fiction writer

Margit Auer
Germany
GermanyGerman children's writer

Edouard Rene Lefebvre de Laboulaye
France
FranceFrench writer, scientist, publicist and political figure

Igor Krishtafovich
USA
USAScientist, inventor, publicist, poet-parodist

Antony Trollope
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer

Giovanni della Casa
Italy
ItalyItalian writer of the 16th century.

Jean Gabriel Capo de Feuillide
France
FranceFrench publicist and writer.

Michael Connelly
USA
USAPopular detective writer

Larry Johnson
USA
USAAmerican writer

Adrien Lambelet
Switzerland
SwitzerlandRussian poet and translator of Swiss origin, author of the most complete of all available translations of Charles Baudelaire's The Flowers of Evil.

Giovanni Chiampoli
Italy
ItalyItalian writer.

Matteo Boiardo
Italy
ItalyItalian poet

Nasreddin
Turkey
TurkeyFolklore character of the Muslim East

Nonna Kuhina
Israel
IsraelWriter

Elena Teliga
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian poetess and literary critic.

Pavel Daletsky
Russian Soviet writer and poet

Dmitry Bykov
Israel
IsraelPublicist writer, poet

Albert Verwey
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch poet, translator, essayist

Kelley Armstrong
Canada
CanadaScience fiction writer

Gabriel Garsiya Markes
Colombia
ColombiaColombian writer

Ahmet Ahundov-Gurgenli
Turkmen writer, poet and literary figure of the Soviet era

Tole-be
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanPoet

Vladimir Yatsenko
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian and Russian writer, science fiction writer

Lorenzo Mascheroni
Italy
ItalyItalian scientist and poet

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

Vladimir Sverjin
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian science fiction writer

Herman Finkers
Netherlands
NetherlandsComedian from the Dutch region of Twente

Ellen Key
Sweden
SwedenSwedish writer, critic, teacher

Cheryl Strayed
USA
USAAmerican writer

Jan Otcenasek
Czech
CzechCzech writer, novelist and screenwriter

Marsha Canham
Canada
CanadaCanadian writer

Philip Larkin
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish poet

Mikhail Kulesh
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian writer

David Chapkis
Ukraine
UkraineWriter.

Matthew Phipps Shiell
Great Britain
Great BritainProlific British writer

Vincenzo Cartari
Italy
ItalyItalian poet.