Literature

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

Maria Grabovskaya
Maria Grabovskaya
Ukraine
Ukrainian Russian-speaking poetess
Alfred Grosser
Alfred Grosser
France
German-French publicist, sociologist and political scientist
Daniel Burstein
Daniel Burstein
USA
Writer
Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore
Ireland
Irish poet
Art Antonyan
Art Antonyan
Armenia
Armenian and Ukrainian writer
Galaktion Tabidze
Galaktion Tabidze
Georgian Soviet poet, People's Poet of the Georgian SSR (1933), Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR (1944).
Usif Chemenzeminly
Usif Chemenzeminly
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani writer
Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid
Antigua
West Indian writer
Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot
Belgium
Literary character
Djonrid Abdullahanov
Djonrid Abdullahanov
Uzbekistan
Uzbek prose writer, poet, playwright and journalist.
Chester Himes
Chester Himes
USA
American writer
Glen Cook
Glen Cook
USA
Science fiction writer
Vasiliy Zalozetskiy
Vasiliy Zalozetskiy
Russia
Galician-Russian writer, wrote in Russian.
Robert Duncan
Robert Duncan
USA
American poet
Maurice Leblanc
Maurice Leblanc
France
French writer, science fiction writer, author of books about Arsene Lupine
Jane Austen
Jane Austen
Great Britain
Writer, classic of English and world literature
Jean Charles Dominic de Lacretelle
Jean Charles Dominic de Lacretelle
France
French historian and publicist, member of the French Academy
Tomasz Zan
Tomasz Zan
Poet and member of the Philomath Society, friend of Adam Mickiewicz
Alberto Moravia (Pincherle)
Alberto Moravia (Pincherle)
Italy
Italian writer
Danielle Steel
Danielle Steel
USA
American novelist, author of numerous bestsellers.
Savva Dangulov
Savva Dangulov
Russian Soviet prose writer and publicist. Known primarily as the author of a series of novels about the activities of Soviet diplomats
Abid Al Memalik
Abid Al Memalik
Iran
In 1906, he was the editor of the Persian newspaper Majlis. Adib al-Memalik was one of the first Persian poets of realistic creativity.
Geoffrey Moore
Geoffrey Moore
USA
Writer and technology consultant based in Silicon Valley.
Luko Paljetak
Luko Paljetak
Croatian writer, translator
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe
USA
American abolitionist and writer
Andre Gide
Andre Gide
France
French writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1947
Cleobulus
Cleobulus
Greece
In the 6th century BC, one of the "seven Greek sages", the son of Evagoras, was the ruler (tyrant) of the Rhodian city of Lindos in Rhodes
Adolf Bem
Adolf Bem
Russia
Engineer and writer
Irina Knorring
Irina Knorring
Russian poetess
 Vakhilid
Vakhilid
Greece
Greek poet
Anthony Hecht
Anthony Hecht
USA
American poet and critic
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
France
The greatest poetess of French romanticism
Eduard Douwes Dekker
Eduard Douwes Dekker
Netherlands
Dutch writer
Paavo Korhonen
Paavo Korhonen
Finland
Finnish national poet
Henry Monfreid
Henry Monfreid
France
French writer of adventure fiction.
Hayashi Kyoko
Hayashi Kyoko
Japan
Japanese writer
Valeriy Shambarov
Valeriy Shambarov
Russia
A contemporary Russian writer and publicist of a national-patriotic persuasion.
Laurent Angliviel de La Beaumelle
Laurent Angliviel de La Beaumelle
France
French publicist.
Adolf Silberstein
Adolf Silberstein
Hungary
Hungarian-German writer
Georg Koberle
Georg Koberle
Germany
German writer.
Octave MIirbeau
Octave MIirbeau
France
French writer
Vasil Bykov
Vasil Bykov
Belarus
Military novelist
Christian Morgenstern
Christian Morgenstern
Germany
German poet, writer and translator, classic of German literature of the late 19th - early 20th centuries
Ion Creanga
Ion Creanga
Moldova
Moldovan and Romanian writer and memoirist
Diana Hamilton
Diana Hamilton
Great Britain
British writer
Yury Vinnichyk
Yury Vinnichyk
Ukraine
Science fiction writer
Petar Hektorovic
Petar Hektorovic
Croatia
Croatian humanist poet
Marghanita Laski
Marghanita Laski
Great Britain
British journalist, radio pundit and writer
Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones
Great Britain
British writer, author of fantasy novels for children and adults
Stanislav Grohovyak
Stanislav Grohovyak
Poland
Polish poet.