Literature

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

Valery Gitin
Valery Gitin
Ukraine
Ukrainian and Russian writer, psychologist
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
France
French writer Nobel Prize 1957
Ellias Lenrot
Ellias Lenrot
Finland
Finnish folklorist, creator of the Karelian-Finnish epic "Kalevala".
John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos
USA
American writer of Portuguese descent.
Walter Scott
Walter Scott
Great Britain
writer, poet, biographer, master of the historical novel
Allan Cole
Allan Cole
USA
American writer, author of science fiction novels and screenplays.
Alan Sillitoe
Alan Sillitoe
Great Britain
English poet and novelist
Guy Samuel Endore
Guy Samuel Endore
USA
American screenwriter and novelist
Rae Armanyrout
Rae Armanyrout
USA
American poet
Carolina Coronado
Carolina Coronado
Spain
Spanish poetess
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
Great Britain
Anglo-American revolutionary and publicist
Luis de Gongora
Luis de Gongora
Spain
Spanish Baroque poet.
Katsura Masakazu
Katsura Masakazu
Japan
Writer, famous and popular manga artist, a number of whose works have been filmed
Mahmoud Darwish
Mahmoud Darwish
Palestine
Palestinian poet and writer
Aaly Tonomnaev
Aaly Tonomnaev
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz Soviet writer
Kia Abdullah
Kia Abdullah
Great Britain
English writer and journalist
Fanny Crosby
Fanny Crosby
USA
Poetess
Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams
Great Britain
English writer, playwright and screenwriter.
Dimitriy Buturlin
Dimitriy Buturlin
Russia
Military history writer
Juhan Smuul
Juhan Smuul
Estonia
People's writer of Estonia, author of the widely known diary of his journey to Antarctica, 'The Ice Book'.
Georgiy Lanskoy
Georgiy Lanskoy
Kazakhstan
Writer, journalist
Mariano Antonio Capra
Mariano Antonio Capra
Italy
Italian poet.
Lisa Gardner
Lisa Gardner
USA
American writer, specialist in crime thrillers. Ranked first in the New York Times rankings.
Tom Clancy
Tom Clancy
USA
American writer
Martselius Martynaytis
Martselius Martynaytis
Lithuania
Lithuanian poet, literary critic, essayist, translator.
Evgeniy Dubrovin
Evgeniy Dubrovin
Soviet prose writer, satirist
Gerbert Montreuil
Gerbert Montreuil
France
French poet
Arthur Ung
Arthur Ung
Great Britain
Famous English writer.
William Murray
William Murray
USA
American writer - novelist
Maxine Kumin
Maxine Kumin
USA
American writer and poet
Regis Jauffret
Regis Jauffret
France
French novelist
Vernor Vinge
Vernor Vinge
USA
American mathematician and science fiction writer
Laymen Baum
Laymen Baum
USA
An American children's writer who wrote the book "The Wizard of Oz", known in our country in the version by the writer Volkov as "The Wizard of the Emerald City".
Bruce Boston
Bruce Boston
USA
American writer and poet of speculative fiction
William Olaf Stapledon
William Olaf Stapledon
Great Britain
British philosopher and science fiction writer.
Dave Barry
Dave Barry
USA
American publicist.
James Joyce
James Joyce
Ireland
Irish writer
Sergey Balahonov
Sergey Balahonov
Belarus
Belarusian writer.
Igor Sahnovskiy
Igor Sahnovskiy
Russia
Russian writer, poet, member of the Union of Russian Writers.
Vladimir Savchenko
Vladimir Savchenko
Ukraine
Science fiction writer
Eli Shehtman
Eli Shehtman
Ukraine
Jewish writer in Yiddish
Pavel Zidek
Pavel Zidek
Czech
Czech writer.
Edward Lear
Edward Lear
Great Britain
Poet
Lynn Raye Harris
Lynn Raye Harris
USA
American writer specializing in romance literature; author of a number of bestsellers.
Gustave Benedit
Gustave Benedit
France
French poet and music critic.
Milo Dor
Milo Dor
Austria
Austrian writer and translator of Serbian origin.
Apostolo Zeno
Apostolo Zeno
Italy
Venetian poet, librettist, journalist and man of letters
 Rumi
Rumi
Turkey
An outstanding Persian Sufi poet
Benito Perez Galdys
Benito Perez Galdys
Spain
Spanish writer and playwright
Thomas MacGreevy
Thomas MacGreevy
Ireland
Irish poet and writer