Literature

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

Thomas MacGreevy
Thomas MacGreevy
Ireland
Irish poet and writer
Aleksandr Nikitenko
Aleksandr Nikitenko
Russia
A famous memoirist and critic
Georgiy Frumker
Georgiy Frumker
USA
Humorist
Yasushi Inoue
Yasushi Inoue
Japan
Japanese writer
Hamza Niyazi
Hamza Niyazi
Uzbekistan
Uzbek writer
Mary Ames
Mary Ames
USA
American writer.
Fedor Rakushin
Fedor Rakushin
Russia
Poet, member of the USSR Writers Union (1974)
Vladimir Korobov
Vladimir Korobov
Russia
Literary critic
Veikko Lavi
Veikko Lavi
Finland
Finnish musician, poet and writer
Ludovic Kontsevich
Ludovic Kontsevich
Poland
Polish writer.
Maarten Biesheuvel
Maarten Biesheuvel
Netherlands
Dutch writer
Leo Seckendorff
Leo Seckendorff
Germany
German poet.
Jean-Christophe Grange
Jean-Christophe Grange
France
Writer
Anne-Catharina Vestly
Anne-Catharina Vestly
Norway
Norwegian children's writer.
Anton Aleshka
Anton Aleshka
Belarus
Belarusian Soviet writer.
Birgitta Gedin
Birgitta Gedin
Sweden
Swedish writer, poet and translator, author of books for children and adults
Anastasiya Afanasyeva
Anastasiya Afanasyeva
Ukraine
Ukrainian poet
Markus Zusak
Markus Zusak
Australia
Australian writer
Mihail Demin
Mihail Demin
Russian writer
Ilkka Auer
Ilkka Auer
Finland
Finnish writer
John Keats
John Keats
Great Britain
English poet
Tatiyana Montyan
Tatiyana Montyan
Ukraine
Ukrainian legal scholar, lawyer, publicist, public figure, YouTuber
Froim Oierbah
Froim Oierbah
Israel
Jewish poet and literary critic. Wrote in Yiddish.
Klaus Mann
Klaus Mann
Germany
German novelist, essayist, playwright. Son of Thomas Mann. His most famous novel is 'Mephisto' (1936), which was filmed in 1981 by the Hungarian director I. Szabo.
Teodor Banvil
Teodor Banvil
France
French writer, poet, theorist of <art for art's sake>
Vera Inber
Vera Inber
Ukraine
Poetess, prose writer
Vladimir Filimonov
Vladimir Filimonov
Estonia
Fiction writer and playwright
Teodor Bujnicki
Teodor Bujnicki
Poland
Polish poet, satirist and journalist
David Conyers
David Conyers
Australia
Australian horror and science fiction writer
Jan Badevsky
Jan Badevsky
Belarus
Science fiction writer
Gabriel Gilbert
Gabriel Gilbert
France
French poet
Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray
Great Britain
An 18th-century English sentimental poet, a precursor of Romanticism, and a literary historian.
Yuriy Braider
Yuriy Braider
Belarus
Belarusian science fiction writer
Kazimierz Krzywicki
Kazimierz Krzywicki
Poland
Polish writer.
Philippe Jaccottet
Philippe Jaccottet
Switzerland
Swiss poet, essayist, translator, writes in French.
 Ibycus
Ibycus
Greece
Greek lyricist
Grigorios Zalykis
Grigorios Zalykis
Greece
Greek writer
Natalia Sherba
Natalia Sherba
Ukraine
Ukrainian writer
Alan Bergman
Alan Bergman
USA
American songwriter
Tao Lin
Tao Lin
USA
American writer
Jerzy Zagorski
Jerzy Zagorski
Poland
Polish poet and writer, Righteous Among the Nations
Otfries Proysler
Otfries Proysler
Germany
Children's writer
Justinus Kerner
Justinus Kerner
Germany
German poet and medical writer
Vasiliy Goloborodko
Vasiliy Goloborodko
Ukraine
Ukrainian poet
Arseniy Tarkovsky
Arseniy Tarkovsky
Russia
Poet and father of film director
Maleeha Lodhi
Maleeha Lodhi
Pakistan
Pakistani journalist and political scientist
Ruth Rendell
Ruth Rendell
Great Britain
British writer, author of popular detective stories and thrillers.
Jean La Fontaine
Jean La Fontaine
France
French writer, fabulist
Raffaello Giovagnoli
Raffaello Giovagnoli
Italy
Italian historical novelist.
Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai
USA
Indian writer, novelist living in the USA