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

Maksimilian Voloshin
Russian poet, translator, landscape painter, art and literary critic.

Nikolay Dubov
Russian writer

Leon Bloy
France
FranceFrench writer, mystic thinker

Alex Haley
USA
USAAfrican-American writer, famous for his book 'Roots: The Saga of an American Family'

Leopold Katscher
Austria
AustriaAustrian journalist, writer and pacifist.

Abdulhamid Mohmand
Afghanistan
AfghanistanAfghan poet, translator, follower of the “Indian style” in poetry.

Tomas Iriarte
Spain
SpainSpanish poet and fabulist, nephew of Juan Iriarte

Antanas Venclova
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet, prose writer, critic, translator, statesman.

Kazis Puyda
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet, prose writer, playwright, translator.

James Alan Gardner
Canada
CanadaCanadian writer

Kazimir Barancevich
Russia
RussiaNovelist

Greg Bir
USA
USAAmerican science fiction writer.

Lorenzo Ponte
Italy
ItalyItalian librettist and translator.

Charlotte Bronte
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer, author of <Jane Eyre>

Lucy Prebble
Great Britain
Great BritainScreenwriter, novelist, Enron novel

Valentin Dimitrov
Bulgaria
BulgariaWriter, aphorist

Blanka Andreu
Spain
SpainPoetess

Uncle Stepan
Character from books by S. Mikhalkov

Augustin-Mari Ximenes
France
FranceFrench writer.

Jo Nesbo
Norway
NorwayNorwegian writer and musician. Winner of several literary awards.

Ed Greenwood
Canada
CanadaCanadian science fiction writer

Mycroft Holmes
Great Britain
Great BritainFictional character of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda
Cuba
CubaSpanish-Cuban writer.

Joaquim Braga
Portugal
PortugalPortuguese writer

Christopher Buckley
USA
USAAmerican writer, satirist

Pavel Bagram
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian poet.

Olga Ilnitskaya
Ukraine
UkraineRussian writer, poet, journalist.

Vladimir Vaysblat
Publisher, translator, playwright, writer, art critic.

Eustachius Knobelsdorff
Germany
GermanyGerman poet

Hilary Mantel
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish writer and literary critic

Lyubov Sirota
Ukraine
UkrainePoet, prose writer, translator, publicist, playwright.

Franciszek Kowalski
Poland
PolandPolish poet, writer, teacher, memoirist, translator.

Linda Howard
USA
USAAmerican writer, author of contemporary romance novels and thrillers.

Modus Vivenda
Chile
ChileChilean writer

Arnost Lustig
Czech writer

Henrih Keiter
Germany
GermanyGerman writer

Gustavo Adolfo Becquer
Spain
SpainSpain's greatest romantic writer

Julius Zeyer
Czech
CzechCzech poet

David Duncan
Canada
CanadaCanadian fantasy writer.

Fernando Marias
Spain
SpainSpanish novelist

Brian Lumley
Great Britain
Great BritainAn English writer specializing in the fantasy horror genre

Edward Hale
USA
USAAmerican author, historian, and Unitarian minister

Alexander Zavgorodny
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian poet and translator from Estonian.

Antero Quental
Portugal
PortugalPortuguese lyricist, publicist

Diane Duane
USA
USAAmerican science fiction and fantasy writer.

Robert Henryson
Great Britain
Great BritainOne of the first major Scottish Renaissance poets.

Johann Arndt
Germany
GermanyGerman Lutheran theologian and religious writer

Karl Hans Strobl
German novelist

Dhanpatray Shryvastav
India
IndiaAn Indian writer and publicist who wrote in Urdu and Hindi.

Eugenie de Guerin
France
FranceFrench writer, poetess