Literature

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

Marie Calm
Marie Calm
Germany
German writer.
Vladimir Yashuk
Vladimir Yashuk
Ukraine
Ukrainian local historian, poet
Hermann Jellinek
Hermann Jellinek
Germany
German writer
Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich
USA
Detective novelist
Salli Boumen
Salli Boumen
Great Britain
Writer
Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing
Great Britain
English science fiction writer
 Jivani
Jivani
Armenian poet, musician and ashugh
Abdel Vail Zuayter
Abdel Vail Zuayter
Palestinian translator, writer, intellectual and representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
 Dr. Watson
Dr. Watson
Great Britain
A fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories
Alexander Irvanets
Alexander Irvanets
Ukraine
Ukrainian writer, translator.
Nagai Gou
Nagai Gou
Japan
Writer, one of the most scandalous, controversial and famous manga artists in the history of the manga industry
Amber Argyle
Amber Argyle
USA
American writer
Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon
USA
American writer
Bogdan Istru
Bogdan Istru
Moldavian poet, people's writer of the Moldavian SSR
Kunio Ogawa
Kunio Ogawa
Japan
Japanese writer
Nikola Bualo-Depreo
Nikola Bualo-Depreo
France
French poet, classicist theorist
Petr Gorskiy
Petr Gorskiy
Russia
Russian poet and writer, essayist.
Christian Morgenstern
Christian Morgenstern
Germany
German poet, writer and translator, classic of German literature of the late 19th - early 20th centuries
Yakov Yakovlev
Yakov Yakovlev
Russia
Bolshevik. Edited <Krestyanskaya Gazeta> and <Bednota>. In 1939-1934 - People's Commissar of Agriculture of the USSR. Fell into the machine of repression and shot.
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
France
The greatest poetess of French romanticism
Yuriy Dold-Mihaylik
Yuriy Dold-Mihaylik
Ukrainian Soviet writer, playwright, critic, publicist.
Gail Kathleen Godwin
Gail Kathleen Godwin
USA
American writer
Alexander Isbakh
Alexander Isbakh
Russian writer, literary scholar, journalist
Robert Hans Van Gulik
Robert Hans Van Gulik
Netherlands
Dutch orientalist, diplomat, musician and writer
John Ernst Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck
USA
American writer, Nobel Prize for Literature, 1962
Gustav Kuhne
Gustav Kuhne
Germany
German writer and literary critic
Poulin Klavin
Poulin Klavin
Latvia
Lviv poetess and translator.
Ahad Ha Am
Ahad Ha Am
Israel
Jewish writer, publicist and philosopher
Wawrzyniec Korwin
Wawrzyniec Korwin
Poland
A 16th-century Polish writer known as Novoforensis
Endre Ady
Endre Ady
Hungary
Hungarian poet and publicist, whose works reflected the rebellious world of the turn of the century, with its insights and its delusions.
Juozas Tumas
Juozas Tumas
Lithuania
Lithuanian writer, playwright, critic, publicist, literary critic, church and public figure.
Richard Brotigan
Richard Brotigan
USA
American writer and poet, an iconic figure of the counterculture of the 1960s and 70s.
Vikas Swarup
Vikas Swarup
India
Author of the book "Slumdog Millionaire"
Grigory Nedetovsky
Grigory Nedetovsky
Russia
A talented writer
Konstantin Gamsahurdia
Konstantin Gamsahurdia
Georgia
Georgian classic writer, father of the former President of Georgia.
Thomas Harris
Thomas Harris
USA
Writer and journalist, famous for the series of novels about Hannibal Lecter
Patricia Cornwell
Patricia Cornwell
USA
Contemporary American writer
Alessandro Baricco
Alessandro Baricco
Italy
Italian writer
Dmitriy Valuev
Dmitriy Valuev
Russia
One of the prominent representatives of the Slavophile school
Michael Bond
Michael Bond
Great Britain
English creator of the Paddington Bear stories for children
Haroldo De Campos
Haroldo De Campos
Brazil
Brazilian poet, translator and translation theorist
Gyula Krudy
Gyula Krudy
Hungary
Hungarian writer and journalist, author of 60 novels and 3,000 short stories
Grigoriy Kakovkin
Grigoriy Kakovkin
Writer, journalist, screenwriter, documentary film director
Beryl Margaret Bainbridge
Beryl Margaret Bainbridge
Great Britain
English writer
Mary Elizabeth Mapes Dodge
Mary Elizabeth Mapes Dodge
USA
American writer and publisher of children's books.
Gonchabeyim
Gonchabeyim
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani poetess
Marie Colban
Marie Colban
Norway
Norwegian writer.
Kalju Kangur
Kalju Kangur
Estonia
Estonian writer, poet and translator
Sarat Alieva
Sarat Alieva
Dargin poetess, master of lyric poetry
Guenter Grass
Guenter Grass
Poland
Writer, Nobel Prize winner (1999)