Literature
Explore the world of renowned authors, poets, and literary icons. Discover the lives and works of celebrated figures from Shakespeare to Maya Angelou. Get insights into their inspiration, themes, and impact on the literary landscape.

Shirley Conran
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish writer

Pierre Boulle
France
FranceFrench writer.

Ted Hughes
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish poet.

Jhumpa Lahiri
USA
USAIndian American writer

Uno Laht
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian poet, prose writer and publicist

Hercule Poirot
Belgium
BelgiumLiterary character

Julio Cortazar
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine novelist

Robin Sharma
Canada
CanadaCanadian writer

Ramsey Campbell
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish horror writer, editor and critic

Raisa Borovikova
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian writer and poetess

Efim Tkach
Moldova
MoldovaPublicist, Moldavian Soviet musicologist, music critic and public figure.

Archil II
Georgia
GeorgiaKing of Imereti and Kakheti, lyric poet, eldest son of the King of Kartli Vakhtang V

Petr Keppen
Ukraine
UkraineRussian Slavist

Don Juan
Spain
SpainLegendary Spaniard, lawless and libertine

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi
Nigeria
NigeriaWriter

Nina Demurova
USA
USASoviet and Russian literary critic, Doctor of Philology

Svetlana Aksyonova-Shteingrud
Israel
IsraelIsraeli poet, translator and playwright, critic, journalist

Pierre Louis Ginguene
France
FranceFrench poet and critic.

Arkadij Gornfeld
Famous critic

Daniil Ratgauz
Czech
CzechRussian poet, author of the words of several famous romances.

Valerius Maximus
Italy
ItalyRoman writer

Georgiy Zalokostas
Dive
DiveGreek poet

Jules Janin
France
FranceFrench writer, critic and journalist

Corin Tellado
Spain
SpainA Spanish writer who wrote about 4 thousand romance novels.

Johann Kaspar Lavater
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss writer, theologian and poet, wrote in German.

Diana Wynne Jones
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish writer, author of fantasy novels for children and adults

Andre Brink
South Africa
South AfricaSouth African writer, professor of English literature

Natalia Snyadenko
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian writer, journalist and translator

Mary Brunton
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish writer.

Vizma Belsevica
Latvia
LatviaLatvian poet, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, translator

Meir Shalev
Israel
IsraelFamous Israeli writer.

Hugo Claus
Belgium
BelgiumWriter, poet

Vincas Kreve
Lithuania
LithuaniaKitovsky is a writer, prose writer, poet, critic, playwright, publicist, translator.

Mark Bunny
Israel
IsraelIsraeli writer

Mindee Arnett
USA
USAAmerican writer

Maureen Child
USA
USAWriter

Ernst Weis
France
FranceGerman-speaking Austrian writer and doctor of the Jewish faith.

Anais Nin
France
FranceAmerican and French writer, known for her erotic novels and the diary she kept for over 60 years.

Hans Vilhelm Kaalund
Denmark
DenmarkDanish lyricist

Robert Bringhurst
Canada
CanadaHe is best known as the author of The Elements of Typographic Style. He is a translator of the Haida epic into English. He lives on Quadra Island near the Campbell River in British Columbia with his

Antoine Eugene Genoud
France
FranceFrench publicist.

Francis Brett Harte
USA
USAWriter

Andre Justin Lavertujon
France
FranceFrench publicist and political figure.

Tuve Jansson
Finland
FinlandFinnish storyteller

Louis Etienne Arthur La Gueronniere
France
FranceFrench publicist

Emil Gabrio
France
FranceFrench writer, one of the founders of the detective genre

Guntis Berelis
Latvia
LatviaLatvian writer

Alexander Dumas
France
FranceWriter, author of such books as "The Three Musketeers", "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Countess de Monsoreau"

Shannon Drake
USA
USAAmerican writer of women's novels

Berthold Auerbach
Germany
GermanyGerman-Jewish poet