Literature

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

Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau
France
French avant-garde writer, film director, actor and artist.
Enid Mary Blyton
Enid Mary Blyton
Great Britain
Author of English children's books
Bernard Clavel
Bernard Clavel
France
French writer, novelist
Jacqueline Susann
Jacqueline Susann
USA
American writer
Aziz Nesin
Aziz Nesin
Turkey
Turkish short story writer, playwright, novelist, publicist
Igor Severyanin
Igor Severyanin
Russian poet of the "Silver Age"
Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford
USA
Writer
Mirza Shafi Vazeh
Mirza Shafi Vazeh
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani poet and thinker, educator and teacher
Semen Sborzunov
Semen Sborzunov
Russia
Soviet and Russian writer.
Pelham Wodehouse
Pelham Wodehouse
Great Britain
English writer, playwright, comedy writer
Yohan Runeberg
Yohan Runeberg
Finland
Finnish poet who wrote poems of national romantic content in Swedish.
Janos Batsanyi
Janos Batsanyi
Hungary
Hungarian poet-commoner.
Ruth Stiles Gannett
Ruth Stiles Gannett
USA
American children's writer
Harry Bates
Harry Bates
USA
American editor and writer,
Anita Desai
Anita Desai
India
Indian writer.
Gottfried Keller
Gottfried Keller
Switzerland
Swiss novelist and poet
Giuliano Cassiani
Giuliano Cassiani
Italy
Italian poet.
Walter Savage Landor
Walter Savage Landor
Great Britain
Famous English poet
Demetrio Aguilera Malta
Demetrio Aguilera Malta
Ecuador
Ecuadorian writer.
Sait Abasuyanuk
Sait Abasuyanuk
Turkey
Turkish writer.
Thomas De Quincey
Thomas De Quincey
Great Britain
English writer, author of the famous "Confessions of an English Opium Eater"
Ludwig Thoma
Ludwig Thoma
Germany
German writer
Ilia Novak
Ilia Novak
Ukraine
Ukrainian Russian-speaking science fiction writer
Peter Cunningham
Peter Cunningham
Great Britain
English writer
Arkadij Gornfeld
Arkadij Gornfeld
Famous critic
Valeriy Gitin
Valeriy Gitin
Ukraine
Ukrainian and Russian writer, psychologist
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
USA
American poet and translator
Michail Bishop
Michail Bishop
USA
Writer ('Eyes of Fire')
Georgiy Georgievsky
Georgiy Georgievsky
Latvia
Performer of original song, author of poetry
 Karlsson-on-the-Roof
Karlsson-on-the-Roof
Sweden
Fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury
USA
American science fiction writer.
Edmond Dantes
Edmond Dantes
The main character of the novel 'The Count of Monte Cristo'
Yuri Shilov
Yuri Shilov
Ukraine
Ukrainian writer, ideologist of one of the modern variants of Slavophilism.
Irina Kalinets
Irina Kalinets
Ukraine
Ukrainian poetess, figure in the dissident movement, artist, philologist.
 Nasreddin
Nasreddin
Turkey
Folklore character of the Muslim East
Janis Akuraters
Janis Akuraters
Latvia
Latvian writer
Tristan Bernard
Tristan Bernard
France
French writer, journalist
John Ball
John Ball
USA
American writer, author of detective stories
Daryl Gregory
Daryl Gregory
USA
American science fiction writer and comic book writer
Stefanie Zweig
Stefanie Zweig
Germany
German-Jewish writer and journalist
Pierre Louis Ginguene
Pierre Louis Ginguene
France
French poet and critic.
Ilia Shliapkin
Ilia Shliapkin
Russia
Literary historian.
Vidiadhar Najpol
Vidiadhar Najpol
India
Novelist, Nobel Prize in Literature, 2001
Akop Karapents
Akop Karapents
USA
American writer and publicist
Irwin Ginsberg
Irwin Ginsberg
USA
American poet, beatnik
Yoji Arakawa
Yoji Arakawa
Japan
Contemporary Japanese Gendaishi poet and essayist
Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun
Norway
Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize for Literature, 1920
Hamilton Aide
Hamilton Aide
Great Britain
English poet and novelist
Judith Merril
Judith Merril
USA
American and Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist
Kingsley Amis
Kingsley Amis
Great Britain
English writer