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

Egor Isaev
Russia
RussiaRussian Soviet poet and publicist

Eugen Kogon
Germany
GermanyGerman publicist, sociologist, political scientist.

John Ruskin
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer, art theorist

Pierre Daninos
France
FranceA famous French writer, journalist and author of aphorisms

Vittorio Imbriani
Italy
ItalyItalian poet, critic and political figure.

Judith Hermann
Germany
GermanyGerman writer

Antoine Franzois Prevost DExiles
France
FranceFrench writer

Mihai Beniuc
Romania
RomaniaRomanian poet, novelist and psychologist

Evan Esar
USA
USAHumorist

Robert Ballantyne
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish writer

Margarete Susman
Germany
GermanyGerman poet, essayist, literary scholar.

Arkadiy Vasiliev
Russian Soviet writer, screenwriter, father of Daria Dontsova

Truman Capote
USA
USAAmerican novelist.

Vasiliy Trediakovskiy
Russia
RussiaRussian writer, reformer of Russian poetry, academician

Albert Bitsius
Switzerland
SwitzerlandAn outstanding Swiss national writer.

Marion Donhoff
Germany
GermanyGerman journalist and publicist

Donald Bain
USA
USAAmerican writer and literary black

Lev Cassil
Prose writer

Ryszard Kapuscinski
Poland
PolandPolish writer and journalist

Hugh Barnett Cave
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer

Petr Kireevskiy
Russia
RussiaPublicist, archaeographer and folklorist.

Carlo Collodi
Italy
ItalyItalian writer and journalist

Jorge Guillyn
Spain
SpainSpanish poet, one of the representatives of the ultraist trend in poetry.

Sebastian Faulks
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish writer, journalist and presenter.

Gabdiman Igensartov
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakh Soviet poet

Jose Hierro
Spain
SpainSpanish poet of the first post-war generation

Robert Heinlein
USA
USAAmerican writer, one of the greatest science fiction writers

Valeriy Kurinsky
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet and Ukrainian poet and songwriter

Erik Gustaf Geijer
Sweden
SwedenSwedish historian, poet, publicist, composer and teacher.

Boris Shapiro (Baryh)
Germany
GermanyBilingual poet and translator

Stepan Shipachov
Russia
RussiaPoet

Antoine Clesse
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian national poet

Sharikov
Character from the story Heart of a Dog and the film of the same name

Ahmet Ahundov-Gurgenli
Turkmen writer, poet and literary figure of the Soviet era

Karen Dzhangirov
Canada
CanadaFree verse poet.

Harald Bergstedt
Denmark
DenmarkDanish writer.

Paul Kalanithi
USA
USAA neurologist who later became a patient

Vladimir Dmitrevsky
Russian writer, critic, science fiction researcher

Margaret Truman
USA
USAAmerican singer who later became a famous writer

Alexey Shamanov
Russia
RussiaRussian writer, novelist

Jaen Ray
Belgium
BelgiumWriter

Edmund Kiss
Germany
GermanyGerman science fiction writer, archaeologist, Ahnenerbe employee

Charles Calverley
Great Britain
Great BritainAn English poet nicknamed the "king of parodists"

Iraj Pezeshkzad
Iran
IranIranian writer and translator

Boris Ryzhy
Russia
RussiaPoet

Jill Gregory
USA
USAAmerican writer

Walenty Zwierkowski
Poland
PolandPolish publicist/

Adolf Arwidsson
France
FranceFinnish Swedish-speaking poet, writer, journalist, historian.

Herbert Rosendorfer
Germany
GermanyGerman writer and lawyer.

Arturo Perez-Reverte
Spain
SpainSpanish writer, author of detective and historical novels