Literature

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

Egor Isaev
Egor Isaev
Russia
Russian Soviet poet and publicist
Eugen Kogon
Eugen Kogon
Germany
German publicist, sociologist, political scientist.
John Ruskin
John Ruskin
Great Britain
English writer, art theorist
Pierre Daninos
Pierre Daninos
France
A famous French writer, journalist and author of aphorisms
Vittorio Imbriani
Vittorio Imbriani
Italy
Italian poet, critic and political figure.
Judith Hermann
Judith Hermann
Germany
German writer
Antoine Franzois Prevost DExiles
Antoine Franzois Prevost DExiles
France
French writer
Mihai Beniuc
Mihai Beniuc
Romania
Romanian poet, novelist and psychologist
Evan Esar
Evan Esar
USA
Humorist
Robert Ballantyne
Robert Ballantyne
Great Britain
Scottish writer
Margarete Susman
Margarete Susman
Germany
German poet, essayist, literary scholar.
Arkadiy Vasiliev
Arkadiy Vasiliev
Russian Soviet writer, screenwriter, father of Daria Dontsova
Truman Capote
Truman Capote
USA
American novelist.
Vasiliy Trediakovskiy
Vasiliy Trediakovskiy
Russia
Russian writer, reformer of Russian poetry, academician
Albert Bitsius
Albert Bitsius
Switzerland
An outstanding Swiss national writer.
Marion Donhoff
Marion Donhoff
Germany
German journalist and publicist
Donald Bain
Donald Bain
USA
American writer and literary black
Lev Cassil
Lev Cassil
Prose writer
Ryszard Kapuscinski
Ryszard Kapuscinski
Poland
Polish writer and journalist
Hugh Barnett Cave
Hugh Barnett Cave
Great Britain
English writer
Petr Kireevskiy
Petr Kireevskiy
Russia
Publicist, archaeographer and folklorist.
Carlo Collodi
Carlo Collodi
Italy
Italian writer and journalist
Jorge Guillyn
Jorge Guillyn
Spain
Spanish poet, one of the representatives of the ultraist trend in poetry.
Sebastian Faulks
Sebastian Faulks
Great Britain
British writer, journalist and presenter.
Gabdiman Igensartov
Gabdiman Igensartov
Kazakhstan
Kazakh Soviet poet
Jose Hierro
Jose Hierro
Spain
Spanish poet of the first post-war generation
Robert Heinlein
Robert Heinlein
USA
American writer, one of the greatest science fiction writers
Valeriy Kurinsky
Valeriy Kurinsky
Ukraine
Soviet and Ukrainian poet and songwriter
Erik Gustaf Geijer
Erik Gustaf Geijer
Sweden
Swedish historian, poet, publicist, composer and teacher.
Boris Shapiro (Baryh)
Boris Shapiro (Baryh)
Germany
Bilingual poet and translator
Stepan Shipachov
Stepan Shipachov
Russia
Poet
Antoine Clesse
Antoine Clesse
Belgium
Belgian national poet
 Sharikov
Sharikov
Character from the story Heart of a Dog and the film of the same name
Ahmet Ahundov-Gurgenli
Ahmet Ahundov-Gurgenli
Turkmen writer, poet and literary figure of the Soviet era
Karen Dzhangirov
Karen Dzhangirov
Canada
Free verse poet.
Harald Bergstedt
Harald Bergstedt
Denmark
Danish writer.
Paul Kalanithi
Paul Kalanithi
USA
A neurologist who later became a patient
Vladimir Dmitrevsky
Vladimir Dmitrevsky
Russian writer, critic, science fiction researcher
Margaret Truman
Margaret Truman
USA
American singer who later became a famous writer
Alexey Shamanov
Alexey Shamanov
Russia
Russian writer, novelist
Jaen Ray
Jaen Ray
Belgium
Writer
Edmund Kiss
Edmund Kiss
Germany
German science fiction writer, archaeologist, Ahnenerbe employee
Charles Calverley
Charles Calverley
Great Britain
An English poet nicknamed the "king of parodists"
Iraj Pezeshkzad
Iraj Pezeshkzad
Iran
Iranian writer and translator
Boris Ryzhy
Boris Ryzhy
Russia
Poet
Jill Gregory
Jill Gregory
USA
American writer
Walenty Zwierkowski
Walenty Zwierkowski
Poland
Polish publicist/
Adolf Arwidsson
Adolf Arwidsson
France
Finnish Swedish-speaking poet, writer, journalist, historian.
Herbert Rosendorfer
Herbert Rosendorfer
Germany
German writer and lawyer.
Arturo Perez-Reverte
Arturo Perez-Reverte
Spain
Spanish writer, author of detective and historical novels