Literature

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

Takeshi Kaiko
Takeshi Kaiko
Japan
Japanese writer and publicist
Peter Altenberg
Peter Altenberg
Austria
Austrian writer.
Sergey Kaledin
Sergey Kaledin
Russia
Writer
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac
USA
American writer and poet
Edgar Zevort
Edgar Zevort
France
French writer
Victor Konetsky
Victor Konetsky
Russia
Marine writer
Rayko Zhinzifov
Rayko Zhinzifov
Bulgaria
Bulgarian writer, journalist, translator.
Carles Hac Mor
Carles Hac Mor
Spain
Catalan writer.
Tatiana Baturina
Tatiana Baturina
Azerbaijan
Literature critic, poet
Stepan Panasenko
Stepan Panasenko
Ukrainian writer, teacher, screenwriter and translator
Leopoldo Alas y Urena
Leopoldo Alas y Urena
Spain
Spanish writer, literary critic
Eckhart Tolle
Eckhart Tolle
Canada
German writer
Joyce Dunbar
Joyce Dunbar
Great Britain
Children's writer who tried to sue surgeon after surgery to remove 'bump' on finger
Djoomart Bokonbaev
Djoomart Bokonbaev
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz Soviet poet
Iuriy Vlasov
Iuriy Vlasov
Ukraine
Writer
Gregory Keyes
Gregory Keyes
USA
American writer
Madame de La Fayette
Madame de La Fayette
France
French writer.
Tony Parsons
Tony Parsons
Great Britain
British journalist and writer
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Great Britain
Writer, Nobel laureate 1907
Karel Capek
Karel Capek
Czech
Writer
Witold Wirpsza
Witold Wirpsza
Poland
Polish poet, essayist, translator.
Enrichetta Caracciolo
Enrichetta Caracciolo
Italy
Italian writer, journalist
Nora Berta Unica Ruth Zurn
Nora Berta Unica Ruth Zurn
Germany
German writer, artist, sculptor
Paul Ginisty
Paul Ginisty
France
French writer, bibliographer, journalist, literary and theatre critic.
Seabury Quinn
Seabury Quinn
USA
American writer and lawyer, known in his time for his horror stories
Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton
Great Britain
English writer, priest and art collector
Bozidar Adzija
Bozidar Adzija
Croatia
Yugoslav left-wing political figure and publicist.
Roger Zelazny
Roger Zelazny
USA
Science fiction writer
Simon Green
Simon Green
Great Britain
English science fiction writer
Yulyus Yanonis
Yulyus Yanonis
Lithuania
Lithuanian poet
Giannina Braschi
Giannina Braschi
USA
American poet, playwright, novelist
Richard Corbet
Richard Corbet
Great Britain
English poet.
Yanka Bryl
Yanka Bryl
Belarus
Belarusian Soviet writer
Pete Dexter
Pete Dexter
USA
American writer
Carl Arnold Kortum
Carl Arnold Kortum
Germany
German writer
Laso de la Vega Carrillo
Laso de la Vega Carrillo
Spain
Spanish writer of the early 17th century
Ivan Kasatkin
Ivan Kasatkin
Russian Soviet writer, employee of the Cheka
Abay Kunanbaev
Abay Kunanbaev
Kazakhstan
Kazakh poet
Sameh Izhar
Sameh Izhar
Israel
Israeli writer
Kojin Karatani
Kojin Karatani
Japan
Japanese literary critic and Marxist thinker
Grigol Abashidze
Grigol Abashidze
Georgia
Soviet Georgian poet and writer. Co-author of the lyrics of the Anthem of the Georgian SSR (1944). Hero of Socialist Labor (1974). Laureate of the Stalin Prize of the second degree (1951). Member of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) since 1944. First Secretary of the Board of the Writers' Union of Georgia since 1967. Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the
Krasimir Edrev
Krasimir Edrev
Bulgaria
Bulgarian poet, publicist.
Nadejda Nadejdina
Nadejda Nadejdina
Russia
Writer
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
Austria
German writer, Austrian official, Jewish sufferer and citizen of Czechoslovakia
Alexander Brykov
Alexander Brykov
Ukraine
Poet, speaker, journalist, public figure
Erik Larson
Erik Larson
USA
American writer.
Taisa Supranovich
Taisa Supranovich
Belarus
Writer
John Cooke
John Cooke
USA
American novelist
Alya Rahmanova
Alya Rahmanova
Switzerland
Swiss writer of Russian origin
Corinna Bille
Corinna Bille
Switzerland
Swiss poet and novelist