Literature

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

Corinna Bille
Corinna Bille
Switzerland
Swiss poet and novelist
Stanislav Mushatenko
Stanislav Mushatenko
Belarus
Belarusian writer
Hafid Bouazza
Hafid Bouazza
Netherlands
Dutch writer of Moroccan origin
Yuriy Konstantinov
Yuriy Konstantinov
Ukraine
Ukrainian writer and journalist.
Nelson Algren
Nelson Algren
USA
American writer
Vladimir Sirenko
Vladimir Sirenko
Ukraine
Ukrainian poet, prose writer, editor, correspondent
Bob Colacello
Bob Colacello
USA
American writer and journalist, specialist in biography.
Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson
Great Britain
English writer and typographer, recognized as the first novelist.
Sterling Lanier
Sterling Lanier
USA
American science fiction writer, editor and sculptor
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Argentina
Argentine writer
Shannon Drake
Shannon Drake
USA
American writer of women's novels
Simon Hlazshtein
Simon Hlazshtein
Belarus
Contemporary poet
Tom Butler-Bowdon
Tom Butler-Bowdon
Great Britain
Writer
Greg Cox
Greg Cox
USA
American science fiction writer
Takuboku Ishikawa
Takuboku Ishikawa
Japan
Japanese poet, literary critic
Bohumil Hrabal
Bohumil Hrabal
Czech
Czech writer, prose writer
Francesco Petrarca
Francesco Petrarca
Italy
Italian poet
Zinaida Volkonskaya
Zinaida Volkonskaya
Russia
Princess, Russian writer
Paul Kock
Paul Kock
France
French novelist and playwright
Elizabeth Cavendish
Elizabeth Cavendish
Great Britain
British writer
Boris Bialik
Boris Bialik
Russian and Soviet critic, literary scholar
Dadzai Osamu
Dadzai Osamu
Japan
Japanese writer
Alexander Kozmesku
Alexander Kozmesku
Moldova
Moldovan prose writer, playwright and translator.
Grigoriy Shargorodskiy
Grigoriy Shargorodskiy
Ukraine
Contemporary Russian writer
Fedor Imshenik
Fedor Imshenik
Belarusian literary scholar, memoirist, teacher.
Yiannis Ritsos
Yiannis Ritsos
Greece
Poet, translator of Russian poetry, laureate of the International Lenin Prize (1977)
Jean-Pierre Camus
Jean-Pierre Camus
France
French writer and theologian
Joanna Chmielewska
Joanna Chmielewska
Poland
Writer of ironic detective stories
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Italy
Italian poet and writer; founder, leader and theorist of futurism
Mihail Suhomlinov
Mihail Suhomlinov
Ukraine
- famous literary historian
Enrique Amorim
Enrique Amorim
Uruguay
Uruguayan writer, poet, playwright
Sergey Anpilogov
Sergey Anpilogov
Ukraine
Contemporary Kyiv science fiction writer
Francois-Denis Camusat
Francois-Denis Camusat
France
French writer
 Mrs. Hudson
Mrs. Hudson
Great Britain
A fictional character created by Sir A.C. Doyle
Lascelles Abercrombie
Lascelles Abercrombie
Great Britain
British poet and literary critic
Jan Bottcher
Jan Bottcher
Germany
German writer, novelist
Witold Gombrowicz
Witold Gombrowicz
Poland
Polish writer
Katherine Burdekin
Katherine Burdekin
Great Britain
English writer, author of books in the fantasy genre.
Liudas Gira
Liudas Gira
Lithuania
Lithuanian poet, literary critic, playwright, publicist, translator, public figure.
Sehey Ooka
Sehey Ooka
Japan
Outstanding Japanese writer
Pshavela Vazja
Pshavela Vazja
Georgia
Writer
Matt Drudge
Matt Drudge
USA
American journalist and publicist.
Robert Zubrin
Robert Zubrin
USA
American engineer and publicist
Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy
India
Indian writer
Tadeusz Boy-Zelenski
Tadeusz Boy-Zelenski
Poland
Polish critic, translator and publicist
William Peter Blatty
William Peter Blatty
USA
Writer, screenwriter
David Levithan
David Levithan
USA
American writer
Iuda Grossman
Iuda Grossman
Russian (later Ukrainian) anarchist revolutionary, publicist
Sofia Romma
Sofia Romma
USA
Poetess
Victor Gollancz
Victor Gollancz
Great Britain
British public figure, book publisher, socialist publicist and human rights activist.