Literature

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

Lou Andreas-Salome
Lou Andreas-Salome
Germany
German writer
Kono Racin
Kono Racin
Macedonia
Macedonian poet and writer, literary critic
Charles Robert Maturin
Charles Robert Maturin
Great Britain
English (Irish) priest and writer
Anna Zegers
Anna Zegers
Germany
German writer
Karl Renz
Karl Renz
Germany
Enlightened teacher of non-duality
Du Fu
Du Fu
China
Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty
Roman Kim
Roman Kim
Russian Soviet writer, author of popular spy novels
Gwalchmai ap Meilyr
Gwalchmai ap Meilyr
12th century Welsh poet
Pavel Kirmeser
Pavel Kirmeser
Slovakia
Slovak writer
Roberto Saviano
Roberto Saviano
Italy
Italian writer, promanist
Gilbert Cesbron
Gilbert Cesbron
France
French novelist
Pierre Boiste
Pierre Boiste
France
A lawyer by training, he is the author of a dictionary of universal geography
Eli Anderson
Eli Anderson
France
Writer
Hristo Botev
Hristo Botev
Bulgaria
Bulgarian poet, democratic revolutionary
Gottfried Benn
Gottfried Benn
Germany
German essayist, short story writer and expressionist poet
Franz Anton Joseph Ignaz Maria von Sonnenberg
Franz Anton Joseph Ignaz Maria von Sonnenberg
Germany
German poet
 Winnie-the-Pooh
Winnie-the-Pooh
Book and cartoon character
Charlotte Kalb
Charlotte Kalb
Germany
German writer
Martti Johannes Larni
Martti Johannes Larni
Finland
Famous Finnish writer
Jacques Bergier
Jacques Bergier
France
French science fiction writer, historian, philosopher, journalist, detective, engineer.
Diana J. Gabaldon
Diana J. Gabaldon
USA
American writer, novelist
Hugo Kolontay
Hugo Kolontay
Poland
Polish publicist and public figure of the Enlightenment. One of the authors of the Constitution of May 3 (1791).
Freya Stark
Freya Stark
Great Britain
British traveler and writer
Claudio Manuel da Costa
Claudio Manuel da Costa
Brazil
Brazilian poet and patriot
Stanislav Vostokov
Stanislav Vostokov
Russia
Writer
Mikael Niemi
Mikael Niemi
Sweden
Swedish writer
Robert Fergusson
Robert Fergusson
Great Britain
Scottish poet
Johannes Mario Simmel
Johannes Mario Simmel
Austria
Austrian writer.
Eugene Guillevic
Eugene Guillevic
France
French poet, economist
Sei Ito
Sei Ito
Japan
Japanese writer, poet, literary critic, translator
Felix Krivin
Felix Krivin
Israel
Russian and Israeli writer, poet, prose writer
Yukichi Fukuzawa
Yukichi Fukuzawa
Japan
Japanese writer, translator and philosopher
Jean Chapelain
Jean Chapelain
France
French poet and literary critic of the 17th century.
Malcolm Bradbury
Malcolm Bradbury
Great Britain
British writer, academic, critic, Booker Prize winner, literary teacher Kazuo Ishiguro.
Shalkiiz Tlenshi-Uly
Shalkiiz Tlenshi-Uly
Kazakhstan
Poet
 Gomer
Gomer
Greece
Ancient Greek poet
 Laozi
Laozi
China
Philosopher
Tonino Benakvista
Tonino Benakvista
France
French novelist and screenwriter.
Luiza Sharly-Labe
Luiza Sharly-Labe
France
poetess
Sei Shonagon
Sei Shonagon
Japan
Writer
Dorothy James
Dorothy James
Great Britain
British writer, author of popular detective stories.
Juliy Burkin
Juliy Burkin
Russia
Russian writer, poet and rock musician, author and performer of songs
James Branch Cabell
James Branch Cabell
USA
American writer
Fletcher Pratt
Fletcher Pratt
USA
American writer
Robert Frost
Robert Frost
USA
American poet, who during his lifetime became a classic and patriarch of American poetry
Quintus Ennius
Quintus Ennius
Italy
Ancient Roman poet
Samuel Youd
Samuel Youd
Great Britain
British science fiction writer of the second half of the 20th - early 21st centuries.
Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard
USA
American writer, publisher, artist and philosopher
 Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman
USA
Superheroine, comic book character from DC Comics.
Albert Knapp
Albert Knapp
Germany
German poet