Literature

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

Larry Johnson
Larry Johnson
USA
American writer
Srul Bronstein
Srul Bronstein
Romania
Jewish poet
Holly Lisle
Holly Lisle
USA
American fantasy writer.
Anhel de Kuatie
Anhel de Kuatie
Writer
Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud
USA
American writer
Jill Barnett
Jill Barnett
USA
Writer
Nemir Golland
Nemir Golland
Russia
Russian poet, author of two books. Founder of the Magnitogorsk city literary association "Red Sun".
Muin Bsisu
Muin Bsisu
Poet
Elena Tager
Elena Tager
Russian poet, prose writer, memoirist
Hanns Heinz Ewers
Hanns Heinz Ewers
Germany
German writer
Matthew Phipps Shiell
Matthew Phipps Shiell
Great Britain
Prolific British writer
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal
USA
American writer
Otto Willi Gail
Otto Willi Gail
Germany
Science fiction writer
Pirimkul Kadyrov
Pirimkul Kadyrov
Uzbekistan
People's Writer of Uzbekistan.
Sergey Gorodetcky
Sergey Gorodetcky
Russia
Poet
Linda Lee
Linda Lee
USA
American writer
Jeanne Louise Campan
Jeanne Louise Campan
France
French writer, served at the court of Queen Marie Antoinette.
Nikolay Rynin
Nikolay Rynin
Writer-popularizer, encyclopedist, bibliographer, engineer; one of the domestic pioneers and popularizers of aeronautics and cosmonautics
Abbas Bakihanov
Abbas Bakihanov
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani scientist-educator, poet and writer
Hector Malot
Hector Malot
France
French writer
Norman Colin Dexter
Norman Colin Dexter
Great Britain
English novelist, author of detective stories
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Israel
Israeli writer, the leading representative of modern Jewish literature in Hebrew.
Melanie Milburne
Melanie Milburne
Australia
Australian writer
Ventura Ruiz Aguilera
Ventura Ruiz Aguilera
Spain
Spanish poet.
Michel Deguy
Michel Deguy
France
French poet, essayist, translator, literary organizer.
Miguel Delibes
Miguel Delibes
Spain
Spanish prose writer, member of the Royal Spanish Academy.
Kandzy Miyadzava
Kandzy Miyadzava
Japan
Japanese writer
Giovanni Battista Intra
Giovanni Battista Intra
Italy
Italian writer
Frederic Dard
Frederic Dard
France
French writer
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Argentina
Argentine science fiction writer
Mindee Arnett
Mindee Arnett
USA
American writer
Sokyu Gen'yu
Sokyu Gen'yu
Japan
Japanese writer and monk of the Rinzai school.
Alexander Shakilov
Alexander Shakilov
Ukraine
Science fiction writer
Georgiy Zalokostas
Georgiy Zalokostas
Greek poet
James Tiptree Jr.
James Tiptree Jr.
USA
American writer
Robert Lewis Taylor
Robert Lewis Taylor
USA
American writer, Pulitzer Prize winner
Nikola Georgiev
Nikola Georgiev
Bulgaria
Bulgarian philologist, literary critic.
Kathleen Woodiwiss
Kathleen Woodiwiss
USA
Writer of women's novels
Augustin-George-Charles Cartault
Augustin-George-Charles Cartault
France
French writer and archaeologist
George Herbert
George Herbert
Great Britain
English poet
Siri Hustvedt
Siri Hustvedt
USA
American novelist, essayist and poet
 Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder
Italy
Roman writer
Leon Rosselson
Leon Rosselson
Great Britain
English songwriter and children's writer
Karen Kavaleryan
Karen Kavaleryan
Armenia
Famous Russian songwriter, member of the Moscow Writers Union.
Sorana Gurian
Sorana Gurian
Romania
Romanian and French writer and translator
Samuel Edward Konkin III
Samuel Edward Konkin III
USA
Author of the New Libertarian Manifesto
Lucy Monroe
Lucy Monroe
Great Britain
British writer
Klyaopas Urgelionis
Klyaopas Urgelionis
Lithuania
Lithuanian poet, literary critic, publicist, prose writer, translator.
Victor Zabella
Victor Zabella
Ukrainian poet, lyricist.
Luis Antonio de Villena
Luis Antonio de Villena
Spain
Spanish poet, novelist, essayist and translator