Literature

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

Andrey Kyrkov
Andrey Kyrkov
Ukraine
Ukrainian writer, teacher, filmmaker.
Valeria Gerasimova
Valeria Gerasimova
Russian Soviet writer
Victoria Platova
Victoria Platova
Russia
Writer, author of detective novels
Juhani Aho
Juhani Aho
Finland
Finnish writer, journalist, translator
Novella Matveeva
Novella Matveeva
Russia
Poetess
Eliza Cook
Eliza Cook
Great Britain
English poetess
Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz
Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz
Poland
Polish writer, poet, playwright, translator
Juliusz Slowacki
Juliusz Slowacki
Poland
An outstanding romantic poet
Daniel Kehlmann
Daniel Kehlmann
Germany
Austrian and German writer
Sarah Morgan
Sarah Morgan
USA
American writer
Petr Zamoiskiy
Petr Zamoiskiy
Writer
Feodosiy Osmachka
Feodosiy Osmachka
USA
Ukrainian writer, prose writer, poet, translator.
Ulas Samchuk
Ulas Samchuk
Ukraine
Ukrainian writer, journalist and publicist.
Friedrich Wilhelm Carove
Friedrich Wilhelm Carove
Germany
German publicist, lawyer and philosopher, student of Hegel.
Rafik Shami
Rafik Shami
Syria
Syrian and German writer.
Alexey Andriyshev
Alexey Andriyshev
Ukraine
Publicist, philanthropist, public figure, beekeeper and teacher
Carl Barth
Carl Barth
Switzerland
Swiss theologian and writer, one of the founders of dialectical theology, the manifesto of which was Barth's essay on the letter of the Apostle Paul to the Romans.
Brunonia Barry
Brunonia Barry
USA
American writer, speaker, businesswoman
Russell Baker
Russell Baker
USA
American writer and journalist
George Meredith
George Meredith
Great Britain
English writer, poet
Abdulla Avloni
Abdulla Avloni
Uzbek writer who wrote for children, playwright, educator and teacher
Sergey Borodin
Sergey Borodin
Russian Soviet prose writer
Andrey Lupan
Andrey Lupan
Moldova
Moldavian Soviet writer
Virginia Brown
Virginia Brown
USA
Writer of women's novels
Domingos Caldas Barbosa
Domingos Caldas Barbosa
Brazil
Brazilian poet.
Elza Triolet
Elza Triolet
France
Writer
Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby
Great Britain
British writer, novelist
Mikhail Bubennov
Mikhail Bubennov
Russian Soviet prose writer
David Baldacci
David Baldacci
USA
American crime writer
Algis Budrys
Algis Budrys
USA
American science fiction writer, literary critic and editor.
Kim Newman
Kim Newman
Great Britain
English writer, film critic and journalist
Olga Tarasevich
Olga Tarasevich
Belarus
Writer
Eric Rassel
Eric Rassel
Great Britain
English science fiction writer, master of the short ironic story.
Osip Senkovsky
Osip Senkovsky
Lithuania
Russian writer, orientalist
Gavriil Kovachevich
Gavriil Kovachevich
Serbia
Serbian writer
Serge Golon
Serge Golon
France
French geochemist, writer, artist
Ingeborg Bachmann
Ingeborg Bachmann
Austria
Austrian writer.
Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw
USA
American writer and screenwriter. His first novel, The Young Lions, brought him fame.
Pearl Buck
Pearl Buck
USA
American writer, Nobel laureate 1938. A few months after the birth of their daughter, her missionary parents returned to China, where the writer lived until 1933.
Hans Vilhelm Kaalund
Hans Vilhelm Kaalund
Denmark
Danish lyricist
Vladimir Anikeev
Vladimir Anikeev
Belarus
Belarusian bibliographer and literary scholar of science fiction
Erik Dammann
Erik Dammann
Norway
Norwegian writer, anti-globalist and environmentalist
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
Great Britain
English writer
Ales Bachilo
Ales Bachilo
Belarus
Belarusian Soviet poet, Honored Cultural Figure of the BSSR
Leonardo Sciascia
Leonardo Sciascia
Italy
Italian writer and public figure
Molla Panah Vagif
Molla Panah Vagif
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani poet
Kage Baker
Kage Baker
USA
American writer.
Danilo Kish
Danilo Kish
Yugoslav poet, prose writer, playwright, translator of Russian, French and Hungarian literature.
Elaine Cunningham
Elaine Cunningham
USA
American fantasy and science fiction writer
Cheslav Milosh
Cheslav Milosh
Poland
Polish-American poet of Lithuanian origin, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1980.