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

Jacob von Stahlin
Germany
GermanyA learned German at the Russian court, collected anecdotes about Tsar Peter I.

Vladimir Sollogub
Famous writer

Julia de Burgos
USA
USAPoetess

Luule Viilma
Estonia
EstoniaAuthor of psychological books

Paul Gallico
USA
USAAmerican writer

Frihdrih Schlegel
Germany
GermanyGerman critic, cultural philosopher, linguist, writer

John Oldham
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish poet

Per Wahloo
Sweden
SwedenSwedish writer, master of the detective genre.

Toyo Sibata
Japan
JapanJapanese woman writes poetry bestseller at 99

Fernando de Rojas
Spain
SpainSpanish writer.

Aravind Adiga
India
IndiaIndian writer and journalist

Laza Kostic
Austria
AustriaSerbian poet, writer, lawyer, philosopher, polyglot, publicist and politician, one of the most prominent representatives of Serbian literature.

Michele Cappellari
Italy
ItalyItalian poet.

Giorgio Faletti
Italy
ItalyItalian writer

Anry Renie
France
FranceFrench writer

Entdziro Noguchi
Japan
JapanJapanese poet and literary scholar

Eugenio Alberi
Italy
ItalyItalian historian and publicist.

Ilya Gruzdev
Russian and Soviet literary scholar, literary critic, playwright, writer

Sasha Cherny
France
FranceRussian poet of the Silver Age, prose writer

Frantsisk Bogushevich
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian poet

Theodor Kobbe
Germany
GermanyGerman writer

Jean Ingelow
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer.

Vladimir Holan
Czech
CzechCzech poet and translator.

Alfons Daudet
France
FranceFrench writer (<Tartarin of Tarascon>)

Fantomas
France
FranceA fictional antihero of French literature and cinema

Paul Vialar
France
FranceFrench writer of the 20th century

Selma Lagerlef
Sweden
SwedenSwedish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature 1909

Aloiziy Felinskiy
Poland
PolandPolish poet, playwright, translator, literary theorist.

Igniat Dzhurdzhevich
Writer

Lisa Scottoline
USA
USAAmerican author of legal thrillers

Vasiliy Belov
Russia
RussiaProse writer

Agafangel Krumskiy
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanUkrainian Soviet historian, writer, translator, orientalist, Turkologist and Semitologist

Alexander Barash
Israel
IsraelPoet, prose writer, journalist.

Luis Castillo
Italy
ItalyA Spanish writer who wrote about Russia.

Siegfried Kapper
German-Czech writer.

Marcel Jouhandeau
France
FranceFrench modernist novelist, essayist, playwright

Spandiyar Kobeev
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakh Soviet writer

Henri Guilbeaux
France
FranceFrench left-wing poet, journalist, publicist and political activist

Inna Ischuk
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian children's writer

Karin Boye
Sweden
SwedenSwedish writer.

Sergey Labutin
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian and Russian writer

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio
France
FranceFrench writer, Nobel Prize in Literature 2008

Fedor Berezin
Ukraine
UkraineScience fiction writer

Lesya Stepovichka
Ukraine
UkrainePoet, novelist, translator, publicist

Yaroslav Smelyakov
Poet

Giovanni Germanetto
Italy
ItalyItalian writer, publicist

Paolo Giordano
Italy
ItalyItalian writer.

Andrey Vansovich
USA
USAMoscow cartoonist and writer. humorist

Jessamyn West
USA
USAShe was an American author of short stories and novels.

Veniamin Jacq
Russian Soviet poet