Literature

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

Jacob von Stahlin
Jacob von Stahlin
Germany
A learned German at the Russian court, collected anecdotes about Tsar Peter I.
Vladimir Sollogub
Vladimir Sollogub
Famous writer
Julia de Burgos
Julia de Burgos
USA
Poetess
Luule Viilma
Luule Viilma
Estonia
Author of psychological books
Paul Gallico
Paul Gallico
USA
American writer
Frihdrih Schlegel
Frihdrih Schlegel
Germany
German critic, cultural philosopher, linguist, writer
John Oldham
John Oldham
Great Britain
British poet
Per Wahloo
Per Wahloo
Sweden
Swedish writer, master of the detective genre.
Toyo Sibata
Toyo Sibata
Japan
Japanese woman writes poetry bestseller at 99
Fernando de Rojas
Fernando de Rojas
Spain
Spanish writer.
Aravind Adiga
Aravind Adiga
India
Indian writer and journalist
Laza Kostic
Laza Kostic
Austria
Serbian poet, writer, lawyer, philosopher, polyglot, publicist and politician, one of the most prominent representatives of Serbian literature.
Michele Cappellari
Michele Cappellari
Italy
Italian poet.
Giorgio Faletti
Giorgio Faletti
Italy
Italian writer
Anry Renie
Anry Renie
France
French writer
Entdziro Noguchi
Entdziro Noguchi
Japan
Japanese poet and literary scholar
Eugenio Alberi
Eugenio Alberi
Italy
Italian historian and publicist.
Ilya Gruzdev
Ilya Gruzdev
Russian and Soviet literary scholar, literary critic, playwright, writer
Sasha Cherny
Sasha Cherny
France
Russian poet of the Silver Age, prose writer
Frantsisk Bogushevich
Frantsisk Bogushevich
Belarus
Belarusian poet
Theodor Kobbe
Theodor Kobbe
Germany
German writer
Jean Ingelow
Jean Ingelow
Great Britain
English writer.
Vladimir Holan
Vladimir Holan
Czech
Czech poet and translator.
Alfons Daudet
Alfons Daudet
France
French writer (<Tartarin of Tarascon>)
 Fantomas
Fantomas
France
A fictional antihero of French literature and cinema
Paul Vialar
Paul Vialar
France
French writer of the 20th century
Selma Lagerlef
Selma Lagerlef
Sweden
Swedish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature 1909
Aloiziy Felinskiy
Aloiziy Felinskiy
Poland
Polish poet, playwright, translator, literary theorist.
Igniat Dzhurdzhevich
Igniat Dzhurdzhevich
Writer
Lisa Scottoline
Lisa Scottoline
USA
American author of legal thrillers
Vasiliy Belov
Vasiliy Belov
Russia
Prose writer
Agafangel Krumskiy
Agafangel Krumskiy
Kazakhstan
Ukrainian Soviet historian, writer, translator, orientalist, Turkologist and Semitologist
Alexander Barash
Alexander Barash
Israel
Poet, prose writer, journalist.
Luis Castillo
Luis Castillo
Italy
A Spanish writer who wrote about Russia.
Siegfried Kapper
Siegfried Kapper
German-Czech writer.
Marcel Jouhandeau
Marcel Jouhandeau
France
French modernist novelist, essayist, playwright
Spandiyar Kobeev
Spandiyar Kobeev
Kazakhstan
Kazakh Soviet writer
Henri Guilbeaux
Henri Guilbeaux
France
French left-wing poet, journalist, publicist and political activist
Inna Ischuk
Inna Ischuk
Ukraine
Ukrainian children's writer
Karin Boye
Karin Boye
Sweden
Swedish writer.
Sergey Labutin
Sergey Labutin
Ukraine
Ukrainian and Russian writer
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio
France
French writer, Nobel Prize in Literature 2008
Fedor Berezin
Fedor Berezin
Ukraine
Science fiction writer
Lesya Stepovichka
Lesya Stepovichka
Ukraine
Poet, novelist, translator, publicist
Yaroslav Smelyakov
Yaroslav Smelyakov
Poet
Giovanni Germanetto
Giovanni Germanetto
Italy
Italian writer, publicist
Paolo Giordano
Paolo Giordano
Italy
Italian writer.
Andrey Vansovich
Andrey Vansovich
USA
Moscow cartoonist and writer. humorist
Jessamyn West
Jessamyn West
USA
She was an American author of short stories and novels.
Veniamin Jacq
Veniamin Jacq
Russian Soviet poet