Literature
Read about notable figures in Literature: books, literary careers, famous works and the cultural legacy of influential authors.
Alessandro Manzoni
Italy
ItalyItalian writer
Lois Duncan
USA
USAAmerican writer
Brone Buivydaite
Lithuanian poetess and prose writer.
Edmund Hoefer
Germany
GermanyGerman writer.
Margaret Mahy
New Zealand
New ZealandNew Zealand writer, author of novels for children and young people.
Kazimierz Waliszewski
Poland
PolandPolish historian, writer and publicist
Shaul Chernihovskiy
Israel
IsraelJewish poet
Jumaniyaz Jabbarov
Uzbekistan
UzbekistanPeople's poet of Uzbekistan.
Gurazada Apparao
India
IndiaIndian poet and writer.
Alfred Burrage
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish writer, especially known for his works in the horror genre.
Marcus Alexander
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish science fiction writer
Raymond Federman
USA
USAFrench-American writer, poet, essayist, translator and critic
Maksud Ibragimbekov
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani writer and screenwriter
Ernst Balcke
Germany
GermanyGerman poet.
Manuel de Cabanyes
Spain
SpainSpanish poet
Giuseppe Gioachino Belli
Italy
ItalyItalian poet
Jacob Jan Cremer
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch short story writer, was a painter.
Leonid Solovyov
USA
USARussian Soviet writer, screenwriter, author of the Hodja Nasreddin dilogy
Linwood Carter
USA
USAAmerican science fiction writer
Petr Zadnipru
Moldova
MoldovaMoldavian Soviet poet, translator and party activist.
Richard Bach
USA
USAAmerican science fiction writer, journalist, pilot.
Omar Khayyam
Tajikistan
TajikistanTajik poet of the beginning of the millennium
Patrick Suskind
Germany
GermanyGerman writer and screenwriter
Tourmagambet Iztelyuov
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakh Soviet akyn, zhyrau, translator
Evelyn Waugh
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish satirist
Tom Sawyer
A fictional character by Mark Twain
Arvo Valton
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian writer, screenwriter
David Brin
USA
USAFamous American science fiction writer.
Muhamedjan Karataev
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanLiterary scholar, critic, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR
Basil Copper
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer of horror, fantasy and detective fiction
Andrey Shiryaev
Russian poet and prose writer
Archil II
Georgia
GeorgiaKing of Imereti and Kakheti, lyric poet, eldest son of the King of Kartli Vakhtang V
Ragim Alhas
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani poet and publicist
Archibald Kronin
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish writer.
Urs Widmer
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss writer
Joseph Hergesheimer
USA
USAFamous American writer of the early 20th century
Morten Ramsland
Denmark
DenmarkDanish novelist
Wilhelm Busch
Germany
GermanyGerman poet, humorist and draftsman.
Mihail Shishkin
Switzerland
SwitzerlandProse writer
Terry Bisson
USA
USAAmerican writer, science fiction writer
Herman Bang
Denmark
DenmarkDanish writer, hereditary nobleman
Alain-Ren Lesage
France
FranceFrench writer, author of the classic moral novel Gilles Blas.
Baba Taher
One of the early representatives of Persian poetry, a mystic. Much of his biography remains unclear.
Alexandre Clercq
France
FranceFrench diplomat and publicist.
Petras Babickas
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet, prose writer, publicist
Brothers Grimm
Germany
GermanyGerman linguists and writers
Paul Jennings
Australia
AustraliaChildren's writer
Daniil Ratgauz
Czech
CzechRussian poet, author of the words of several famous romances.
Elza Rosenberg-Plekshan (Aspazija)
Latvia
LatviaLatvian poetess, playwright, wife of Jan RAINIS
Lytton Strachey
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish critic and biographer