Literature

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

Sava Damyanov
Sava Damyanov
Serbia
Serbian writer, literary critic and literary scholar
Gennadiy Katzov
Gennadiy Katzov
Ukraine
Russian poet, writer, journalist
Giovanni Battista Casti
Giovanni Battista Casti
Italy
Italian poet.
Olexa Desnyak
Olexa Desnyak
Ukraine
Ukrainian Soviet writer
Juan Rodolfo Wilcock
Juan Rodolfo Wilcock
Argentina
Argentine and Italian writer
Ivan Korsak
Ivan Korsak
Ukraine
Ukrainian journalist and author of historical novels.
Omelian Ogonovskiy
Omelian Ogonovskiy
Ukraine
Writer
Radmilo Andelkovic
Radmilo Andelkovic
Serbia
Serbian and Yugoslav science fiction writer
Vadim Gardner
Vadim Gardner
USA
Russian poet
Kozma Jerusalem
Kozma Jerusalem
Byzantine church poet of the 8th century.
Friedrich Bodenstedt
Friedrich Bodenstedt
Germany
A German writer and renowned translator who made a significant contribution to introducing the German reader, in particular, to Russian literature.
Heinrich Anacker
Heinrich Anacker
Switzerland
German writer and poet
Tamas Aczel
Tamas Aczel
Hungary
Hungarian writer, journalist
Haim Guri
Haim Guri
Israel
Israeli poet, novelist, journalist and film director
Leonid Suhorukov
Leonid Suhorukov
Great Britain
Aphorism Man
Vaisanen Vaisanen
Vaisanen Vaisanen
Finland
Finnish writer, novelist
Richard Aldington
Richard Aldington
Great Britain
English writer and poet
Robertson Davies
Robertson Davies
Canada
Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist.
E.D. Miller
E.D. Miller
Great Britain
British writer
Shusaku Endo
Shusaku Endo
Japan
Outstanding Japanese writer, prominent representative of the “third new”, novelist
Ken Follett
Ken Follett
Great Britain
English writer
Shelly Thacker Meynhardt
Shelly Thacker Meynhardt
USA
Writer
Leigh Brackett
Leigh Brackett
USA
American writer and screenwriter
Yulia Shilova
Yulia Shilova
Russia
Writer
Adolf Digasinskiy
Adolf Digasinskiy
Poland
Polish writer, publicist, teacher; one of the founders of Polish naturalism and its largest representative.
Iain Banks
Iain Banks
Great Britain
Scottish writer
Robert Berns
Robert Berns
Great Britain
Poet
Giuseppe Carle
Giuseppe Carle
Italy
Italian publicist
Uno Laht
Uno Laht
Estonia
Estonian poet, prose writer and publicist
Carlos Castaneda
Carlos Castaneda
USA
Writer, founder of the company 'Cleargreen'
Josephine von Knorr
Josephine von Knorr
Austria
Austrian poet and translator
Maurice Blanchot
Maurice Blanchot
France
French writer, thinker and essayist.
Pieter Frans van Kerckhoven
Pieter Frans van Kerckhoven
Belgium
Flemish writer
Joshua Sundquist
Joshua Sundquist
USA
Paralympic skier, writer, motivator
Pierre Vidal-Naquet
Pierre Vidal-Naquet
France
French historian and publicist.
Petre Ispirescu
Petre Ispirescu
Romania
Romanian writer and collector of folk tales
Sakyo Komatsu
Sakyo Komatsu
Japan
Japanese science fiction writer
Menander
Menander
Greece
An ancient Greek comedy writer, the greatest master of Neo-Attic comedy.
Naomi Wolf
Naomi Wolf
USA
American writer, journalist, former political adviser to Al Gore and Bill Clinton
Majgull Axelsson
Majgull Axelsson
Sweden
Swedish writer and journalist.
Jakob Wassermann
Jakob Wassermann
Germany
German writer and short story writer
Buhar-Jerao Kalkaman-Uli
Buhar-Jerao Kalkaman-Uli
Kazakhstan
Poet
 Horace
Horace
Italy
Ancient Roman poet of the "golden age" of Roman literature
Thomas Hansen Kingo
Thomas Hansen Kingo
Denmark
Bishop and Danish lyric poet
Charles Brown
Charles Brown
USA
The first important American novelist.
Angelo Poliziano
Angelo Poliziano
Italy
Poet, humanist, court poet, friend of Lorenzo de' Medici, teacher of his sons.
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Ireland
Irish writer, author of Gothic prose
Robert Creeley
Robert Creeley
USA
American poet and writer.
Etheridge Knight
Etheridge Knight
USA
African American poet
Guillaume Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire
France
French writer