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

William Hjortsberg
USA
USAAmerican writer and screenwriter

Anne Bradstreet
USA
USAThe first American poetess

Oles Ilchenko
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian poet and writer.

Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz
Israel
IsraelJewish liturgical poet

Nordahl Grieg
Norway
NorwayNorwegian writer, poet, playwright.

Evalds Wilks
Latvia
LatviaLatvian writer

Mihail Pinchevski
Ukraine
UkraineJewish poet, novelist, playwright

Dmitriy Lazutkin
Ukraine
UkraineRussian and Ukrainian poet living in Ukraine

Lewis Carroll
Great Britain
Great BritainAuthor of the famous children's books Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass

Gerhard Knoop
Germany
GermanyGerman novelist.

Alex Scarrow
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish writer

Ruvim Fraerman
Writer

Horacio Quiroga
Uruguay
UruguayUruguayan writer.

Edmond Moore Hamilton
USA
USAAmerican science fiction writer

Iogann Haynze
Germany
GermanyGerman poet and writer of the Sturm und Drang era.

Konstantin Tsybulsky
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian poet, writer, songwriter

Darya Aslamova
Russia
RussiaWriter

Jeremias Gotthelf
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss national writer.

Edward Jung
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish poet and critic.

Rexanne Becnel
USA
USAAmerican writer

Santa Montefiore
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish writer

Vladimir Vishnevskiy
Russia
RussiaPoet

Doogy Breamson
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer, author of books about football fans

Konrad Bussov
Sweden
SwedenWriter about Russia

Max Otto von Stierlitz
Character from the books by Y. Semenov and the film Seventeen Moments of Spring

Catherine Asaro
USA
USAAmerican writer.

Hans Christian Branner
Denmark
DenmarkDanish writer and translator.

Dalia Truskinovskaya
Latvia
LatviaLatvian writer and journalist.

Lucy Clifford
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer

Emil Quanten
Finland
FinlandFinnish poet.

George Topyrchanu
Romania
RomaniaRomanian poet, prose writer, memoirist and publicist, corresponding member of the Romanian Academy since 1936.

Paul Auster
USA
USAPoet, novelist and film director

Jerome Jerome
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer, journalist, author of the stories: "Three Men in a Boat (Not Counting the Dog)", "Three Men on a Bicycle"

Vladimir Buzayev
Latvia
LatviaLatvian politician and publicist

Vagrik Bahchanian
USA
USAThe man who came up with the line “We were born to make Kafka come true”; pioneer slogan “When you tie a tie, take care of it. He and the red fish are the same color”; pseudonym Limonov for teenager Savenko

Madeline Hunter
USA
USAAmerican writer

Robert Louell
USA
USAAmerican poet, playwright and literary critic, representative of the confessional movement in poetry.

Garret Patmen Serviss
USA
USAScience fiction writer

Goodman Ace
USA
USAAmerican humorist and comedian

Anthony Burges
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer

Alla Polyanskaya
Ukraine
UkraineWriter

Mariano Larra
Spain
SpainSpanish poet, prose writer, publicist.

Lev Scryagin
Russia
RussiaWriter

Alexandr Gonchar
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian Soviet writer, publicist and public figure

Sabirian Mukhametkulov
Bashkir poet

Oskar Luts
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian writer, playwright and pharmacist

Margaret Oliphant
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish writer

Natalia Ginzburg
Italy
ItalyItalian writer

Natalia Gaydamaka
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian writer

Ernst Phillip Karl Lange
Germany
GermanyGerman writer known under the pseudonym Philipp Galen.