Literature

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

Marissa Meyer
Marissa Meyer
USA
American novelist
Viktor Kastner
Viktor Kastner
Germany
German poet.
Natalia Snyadenko
Natalia Snyadenko
Ukraine
Ukrainian writer, journalist and translator
Francoise Sagan
Francoise Sagan
France
Writer
Hermann Sudermann
Hermann Sudermann
Germany
German writer and playwright.
Dmitriy Rus
Dmitriy Rus
Ukraine
Writer
Petr Citovich
Petr Citovich
Ukraine
Writer
August Schlegel
August Schlegel
Germany
German critic, translator, scientist and poet.
Nina Rojdestvenskaya
Nina Rojdestvenskaya
Russia
Writer.
Stanislaw Witkiewicz
Stanislaw Witkiewicz
Poland
Polish writer, artist and philosopher
Tadeusz Gajcy
Tadeusz Gajcy
Poland
Polish poet, the second poet of his doomed generation after Baczyński.
Jaroslav Hasek
Jaroslav Hasek
Czech writer, father of the good soldier Švejk
Ilmari Kianto
Ilmari Kianto
Finland
Finnish writer and poet.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert
USA
American writer
Audrey Niffenegger
Audrey Niffenegger
USA
American writer, artist and academic
Henriette Roland Holst
Henriette Roland Holst
Netherlands
Dutch poet, writer and politician
Dmitry Kapranov
Dmitry Kapranov
Ukraine
Writer, publicist
Alexey Gedeonov
Alexey Gedeonov
Ukraine
Writer
Richelle Mead
Richelle Mead
USA
American writer working in the genres of horror, fantasy, and mysticism
Mark Bunny
Mark Bunny
Israel
Israeli writer
Stefan Zizany
Stefan Zizany
Ukraine
Western Russian Orthodox writer and polemicist
Amir Gutfroid
Amir Gutfroid
Israel
Israeli novelist
Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow
Canada
Canadian science fiction writer, journalist, blogger, philosopher
Amir Khusrau
Amir Khusrau
India
Indian and Tajik-Persian poet, scholar, musician
Evgeniy Veltistov
Evgeniy Veltistov
Soviet children's writer, science fiction writer, journalist and screenwriter
Jull Goncourt
Jull Goncourt
France
French writer, one of the Goncourt brothers
Valentina Kyalundzyuga
Valentina Kyalundzyuga
USA
Udege writer, public figure, storyteller
Emil Zola
Emil Zola
France
French writer, a prominent representative of naturalism in literature
Jusipbek Aymautov
Jusipbek Aymautov
A multi-genre writer, the founder of drama and novel in the Kazakh language
Mark Lanskoy
Mark Lanskoy
Russian Soviet writer
Henrik Pontoppidan
Henrik Pontoppidan
Denmark
Danish novelist
Edouard D'Anglemont
Edouard D'Anglemont
France
French poet of the 19th century
Alec Hope
Alec Hope
Australia
Australian satirical poet
Gyorgy Dalos
Gyorgy Dalos
Hungary
Hungarian writer who writes in Hungarian and German.
Guido Casoni
Guido Casoni
Italy
Italian poet, writer and lawyer, polymath
Ekaterina Gabashvili
Ekaterina Gabashvili
Georgia
Writer
Efim Levit
Efim Levit
Moldova
Moldavian literary critic, literary historian.
James Patrick Donleavy
James Patrick Donleavy
Ireland
Writer
Tom Arden
Tom Arden
Australia
Science fiction writer
Andrey Dmitruk
Andrey Dmitruk
Ukraine
Soviet and Ukrainian screenwriter, science fiction writer
Juan Goytisolo
Juan Goytisolo
Spain
Spanish writer.
Klaus Ebner
Klaus Ebner
Austria
Austrian writer.
Thomas Cooper
Thomas Cooper
Great Britain
English Chartist poet
Andre Breton
Andre Breton
France
French poet, one of the founders of surrealism
Semen Altov
Semen Altov
Russia
Russian satirical writer.
Ernst Weis
Ernst Weis
France
German-speaking Austrian writer and doctor of the Jewish faith.
Vojislav Ilic
Vojislav Ilic
Serbia
Serbian poet, critic and publicist
Artem Czech
Artem Czech
Ukraine
Ukrainian writer.
Konstantin Arabazhin
Konstantin Arabazhin
Russian and Ukrainian literary scholar, journalist, writer
Zoya Boguslavskaya
Zoya Boguslavskaya
Russia
Writer