Literature

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

Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregory
Great Britain
British writer and screenwriter
Raul Brandao
Raul Brandao
Portugal
Portuguese writer.
Michael Korol
Michael Korol
Israel
Israeli poet, cultural scientist, local historian
Robert de Montesquiou
Robert de Montesquiou
France
French writer, collector, bibliophile and patron of the arts
Nikolay Girnyk
Nikolay Girnyk
Ukraine
Ukrainian Soviet poet, translator, journalist.
Jacob Cats
Jacob Cats
Netherlands
Dutch poet.
Khurshid Davron
Khurshid Davron
Uzbekistan
Poet
Leonid Kulikov
Leonid Kulikov
Children's Soviet poet
Evgeniy Brandis
Evgeniy Brandis
Russian Soviet literary scholar
Martin Amis
Martin Amis
Great Britain
British novelist and critic
Alexander Polovets
Alexander Polovets
USA
Soviet-American publisher, writer, publicist and public figure
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
USA
American satirist writer.
Qovsi Tabrizi
Qovsi Tabrizi
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani poet of the early 17th century
Hamid Alimdzhan
Hamid Alimdzhan
Uzbekistan
Uzbek poet, playwright, literary critic
Monica McCarty
Monica McCarty
Great Britain
British writer
Antonio Caccianiga
Antonio Caccianiga
Italy
Italian writer.
Pascal Bruckner
Pascal Bruckner
France
French writer.
Edmund Blunden
Edmund Blunden
Great Britain
English poet, writer and critic
Eowyn Ivey
Eowyn Ivey
USA
American writer
Warren Adler
Warren Adler
USA
American writer
Ivan Basanovich
Ivan Basanovich
Lithuania
Lithuanian folklorist, anthropologist and writer
Louis Belmontet
Louis Belmontet
France
French poet and publicist of Italian origin.
Gevorg Achemyan
Gevorg Achemyan
Armenia
Armenian writer, publicist, social and political figure
Dmitriy Emets
Dmitriy Emets
Russia
Children's and teenage science fiction writer.
Elizabeth George
Elizabeth George
USA
American detective writer
Carl Solomon
Carl Solomon
USA
American writer
Kita Abashidze
Kita Abashidze
Georgia
Georgian critic, publicist, public and political figure, member of OZAKOM.
Aliaga Vahid
Aliaga Vahid
Azerbaijani poet, Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR
Inger Christensen
Inger Christensen
Denmark
Danish writer
K. Bertini
K. Bertini
Israel
Israeli poet, publicist and translator
Guillaume Faye
Guillaume Faye
France
French journalist and writer, ideologist of the "new right".
Petr Gnedych
Petr Gnedych
Russian writer, playwright, translator, art historian, theatre figure.
Hubert Aquin
Hubert Aquin
Canada
Canadian French-language writer, political activist, publicist, film director and editor
Evgenia Kononenko
Evgenia Kononenko
Ukraine
Ukrainian writer and translator.
Yuriy Yanovskiy
Yuriy Yanovskiy
Ukraine
Ukrainian Soviet writer
Pawel Balcerek
Pawel Balcerek
Poland
Polish science fiction writer
Robert Sheckley
Robert Sheckley
USA
Writer
Maxim Goretsky
Maxim Goretsky
Belarusian writer, literary scholar, translator, folklorist, activist of the Belarusian national movement of the early 20th century
Sergey Sakanskiy
Sergey Sakanskiy
Writer
Guy Gavriel Kay
Guy Gavriel Kay
Canada
Canadian science fiction writer
Alois Irasek
Alois Irasek
Czech writer
Margaret Drabble
Margaret Drabble
Great Britain
English writer
 Zmay
Zmay
Suriname
Poet
Tulepbergen Kaipbergenov
Tulepbergen Kaipbergenov
Uzbekistan
Uzbek Karakalpak Soviet writer.
Vilhelms Vilis Knorins
Vilhelms Vilis Knorins
Latvia
Soviet party and statesman, historian and publicist
Francisco Coloane
Francisco Coloane
Chile
Chilean writer
Tanith Lee
Tanith Lee
Great Britain
British writer of science fiction, horror and fantasy
Andrea Da Barberino
Andrea Da Barberino
Italy
Italian writer.
Vadim Zeland
Vadim Zeland
An unknown author of books that everyone knows.
Pagu
Pagu
Brazil
Brazilian writer, poet, playwright, translator and journalist