Literature
Explore the world of renowned authors, poets, and literary icons. Discover the lives and works of celebrated figures from Shakespeare to Maya Angelou. Get insights into their inspiration, themes, and impact on the literary landscape.

James Dashner
USA
USAAmerican writer

Hortense Cornu
France
FranceFrench writer

Libby Rees
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer

Eli Anderson
France
FranceWriter

John Boynton Priestley
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish novelist, essayist, playwright and theatre director.

Jaan Kaplinski
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian poet, essayist, translator

Edward Said
USA
USAPalestinian and American intellectual, literary critic and literary theorist

Gerhard Knoop
Germany
GermanyGerman novelist.

Rumi
Turkey
TurkeyAn outstanding Persian Sufi poet

Wendell Berry
USA
USAAmerican writer, poet, cultural critic and farmer.

Manuel Cofinio Lopez
Cuba
CubaCuban writer, poet and social activist

Konrad Pfaffe
Germany
GermanyGerman poet of the 12th century

Taisa Bondar
Belarus
BelarusAuthor of six books of poetry and prose in the Belarusian language

Max Frisch
Switzerland
SwitzerlandWriter, one of the largest German-language prose writers of the twentieth century

Guo Jingming
China
ChinaChinese writer.

Eliseo Diego
Cuba
CubaCuban poet, novelist, translator, author of children's books

Emily V. Gordon
USA
USAAmerican writer

Michel Butor
France
FranceFrench writer

Mehmet Murat Ildan
Turkey
TurkeyTurkish playwright, writer and thinker

Raymond Briggs
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and writer

Elleston Trevor
USA
USAWriter, classic spy novel.

Philip Reed
USA
USAAmerican writer and playwright

Yuri Shilov
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian writer, ideologist of one of the modern variants of Slavophilism.

Spiridon Vangeli
Children's writer

Toni Morrison
USA
USAAmerican Women Writer, Nobel Prize for Literature, 1993

Ai Qing
China
ChinaChinese poet.

Daedalus
Greece
GreeceA character from Greek myths, a brilliant artist and craftsman

Italo Calvino
Italy
ItalyItalian writer

Viktor Sosnora
Ukraine
UkrainePoet, prose writer

Katherine Mansfield
France
FranceNew Zealand writer

Uozas Tislyava
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet, translator, journalist; was considered the Lithuanian Mayakovsky.

Ilyas Esenberlin
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakh writer

Vladimir Besleaga
Moldova
MoldovaMoldovan writer, translator and politician.

Robert Crais
USA
USAContemporary writer, author of novels

George Calinescu
Romania
RomaniaRomanian literary scholar, writer, publicist, literary critic

Lukyan Golosov
Duma nobleman, poet, translator.

Halldour Laxness
Iceland
IcelandIcelandic writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955

DBC Pierre
Australia
AustraliaAustralian writer

Peter Yakubovich
Russia
RussiaWriter, poet

Leopold Sacher-Masoch
Austria
AustriaCreator of the masochistic movement

Mrs. Hudson
Great Britain
Great BritainA fictional character created by Sir A.C. Doyle

Alexandr Panchenko
Russia
RussiaLiterary scholar, academician

Olivia Fane
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish writer

Albrecht Kemenaten
Germany
GermanyGerman poet of the mid-13th century.

Allan Cole
USA
USAAmerican writer, author of science fiction novels and screenplays.

Simon Kernick
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer

Ozaki Minami
Japan
JapanWriter, Queen of Doujinshi" and one of the classics of the "yaoi" genre

Ann Radcliffe
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer

Raymond Queneau
France
FranceFrench writer, poet, essayist, translator

Samuel Coleridge
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish poet, philosopher, literary critic.