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Madame de La Fayette
Madame de La Fayette
France
French writer.
Kenneth Allott
Kenneth Allott
Great Britain
Anglo-Irish poet, academic and great scholar of Matthew Arnold
Sergey Borodin
Sergey Borodin
Russian Soviet prose writer
Cherith Baldry
Cherith Baldry
Great Britain
English science fiction writer
Jakob Wassermann
Jakob Wassermann
Germany
German writer and short story writer
Sait Abasuyanuk
Sait Abasuyanuk
Turkey
Turkish writer.
Farit Isangulov
Farit Isangulov
Dive
Bashkir writer and teacher
Natalia Gavrilenko
Natalia Gavrilenko
Ukraine
Ukrainian writer, author of historical novels
Inna Bachinskaya
Inna Bachinskaya
Ukraine
Writer
Tahakasi Rumiko
Tahakasi Rumiko
Japan
Writer
Hans Vilhelm Kaalund
Hans Vilhelm Kaalund
Denmark
Danish lyricist
Amanda Douglas
Amanda Douglas
USA
American writer
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg
USA
American poet of the second half of the 20th century, founder of the Beat movement
Lev Gordon
Lev Gordon
Israel
Outstanding Jewish poet.
Pierre Lallemand
Pierre Lallemand
France
French publicist.
Froim Oierbah
Froim Oierbah
Israel
Jewish poet and literary critic. Wrote in Yiddish.
Inger Christensen
Inger Christensen
Denmark
Danish writer
Publilius Syrus
Publilius Syrus
Italy
Ancient Roman poet, author of mimes and sayings
Henry Lion Oldie
Henry Lion Oldie
Ukraine
Ukrainian science fiction writers
Augustin-Mari Ximenes
Augustin-Mari Ximenes
France
French writer.
Elizabeth Inchbald
Elizabeth Inchbald
Great Britain
English writer, playwright and literary critic
Vaclav-Kliment Klicpera
Vaclav-Kliment Klicpera
Czech
Czech writer and political figure.
Nero Wolfe
Nero Wolfe
USA
Fictional literary character
Eduard Mezhelaitis
Eduard Mezhelaitis
Lithuania
People's Poet of Lithuania, Hero of Socialist Labor, Lenin Prize laureate
Marianna Goncharova
Marianna Goncharova
Ukraine
Ukrainian Russian-speaking writer
Tom Rath
Tom Rath
USA
American writer, explorer and speaker
Nicolas Guillen
Nicolas Guillen
Cuba
Cuban poet
Hermann Kurz
Hermann Kurz
Germany
German writer and literary historian.
Julius Mosen
Julius Mosen
Germany
German poet and author of Jewish descent
Mary Godwin
Mary Godwin
Great Britain
English writer
Giuseppe Carle
Giuseppe Carle
Italy
Italian publicist
Colleen McCullough
Colleen McCullough
Australia
Writer
Urs Widmer
Urs Widmer
Switzerland
Swiss writer
John Carr
John Carr
USA
American writer, author of detective novels.
Vladimir Bahmetev
Vladimir Bahmetev
Russian Soviet prose writer, publicist, literary critic
Nelle Harper Lee
Nelle Harper Lee
USA
American writer, Pulitzer Prize winner.
Anna Bijns
Anna Bijns
Netherlands
Dutch (Flemish) writer.
Gabriel Laub
Gabriel Laub
Poland
Writer and journalist
Charlotte Kalb
Charlotte Kalb
Germany
German writer
Sebastian Brant
Sebastian Brant
Germany
German scientist, humanist, poet.
Vladimir Mesherskiy
Vladimir Mesherskiy
Russia
Finder, publisher-editor, right-wing publicist.
Joe Dever
Joe Dever
Great Britain
British fantasy writer, game designer
Georgette Heyer
Georgette Heyer
Great Britain
English writer
Yasunary Kavabata
Yasunary Kavabata
Japan
Japanese writer, Nobel Prize for Literature 1968
John Irving
John Irving
USA
American novelist and screenwriter
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
France
The greatest poetess of French romanticism
Andre Alice Norton
Andre Alice Norton
USA
American science fiction writer
Sasha Cherny
Sasha Cherny
France
Russian poet of the Silver Age, prose writer
Philip Roth
Philip Roth
USA
American writer
Francis Crawford
Francis Crawford
USA
Prolific American novelist
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