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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
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.
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
Gabriel Laub
Gabriel Laub
Poland
Writer and journalist
Charlotte Kalb
Charlotte Kalb
Germany
German writer
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
Iogann Haynze
Iogann Haynze
Germany
German poet and writer of the Sturm und Drang era.
Steve Aylett
Steve Aylett
Great Britain
British science fiction writer
Ivan Belokonskij
Ivan Belokonskij
Writer
Jules Valles
Jules Valles
France
French writer and political figure
Valeriy Shevchuk
Valeriy Shevchuk
Ukraine
Ukrainian writer of the sixties
Truman Capote
Truman Capote
USA
American novelist.
W. C. Sellar
W. C. Sellar
Great Britain
Scottish humorist
Dmitriy Avaliani
Dmitriy Avaliani
Russia
Poet, palindromist.
Grigorios Zalykis
Grigorios Zalykis
Greece
Greek writer
Ernst Hoffman
Ernst Hoffman
Germany
German writer, composer, music critic, conductor, decorative artist
Lydia Koidula
Lydia Koidula
Estonia
Estonian poetess, prose writer, founder of Estonian drama
Ventura Ruiz Aguilera
Ventura Ruiz Aguilera
Spain
Spanish poet.
Elena Axelrod
Elena Axelrod
Israel
Soviet poetess and translator
Valentina Kyalundzyuga
Valentina Kyalundzyuga
USA
Udege writer, public figure, storyteller
Carol Marinelli
Carol Marinelli
Australia
Writer
William Thomas Beckford
William Thomas Beckford
Great Britain
English writer
Elizabeth Goudge
Elizabeth Goudge
Great Britain
English writer, author of short stories, novellas and children's books
Valeriy Carrick
Valeriy Carrick
Great Britain
Russian children's writer, journalist, illustrator, cartoonist.
Hamza Niyazi
Hamza Niyazi
Uzbekistan
Uzbek writer
Miroslav Rafaj
Miroslav Rafaj
Czech
Czech writer, prose writer
Annie Swan
Annie Swan
Great Britain
Scottish journalist, novelist and short story writer
Oleg Avramenko
Oleg Avramenko
Ukraine
Russian and Ukrainian science fiction writer.
Robert Hans Van Gulik
Robert Hans Van Gulik
Netherlands
Dutch orientalist, diplomat, musician and writer
Ferdowsi
Ferdowsi
Dive
Persian poet, author of the epic poem "Shahnameh" (Book of Kings)
Ivan Kataev
Ivan Kataev
Russian Soviet writer
Michail Bishop
Michail Bishop
USA
Writer ('Eyes of Fire')
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