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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')
Valeriy Kaurov
Valeriy Kaurov
Ukraine
Ukrainian publicist and public figure
Liz Renay
Liz Renay
USA
American writer and actress
Archibald Kronin
Archibald Kronin
Great Britain
Scottish writer.
Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden
USA
Science fiction writer
Arn Tseytlin
Arn Tseytlin
Israel
Jewish playwright, writer, poet, art critic, publisher.
Anastasiya Afanasyeva
Anastasiya Afanasyeva
Ukraine
Ukrainian poet
Riunoske Akutagava
Riunoske Akutagava
Japan
Japanese writer
Wilgelm Zorgenfrei
Wilgelm Zorgenfrei
Poet
Andrea Zanzotto
Andrea Zanzotto
Italy
Italian poet, wrote in Italian and the Venetian dialect (Veneto).
Joseph Kessel
Joseph Kessel
France
French writer
William Olaf Stapledon
William Olaf Stapledon
Great Britain
British philosopher and science fiction writer.
Jessamyn West
Jessamyn West
USA
She was an American author of short stories and novels.
Fletcher Pratt
Fletcher Pratt
USA
American writer
Meysey Goto
Meysey Goto
Japan
Japanese writer
Mark Lanskoy
Mark Lanskoy
Russian Soviet writer
Musine Kokalari
Musine Kokalari
Albania
Albanian writer and political activist
Junko Morimoto
Junko Morimoto
Japan
Japanese writer who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
Lee Child
Lee Child
Great Britain
English writer
Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter
Great Britain
English children's writer and artist
Victor Pitzman
Victor Pitzman
Moldova
Poet
Stanislav Reinhard Axtelmeier
Stanislav Reinhard Axtelmeier
Germany
German writer of the late 17th and early 18th centuries
Pierre de Ronsard
Pierre de Ronsard
France
French poet, chapter of "Pleiades"
Joanne Rowling
Joanne Rowling
Great Britain
British writer
Glen Cook
Glen Cook
USA
Science fiction writer
Maryam Vahidova
Maryam Vahidova
Kazakhstan
Russian publicist
Chuck Palahniuk
Chuck Palahniuk
USA
American writer
Tomas Lermont
Tomas Lermont
Great Britain
The poet is considered the founder of Scottish literature
Ivan Korlyarovskiy
Ivan Korlyarovskiy
Ukraine
Ukrainian writer, founder of modern Ukrainian literature
Jeffery Deaver
Jeffery Deaver
USA
American writer
Gerard Hopkins
Gerard Hopkins
Great Britain
English poet, one of the largest recognized innovators in literature of the 19th century.
Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro Manzoni
Italy
Italian writer
Robert Antelme
Robert Antelme
France
French writer
Svetlana Klimkevich
Svetlana Klimkevich
Ukraine
Esotericist, philosopher
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