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.
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Johann Christoph Gottsched
 GermanyGerman writer and cultural figure, critic, historian of literature and theater
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H. L. Mencken
 USAAmerican journalist, essayist, satirist
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Thomas Love Peacock
 Great BritainAn English author known for his short humorous novels
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Nika Turbina
 RussiaPoetess
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Stanislav Kurilov
Russia Former Soviet, and later Canadian and Israeli oceanographer, writer
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Jean Giraudoux
 FranceWriter and playwright
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Shirley Jackson
USA Writer
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Fernando Arrabal
France Writer
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Carl Jonas Love Almqvist
 SwedenSwedish writer of the 19th century
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Anna Bijns
 NetherlandsDutch (Flemish) writer.
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Lev Askerov
 AzerbaijanSoviet Azerbaijani writer and journalist.
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Edouard Rene Lefebvre de Laboulaye
France French writer, scientist, publicist and political figure
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Pavel Bocu
Moldavian Soviet poet and writer
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Evgeniy Horvath
Germany Russian poet, then German artist
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Alan Marshall
 AustraliaAustralian writer
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Vladislav Bronevsky
 PolandPolish poet
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Robert Henryson
Great Britain One of the first major Scottish Renaissance poets.
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Volter Kilpi
 FinlandFinnish writer.
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Ruth Rendell
Great Britain British writer, author of popular detective stories and thrillers.
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Paul Bourget
France French critic and novelist
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Pierre Daninos
France A famous French writer, journalist and author of aphorisms
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Vasiliy Zalozetskiy
Russia Galician-Russian writer, wrote in Russian.
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Richmal Crompton
Great Britain British writer
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Rasul Gamzatov
Russia Russian poet, publicist and political figure.
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Luis Antonio de Villena
 SpainSpanish poet, novelist, essayist and translator
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Loeb
Poetess
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Emily Dickinson
USA American poetess
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Valentin Ickelzamer
Germany German writer of the 16th century.
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Jerome Jerome
Great Britain English writer, journalist, author of the stories: "Three Men in a Boat (Not Counting the Dog)", "Three Men on a Bicycle"
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George Maurier
France English writer, cartoonist
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Vladimir Pecherin
Russia Russian religious thinker, poet
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Gennadiy Buravkin
 BelarusBelarusian classical poet
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Poul Eliuar
France The greatest French poet of the 20th century
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Yankev Groper
 IsraelJewish poet
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Nurlybek Baimuratov
 KazakhstanKazakh Soviet akyn, Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR
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Panas Mirnyi
 UkraineUkrainian writer.
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Robert Zubrin
USA American engineer and publicist
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Nicolai Lilin
 ItalyRussian writer living in Italy
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George Herbert
Great Britain English poet
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Fedor Berezin
Ukraine Science fiction writer
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Yukio Mishima
 JapanJapanese writer
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Erlend Loe
 NorwayNorwegian writer and screenwriter
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Imants Ziedonis
 LatviaLatvian poet
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Arna Bontemps
USA African-American poet, novelist, librarian, and prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance cultural movement
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Izumi Shikibu
Japan Medieval Japanese writer, novelist and poetess
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Paul Celan
 RomaniaPoet, translator
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Wilhelm Hasenclever
Germany German poet
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David Gemmell
Great Britain English writer
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Chris Wooding
Great Britain English writer
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Henry Miller
USA American writer who shocked readers with his works
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