Prose
Prose: biographies of writers, poets and literary figures, their major works, creative ideas and influence on literature and culture.

Yulia Andreeva
Writer

Bo Yang
China
ChinaTaiwanese writer, journalist, translator, dissident, historian

Louis Aragon
France
FranceFrench writer and politician

Johan Borgen
Norway
NorwayNorwegian writer

Cemach Szabad
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian physician and public figure, publicist and editor

Sharles de Coster
Belgium
BelgiumBelgian writer

Jeremy Strong
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish children's writer

Miroslav Rafaj
Czech
CzechCzech writer, prose writer

John Fowles
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer, novelist and essayist.

Gustav Karpeles
Germany
GermanyGerman publicist and literary historian.

Roberto Arlt
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine novelist, playwright and essayist

Lenny Bruce
USA
USAAmerican satirist, master of humorous improvisation, author of books, articles and records, who gained fame in the 1950s and 1960s

Roger MacBride Allen
USA
USAAmerican science fiction writer.

Vitaly Portnikov
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian journalist, writer and publicist, TV presenter

Giovanni Verga
Italy
ItalyItalian realist writer

Karl-Maria Kertbeny
Austria
AustriaAustrian publicist and translator

Julius Langbehn
Germany
GermanyGerman poet, political journalist

Sir George Sitwell
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish writer, famous eccentric, father of poet Edith Sitwell

William Wymark Jacobs
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer, author of novels and short story collections

Marek Halter
France
FranceWriter, publicist and public figure

Robin Leach
USA
USAFamous English writer

Carlo Cassola
Italy
ItalyItalian writer.

Pierce Egan
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer.

Alice Sebold
USA
USAAmerican writer

Ernesto Sabato
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine novelist, essayist, artist.

Zenon Kosidowski
Poland
PolandPolish writer, essayist

Dovid Seltser
USA
USAAmerican Jewish poet, writer, publicist. Wrote in Yiddish.

Boris Krutier
The most famous of all modern Russian aphorists

Boris Vian
France
FranceFrench novelist, poet, jazz musician and singer.

Albrecht Behmel
Germany
GermanyGerman writer, historian and playwright.

Valentin Ivanov
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian astronomer and science fiction writer

Iris Murdoch
Ireland
IrelandWriter, philosopher.

Gilbert Chesterton
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish Christian thinker and writer of the late 19th - early 20th centuries.

Brandon Sanderson
USA
USAAmerican fantasy author.

Phyllis McGinley
USA
USAAmerican children's writer

Frederik Pohl
USA
USAAmerican science fiction writer.

Everard Cotes
Canada
CanadaIndo-American writer

Yves Gandon
France
FranceFrench science fiction writer

William Godwin
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer, publicist, thinker.

George Henry Borrow
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer, novelist

Ludwig Kosegarten
Germany
GermanyGerman poet

Rosamunde Pilcher
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer, master of the “women's novel.”

Elleston Trevor
USA
USAWriter, classic spy novel.

Patricia Grasso
USA
USAAmerican writer

Romen Rolland
France
FranceWriter, Nobel Prize for Literature 1915

Isai Kalashnikov
Soviet writer

Richard Neville
Australia
AustraliaAustralian writer and self-proclaimed futurist.

Chabua Amiredjibi
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian Soviet writer, classic of Georgian literature of the 20th century, author of the novel “Data Tutashkhia”

Charles Cotin
France
FranceFrench writer, abbot.

Daniel Glattauer
Austria
AustriaAustrian writer and journalist