Prose

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

Yulia Andreeva
Yulia Andreeva
Writer
Bo Yang
Bo Yang
China
Taiwanese writer, journalist, translator, dissident, historian
Louis Aragon
Louis Aragon
France
French writer and politician
Johan Borgen
Johan Borgen
Norway
Norwegian writer
Cemach Szabad
Cemach Szabad
Lithuania
Lithuanian physician and public figure, publicist and editor
Sharles de Coster
Sharles de Coster
Belgium
Belgian writer
Jeremy Strong
Jeremy Strong
Great Britain
English children's writer
Miroslav Rafaj
Miroslav Rafaj
Czech
Czech writer, prose writer
John Fowles
John Fowles
Great Britain
English writer, novelist and essayist.
Gustav Karpeles
Gustav Karpeles
Germany
German publicist and literary historian.
Roberto Arlt
Roberto Arlt
Argentina
Argentine novelist, playwright and essayist
Lenny Bruce
Lenny Bruce
USA
American satirist, master of humorous improvisation, author of books, articles and records, who gained fame in the 1950s and 1960s
Roger MacBride Allen
Roger MacBride Allen
USA
American science fiction writer.
Vitaly Portnikov
Vitaly Portnikov
Ukraine
Ukrainian journalist, writer and publicist, TV presenter
Giovanni Verga
Giovanni Verga
Italy
Italian realist writer
Karl-Maria Kertbeny
Karl-Maria Kertbeny
Austria
Austrian publicist and translator
Julius Langbehn
Julius Langbehn
Germany
German poet, political journalist
Sir George Sitwell
Sir George Sitwell
Great Britain
British writer, famous eccentric, father of poet Edith Sitwell
William Wymark Jacobs
William Wymark Jacobs
Great Britain
English writer, author of novels and short story collections
Marek Halter
Marek Halter
France
Writer, publicist and public figure
Robin Leach
Robin Leach
USA
Famous English writer
Carlo Cassola
Carlo Cassola
Italy
Italian writer.
Pierce Egan
Pierce Egan
Great Britain
English writer.
Alice Sebold
Alice Sebold
USA
American writer
Ernesto Sabato
Ernesto Sabato
Argentina
Argentine novelist, essayist, artist.
Zenon Kosidowski
Zenon Kosidowski
Poland
Polish writer, essayist
Dovid Seltser
Dovid Seltser
USA
American Jewish poet, writer, publicist. Wrote in Yiddish.
Boris Krutier
Boris Krutier
The most famous of all modern Russian aphorists
Boris Vian
Boris Vian
France
French novelist, poet, jazz musician and singer.
Albrecht Behmel
Albrecht Behmel
Germany
German writer, historian and playwright.
Valentin Ivanov
Valentin Ivanov
Bulgaria
Bulgarian astronomer and science fiction writer
Iris Murdoch
Iris Murdoch
Ireland
Writer, philosopher.
Gilbert Chesterton
Gilbert Chesterton
Great Britain
English Christian thinker and writer of the late 19th - early 20th centuries.
Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson
USA
American fantasy author.
Phyllis McGinley
Phyllis McGinley
USA
American children's writer
Frederik Pohl
Frederik Pohl
USA
American science fiction writer.
Everard Cotes
Everard Cotes
Canada
Indo-American writer
Yves Gandon
Yves Gandon
France
French science fiction writer
William Godwin
William Godwin
Great Britain
English writer, publicist, thinker.
George Henry Borrow
George Henry Borrow
Great Britain
English writer, novelist
Ludwig Kosegarten
Ludwig Kosegarten
Germany
German poet
Rosamunde Pilcher
Rosamunde Pilcher
Great Britain
English writer, master of the “women's novel.”
Elleston Trevor
Elleston Trevor
USA
Writer, classic spy novel.
Patricia Grasso
Patricia Grasso
USA
American writer
Romen Rolland
Romen Rolland
France
Writer, Nobel Prize for Literature 1915
Isai Kalashnikov
Isai Kalashnikov
Soviet writer
Richard Neville
Richard Neville
Australia
Australian writer and self-proclaimed futurist.
Chabua Amiredjibi
Chabua Amiredjibi
Georgia
Georgian Soviet writer, classic of Georgian literature of the 20th century, author of the novel “Data Tutashkhia”
Charles Cotin
Charles Cotin
France
French writer, abbot.
Daniel Glattauer
Daniel Glattauer
Austria
Austrian writer and journalist