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

Karina Demin
Belarus
BelarusWriter

Richard Riordan
USA
USAAmerican writer

Vladimir Nabokov
USA
USAAmerican writer of Russian origin

Francine Pascal
USA
USAAmerican writer

H. L. Mencken
USA
USAAmerican journalist, essayist, satirist

Natalia Semenchenko
Ukraine
UkraineDoctor of Economic Sciences, professor, writer-publicist

Nikolay Kazakov
Mari Soviet poet, prose writer, translator, journalist, editor

Ira Levin
USA
USAAmerican novelist, playwright and songwriter. Author of the novel Rosemary's Baby.

Topias Huttari
Soviet Finnish-language poet and prose writer, translator and teacher

Richard Matheson
USA
USAAmerican writer and screenwriter who worked in the genres of fantasy, horror and science fiction

Lisa Smedman
Canada
CanadaCanadian writer, editor

Efim Tkach
Moldova
MoldovaPublicist, Moldavian Soviet musicologist, music critic and public figure.

Voltaire
France
FrancePhilosopher, novelist, historian, playwright and poet of the Enlightenment, one of the greatest French writers.

Olav Duun
Norway
NorwayNorwegian writer

Valeriy Carrick
Great Britain
Great BritainRussian children's writer, journalist, illustrator, cartoonist.

Adam Wiedemann
Poland
PolandWriter of poetry and prose

Chretien de Troyes
France
FranceAn outstanding medieval French master of the courtly novel

Agota Kristof
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss writer

Pavel Zagrebelnuy
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian writer and novelist

Grigoriy Danilevskiy
Russia
RussiaRussian writer

Nikolay Cochin
Russian Soviet writer

Arna Bontemps
USA
USAAfrican-American poet, novelist, librarian, and prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance cultural movement

Orhan Pamuk
Turkey
TurkeyContemporary Turkish writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2006)

Victor Dombrovsky
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet and Ukrainian writer

Edmondo De Amicis
Italy
ItalyItalian writer, poet and journalist

Nathan Englander
USA
USAAmerican writer

Mark Joseph Salzman
USA
USAAmerican writer

Valentina Dmitrieva
Russia
RussiaFamous writer

Caitlín Kiernan
USA
USAAmerican writer

Renatus Karl Senkenberg
Austria
AustriaPublicist, lawyer.

Seweryn Korzelinski
Poland
PolandPolish writer

Henriette Julie Herz
Germany
GermanyEarly Romantic writer

Dee Brown
USA
USAAmerican novelist and historian

Karl Knortz
Germany
GermanyGerman-American writer

Samed Behragi
Iran
IranIranian children's writer

Petr Kapnist
Russia
RussiaPoet, publicist, playwright.

Aleksis Kivi
Finland
FinlandFinnish writer, founder of realistic literature in Finnish.

Ludvig Holberg
Norway
NorwayNorwegian writer and Danish writer

Jan Kott
Poland
PolandPolish literary and theatre critic, theatre theorist, publicist, playwright

Boris Akunin
Georgia
GeorgiaFiction writer

Vladimir Eshkilev
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian novelist, poet, essayist

Alfons Bertholds
Libya
LibyaLivonian poet and translator

Giuseppe Culicchia
Italy
ItalyItalian writer, screenwriter, journalist

Georges Courteline
France
FranceFrench writer and playwright

Ronni Sue Chasen
USA
USAAmerican publicist and advertising agent

Jakob Fredrik Jakob Fredrik Lagervall
France
FranceFinnish writer

Ray Cummings
USA
USAScience fiction writer

Magauiya Kunanbayev
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakh poet

Thomas Gold Appleton
USA
USAAmerican writer

Rosa Carey
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish writer.