Famous writers

Source: https://aidb.si/d/writers — Pantheon by Datawheel (pantheon.world), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Please cite: Yu, A. Z., Ronen, S., Hu, K., Lu, T. & Hidalgo, C. A. (2016). Pantheon 1.0, a manually verified dataset of globally famous biographies. Scientific Data 3:150075. doi:10.1038/sdata.2015.75 Dates, citizenship, notable works, descriptions and sitelinks from Wikidata (CC0); images from Wikimedia Commons.

RankNameWikidataDescriptionOccupationWrites inBornDiedCitizenshipCountries of citizenshipBirth countryNotable worksSitelinksHPIImage
1William ShakespeareQ692English playwright and poet (1564–1616)WriterEnglish; Early Modern English1564-041616-05-03Kingdom of EnglandGBR3933692.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shakespeare.jpg?width=320
2Leo TolstoyQ7243Russian author (1828–1910)WriterRussian; French1828-09-091910-11-20Russian EmpireRUS1828289.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L.N.Tolstoy%20Prokudin-Gorsky.jpg?width=320
3Johann Wolfgang von GoetheQ5879German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)WriterGerman1749-08-281832-03-22Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-EisenachDEU1227890.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Goethe%20(Stieler%201828).jpg?width=320
4HomerQ6691reputed author of the Iliad and the OdysseyWriterAncient Greek-800-750Ionian LeagueGRC327195.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Homer%20bust%2C%20Farnese%20collection%20(Naples).jpg?width=320
4Dante AlighieriQ1067Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)WriterItalian; Latin12651321-09-22Republic of FlorenceITA1027192.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20de%20Dante.jpg?width=320
6Victor HugoQ535French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)WriterFrench1802-02-261885-05-22FRAFranceFRA826989.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Victor%20Hugo%20by%20%C3%89tienne%20Carjat%201876%20-%20full.jpg?width=320
7Fyodor DostoyevskyQ991Russian novelist (1821–1881)WriterRussian1821-11-111881-02-09Russian EmpireRUS925693.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vasily%20Perov%20-%20%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%20%D0%A4.%D0%9C.%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%20-%20Google%20Art%20Project.jpg?width=320
7VoltaireQ9068French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)WriterFrench1694-11-211778-05-30Kingdom of FranceFRA925689.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicolas%20de%20Largilli%C3%A8re%20-%20Portrait%20de%20Voltaire%20(1694-1778)%20en%201718%20-%20P208%20-%20mus%C3%A9e%20Carnavalet%20-%205%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
9Mark TwainQ7245American author and humorist (1835–1910)WriterEnglish; German1835-11-301910-04-21USAUnited StatesUSA225283.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MarkTwain.LOC.jpg?width=320
10Charles DickensQ5686English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)WriterBritish English1812-02-071870-06-09United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR1625085.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dickens%20Gurney%20head.jpg?width=320
11Miguel de CervantesQ5682Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)WriterEarly Modern Spanish1547-10-091616-04-22Crown of CastileESP224987.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cervantes%20J%C3%A1uregui.jpg?width=320
12Rabindranath TagoreQ7241Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)WriterBangla; English1861-05-071941-08-07British RajIND1724683.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rabindranath%20Tagore%20in%201909.jpg?width=320
13VirgilQ1398Roman poet (1st century BC)WriterLatin-69-18Ancient RomeITA324588.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Parco%20della%20Grotta%20di%20Posillipo5%20(crop).jpg?width=320
14Hans Christian AndersenQ5673Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)WriterDanish1805-04-021875-08-04Kingdom of DenmarkDNK1424490.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hans%20Christian%20Andersen%20by%20Thora%20Hallager%201869.jpg?width=320
14Alexander PushkinQ7200Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)WriterRussian; French1799-06-061837-02-10Russian EmpireRUS924484.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kiprensky%20Pushkin.jpg?width=320
16Franz KafkaQ905Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)WriterGerman1883-07-031924-06-03Czechoslovakia; CisleithaniaCZE524289.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Franz%20Kafka%2C%201923.jpg?width=320
17Anton ChekhovQ5685Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)WriterRussian1860-01-291904-07-15Russian EmpireRUS824086.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anton%20Chekhov%20with%20bow-tie%20sepia%20image.jpg?width=320
18MolièreQ687French playwright and actor (1622–1673)WriterFrench1622-01-151673-02-17Kingdom of FranceFRA2822687.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre%20Mignard%20-%20Portrait%20de%20Jean-Baptiste%20Poquelin%20dit%20Moli%C3%A8re%20(1622-1673)%20-%20Google%20Art%20Project%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
19Edgar Allan PoeQ16867American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)WriterEnglish1809-01-191849-10-07USAUnited StatesUSA1122590.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edgar%20Allan%20Poe%2C%20circa%201849%2C%20restored%2C%20squared%20off.jpg?width=320
20Oscar WildeQ30875Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)WriterFrench; English1854-10-161900-11-30United Kingdom; France; IrelandIRL522383.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oscar%20Wilde%20by%20Napoleon%20Sarony.%20Three-quarter-length%20photograph%2C%20seated.jpg?width=320
21Lord ByronQ5679English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)WriterEnglish1788-01-221824-04-19Kingdom of Great Britain; United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR321982.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Byron%201813%20by%20Phillips.jpg?width=320
22SophoclesQ7235ancient Greek playwrightWriterAncient Greek-495-405GRCClassical AthensGRC821489.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ny%20Carlsberg%20Glyptothek%20-%20Sophokles.jpg?width=320
23George OrwellQ3335British writer and journalist (1903–1950)WriterEnglish; British English1903-06-251950-01-21GBRUnited KingdomIND1221285.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George%20Orwell%2C%20c.%201940%20(41928180381).jpg?width=320
24Ernest HemingwayQ23434American author and journalist (1899–1961)WriterEnglish1899-07-211961-07-02USAUnited StatesUSA620884.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ErnestHemingway.jpg?width=320
25James JoyceQ6882Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)WriterEnglish1882-02-021941-01-13Ireland; United Kingdom; FranceIRL720789.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Joyce%20by%20Alex%20Ehrenzweig%2C%201915%20cropped.jpg?width=320
25Gabriel García MárquezQ5878Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)WriterSpanish1927-03-062014-04-17COLColombiaCOL620786.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gabriel%20Garcia%20Marquez.jpg?width=320
27J. R. R. TolkienQ892English writer and philologist (1892–1973)WriterEnglish1892-01-031973-09-02GBRUnited KingdomZAF720590.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J.%20R.%20R.%20Tolkien%2C%20ca.%201925.jpg?width=320
27Albert CamusQ34670French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)WriterFrench1913-11-071960-01-04FRAFranceDZA920586.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Albert%20Camus%2C%20gagnant%20de%20prix%20Nobel%2C%20portrait%20en%20buste%2C%20pos%C3%A9%20au%20bureau%2C%20faisant%20face%20%C3%A0%20gauche%2C%20cigarette%20de%20tabagisme.jpg?width=320
29Jane AustenQ36322author, novelist, writer (1775–1817)WriterEnglish1775-12-161817-07-18United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR620380.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CassandraAusten-JaneAusten(c.1810)%20hires.jpg?width=320
30Matsuo BashōQ5676Japanese poet（1644–1694）WriterJapanese16441694-11-28JPNJapanJPN420285.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Basho%20by%20Buson.jpg?width=320
31Jean-Paul SartreQ9364French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)WriterFrench1905-06-211980-04-15FRAFranceFRA020187.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flickr%20-%20Government%20Press%20Office%20(GPO)%20-%20Jean%20Paul%20Sartre%20and%20Simone%20De%20Beauvoir%20welcomed%20by%20Avraham%20Shlonsky%20and%20Leah%20Goldberg%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
31OvidQ7198Roman poet (43 BC – 17/18 AD)WriterLatin-420017Ancient RomeITA1220186.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ovid%20by%20an%20anonymous%20sculptor.jpg?width=320
33Li BaiQ7071Classical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty (701–762)WriterChinese0701-05-230762-12-04Tang dynastyCHN819884.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E6%9D%8E%E7%99%BD.png?width=320
34Agatha ChristieQ35064English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)WriterEnglish1890-09-151976-01-12GBRUnited KingdomGBR1719785.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Agatha%20Christie%20in%20Nederland%20(detectiveschrijfster)%2C%20bij%20aankomst%20op%20Schiphol%20me%2C%20Bestanddeelnr%20916-8898%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
35Jorge Luis BorgesQ909Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)WriterSpanish; French1899-08-241986-06-14ARGArgentinaARG119483.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jorge%20Luis%20Borges%201951%2C%20by%20Grete%20Stern%20(full).jpg?width=320
36Marcel ProustQ7199French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)WriterFrench1871-07-101922-11-18FRAFranceFRA319184.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcel%20Proust%201895.jpg?width=320
37Jules VerneQ33977French writer (1828–1905)WriterFrench1828-02-081905-03-24FRAFranceFRA819088.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/F%C3%A9lix%20Nadar%201820-1910%20portraits%20Jules%20Verne.jpg?width=320
38Rudyard KiplingQ34743English writer and poet (1865–1936)WriterEnglish1865-12-301936-01-18GBRUnited KingdomIND618979.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kipling%20nd.jpg?width=320
39Simone de BeauvoirQ7197French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)WriterFrench1908-01-091986-04-14FRAFranceFRA618784.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simone%20de%20Beauvoir2.png?width=320
40George Bernard ShawQ19185Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)WriterEnglish1856-07-261950-11-02United Kingdom; IrelandIRL418682.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George%20Bernard%20Shaw.jpg?width=320
41Friedrich SchillerQ22670German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805)WriterGerman1759-11-101805-05-09Duchy of Saxe-Weimar; Duchy of WürttembergDEU918384.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Friedrich%20Schiller%20by%20Ludovike%20Simanowiz.jpg?width=320
41Arthur Conan DoyleQ35610British writer and physician (1859–1930)WriterEnglish1859-05-221930-07-07GBRUnited KingdomGBR218383.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur%20Conan%20Doyle%20by%20Walter%20Benington%2C%201914.png?width=320
43Maxim GorkyQ12706Russian and Soviet writer (1868–1936)WriterRussian1868-03-281936-06-18Russian Empire; Soviet UnionRUS518282.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maxim%20Gorky%20LOC%20Restored%20edit1.jpg?width=320
44J. K. RowlingQ34660English author (born 1965)WriterEnglish1965-07-31GBRUnited KingdomGBR818176.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J.%20K.%20Rowling%202010.jpg?width=320
45Charles BaudelaireQ501French poet and critic (1821–1867)WriterFrench1821-04-091867-08-31FRAFranceFRA717984.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baudelaire%20crop.jpg?width=320
45Geoffrey ChaucerQ568314th century English poet and author (1343–1400)WriterMiddle English13431400-11-03Kingdom of EnglandGBR1417978.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Geoffrey%20Chaucer%20(4671380)%20(cropped)%2002.jpg?width=320
47Honoré de BalzacQ9711French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)WriterFrench1799-05-201850-08-18FRAFranceFRA717686.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Honor%C3%A9%20de%20Balzac%20(1842)%20detail.jpg?width=320
47KalidasaQ7011A classical Sanskrit writer widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist of ancient India.WriterSanskrit04000420IND717682.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kalidas.jpg?width=320
47Virginia WoolfQ40909English modernist writer (1882–1941)WriterBritish English1882-01-251941-03-28GBRUnited KingdomGBR817681.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Virginia%20Woolf%201927.jpg?width=320
50Alexandre DumasQ38337French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)WriterFrench1802-07-241870-12-05FRAFranceFRA1117486.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander%20Dumas%20p%C3%A8re%20par%20Nadar%20-%20Google%20Art%20Project.jpg?width=320
51Henrik IbsenQ36661Norwegian playwright and theatre director (1828–1906)WriterDanish; Norwegian1828-03-201906-05-23NORNorwayNOR3117183.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henrik%20Ibsen%20by%20Gustav%20Borgen%20NFB-19778.jpg?width=320
51Naguib MahfouzQ7176Egyptian writer (1911–2006)WriterArabic1911-12-112006-08-30EGYEgyptEGY2417180.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Naguib%20Mahfouz%20HR.jpg?width=320
53Antoine de Saint-ExupéryQ2908French writer and aviator (1900–1944)WriterFrench1900-06-291944-07-31FRAFranceFRA717086.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Antoine%20de%20Saint-Euxpery%20(1920).jpg?width=320
53Anne FrankQ4583German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)Writer1929-06-121945-02statelessnessDEU217085.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anne%20Frank%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
55H. G. WellsQ42511English writer (1866–1946)WriterEnglish1866-09-211946-08-13GBRUnited KingdomGBR916985.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/H.G.%20Wells%20by%20Beresford.jpg?width=320
55HoraceQ6197Roman lyric poet (65 BC – 8 BC)WriterLatin-64-7Ancient RomeITA616984.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Quintus%20Horatius%20Flaccus.jpg?width=320
57Heinrich HeineQ44403German poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)WriterFrench; German1797-12-131856-02-17FRAFranceDEU516881.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heinrich%20Heine.PNG?width=320
58Pablo NerudaQ34189Chilean poet and politician (1904-1973)WriterSpanish1904-07-121973-09-23CHLChileCHL816782.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pablo%20Neruda%201963.jpg?width=320
59AesopQ43423ancient Greek storyteller (619 BC–563 BC)WriterAncient Greek-619-563BGR116686.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aesop%20pushkin01.jpg?width=320
59Émile ZolaQ504French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)WriterFrench1840-04-021902-09-29FRAFranceFRA516684.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emile%20Zola%201902.jpg?width=320
59Thomas MannQ37030German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)WriterGerman1875-06-061955-08-12USAUnited StatesDEU5716683.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Mann%201929.jpg?width=320
62PetrarchQ1401Italian scholar and poet (1304-1374)WriterLatin; Italian1304-07-281374-07-27Republic of FlorenceITA1716386.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Altichiero%2C%20ritratto%20di%20Francesco%20Petrarca.jpg?width=320
62Hermann HesseQ25973Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)WriterGerman1877-07-021962-08-09Germany; SwitzerlandDEU616385.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hermann%20Hesse%202.jpg?width=320
62Isaac AsimovQ34981American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)WriterEnglish1920-01-021992-04-06USAUnited StatesRUS816381.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Isaac.Asimov01.jpg?width=320
62HafezQ6240Persian poet and mystic (1325–1389)WriterPersian13251389Muzaffarids of Iran; Timurid EmpireIRN116380.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anselm%20Feuerbach%20Hafis%20vor%20der%20Schenke%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
66Jonathan SwiftQ41166Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)WriterEnglish1667-11-301745-10-19Kingdom of IrelandIRL316280.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jonathan%20Swift%20by%20Charles%20Jervas%20detail.jpg?width=320
66William BlakeQ41513English poet and artist (1757–1827)WriterEnglish1757-11-281827-08-12GBRUnited KingdomGBR716277.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Blake%20by%20Thomas%20Phillips.jpg?width=320
68Octave MirbeauQ23441French writer, art critic and journalist (1848–1917)WriterFrench1848-02-161917-02-16FRAFranceFRA116184.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Octave%20Mirbeau%20portrait.jpg?width=320
68Abu NuwasQ56708th-century classical Arabic poetWriterArabic07620814Abbasid CaliphateIRN016182.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abu%20Nuwas.jpg?width=320
68Anatole FranceQ42443French writer (1844–1924)WriterFrench1844-04-161924-10-12FRAFranceFRA316181.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anatole%20France%20young%20years.jpg?width=320
68Murasaki ShikibuQ81731Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)WriterJapanese09731014JPNJapanJPN316178.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Murasaki-Shikibu-composing-Genji-Monogatari.png?width=320
72RumiQ43347Iranian poetWriterPersian1207-09-301273-12-17AFG516086.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mevlana-celaleddin-i-rumi-1.jpg?width=320
72Gustave FlaubertQ43444French novelist (1821–1880)WriterFrench1821-12-121880-05-08FRAFranceFRA816084.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gustave%20Flaubert.jpg?width=320
72Aleksandr SolzhenitsynQ34474Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)WriterRussian1918-12-112008-08-03Russia; statelessnessRUS616081.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aleksandr%20Solzhenitsyn%201974crop.jpg?width=320
75T. S. EliotQ37767US-British poet (1888–1965)WriterEnglish1888-09-261965-01-04United Kingdom; United StatesUSA415987.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Stearns%20Eliot%20by%20Lady%20Ottoline%20Morrell%20(1934).jpg?width=320
76Kahlil GibranQ47737Lebanese-American writer, poet, and painter (1883–1931)WriterEnglish; Arabic1883-01-061931-04-10Lebanese Republic under French mandate; State of Greater Lebanon; Ottoman EmpireLBN415885.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kahlil%20Gibran%201913.jpg?width=320
77EuripidesQ48305Classical Athenian playwrightWriterAncient Greek-480-406GRCClassical AthensGRC1915784.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Euripides%20Pio-Clementino%20Inv302.jpg?width=320
77Nikolai GogolQ43718Russian writer of Ukrainian origin (1809–1852)WriterRussian18091852-03-04Russian EmpireUKR415782.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/N.Gogol%20by%20F.Moller%20(1840%2C%20Tretyakov%20gallery).jpg?width=320
77Lewis CarrollQ38082British author and scholar (1832–1898)WriterEnglish1832-01-271898-01-14United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR1515780.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LewisCarrollSelfPhoto.jpg?width=320
80Bertolt BrechtQ38757German poet, playwright, and theatre director (1898–1956)WriterGerman1898-02-101956-08-14AUTAustriaDEU715583.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv%20Bild%20183-W0409-300%2C%20Bertolt%20Brecht.jpg?width=320
80Selma LagerlöfQ44519Swedish writer (1858–1940)WriterSwedish1858-11-201940-03-16SWESwedenSWE315583.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Selma%20Lagerl%C3%B6f.jpg?width=320
80Guy de MaupassantQ9327French writer (1850-1893)WriterFrench1850-08-051893-07-06FRAFranceFRA415581.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maupassant%20par%20Nadar.jpg?width=320
80John MiltonQ79759English poet and civil servant (1608–1674)WriterEnglish1608-12-091674-11-08Kingdom of EnglandGBR215578.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John-milton.jpg?width=320
80Ralph Waldo EmersonQ48226American philosopher (1803–1882)WriterEnglish1803-05-251882-04-27USAUnited StatesUSA615576.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ralph%20Waldo%20Emerson%20ca1857%20retouched.jpg?width=320
85AeschylusQ40939ancient Athenian playwrightWriterAncient Greek-524-455GRCClassical AthensGRC715483.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aeschylusathens.jpg?width=320
85Robert Louis StevensonQ1512Scottish novelist and poet (1850–1894)WriterEnglish1850-11-131894-12-03GBRUnited KingdomGBR515479.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Louis%20Stevenson%20by%20Henry%20Walter%20Barnett%20bw.jpg?width=320
85William Butler YeatsQ40213Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)WriterEnglish1865-06-131939-01-28Irish Free StateIRL015473.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Butler%20Yeats%20by%20George%20Charles%20Beresford.jpg?width=320
88Ivan TurgenevQ42831Russian writer (1818–1883)WriterGerman; Russian; French1818-11-091883-09-03Russian EmpireRUS615379.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Turgenev%20by%20Repin.jpg?width=320
89Giovanni BoccaccioQ1402Italian author and poet (1313–1375)WriterItalian; Latin13131375-12-29Republic of FlorenceITA1815185.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boccaccio%20by%20Morghen.jpg?width=320
89Umberto EcoQ12807Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)WriterItalian1932-01-052016-02-19ITAItalyITA615183.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Italiaanse%20schrijver%20Umberto%20Eco%20%2C%20kop%2C%20Bestanddeelnr%20932-9758.jpg?width=320
89Vladimir NabokovQ36591Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)WriterRussian; English; French1899-04-221977-07-02USAUnited StatesRUS615179.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vladimir%20Nabokov%201973.jpg?width=320
92Denis DiderotQ448French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)WriterFrench1713-10-051784-07-31Kingdom of FranceFRA215084.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Denis%20Diderot%20-%20Alix%20-%20Vanloo.png?width=320
93AristophanesQ43353Classical Athenian comic playwright (c. 446 – c. 386 BC)WriterAncient Greek-444-384GRCClassical AthensGRC1114984.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bust%20of%20Aristophanes.jpg?width=320
93Walt WhitmanQ81438American poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892)WriterEnglish1819-05-311892-03-26USAUnited StatesUSA214975.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walt%20Whitman%20-%20George%20Collins%20Cox.jpg?width=320
95SapphoQ17892ancient Greek poet from Lesbos (c. 630-c. 570 BC)WriterAncient Greek-630-569GRCMytileneGRC214883.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bust%20Sappho%20Musei%20Capitolini%20MC1164.jpg?width=320
95John SteinbeckQ39212American writer (1902–1968)WriterEnglish1902-02-271968-12-20USAUnited StatesUSA314878.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Steinbeck%201939%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
97Emily DickinsonQ4441American poet (1830-1886)WriterEnglish1830-12-101886-05-15USAUnited StatesUSA014785.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emily%20Dickinson%20daguerreotype%20(Restored%2C%20cropped%2C%20blown%20up%2C%20sepia).jpg?width=320
97Stephen KingQ39829American novelist and writer (born 1947)WriterEnglish1947-09-21USAUnited StatesUSA3614781.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stephen%20King%20at%20the%202024%20Toronto%20International%20Film%20Festival%202%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
97William FaulknerQ38392American writer (1897-1962)WriterEnglish1897-09-251962-07-06USAUnited StatesUSA514778.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl%20Van%20Vechten%20-%20William%20Faulkner%20(greyscale%20and%20cropped).jpg?width=320
100Jack LondonQ45765American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)WriterEnglish1876-01-121916-11-22USAUnited StatesUSA1014681.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack%20London%20young.jpg?width=320
100Maya AngelouQ19526American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)WriterEnglish1928-04-042014-05-28USAUnited StatesUSA414671.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20photograph%20of%20Maya%20Angelou%2C%20c.%201974.webp?width=320
102Jean de La FontaineQ49496French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)WriterFrench1621-07-081695-04-13Kingdom of FranceFRA014580.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henri%20Millot%20-%20Jean%20de%20La%20Fontaine%20-%20A%20II%20792%20-%20Finnish%20National%20Gallery.jpg?width=320
102Henry David ThoreauQ131149American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)WriterEnglish1817-07-121862-05-06USAUnited StatesUSA214579.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin%20D.%20Maxham%20-%20Henry%20David%20Thoreau%20-%20Restored%20-%20greyscale%20-%20straightened.jpg?width=320
102John KeatsQ82083English Romantic poet (1795–1821)WriterEnglish1795-10-311821-02-23United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR014574.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Keats%20by%20William%20Hilton%20circa%201822%2002.jpg?width=320
105Daniel DefoeQ40946English trader, writer, and journalist (1660–1731)WriterEnglish16601731-04-24Kingdom of Great Britain; Kingdom of EnglandGBR314482.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daniel%20Defoe%20Kneller%20Style.jpg?width=320
105Arthur RimbaudQ493French poet (1854-1891)WriterFrench1854-10-201891-11-10FRAFranceFRA414481.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rimbaud.PNG?width=320
105Václav HavelQ36233Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)Writer1936-10-052011-12-18CZECzech RepublicCZE814481.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/V%C3%A1clav%20Havel%20cut%20out.jpg?width=320
105André GideQ47484French author and Nobel laureate (1869–1951)WriterFrench1869-11-221951-02-19FRAFranceFRA1414481.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gide%201920%20cropped.jpg?width=320
105Aldous HuxleyQ81447English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)WriterEnglish1894-07-261963-11-22GBRUnited KingdomGBR2314478.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aldous%20Huxley%201947.png?width=320
110Federico García LorcaQ41408Spanish poet, dramatist and prose writer (1898–1936)WriterSpanish1898-06-051936-08-19ESPSpainESP1414380.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Federico%20Garc%C3%ADa%20Lorca.%20Huerta%20de%20San%20Vicente%2C%20Granada.jpg?width=320
110Pearl S. BuckQ80900Chinese women Nobel Prize winner, author, teacher, missionary (1892–1973)WriterEnglish; Arabic1892-06-261973-03-06USAUnited StatesUSA1314377.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pearl%20Buck%20(Nobel).jpg?width=320
110Percy Bysshe ShelleyQ93343British Romantic poet (1792–1822)WriterEnglish1792-08-041822-07-08CHESwitzerlandGBR414374.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Percy%20Bysshe%20Shelley%20by%20Alfred%20Clint.jpg?width=320
113Boris PasternakQ41223Russian writer (1890–1960)WriterRussian1890-02-101960-05-30Russian Empire; Soviet UnionRUS114180.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boris%20Pasternak%201958%20photo.jpg?width=320
113William WordsworthQ45546English Romantic poet (1770–1850)WriterEnglish1770-04-071850-04-23Kingdom of Great Britain; United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR114174.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wordsworth%20on%20Helvellyn%20by%20Benjamin%20Robert%20Haydon.jpg?width=320
115Romain RollandQ47162French author (1866-1944)WriterFrench1866-01-291944-12-30FRAFranceFRA514083.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Romain%20Rolland%201915.jpg?width=320
115Samuel BeckettQ37327Irish writer (1906–1989)WriterEnglish; French1906-04-131989-12-22IRLIrelandIRL914079.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel%20Beckett%2C%20Pic%2C%201%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
117Henryk SienkiewiczQ41502Polish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate (1846–1916)WriterPolish1846-05-051916-11-15POLPolandPOL713979.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henryk%20Sienkiewicz%20ca%201885%20(45871548)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
118Du FuQ33772Tang dynasty Chinese poet (712–770)WriterChinese; Japanese07120770Tang dynastyCHN013882.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dufu.jpg?width=320
118Taras ShevchenkoQ134958Ukrainian poet and artist (1814–1861)WriterRussian; Ukrainian1814-03-091861-03-10Russian EmpireUKR313878.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%A2.%20%D0%93.%20%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE.%20%D0%9A%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%201859.jpg?width=320
118George EliotQ131333English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819–1880)WriterEnglish1819-11-221880-12-22United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR613871.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George%20Eliot%2C%20por%20Fran%C3%A7ois%20D'Albert%20Durade.jpg?width=320
121Günter GrassQ6538German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927-2015)Writer1927-10-162015-04-13DEUGermanyPOL813780.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/G%C3%BCnter%20Grass%20auf%20dem%20Blauen%20Sofa.jpg?width=320
121Orhan PamukQ241248Turkish novelist, academic and Nobel laureate (born 1952)WriterTurkish1952-06-07TURTurkeyTUR913778.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Orhan%20Pamuk%202009%20Shankbone.jpg?width=320
121George SandQ3816French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)WriterFrench1804-07-011876-06-08FRAFranceFRA1113777.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George%20Sand.PNG?width=320
124StendhalQ502French writer (1783–1842)WriterFrench1783-01-231842-03-23FRAFranceFRA1313683.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stendhal.jpg?width=320
124José SaramagoQ37060Portuguese novelist (1922–2010)WriterPortuguese1922-11-162010-06-18PRTPortugalPRT613681.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JSJoseSaramago.jpg?width=320
126Knut HamsunQ40826Norwegian novelist (1859–1952)WriterNorwegian1859-08-041952-02-19NORNorwayNOR213581.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrett%20av%20Knut%20Hamsun%20(1859-1952)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
126Charlotte BrontëQ127332British novelist and poet (1816-1855)WriterEnglish1816-04-211855-03-31United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR513578.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CBRichmond.png?width=320
126Thomas PaineQ126462American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist (1737–1809)WriterEnglish; French1737-02-091809-06-08United States; FranceGBR313572.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Paine%20rev1.jpg?width=320
129François RabelaisQ13101816th-century French writer and humanist (1494–1553)WriterMiddle French14941553-04-19Kingdom of FranceFRA213481.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francois%20Rabelais%20-%20Portrait.jpg?width=320
129Rainer Maria RilkeQ76483Austrian poet and writer (1875–1926)WriterGerman; French1875-12-041926-12-29Cisleithania; CzechoslovakiaCZE513480.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rainer%20Maria%20Rilke%201900.jpg?width=320
129Luigi PirandelloQ1403Italian dramatist, novelist, short story writer and poet (1867-1936)WriterItalian1867-06-281936-12-10Kingdom of ItalyITA913475.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luigi%20Pirandello%201932.jpg?width=320
129Doris LessingQ40874British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer, and short story writer (1919–2013)Writer1919-10-222013-11-17GBRUnited KingdomIRN613475.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dorisa%20Lesinga%20(cropped).JPG?width=320
129Samuel JohnsonQ183266English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)WriterEnglish1709-09-181784-12-13Kingdom of Great BritainGBR113471.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel%20Johnson%20by%20Joshua%20Reynolds.jpg?width=320
134Toni MorrisonQ72334African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019)Writer1931-02-182019-08-05USAUnited StatesUSA1113382.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Toni%20Morrison.jpg?width=320
134Paulo CoelhoQ12881Brazilian lyricist and novelist (born 1947)WriterPortuguese1947-08-24BRABrazilBRA1113381.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paulo%20Coelho%2C%20June%202024.jpg?width=320
134Mary ShelleyQ47152English writer (1797–1851)WriterEnglish1797-08-301851-02-01GBRUnited KingdomGBR213379.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Rothwell%20(1800-1868)%20-%20Mary%20Wollstonecraft%20Shelley%20-%20NPG%201235%20-%20National%20Portrait%20Gallery.jpg?width=320
137Maurice MaeterlinckQ49747Belgian playwright and essayist (1862–1949)WriterFrench1862-08-291949-05-06BELBelgiumBEL1413282.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Picture%20of%20Maurice%20Maeterlinck.jpg?width=320
137C. S. LewisQ9204British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)WriterEnglish1898-11-291963-11-22GBRUnited KingdomGBR713276.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CS%20Lewis%20photo%20on%20dust%20jacket.jpg?width=320
137Douglas AdamsQ42British science fiction writer and humorist (1952–2001)WriterBritish English1952-03-112001-05-11GBRUnited KingdomGBR313268.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Douglas%20adams%20portrait.jpg?width=320
140Mario Vargas LlosaQ39803Peruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer (1936–2025)WriterSpanish1936-03-282025-04-13Spain; Peru; Dominican RepublicPER313180.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mario%20Vargas%20Llosa%20LCCN2020733847%20(cropped).png?width=320
140Emily BrontëQ80137English novelist and poet (1818–1848)WriterEnglish1818-07-301848-12-19United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR213179.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emily%20Bront%C3%AB%20cropped.jpg?width=320
140Anna AkhmatovaQ80440Russian poet (1889–1966)WriterRussian1889-06-231966-03-05Soviet Union; Russian EmpireUKR013176.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kuzma%20Petrov-Vodkin.%20Portrait%20of%20Anna%20Akhmatova.%201922.jpg?width=320
140Herman MelvilleQ4985American writer and poet (1819–1891)WriterEnglish1819-08-011891-09-28USAUnited StatesUSA113175.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herman%20Melville%20by%20Joseph%20O%20Eaton.jpg?width=320
144Mary WollstonecraftQ101638English writer and intellectual (1759–1797)WriterGerman; English; French1759-04-271797-09-10Kingdom of Great BritainGBR213076.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary%20Wollstonecraft%20by%20John%20Opie%20(c.%201797).jpg?width=320
145Haruki MurakamiQ134798Japanese writer (born 1949)WriterJapanese1949-01-12JPNJapanJPN812980.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Conversatorio%20Haruki%20Murakami%20(12%20de%2012)%20(45747009452)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
145Adam MickiewiczQ79822Polish national poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, and political activist (1798-1855)WriterFrench; Polish1798-12-241855-11-26POLPolandPOL1112978.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adam%20Mickiewicz%20wed%C5%82ug%20dagerotypu%20paryskiego%20z%201842%20roku.jpg?width=320
145Joseph ConradQ82925Polish-British writer (1857–1924)WriterEnglish1857-12-031924-08-03GBRUnited KingdomUKR1012978.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph%20Conrad-remastered%20to%20black%20and%20white.png?width=320
145FerdowsiQ43459Persian poet, author of Shahnameh (940–1020)WriterPersian0940-01-081020Samanid Empire; Ghaznavid EmpireIRN112977.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Imaginary%20depiction%20of%20the%20poet%20Firdausi.%20Folio%20from%20a%20Khavarannama%20(The%20Book%20of%20the%20East)%20of%20ibn%20Husam%20al-Din%2C%201476-1486.jpg?width=320
145Salman RushdieQ44306Indian-born English and American novelist (born 1947)WriterKashmiri; English; Urdu1947-06-19India; United Kingdom; United StatesIND112974.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Salman%20Rushdie%2C%202024.jpg?width=320
150Lu XunQ23114Chinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936)WriterJapanese; English; Chinese1881-09-251936-10-19Republic of China; Qing dynastyCHN812877.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LuXun1930.jpg?width=320
150Arthur C. ClarkeQ47087British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)WriterEnglish1917-12-162008-03-19GBRUnited KingdomGBR612876.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur%20C.%20Clarke%201965.jpg?width=320
150Mikhail LermontovQ46599Russian writer, poet and painter (1814–1841)WriterRussian1814-10-151841-07-27Russian EmpireRUS112874.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mikhail%20lermontov.jpg?width=320
150Alice MunroQ234819Canadian writer (1931–2024)WriterEnglish1931-07-102024-05-13CANCanadaCAN312872.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alice%20Munro%202006%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
154HesiodQ44233ancient Greek poet of the archaic periodWriterAncient Greek-775-700TURCymeTUR312786.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pseudo-Seneca%20BM%20GR1962.8-24.1.jpg?width=320
154Robert FrostQ168728American poet (1874–1963)WriterEnglish1874-03-261963-01-29USAUnited StatesUSA812783.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Frost%20NYWTS.jpg?width=320
154Herta MüllerQ38049German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist (born 1953)WriterGerman1953-08-17Romania; GermanyROU412776.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herta%20M%C3%BCller%20Brucknerhaus%20Linz%202025%20BHO-4188.jpg?width=320
157Ayn RandQ132524Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)WriterEnglish1905-02-021982-03-06United States; statelessnessRUS512683.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ayn%20Rand%20(1943%20Talbot%20portrait).jpg?width=320
157Stefan ZweigQ78491Austrian writer (1881–1942)WriterGerman1881-11-281942-02-22AUTAustriaAUT512683.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zweig%20Setzer%201927.jpg?width=320
157Bjørnstjerne BjørnsonQ46405Norwegian writer (1832–1910)Writer1832-12-081910-04-26NORNorwayNOR012681.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrett%20av%20Bj%C3%B8rnstjerne%20Bj%C3%B8rnson%2C%201909%20-%20no-nb%20digifoto%2020150129%2000043%20bldsa%20BB0791%20-%20Restoration.jpg?width=320
157Elfriede JelinekQ47243Austrian playwright and novelistWriterGerman1946-10-20AUTAustriaAUT412676.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elfriede%20jelinek%202004%20small.jpg?width=320
161Erich Maria RemarqueQ47293German-born novelist (1898–1970)WriterGerman1898-06-221970-09-25United States; GermanyDEU512581.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv%20Bild%20183-R04034%2C%20Erich%20Maria%20Remarque%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
161Yasunari KawabataQ43736Japanese novelist (1899–1972)Writer1899-06-111972-04-16JPNJapanJPN612579.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yasunari%20Kawabata%201938.jpg?width=320
161Lope de verdadQ165257Spanish playwright and poet (1562-1jgt7xWriterSpanish1562-12-051635-08-27ESPSpainESP112578.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LopedeVega.jpg?width=320
161Nadine GordimerQ47619South African writer (1923–2014)WriterEnglish1923-11-202014-07-13ZAFSouth AfricaZAF612575.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nadine%20Gordimer%2001.JPG?width=320
161Joseph BrodskyQ862Russian-American poet (1940-1996)WriterRussian; English1940-05-241996-01-28statelessness; United StatesRUS112573.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph%20Brodsky%201988.jpg?width=320
161Gabriela MistralQ80871Chilean poet, diplomat and educator (1889–1957)WriterSpanish1889-04-071957-01-10CHLChileCHL012573.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gabriela%20Mistral%201945.jpg?width=320
161Ivan BuninQ46602Russian writer and poet (1870–1953)WriterRussian1870-10-221953-11-08FRAFranceRUS412572.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ivan%20Bunin%20(sepia).jpg?width=320
168Frédéric MistralQ42596Provençal writer, poet, lexicographer and founder of Le Félibrige (1830–1914)WriterOccitan; French1830-09-081914-03-25FRAFranceFRA512478.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frederic%20Mistral%20portrait%20photo.jpg?width=320
168Vladimir MayakovskyQ132964Russian and Soviet poet (1893–1930)WriterRussian1893-07-191930-04-14Soviet Union; Russian Empire; Russian Republic; Russian Socialist Federative Soviet RepublicGEO012476.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Majakovszkij.jpg?width=320
168Robert BurnsQ81960Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)WriterScottish English; Scots1759-01-251796-07-21Kingdom of Great BritainGBR812471.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Burns%201.jpg?width=320
171Sully PrudhommeQ42247French poet, Nobel prize for literature winner 1901 (1839–1907)WriterFrench1839-03-161907-09-07FRAFranceFRA012380.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sully%20Prudhomme%2C%20Ren%C3%A9-Fran%C3%A7ois-Armand%2C%20BNF%20Gallica.jpg?width=320
171Gerhart HauptmannQ43523German dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912 (1862-1946)WriterGerman1862-11-151946-06-06Weimar Republic; Kingdom of PrussiaPOL312376.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gerhart%20Hauptmann%20nobel.jpg?width=320
171Czesław MiłoszQ45970Polish-American poet and Nobel laureate (1911–2004)WriterEnglish; Polish1911-06-302004-08-14United States; Poland; LithuaniaLTU912375.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Czeslaw%20Milosz%203%20ap.tif?width=320
171Giosuè CarducciQ43440Italian poet and literary critic (1835-1907)WriterItalian1835-07-271907-02-16Kingdom of ItalyITA012374.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Giosu%C3%A8%20Carducci3%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
171Samuel Taylor ColeridgeQ82409English poet, literary critic and philosopher (1772–1834)WriterEnglish1772-10-211834-07-25United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Kingdom of Great BritainGBR412371.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel%20Taylor%20Coleridge%20at%20age%2042.jpg?width=320
176F. Scott FitzgeraldQ93354American writer (1896–1940)WriterEnglish1896-09-241940-12-21USAUnited StatesUSA212284.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/F.%20Scott%20Fitzgerald%20(1929%20photo%20portrait%20by%20Nickolas%20Muray)%20Cropped.jpg?width=320
176Alexander PopeQ164047English poet (1688–1744)WriterEnglish1688-05-311744-06-10Kingdom of Great Britain; Kingdom of EnglandGBR412271.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander%20Pope%20by%20Michael%20Dahl.jpg?width=320
178Kurt VonnegutQ49074American author (1922–2007)WriterAmerican English1922-11-112007-04-11USAUnited StatesUSA312182.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kurt%20Vonnegut%20by%20Bernard%20Gotfryd%20(1965).jpg?width=320
178Jean CocteauQ83158French writer and film director (1889–1963)WriterFrench1889-07-051963-10-11FRAFranceFRA412180.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean%20Cocteau%20b%20Meurisse%201923.jpg?width=320
178Wisława SzymborskaQ42552Polish poet, Nobel Prize winner (1923–2012)WriterPolish1923-07-022012-02-01POLPolandPOL112178.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wis%C5%82awa%20Szymborska%202009.10.23%20(1).jpg?width=320
178CatullusQ163079lyric Latin poet of the Roman RepublicWriterLatin-83-53Ancient RomeITA012178.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Catull%20Sirmione.jpg?width=320
178Svetlana AlexievichQ274334Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer (born 1948)WriterRussian1948-05-31BLRBelarusUKR512178.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Svetlana%20Alexievich%20asv2024-01.jpg?width=320
178Octavio PazQ46739Mexican writer, poet an diplomat (1914–1998)WriterSpanish1914-03-311998-04-19MEXMexicoMEX012174.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paz0.jpg?width=320
178John GalsworthyQ82248English novelist and playwright (1867–1933)WriterEnglish1867-08-141933-01-31GBRUnited KingdomGBR512173.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Galsworthy%202.jpg?width=320
185Ivo AndrićQ47561Yugoslav novelist (1892–1975)WriterSerbo-Croatian1892-10-101975-03-13State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs; Kingdom of Yugoslavia; Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes; CisleithaniaBIH812080.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/S.%20Kragujevic%2C%20Ivo%20Andric%2C%201961.jpg?width=320
185Heinrich BöllQ42747German writer (1917–1985)WriterGerman1917-12-211985-07-16DEUGermanyDEU3112079.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv%20B%20145%20Bild-F062164-0004%2C%20Bonn%2C%20Heinrich%20B%C3%B6ll.jpg?width=320
185Grazia DeleddaQ7728Italian novelist (1871-1936)WriterItalian1871-09-271936-08-15Kingdom of ItalyITA512076.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Grazia%20Deledda%201926.jpg?width=320
185Saul BellowQ83059Canadian-American writer (1915–2005)Writer1915-06-102005-04-05USAUnited StatesCAN312072.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saul%20Bellow%20(Herzog%20portrait).jpg?width=320
185Sinclair LewisQ123469American writer and playwright (1885–1951)WriterEnglish1885-02-071951-01-10USAUnited StatesUSA212070.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sinclair%20Lewis%20by%20Oscar%20Whiite%2C%20Pach%20Brothers%20Studio%2C%20c.%201945%2C%20gelatin%20silver%20print%2C%20from%20the%20National%20Portrait%20Gallery%20-%20NPG-NPG%2093%20388%2023%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
190Thomas HardyQ132805English novelist and poet (1840–1928)WriterEnglish1840-06-021928-01-11GBRUnited KingdomGBR311984.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomashardy%20restored.jpg?width=320
190Jean RacineQ742French dramatist (1639-1699)WriterFrench; Latin1639-12-221699-04-21Kingdom of FranceFRA1211979.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean%20Racine%20-%20Versailles%20MV%202926.jpg?width=320
190Ray BradburyQ40640American author and screenwriter (1920–2012)WriterEnglish1920-08-222012-06-05USAUnited StatesUSA511977.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ray%20Bradbury%20(1975)%20-cropped-.jpg?width=320
190William GoldingQ44183British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate (1911–1993)Writer1911-09-191993-06-19GBRUnited KingdomGBR211975.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Golding%201983.jpg?width=320
190SaadiQ170302Persian poetWriterPersian12101292-12-16IRN211975.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The%20poet%20Sa%60di%20(detail)%20with%20his%20friends%20in%20the%20orchard%20at%20night%2C%20from%20Prince%20Baysunghur's%20Rose%20Garden%20(Gulistan)%20by%20Sa%60di.jpg?width=320
190Harriet Beecher StoweQ102513American abolitionist and author (1811–1896)WriterEnglish1811-06-141896-07-01USAUnited StatesUSA411971.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Beecher-Stowe.jpg?width=320
196August StrindbergQ7724Swedish writer and painter (1849–1912)WriterFrench; Swedish1849-01-221912-05-14SWESwedenSWE811880.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/August%20Strindberg%20(Bj%C3%B6rkman%201912).jpg?width=320
196Paul VerlaineQ755French poet (1844-1896)WriterFrench1844-03-301896-01-08FRAFranceFRA011880.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul%20Verlaine.jpeg?width=320
196Mikhail BulgakovQ835Russian author (1891–1940)WriterRussian1891-05-151940-03-10Russian Empire; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; Soviet UnionUKR311878.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB-%D0%91%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg?width=320
196Sigrid UndsetQ80889Norwegian writer (1882–1949)WriterNorwegian1882-05-201949-06-10NORNorwayDNK311878.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sigrid%20Undset%201928.jpg?width=320
196François MauriacQ81685French writer (1885-1970)WriterFrench1885-10-111970-09-01FRAFranceFRA2611875.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mauriac%20Harcourt%201945%202.jpg?width=320
196Kazuo IshiguroQ272855British novelist (born 1954)WriterEnglish1954-11-08Japan; United KingdomJPN611871.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MKr377543%20Kazuo%20Ishiguro%20(A%20Pale%20View%20of%20Hills%2C%20Cannes%202025).jpg?width=320
196Alfred TennysonQ173869British Poet Laureate (1809–1892)WriterEnglish1809-08-061892-10-06United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR411868.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alfred%2C%20Lord%20Tennyson%20by%20Julia%20Margaret%20Cameron.jpg?width=320
203Astrid LindgrenQ55767Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays (1907–2002)WriterSwedish1907-11-142002-01-28SWESwedenSWE811783.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Astrid%20Lindgren%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
203H. P. LovecraftQ169566American writer and editor (1890–1937)WriterEnglish1890-08-201937-03-15USAUnited StatesUSA811779.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/H.%20P.%20Lovecraft%2C%20June%201934.jpg?width=320
203J. D. SalingerQ79904American author (1919–2010)WriterEnglish1919-01-012010-01-27USAUnited StatesUSA411777.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J.%20D.%20Salinger%20(Catcher%20in%20the%20Rye%20portrait).jpg?width=320
203J. M. CoetzeeQ43293South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)WriterEnglish1940-02-09Australia; South AfricaZAF111775.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J.M.%20Coetzee.JPG?width=320
203Mikhail SholokhovQ42398Soviet writer (1905-1984)WriterRussian1905-05-241984-02-21Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS511774.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB%20%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%20%D0%A8%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg?width=320
203Vladimir VysotskyQ512Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)WriterRussian1938-01-251980-07-25Soviet UnionRUS011773.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%20%D0%92%D1%8B%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%20-%20%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
203Nathaniel HawthorneQ69339American author (1804–1864)WriterEnglish1804-07-041864-05-19USAUnited StatesUSA811772.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nathaniel%20Hawthorne%20-%20NARA%20-%20530280cr.jpg?width=320
203G. K. ChestertonQ183167English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)WriterEnglish1874-05-291936-06-14GBRUnited KingdomGBR611772.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gilbert%20Chesterton.jpg?width=320
211Henry Wadsworth LongfellowQ152513American poet and educator (1807–1882)WriterEnglish1807-02-271882-03-24USAUnited StatesUSA3411667.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry%20Wadsworth%20Longfellow%20-%20Project%20Gutenberg%20eText%2016786.jpg?width=320
212Milan KunderaQ93166Franco-Czechoslovak poet and novelist (1929—2023)WriterCzech; French1929-04-012023-07-11Czech Republic; France; statelessnessCZE911582.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Milan%20Kundera%20redux.jpg?width=320
213William Somerset MaughamQ134942English playwright and author (1874–1965)WriterEnglish1874-01-251965-12-16France; United KingdomFRA211481.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maugham%20retouched.jpg?width=320
213NovalisQ60684German poet and writer (1772-1801)WriterGerman1772-05-021801-03-25Electorate of SaxonyDEU211479.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Novalis-1.jpg?width=320
213Arthur MillerQ80596American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)WriterEnglish1915-10-172005-02-10USAUnited StatesUSA511475.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur%20Miller%20by%20Wolfgang%20Fischer-01.jpg?width=320
216George R. R. MartinQ181677American writer and television producer (born 1948)Writer1948-09-20USAUnited StatesUSA411382.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20photoshoot%20at%20Worldcon%2075%2C%20Helsinki%2C%20before%20the%20Hugo%20Awards%20%E2%80%93%20George%20R.%20R.%20Martin%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
216Luís de CamõesQ59016th-century Portuguese poetWriterPortuguese; Spanish1524-121580-06-20Kingdom of PortugalPRT111378.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cam%C3%B5es%2C%20por%20Fern%C3%A3o%20Gomes.jpg?width=320
216Isaac Bashevis SingerQ75612Polish-American writer (1904–1991)WriterYiddish; English1904-07-141991-07-24United States; PolandPOL311377.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan%20Hadani%20collection%20(990044399930205171)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
216Harold PinterQ41042British playwright (1930–2008)WriterEnglish1930-10-102008-12-24GBRUnited KingdomGBR411371.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harold%20Pinter%201962.jpg?width=320
216Giacomo LeopardiQ172599Italian noble, poet, philosopher, and writer (1798-1837)WriterItalian1798-06-291837-06-14Papal StatesITA2011371.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Giacomo%20Leopardi%20Morelli.jpg?width=320
221Louisa May AlcottQ185696American novelist (1832–1888)WriterEnglish1832-11-291888-03-06USAUnited StatesUSA1111281.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louisa%20May%20Alcott%2C%20c.%201870%20-%20Warren's%20Portraits%2C%20Boston.jpg?width=320
221Elias CanettiQ80064Bulgarian-born Swiss and British Jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer (1905–1994)WriterGerman1905-07-251994-08-14Bulgaria; United KingdomBGR411279.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elias%20Canetti%202.jpg?width=320
221Wole SoyinkaQ41488Nigerian writer (born 1934)WriterBritish English1934-07-13NGANigeriaNGA511269.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WoleSoyinka2015%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
224Sylvia PlathQ133054American poet and writer (1932–1963)WriterEnglish; American English1932-10-271963-02-11USAUnited StatesUSA311174.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sylvia%20Plath.jpg?width=320
224Graham GreeneQ128560British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904–1991)Writer1904-10-021991-04-03GBRUnited KingdomGBR411173.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Graham%20Greene%20angol%20%C3%ADr%C3%B3%2C%201975%20Fortepan%2084697.jpg?width=320
226Ursula K. Le GuinQ181659American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)WriterEnglish1929-10-212018-01-22USAUnited StatesUSA1511081.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ursula%20Le%20Guin%20(3551195631)%20-%20Restoration.jpg?width=320
226Muhammad IqbalQ484141British-Indian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician (1877-1938)WriterPersian; Urdu1877-11-091938-04-21British RajPAK1311080.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Iqbal%202.jpg?width=320
226Ezra PoundQ163366American poet and critic (1885–1972)WriterEnglish1885-10-301972-11-01USAUnited StatesUSA011080.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ezra%20Pound%20by%20Alvin%20Langdon%20Coburn%2C%201913%2C%20collotype%20photograph%2C%20from%20the%20National%20Portrait%20Gallery%20-%20NPG-NPG%2078%2014Pound-000001.jpg?width=320
226Yukio MishimaQ134456Japanese author (1925–1970)WriterJapanese1925-01-141970-11-25JPNJapanJPN911079.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yukio%20Mishima%2C%201955%20(cropped%20850%C3%97950%20px).jpg?width=320
226Karel ČapekQ155855Czech writer (1890–1938)WriterFrench1890-01-091938-12-25Cisleithania; CzechoslovakiaCZE3611077.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karel%20%C4%8Capek%20podepisuje%20prvn%C3%AD%20v%C3%BDtisky%20Pov%C4%9Btron%C4%9B%2C%20Pestr%C3%BD%20t%C3%BDden%2027.1.1934.jpg?width=320
226Sergei YeseninQ31628Russian poet (1895–1925)WriterRussian1895-10-031925-12-28Russian Republic; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; Russian Empire; Soviet UnionRUS211073.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sergey%20Yesenin%202.jpg?width=320
226Dan BrownQ7345American novelist (born 1964)WriterEnglish1964-06-22USAUnited StatesUSA911073.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/N%C3%A1v%C5%A1t%C4%9Bva%20Dana%20Browna%20v%20NK%20%C4%8CR%2017.%20-%2018.%202025%2003%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
226Margaret AtwoodQ183492Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)WriterEnglish1939-11-18CANCanadaCAN1611072.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Margaret%20Atwood%20(52161564186)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
226V. S. NaipaulQ44593Trinidadian-British writer (1932–2018)Writer1932-08-172018-08-11United Kingdom; Trinidad and TobagoTTO511069.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VS%20Naipaul%202016%20Dhaka.jpg?width=320
235Guillaume ApollinaireQ133855French poet (1880–1918)WriterFrench1880-08-261918-11-09FRAFranceITA110979.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guillaume%20Apollinaire%20-%20Septembre%201911.jpg?width=320
235Dario FoQ765Italian actor, playwright, comedian, singer-songwriter, theater director, painter, and political activist (1926-2016)Writer1926-03-242016-10-13ITAItalyITA810976.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dario%20Fo%2C%20Italian%20playwright.jpg?width=320
235Gabriele D'AnnunzioQ193236Italian writer, poet, playwright, soldier and politician (1863-1938)WriterItalian1863-03-121938-03-01Kingdom of ItalyITA510974.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gabriele%20D'Annunzio%201922.jpg?width=320
235Alphonse de LamartineQ188697French author, poet and statesman (1790-1869)WriterFrench1790-10-211869-02-28FRAFranceFRA1210974.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alphonse%20de%20Lamartine%201.jpg?width=320
235Harper LeeQ182658American novelist (1926–2016)WriterEnglish1926-04-282016-02-19USAUnited StatesUSA210973.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harper%20Lee%20Medal%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
235Mo YanQ8998Chinese novelist and screenwriterWriterMandarin1955-02-17CHNPeople's Republic of ChinaCHN810973.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MoYan%20Hamburg%202008.jpg?width=320
235Washington IrvingQ181667American writer, historian and diplomat (1783-1859)WriterEnglish1783-04-031859-11-28USAUnited StatesUSA910971.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Washington%20Irving%20attr.%20to%20Charles%20Robert%20Leslie.jpg?width=320
242Charles PerraultQ128460French author (1628-1703)WriterFrench1628-01-121703-05-16Kingdom of FranceFRA210883.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20de%20Charles%20Perrault%20par%20Charles%20Le%20Brun%20(d%C3%A9tail).jpg?width=320
242Nelly SachsQ57074Jewish German poet and playwright (1891-1970)WriterGerman1891-12-101970-05-12Sweden; GermanyDEU010877.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nelly%20Sachs%201966.jpg?width=320
242Pierre CorneilleQ747French tragedian (1606–1684)WriterFrench1606-06-061684-10-01Kingdom of FranceFRA110876.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre%20Corneille%202.jpg?width=320
242Roald DahlQ25161British writer and poet (1916–1990)WriterEnglish1916-09-131990-11-23Norway; United KingdomGBR1210874.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roald%20Dahl%20(1982).jpg?width=320
242Alessandro ManzoniQ1064Italian writer and poet (1785–1873)WriterFrench1785-03-071873-05-22Kingdom of Italy; Holy Roman Empire; Austrian EmpireITA1610873.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francesco%20Hayez%20-%20Ritratto%20di%20Alessandro%20Manzoni.jpg?width=320
242Władysław ReymontQ121180Polish novelist (1867-1925)WriterPolish1867-05-071925-12-05Second Polish Republic; Russian EmpirePOL210872.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wladyslaw%20Reymont%201897%20(71364799)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
248D. H. LawrenceQ34970English writer and poet (1885–1930)WriterEnglish1885-09-111930-03-02GBRUnited KingdomGBR410782.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/D%20H%20Lawrence%20passport%20photograph.jpg?width=320
248Alexandre Dumas filsQ169150French writer and dramatist (1824–1895)WriterFrench1824-07-271895-11-27FRAFranceFRA110781.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexandre%20Dumas%20fils.jpg?width=320
248Cato the ElderQ180081Roman politician, soldier and writer (234–149 BC)WriterLatin-233-148Ancient RomeITA210779.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcus%20Porcius%20Cato.jpeg?width=320
248PlautusQ47160Roman comic playwright (c. 254 – 184 BC)WriterLatin-249-183Ancient RomeITA810779.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Plautus%2018th%20century%20engraving%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
248Gotthold Ephraim LessingQ34628German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic (1729-1781)WriterGerman1729-01-221781-02-15Electorate of SaxonyDEU410777.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gotthold%20Ephraim%20Lessing%20Kunstsammlung%20Uni%20Leipzig.jpg?width=320
248Pedro Calderón de la BarcaQ170800Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)WriterSpanish1600-01-171681-05-25ESPSpainESP1010777.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Primera%20parte%20de%20comedias%20verdaderas%20portrait%20detail.jpg?width=320
248Kenzaburō ŌeQ80095Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate (1935–2023)Writer1935-01-312023-03-03JPNJapanJPN210776.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paris%20-%20Salon%20du%20livre%202012%20-%20Kenzabur%C5%8D%20%C5%8Ce%20-%20003.jpg?width=320
248Bram StokerQ36184Irish novelist and short story writer (1847–1912)WriterEnglish1847-11-081912-04-20IRLIrelandIRL810775.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bram%20Stoker%201906.jpg?width=320
248Alphonse DaudetQ228546French novelist, playwright, and poet (1840–1897)WriterFrench; Occitan1840-05-131897-12-16FRAFranceFRA510775.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alphonse%20Daudet%202.jpg?width=320
248Ian FlemingQ82104British author (1908–1964)WriterEnglish1908-05-281964-08-12GBRUnited KingdomGBR010773.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ian%20Fleming%20c.%201958%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
248Eugene O'NeillQ93157American playwright (1888–1953)WriterEnglish1888-10-161953-11-27USAUnited StatesUSA210773.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eugene%20O'Neill%201936.jpg?width=320
259Giacomo CasanovaQ83321Venetian adventurer and writer (1725–1798)WriterFrench1725-04-021798-06-04Republic of VeniceITA210683.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Casanova%20ritratto.jpg?width=320
259Marquis de SadeQ123867French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic worksWriterFrench1740-06-021814-12-02Kingdom of FranceFRA310681.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marquis%20de%20sade.jpg?width=320
259Fernando PessoaQ173481Portuguese poet, writer, and philosopher (1888–1935); creator of the heteronymic system including Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis, Álvaro de Campos, and Bernardo SoaresWriterPortuguese; English1888-06-131935-11-30PRTPortugalPRT110678.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/216%202310-Fernando-Pessoa.jpg?width=320
259MenanderQ118992Athenian playwright of New ComedyWriterAncient Greek-342-291GRCClassical AthensGRC810678.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%20%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0%20%D0%90%20850.jpg?width=320
259Lucian of SamosataQ1778472nd-century Syrian satirist and rhetoricianWriterAncient Greek01200180TUR710677.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lucianus.jpg?width=320
259Anne BrontëQ44520British novelist and poet (1820-1849)WriterEnglish1820-01-171849-05-28United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR210675.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anne%20Bront%C3%AB%20by%20Patrick%20Branwell%20Bront%C3%AB%20restored.jpg?width=320
259Elie WieselQ18391Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor (1928-2016)WriterYiddish1928-09-302016-07-02Israel; United States; statelessnessROU110672.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elie%20Wiesel%202012%20Shankbone.JPG?width=320
259Seamus HeaneyQ93356Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer (1939–2013)WriterEnglish1939-04-132013-08-30IRLIrelandGBR310665.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Seamus%20Heaney%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
267Charles BukowskiQ76409German-American writer (1920–1994)WriterEnglish1920-08-161994-03-09Germany; United StatesDEU1510580.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CharlesBukowski-1.jpg?width=320
267Tomas TranströmerQ42122Swedish poet, psychologist and translator (1931-2015)WriterSwedish1931-04-152015-03-26SWESwedenSWE310579.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tomas%20Transtr%C3%B6mer%202012-05-04%20001%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
267Paul HeyseQ76487German writer (1830–1914)WriterGerman1830-03-151914-04-02Kingdom of PrussiaDEU010577.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portr%C3%A4t%20des%20Paul%20Heyse%20(1853)%20-%20Adolf%20Friedrich%20Erdmann%20von%20Menzel%20(Museum%20Georg%20Sch%C3%A4fer).jpg?width=320
267Chinua AchebeQ155845Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic (1930-2013)WriterEnglish1930-11-162013-03-21NGANigeriaNGA510567.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chinua%20Achebe%2C%201966%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
271Theodor HerzlQ44003father of modern political Zionism (1860–1904)WriterGerman1860-05-021904-07-03HUNHungaryHUN010481.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Theodor%20Herzl.jpg?width=320
271Imre KertészQ47755Hungarian author (1929–2016)WriterHungarian1929-11-092016-03-31Hungary; GermanyHUN210478.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oliver%20Mark%20-%20Imre%20Kert%C3%A9sz%2C%20Berlin%202005.jpg?width=320
271Terry PratchettQ46248English fantasy author (1948–2015)WriterEnglish1948-04-282015-03-12GBRUnited KingdomGBR310478.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/10.12.12TerryPratchettByLuigiNovi1.jpg?width=320
271Gao XingjianQ18143Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- )WriterChinese1940-01-04France; People's Republic of ChinaCHN210476.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gao%20Xingjian%20(2012%2C%20cropped).jpg?width=320
271Juan Ramón JiménezQ131318poetWriterSpanish1881-12-231958-05-29ESPSpainESP010471.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JRJimenez.JPG?width=320
276Eugène IonescoQ46706Romanian-French playwright (1909–1994)WriterEnglish; Romanian; French1909-11-261994-03-28ROURomaniaROU510379.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eugene%20Ionesco%2004.jpg?width=320
276Stanisław LemQ6530Polish science fiction author, philosopher and futurologist, studied medical doctor (1921–2006)WriterPolish1921-09-122006-03-27POLPolandUKR2710377.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St%20Lem%20resize.jpg?width=320
276Truman CapoteQ134180American writer (1924-1984)WriterEnglish1924-09-301984-08-25USAUnited StatesUSA210377.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Truman%20Capote%20by%20Jack%20Mitchell.jpg?width=320
276Jean-Marie Gustave Le ClézioQ42037French writer and Nobel Prize winner (born 1940)WriterFrench1940-04-13Mauritius; FranceFRA210375.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Marie%20Gustave%20Le%20Cl%C3%A9zio-press%20conference%20Dec%2006th%2C%202008-2.jpg?width=320
276Sándor PetőfiQ81219Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary (1823–1849)WriterHungarian1823-01-011849-07-31HUNHungaryHUN510373.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Orlai-petofi1.jpg?width=320
276Louise GlückQ2344210U.S. poet and Nobel laureate (1943–2023)WriterEnglish; German1943-04-222023-10-13USAUnited StatesUSA410372.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louise%20Gl%C3%BCck%20circa%201977.jpg?width=320
276Miguel Ángel AsturiasQ75603Guatemalan writer and diplomat (1899–1974)WriterSpanish1899-10-191974-06-09GTMGuatemalaGTM210372.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miguel%20Angel%20Asturias.jpg?width=320
276Alexander BlokQ164765Russian poet (1880–1921)WriterRussian1880-11-281921-08-07Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; Russian EmpireRUS110369.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander%20Blok.jpeg?width=320
284ApuleiusQ1705122nd-century Numidian Latin-language writer, rhetorician and philosopherWriterLatin01250170Ancient RomeDZA210280.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Apuleius-Kontorniat.jpg?width=320
284PindarQ1349295th-century BC Greek lyric poetWriterAncient Greek-516-436Boeotian confederationGRC110279.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pindar%20statue.jpg?width=320
284Halldór LaxnessQ80321Icelandic author (1902-1998)Writer1902-04-231998-02-08ISLIcelandISL010278.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Halld%C3%B3r%20Kiljan%20Laxness%201955.jpg?width=320
284Christopher MarloweQ28975English dramatist, poet and translator (1564–1593)WriterEnglish1564-03-041593-06-09Kingdom of EnglandGBR310274.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christopher%20Marlowe.jpg?width=320
288Roger Martin du GardQ129155French writer (1881–1958)WriterFrench1881-03-231958-08-22FRAFranceFRA210177.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roger%20Martin%20du%20Gard%201937.jpg?width=320
288Pliny the YoungerQ168707Roman lawyer, author and magistrate (61 – c.113)WriterLatin00610113Ancient RomeITA110177.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Plinio%20il%20Giovane.jpg?width=320
288Patrick ModianoQ222944French writerWriterFrench1945-07-30FRAFranceFRA610176.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Patrick%20Modiano%206%20dec%202014%20-%2023.jpg?width=320
288Margaret MitchellQ173540American author and journalist (1900–1949)WriterEnglish1900-11-081949-08-16USAUnited StatesUSA210174.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Margaret%20Mitchell%20NYWTS%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
288Jacinto BenaventeQ83184Spanish writer (1866-1954)Writer1866-08-121954-07-14ESPSpainESP010172.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacinto%20Benavente.jpg?width=320
288Tennessee WilliamsQ134262American playwright (1911–1983)WriterEnglish1911-03-261983-02-25USAUnited StatesUSA410172.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tennessee%20Williams%20NYWTS.jpg?width=320
288Robert A. HeinleinQ123078American author and aeronautical engineer (1907–1988)WriterEnglish1907-07-071988-05-08USAUnited StatesUSA610172.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20A.%20Heinlein%20(Doubleday%20photo)%20(retouched).jpg?width=320
288John DonneQ140412English poet and cleric (1572–1631)WriterEnglish15721631-03-31Kingdom of EnglandGBR010171.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Donne%20by%20Isaac%20Oliver.jpg?width=320
288Alfred de MussetQ179680French writer (1810–1857)WriterFrench1810-12-111857-05-02FRAFranceFRA110171.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alfred%20de%20musset.jpg?width=320
288Olga TokarczukQ254032Polish writer and activist (born 1962)WriterPolish1962-01-29POLPolandPOL1110170.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Olga%20Tokarczuk-9739.jpg?width=320
288Ambrose BierceQ191050American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist (1842–1914)WriterEnglish1842-06-241914USAUnited StatesUSA410168.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ambrose%20Bierce%20portrait%20by%20John%20Herbert%20Evelyn%20Partington%20(retouched).jpg?width=320
299Chingiz AĭtmatovQ484292Soviet and Kyrgyz author (1928–2008)WriterKyrgyz; Russian1928-12-122008-06-10KGZKyrgyzstanKGZ710077.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chinghiz%20Aitmatov%20(2006-02-21).jpg?width=320
299JuvenalQ193800early 2nd century Roman poetWriterLatin00550200Ancient RomeITA110077.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juvenal%20portrait.jpg?width=320
299W. H. AudenQ178698British-American poet (1907–1973)WriterEnglish1907-02-211973-09-29United States; United KingdomGBR110077https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AudenVanVechten1939.jpg?width=320
299Isabel AllendeQ83566Chilean writer (born 1942)WriterSpanish1942-08-02Chile; United StatesPER310076.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Isabel%20Allende%20Frankfurter%20Buchmesse%202015%20(cropped).JPG?width=320
299Henry JamesQ170509American and British writer (1843–1916)WriterFrench; English1843-04-151916-02-28USAUnited StatesUSA710073.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry%20James%20by%20John%20Singer%20Sargent%20cleaned.jpg?width=320
299J. M. BarrieQ81796Scottish writer and playwright (1860–1937)WriterEnglish1860-05-091937-06-19GBRUnited KingdomGBR510072.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Matthew%20Barrie00.jpg?width=320
305Jack KerouacQ160534American writer (1922–1969)WriterEnglish; French1922-03-121969-10-21USAUnited StatesUSA59973.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kerouac%20by%20Palumbo.jpg?width=320
305José MartíQ103285Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)Writer1853-01-281895-05-19Spain; MexicoCUB39973.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jos%C3%A9%20Mart%C3%AD%20retrato%20hecho%20en%20M%C3%A9xico%201875.jpg?width=320
305Han KangQ5646626South Korean writerWriterKorean1970-11-27KORSouth KoreaKOR59971.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Han%20Kang%2C%202024%20Nobel%20Prize%20Laureate%20in%20Literature%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
308TerenceQ172048Roman comic playwright (2nd cent. BC)WriterLatin-184-158Ancient RomeTUN69878.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Terence%20cropped.png?width=320
308Dale CarnegieQ230762American writer and lecturer (1888-1955)WriterEnglish1888-11-241955-11-01USAUnited StatesUSA39876.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dale%20Carnegie%20(1937).jpg?width=320
308François de La RochefoucauldQ273708French author of maxims and memoirs (1610-1680)WriterFrench1610-09-151680-03-17FRAFranceFRA29875.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fran%C3%A7ois%20de%20La%20Rochefoucauld.jpg?width=320
308André MalrauxQ151164French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)WriterFrench1901-11-031976-11-23FRAFranceFRA19875.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andr%C3%A9%20Malraux%2C%20Pic%2C%2022.jpg?width=320
308Camilo José CelaQ132589Spanish writer (1916–2002)WriterSpanish1916-05-112002-01-17ESPSpainESP59872.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Camilo%20Jos%C3%A9%20Cela.%20Fototeca.%20Biblioteca%20Virtual%20del%20Patrimonio%20Bibliogr%C3%A1fico.jpg?width=320
308William Makepeace ThackerayQ167768British novelist (1811–1863)WriterEnglish1811-07-181863-12-24United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandIND29871.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Makepeace%20Thackeray%20by%20Jesse%20Harrison%20Whitehurst-crop.jpg?width=320
308Robert BrowningQ233265English poet and playwright (1812–1889)WriterEnglish1812-05-071889-12-12GBRUnited KingdomGBR19865.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Browning%20by%20Herbert%20Rose%20Barraud%2C%20circa%201888.jpg?width=320
315François VillonQ849French poet and criminalWriterMiddle French14311463Kingdom of FranceFRA69780.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francois%20Villon%201489.jpg?width=320
315Friedrich HölderlinQ75889German poetWriterGerman1770-03-201843-06-07Kingdom of WürttembergDEU19778.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FK%20Hiemer%20-%20Friedrich%20H%C3%B6lderlin%20(Pastell%201792).jpg?width=320
315Prosper MériméeQ160333French writer, archaeologist and historian (1803–1870)WriterFrench1803-09-281870-09-23FRAFranceFRA49777.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%20%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5.jpg?width=320
315Philip K. DickQ171091American science fiction author (1928–1982)WriterEnglish1928-12-161982-03-02USAUnited StatesUSA89775.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philip%20K%20Dick%20in%20early%201960s%20(photo%20by%20Arthur%20Knight)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
315Isabelle de CharrièreQ123386Dutch French-language writer and composer (1740-1805)WriterFrench; English; Dutch1740-10-201805-12-27CHESwitzerlandNLD09773.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Isabelle%20Agneta%20van%20Tuyll%20van%20Serooskerken%2C%20by%20Maurice%20Quentin%20de%20La%20Tour.jpg?width=320
315Marina TsvetaevaQ188526Russian poet (1892 – 1941)WriterFrench; Russian; German1892-10-081941-08-31Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS19771.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D0%A6%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%20(1925)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
315John DrydenQ21335517th-century English poet and playwright (1631–1700)WriterEnglish1631-08-191700-05-12Kingdom of EnglandGBR29767.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Dryden%20(Richardson%2C%20c.%201730s).jpg?width=320
322Shota RustaveliQ132984Georgian poetWriterGeorgian11721216Kingdom of GeorgiaGEO19677.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%9D%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%20%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A1%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98.%20%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%20%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98.jpg?width=320
322Jaroslav HašekQ2754Czech humorist, satirist, writer and anarchist (1883-1923)WriterCzech; Russian1883-04-301923-01-03Czechoslovakia; CisleithaniaCZE19676.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%AF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%20%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BA.jpg?width=320
322Shmuel Yosef AgnonQ133042Ukrainian-born Israeli Hebrew writer, Nobel laureate in Literature (1888–1970)WriterHebrew; Yiddish1887-08-081970-02-17Israel; HungaryAUT79676.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%98%20%D7%A9%22%D7%99%20%D7%A2%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9F%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
322Ryūnosuke AkutagawaQ186326Japanese writer (1892–1927)WriterEnglish1892-03-011927-07-24JPNJapanJPN69675.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Akutagawa%20Ryunosuke%20photo.jpg?width=320
322O. HenryQ172788American short story writer (1862–1910)WriterEnglish1862-09-111910-06-05USAUnited StatesUSA29674.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Sydney%20Porter%20by%20doubleday.jpg?width=320
322Pierre-Augustin de BeaumarchaisQ70326French playwright, diplomat and polymath (1732–1799)WriterFrench1732-01-241799-05-18FRAFranceFRA39674.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/D'apr%C3%A8s%20Jean-Marc%20Nattier%2C%20Portrait%20de%20Pierre-Augustin%20Caron%20de%20Beaumarchais%20(Biblioth%C3%A8que-mus%C3%A9e%20de%20la%20Com%C3%A9die-Fran%C3%A7aise)%20-001.jpg?width=320
322Salvatore QuasimodoQ83038Italian writer (1901-1968)WriterItalian1901-08-201968-06-14ITAItalyITA159671.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Salvatore%20Quasimodo%201959.jpg?width=320
322Derek WalcottQ132701Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright (1930–2017)Writer1930-01-232017-03-17LCASaint LuciaLCA39669.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Derek%20Walcott.jpg?width=320
322Yanka KupalaQ377Belarusian writer (1882–1942)WriterBelarusian; Russian; Polish1882-07-071942-06-28Belarusian People's Republic; Russian Empire; Soviet Union; Byelorussian Soviet Socialist RepublicBLR09669.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan%20Lucevi%C4%8D%20(Janka%20Kupala).%20%D0%AF%D0%BD%20%D0%9B%D1%83%D1%86%D1%8D%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87%20(%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%20%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0)%20(1925).jpg?width=320
322Anthony BourdainQ426582American chef and television personality (1956-2018)Writer1956-06-252018-06-08USAUnited StatesUSA09666.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anthony%20Bourdain%20Peabody%202014b.jpg?width=320
322Alice WalkerQ215868American author and activist (born 1944)WriterEnglish1944-02-09USAUnited StatesUSA59665.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alice%20Walker%202009%20(facecrop).jpg?width=320
322Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieQ230141Nigerian writer (born 1977)WriterEnglish1977-09-15NGANigeriaNGA39659.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2025-06-16%20Chimamanda%20Ngozi%20Adichie%20no%20Fronteiras%20do%20Pensamento%202025%20em%20S%C3%A3o%20Paulo%2C%20013%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
334Carlo GoldoniQ165534Italian playwright (1707-1793)WriterVenetian; French; Italian1707-02-251793-02-06FRAFranceITA59577.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alessandro%20Longhi%20-%20Ritratto%20di%20Carlo%20Goldoni%20(c%201757)%20Ca%20Goldoni%20Venezia.jpg?width=320
334Louis-Ferdinand CélineQ151820French writer (1894–1961)WriterFrench1894-05-271961-07-01FRAFranceFRA259577.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L.-F.%20C%C3%A9line.jpg?width=320
334Pär LagerkvistQ93137Swedish writer (1891–1974)WriterSwedish1891-05-231974-07-11SWESwedenSWE09576.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lagerkvist.jpg?width=320
334Paul ValéryQ200639French poet, essayist, and philosopher (1871–1945)WriterFrench1871-10-301945-07-20FRAFranceFRA29574.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul%20Val%C3%A9ry%20-%20photo%20Henri%20Manuel.jpg?width=320
334Giorgos SeferisQ165823Greek poet and diplomat (1900-1971)WriterModern Greek1900-03-131971-09-20GRCGreeceTUR19574.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Giorgos%20Seferis%201963.jpg?width=320
334Verner von HeidenstamQ129173Swedish writer (1859–1940)Writer1859-07-061940-05-20SWESwedenSWE09574.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johan%20Krouth%C3%A9n%20-%20Portr%C3%A4tt%20av%20Verner%20von%20Heidenstam.jpg?width=320
334Carl SpittelerQ226525Swiss writer (1845–1924)WriterGerman1845-04-241924-12-29CHESwitzerlandCHE29573.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl%20Spitteler%201919.jpg?width=320
334Lesya UkrainkaQ298033Ukrainian poet, writer and feminist (1871–1913)WriterRussian; Ukrainian; French1871-02-251913-08-01Russian EmpireUKR19572.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lesya%20Ukrainka%201901%20(facecrop).jpg?width=320
334Joan FusterQ561147Spanish writer (1922–1992)WriterCatalan1922-11-231992-06-21ESPSpainESP49571.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joanfuster.jpg?width=320
334Jaroslav SeifertQ102483Czechoslovak poet, Nobel prize laureate (1901–1986)Writer1901-09-231986-01-10CzechoslovakiaCZE09570.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jaroslav%20Seifert%201981%20foto%20Hana%20Hamplov%C3%A1.jpg?width=320
334Arundhati RoyQ212801Indian novelist, essayist, and activistWriterEnglish1961-11-24INDIndiaIND19557.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arundhati%20Roy%20W.jpg?width=320
345François-Auguste-René de ChateaubriandQ49767French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)WriterFrench1768-09-041848-07-04FRAFranceFRA49478.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fran%C3%A7ois-Ren%C3%A9%20de%20Chateaubriand%20by%20Anne-Louis%20Girodet%20de%20Roucy%20Trioson.jpg?width=320
345Torquato TassoQ168962Italian poet (1544–1595)Writer1544-03-211595-04-25Kingdom of ItalyITA49477.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Torquato%20Tasso%2C%20aged%2022%2C%20by%20Jacopo%20da%20Ponte%2C%20called%20Jacopo%20Bassano%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
345Henry MillerQ187765American novelist (1891–1980)WriterAmerican English1891-12-261980-06-07USAUnited StatesUSA109474.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry%20Miller%201940.jpg?width=320
345Susan SontagQ152824American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004)WriterEnglish1933-01-162004-12-28USAUnited StatesUSA59473.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Susan%20Sontag%201979%20%C2%A9Lynn%20Gilbert%20(headshot).jpg?width=320
345Allen GinsbergQ6711American poet and writer (1926–1997)WriterEnglish1926-06-031997-04-05USAUnited StatesUSA39471.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Allen%20Ginsberg%201979%20-%20cropped.jpg?width=320
345Eugenio MontaleQ83174Italian poet (1896-1981)WriterItalian1896-10-121981-09-12ITAItalyITA79471.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eugenio%20Montale.jpg?width=320
351Annie ErnauxQ1153825French writer (born 1940)WriterFrench1940-09-01FRAFranceFRA39377.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Annie%20Ernaux%20in%202022%20(5%20av%2011).jpg?width=320
351Peter HandkeQ44107Austrian writer, playwright and film director (born 1942)WriterGerman1942-12-06AUTAustriaAUT69376.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter-handke.jpg?width=320
351Karen BlixenQ182804Danish writer (1885-1962)WriterEnglish; Danish1885-04-171962-09-07Kingdom of DenmarkDNK29375.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karen%20Blixen%20cropped%20from%20larger%20original%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
351James Fenimore CooperQ167856American writer (1789–1851)WriterEnglish1789-09-151851-09-14USAUnited StatesUSA19373.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Fenimore%20Cooper%20by%20Jarvis.jpg?width=320
351Saint-John PerseQ132684French poet and diplomat (1887–1975)WriterFrench1887-05-311975-09-20FRAFranceGLP49373.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saint-John%20Perse%201960.jpg?width=320
356E. T. A. HoffmannQ150471German writer (1776-1822)WriterGerman1776-01-241822DEUGermanyRUS79279.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E.%20T.%20A.%20Hoffmann%2C%20autorretrato.jpg?width=320
356Primo LeviQ153670Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor, and writer (1919–1987)WriterItalian1919-07-311987-04-11ITAItalyITA49276.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Primo%20Levi.jpg?width=320
356Ludovico AriostoQ48900Italian poet (1474–1533)WriterItalian1474-09-171533-07-16ITA19276.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ariosto.jpg?width=320
356Frank HerbertQ7934American writer (1920–1986)Writer1920-10-081986-02-11USAUnited StatesUSA19274.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank%20Herbert%201984%20(square).jpg?width=320
356Marguerite YourcenarQ163118French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)WriterFrench1903-06-081987-12-17Belgium; United States; FranceBEL69273.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marguerite%20Yourcenar-Bailleul-1982.10.04.Bernhard%20De%20Grendel%20(10).jpg?width=320
356Patrick WhiteQ129187English-born Australian writerWriter1912-05-281990-09-30AUSAustraliaGBR19270.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Patrick%20White%20writer.jpg?width=320
362Karl Adolph GjellerupQ131487Danish writer (1857–1919)Writer1857-06-021919-10-11Kingdom of DenmarkDNK09179.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl%20Gjellerup.jpg?width=320
362Nizami GanjaviQ234908Persian poetWriterPersian11411209AZE19178.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nezami%20(detail)%20Addressing%20his%20Son%20Mohammad.%20Attributed%20to%20Behzad%2C%20Leyli%20and%20Majnun%20(Nizami%20Ganjavi)%201482.jpg?width=320
362Germaine de StaëlQ123041Genevan-French author (1766-1817)WriterFrench1766-04-221817-07-14FRAFranceFRA29176.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marie%20El%C3%A9onore%20Godefroid%20-%20Portrait%20of%20Mme%20de%20Sta%C3%ABl.jpg?width=320
362Claude SimonQ131549French writer (1913–2005)WriterFrench1913-10-102005-07-06FRAFranceMDG19176.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claude%20Simon%20ca%201932.jpg?width=320
362Léopold Sédar SenghorQ154545first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)Writer1906-10-092001-12-20Senegal; FranceSEN39174.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L%C3%A9opold%20S%C3%A9dar%20Senghor.jpg?width=320
362Henri BarbusseQ18404French author (1873-1935)WriterFrench1873-05-171935-08-30FRAFranceFRA19173.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8%20%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D1%8E%D1%81%20(1928).jpg?width=320
362Philip RothQ187019American novelist (1933–2018)WriterEnglish1933-03-192018-05-22USAUnited StatesUSA09173.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philip%20Roth%20-%201973.jpg?width=320
362Anaïs NinQ220018French-born American author (1903–1977)WriterEnglish1903-02-211977-01-14United States; Cuba; FranceFRA19172.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anais%20Nin.jpg?width=320
362John UpdikeQ105756American novelist, poet (1932–2009)WriterEnglish1932-03-182009-01-27USAUnited StatesUSA19168.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Updike%2C%20author%20at%20PEN%20Congress%2C%20cropped.jpg?width=320
371Elizabeth Barrett BrowningQ228494English poet (1806–1861)WriterEnglish1806-03-061861-06-29United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR39079.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ElizabethBarrettBrowning.jpg?width=320
371Johannes V. JensenQ159552Danish author (1873-1950)Writer1873-01-201950-11-25Kingdom of DenmarkDNK59078.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johannes%20Vilhelm%20Jensen%201944.jpg?width=320
371Henrik PontoppidanQ225554Danish writer, Nobel LaureateWriterDanish1857-07-241943-08-21Kingdom of DenmarkDNK09076.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henrik%20Pontoppidan%201917.jpg?width=320
371Alberto MoraviaQ161933Italian writer and journalist (1907-1990)WriterFrench; Italian1907-11-281990-09-26ITAItalyITA99075.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paolo%20Monti%20-%20Servizio%20fotografico%20-%20BEIC%206361580%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
371ColetteQ218679French novelist (1873–1954)WriterFrench1873-01-281954-08-03FRAFranceFRA69075.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Colette%20-%20photo.jpg?width=320
371Théophile GautierQ183713French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic (1811–1872)WriterFrench1811-08-301872-10-23FRAFranceFRA09074.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Th%C3%A9ophile%20Gautier%20by%20Nadar.png?width=320
371Julio CortázarQ174210Argentine writer and translator (1914–1984)WriterSpanish1914-08-261984-02-12France; MexicoBEL19074.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cort%C3%A1zar.jpg?width=320
371Edward SaidQ201538Palestinian-American professor (1935–2003)Writer1935-11-012003-09-24USAUnited StatesISR19073.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward%20Said%20and%20Daniel%20Barenboim%20in%20Sevilla%2C%202002%20(Said).jpg?width=320
371MartialQ20981st-century Latin poet from HispaniaWriterLatin0040-030104Ancient RomeESP19072.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martialis.jpg?width=320
371Enid BlytonQ192069English author (1897–1968)WriterEnglish1897-08-111968-11-28GBRUnited KingdomGBR569072.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Enid%20Blyton%20c.%201923.jpg?width=320
371Edith WhartonQ276032American writer and designer (1862–1937)WriterEnglish1862-01-241937-08-11USAUnited StatesUSA129067.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edith%20Newbold%20Jones%20Wharton%20(cropped%2003).jpg?width=320
382Giorgio VasariQ128027Italian painter, architect, writer and historian (1511-1574)Writer1511-08-091574-07-07Republic of Florence; Grand Duchy of TuscanyITA168982.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zucchi%2C%20Jacopo%20-%20Vasari%2C%20Giorgio%20-%20Uffizi%20ICCD.jpg?width=320
382André BretonQ161955French writer and poet, co-founder of Surrealism (1896–1966)WriterFrench1896-02-191966-09-28FRAFranceFRA38979https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andr%C3%A9%20Breton%20-%20photo%20Henri%20Manuel.jpg?width=320
382Italo CalvinoQ154756Italian journalist and writer (1923-1985)WriterItalian1923-10-151985-09-19ITAItalyCUB88975.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Italo-Calvino.jpg?width=320
382Ivan KrylovQ191480Russian writer (1769–1844)WriterRussian1769-02-131844-11-21Russian EmpireRUS08971.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eggink-Portrait%20of%20Ivan%20Krylov.jpg?width=320
382Abdulrazak GurnahQ317877Tanzanian-born British writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2021) (born 1948)WriterEnglish1948-12-20United Kingdom; TanzaniaTZA98970.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abdulrazak%20Gurnah%202025.jpg?width=320
382Mihai EminescuQ184935Romanian poet, novelist and journalist (1850-1889)WriterGerman; Romanian1850-01-151889-06-15Principality of Moldavia; United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia; Kingdom of RomaniaROU18970.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eminescu.jpg?width=320
382Joseph AddisonQ206384English essayist, poet, playwright and politician (1672–1719)WriterEnglish1672-05-011719-06-17GBREnglandGBR28965.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph%20Addison%20by%20Sir%20Godfrey%20Kneller%2C%20Bt.jpg?width=320
389Miyamoto MusashiQ193344Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (1584–1645)WriterJapanese15841645-06-05JPNJapanJPN18881.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miyamoto%20Musashi-Portrait-Edo-period.png?width=320
389Stéphane MallarméQ767French Symbolist poet (1842–1898)WriterFrench1842-03-181898-09-09FRAFranceFRA08878.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mallarm%C3%A9%20Nadar.jpg?width=320
389Georges SimenonQ128790Belgian writer (1903–1986)WriterFrench1903-02-131989-09-04BELBelgiumBEL18878.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GeorgesSimenon-StudioHarcourt-1952.png?width=320
389Nikos KazantzakisQ214622Greek writer, poet and philosopher (1883-1957)WriterFrench; Greek1883-03-021957-10-26GRCGreeceGRC98876.7
389Robert MusilQ78487Austrian philosophical writer (1880–1942)WriterGerman1880-11-061942-04-15AUTAustriaAUT38875.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Musil.jpg?width=320
389Raymond ChandlerQ180377American novelist and screenwriter (1888–1959)Writer1888-07-231959-03-26USAUnited StatesUSA88873.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Raymond%20Chandler%20(Lady%20in%20the%20Lake%20portrait%2C%201943).jpg?width=320
389Beatrix PotterQ214565British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943)WriterEnglish1866-07-281943-12-22GBRUnited KingdomGBR278871.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Beatrix%20Potter%20by%20King%20cropped.jpg?width=320
389Ben JonsonQ193857English playwright, poet, and actor (1572-1637)WriterEnglish1572-06-211637-08-16Kingdom of EnglandGBR28869.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin%20Jonson%20by%20Abraham%20van%20Blyenberch.jpg?width=320
397Carlo CollodiQ199588Italian writer (1826–1890)WriterItalian1826-11-241890-10-26Grand Duchy of Tuscany; United Provinces of Central Italy; Kingdom of Italy; Kingdom of SardiniaITA58779.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carlo%20Collodi.jpg?width=320
397Erik Axel KarlfeldtQ134641Swedish poet (1864–1931)Writer1864-07-201931-04-08SWESwedenSWE08776.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anders%20Zorn%20-%20Erik%20Axel%20Karlfeldt%20i%20Zorng%C3%A5rdens%20matsal%20(1906).jpg?width=320
397Mario PuzoQ182870American author, screenwriter, and journalistWriterEnglish1920-10-151999-07-02USAUnited StatesUSA18775.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mario%20Puzo%201972%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
397Ivan GoncharovQ189665Russian novelist and official (1812–1891)WriterRussian1812-06-181891-09-27Russian EmpireRUS38772.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ivan%20Goncharov.jpg?width=320
397Nikolay NekrasovQ208003Russian poet, writer, critic, editor and publisher (1821–1878)WriterRussian1821-12-101878-01-08Russian EmpireUKR08767.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nikolay%20Nekrasov%202cr.jpg?width=320
397Norman MailerQ180962American writer (1923–2007)WriterEnglish1923-01-312007-11-10USAUnited StatesUSA08765.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oliver%20Mark%20-%20Norman%20Mailer%2C%20Berlin%202002.jpg?width=320
397Langston HughesQ188093American writer and social activist (1901–1967)WriterEnglish1901-02-011967-05-22USAUnited StatesUSA18763.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Langston%20Hughes%20by%20Carl%20Van%20Vechten%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
404PetroniusQ471801st century AD Roman courtier and author of the Satyricon (27–66)WriterLatin00270066Ancient RomeFRA18678.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Petronius%20Arbiter%20by%20Bodart%201707.jpg?width=320
404FuzuliQ17837916th-century Azerbaijani poetWriterPersian; Azerbaijani; Arabic14941556Aq Qoyunlu; Ottoman Empire; Safavid IranIRQ18678.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fuz%C3%BBl%C3%AE.jpg?width=320
404JamiQ312458Persian poet (1414–1492)WriterPersian; Arabic1414-11-161492-11-18Timurid EmpireIRN08676.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jami%2C%20holding%20an%20astrolabe%20(portrait).%20By%20Behz%C3%A2d%2C%20from%20the%20Romance%20of%20Alexander%20by%20Nez%C3%A2m%C3%AE.%20Manuscript%20of%20the%20Khamseh%20of%20the%20emir%20'Al%C3%AE%20F%C3%A2rs%C3%AE%20Barlas%2C%20Herat%201494-1495%3B%20British%20Library%2C%20Or.%206810%2C%20f%20225%20v.jpg?width=320
404Ismail KadareQ179695Albanian writer (1936–2024)WriterFrench; Albanian1936-01-282024-07-01France; Albania; KosovoALB78675.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ismail%20Kadare%20(portret).jpg?width=320
404Eyvind JohnsonQ131326Swedish writer (1900–1976)WriterSwedish1900-07-291976-08-25SWESwedenSWE08674.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eyvind.JPG?width=320
404Heinrich von KleistQ28494German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer (1777–1811)WriterGerman1777-10-181811-11-21DEUGermanyDEU48674.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anton%20Graff%20Heinrich%20von%20Kleist%20(1).jpg?width=320
404Ivan FrankoQ332462Ukrainian poet and writer (1856–1916)WriterGerman; Ukrainian; Polish1856-08-271916-05-28Austrian EmpireUKR18672.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%20%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%20%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE.jpg?width=320
404Klaus EbnerQ37370Austrian writerWriterGerman; Catalan1964-08-08AUTAustriaAUT18671.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KlausEbner5.jpg?width=320
404Vicente AleixandreQ134644Spanish poet (1898–1984)WriterSpanish1898-04-261984-12-14ESPSpainESP08671.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Spaanse%20dichter%20en%20nobelprijswinnaar%20Vicente%20Alexandre%2C%20Bestanddeelnr%20929-3851.jpg?width=320
404Odysseas ElytisQ160478Greek poet and art critic (1911–1996)WriterGreek1911-11-021996-03-18GRCGreeceGRC18670.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Odysseas%20Elytis%201974.jpg?width=320
404E. M. ForsterQ189119English novelist (1879-1970)WriterEnglish1879-01-011970-06-07GBRUnited KingdomGBR68668.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E.%20M.%20Forster%20von%20Dora%20Carrington%2C%201924-25.jpg?width=320
404Fyodor TyutchevQ37217Russian poet (1803–1873)WriterRussian1803-12-051873-07-27Russian EmpireRUS08668.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tiutchev.jpg?width=320
404Khaled HosseiniQ193116Afghan novelistWriterEnglish1965-03-04USAUnited StatesAFG48667.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Khaled%20Hosseini%2C%202013%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
404Carl SandburgQ193608American writer and editor (1878–1967)WriterEnglish1878-01-061967-07-22USAUnited StatesUSA08663https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl%20Sandburg%20NYWTS.jpg?width=320
418Tove JanssonQ102071Finnish children's writer and illustrator (1914–2001)WriterSwedish1914-08-092001-06-27FINFinlandFIN48578.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tove%20Jansson%20with%20flower%20crown%20001.jpg?width=320
418Frans Eemil SillanpääQ132723Finnish writer (1888–1964)WriterFinnish1888-09-161964-06-03FINFinlandFIN08575.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FransEemilSillanp%C3%A4%C3%A4.jpg?width=320
418Friedrich DürrenmattQ23481Swiss author and dramatist (1921–1990)WriterGerman1921-01-051990-12-14CHESwitzerlandCHE88575.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Friedrich%20duerrenmatt%2019890427.jpg?width=320
418Ivanka TrumpQ239411American businesswoman, socialite and political advisior (born 1981)WriterEnglish1981-10-30USAUnited StatesUSA08574.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ivanka%20Trump%20official%20portrait%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
418Nicolas Boileau-DespréauxQ188857French poet and critic (1636–1711)WriterFrench1636-11-011711-03-13FRAFranceFRA08573.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicolas%20Boileau.PNG?width=320
418Louis AragonQ4128French poet (1897–1982)WriterFrench1897-10-031982-12-24FRAFranceFRA08573.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20Aragon%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
418Françoise SaganQ1646French writer (1935-2004)WriterFrench1935-06-212004-09-24FRAFranceFRA18573.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fran%C3%A7oise%20Sagan%201954.jpg?width=320
418Dante Gabriel RossettiQ186748English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator (1828-1882)WriterEnglish1828-05-121882-04-09GBRUnited KingdomGBR38572.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/-Dante%20Gabriel%20Rossetti-%20MET%20DP-386-287%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
418Edgar Rice BurroughsQ148234American writer (1875–1950)WriterEnglish1875-09-011950-03-19USAUnited StatesUSA28571.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BurroughsEdgarRice.jpg?width=320
418Nikolay KaramzinQ191598Russian writer, poet, criticWriterRussian1766-12-121826-06-03Russian EmpireRUS18569.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karamzin%20by%20Tropinin%20(1818%2C%20Tretyakov%20gallery).jpg?width=320
418Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oQ302910Kenyan writer (1938–2025)WriterGikuyu; English1938-01-052025-05-28KENKenyaKEN68565.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ng%C5%A9g%C4%A9%20wa%20Thiong'o%202019%20(48139052733).jpg?width=320
429Tristan TzaraQ16409Romanian-French poet (1896–1963)WriterFrench1896-04-161963-12-24Romania; FranceROU18477.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tristan%20Tzara.jpg?width=320
429Arthur SchnitzlerQ44331Austrian writer (1862–1931)WriterGerman1862-05-151931-10-21AUTAustriaAUT58474.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur%20Schnitzler%201912.jpg?width=320
429Harry MartinsonQ132695Swedish writer (1904–1978)WriterSwedish1904-05-061978-02-11SWESwedenSWE08474.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harry%20Martinson.jpg?width=320
429France PrešerenQ1031Slovene national poet, a Carniolan Romantic poet of Slovene descent (1800–1849)WriterSlovene1800-12-031849-02-08Austrian Empire; Illyrian Provinces; Habsburg monarchySVN28473.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pre%C5%A1ern-Goldenstein.jpg?width=320
429LucanQ188646Roman poet (39–65)WriterLatin0039-11-010065-04-28Ancient RomeESP18470.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Busto%20de%20Lucano%2C%20Cordoba.JPG?width=320
429Michael CrichtonQ172140American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)Writer1942-10-232008-11-04USAUnited StatesUSA18469.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MichaelCrichton%202.jpg?width=320
435Ismail IQ214559founder and first shah of Safavid IranWriter1487-07-171524-05-23Safavid IranIRN18380.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Shah%20Ismail%20I.%20Inscribed%20%22Ismael%20Sophy%20Rex%20Pers%22.%20Painted%20by%20Cristofano%20dell'Altissimo%2C%20dated%201552-1568.jpg?width=320
435SallustQ7170Roman historian and politician (86 BC - c. 35 BC)WriterLatin-85-34Ancient RomeITA18376.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Salluste%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
435Gertrude SteinQ188385American author (1874–1946)WriterEnglish1874-02-031946-07-27USAUnited StatesUSA78373.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gertrude%20Stein%201934%20(facecrop).jpg?width=320
435Heinrich MannQ76480German writer (1871–1950)Writer1871-03-271950-03-11DEUGermanyDEU28372.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heinrich%20Mann%20in%20seinen%20M%C3%BCnchner%20Jahren.png?width=320
435Michel HouellebecqQ103114French writerWriterFrench1956-02-26FRAFranceREU78372.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michel%20Houellebecq%20no%20Fronteiras%20do%20Pensamento%20Porto%20Alegre%202016%20(30895029365)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
435Alexander HerzenQ201221Russian author, philosopher, and revolutionary (1812–1870)WriterRussian1812-04-061870-01-21Switzerland; FranceRUS18371.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Personnalit%C3%A9s%20des%20arts%20et%20des%20lettres%20-%20Alexandre%20Herzen.jpg?width=320
435Francisco QuevedoQ201315Spanish writer (1580-1645)WriterSpanish1584-09-241645-09-08ESPSpainESP18371.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Quevedo%20(copia%20de%20Vel%C3%A1zquez).jpg?width=320
435Jerome K. JeromeQ218698English humorist (1859-1927)WriterEnglish1859-05-021927-06-14United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR28369.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jerome%20K.%20Jerome%2002.jpg?width=320
435John BunyanQ108206English writer and preacher (1628–1688)WriterEnglish1628-11-281688-08-31Kingdom of EnglandGBR18369.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Bunyan%20by%20Thomas%20Sadler%201684.jpg?width=320
435Jamal KhashoggiQ1262052Saudi journalist (1958–2018)Writer1958-10-132018-10-02SAUSaudi ArabiaSAU08369.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jamal%20Khashoggi%20in%20March%202018%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
445AnacreonQ213484ancient Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and hymnsWriterAncient Greek-569-484TUR08277.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arte%20romana%2C%20testa%20di%20anacreonte%2C%20130-140%20dc.%20ca.%2002.JPG?width=320
445Jacob GrimmQ6701German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785–1863)WriterGerman1785-01-041863-09-20Kingdom of Prussia; Electorate of HesseDEU28275.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacob%20Grimm%20Friedlaender.png?width=320
445Mirza GhalibQ107000Indian poet (1797-1869)WriterUrdu; Persian1797-12-271869-02-15Mughal Empire; British RajIND08274https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mirza%20Ghalib%20photograph%203.jpg?width=320
445A. A. MilneQ207036British author known for creating Winnie-the-Pooh (1882–1956)WriterEnglish1882-01-181956-01-31GBRUnited KingdomGBR18270.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A%20a%20milne.jpg?width=320
445Neil GaimanQ210059English writer (born 1960)Writer1960-11-10GBRUnited KingdomGBR78264.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kyle-cassidy-neil-gaiman-April-2013.jpg?width=320
445Oliver GoldsmithQ236236Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician (d. 1774)WriterEnglish1728-11-101774-04-04Kingdom of IrelandIRL28263.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oliver%20Goldsmith%20by%20Sir%20Joshua%20Reynolds.jpg?width=320
451Jacques PrévertQ165274French poet and screenwriter (1900-1977)Writer1900-02-041977-04-11FRAFranceFRA18173.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacques%20Pr%C3%A9vert%20en%201961%20dans%20le%20film%20Mon%20fr%C3%A8re%20Jacques%20par%20Pierre%20Pr%C3%A9vert.jpg?width=320
451Carlos FuentesQ154691Mexican writer (1928–2012)Writer1928-11-112012-05-15MEXMexicoPAN48170.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carlos%20Fuentes%201987.jpg?width=320
451PremchandQ174152Indian writer of Hindi and Urdu fiction (1880–1936); pioneer of social realism in Hindustani literatureWriterHindi; Urdu; Hindustani1880-07-311936-10-08British RajIND68170.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prem%20chand.jpg?width=320
451Henry FieldingQ34190English novelist and dramatist (1707–1754)WriterEnglish1707-04-221754-10-08Kingdom of Great BritainGBR08169.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry%20Fielding%20MET%20DP825191.jpg?width=320
451James BaldwinQ273210American writer (1924–1987)WriterEnglish1924-08-021987-12-01United States; FranceUSA38165.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Baldwin%2037%20Allan%20Warren%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
451Gore VidalQ167821American writer (1925–2012)WriterEnglish1925-10-032012-07-31USAUnited StatesUSA18165.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gore%20Vidal%20(c.%201976-1983).jpg?width=320
451Germaine GreerQ103591Australian writer and public intellectual (born 1939)Writer1939-01-29AUSAustraliaAUS28162.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Germaine%20Greer%2C%2028%20October%202013%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
451Amélie NothombQ168040Belgian Francophone writer (born 1966)WriterFrench1966-07-09BELBelgiumBEL178161.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Am%C3%A9lie%20Nothomb%202015%20(facecrop1).jpg?width=320
459Ahmad ibn HanbalQ194442Muslim jurist and theologian (780–855)Writer0780-11-270855-08-06IRQ98078.16
459Snorri SturlusonQ102323Icelandic historian, poet and politician (AD 1179–1241)WriterOld Norse11791241-09-30Icelandic CommonwealthISL38076.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Snorre%20Sturluson-Christian%20Krohg.jpg?width=320
459QuintilianQ1937691st century Hispanic-born Roman educator and rhetoricianWriterLatin00350096Ancient RomeESP18076.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcus%20Fabius%20Quintilianus%20(par%20Jehandier%20Desrochers)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
459ValmikiQ715607Celebrated as the harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature and the author of the epic RamayanaWriterSanskrit-80-2IND18076.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valmiki%20Ramayana.jpg?width=320
459Christine de PizanQ234816French poet and author (1364 – c. 1430)WriterMiddle French1364-09-191430FRAFranceITA398075.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christine%20de%20Pisan%20-%20cathedra.jpg?width=320
459Marguerite DurasQ153248French writer and film director (1914-1996)WriterFrench1914-04-041996-03-03FRAFranceVNM88074.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Identite-Duras-1960-Sacem.png?width=320
459Jorge AmadoQ184440Brazilian writer (1912-2001)WriterBrazilian Portuguese1912-08-102001-08-06BRABrazilBRA58073.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jorge%20Amado%2C%20gtfy.00010.jpg?width=320
459Nâzım HikmetQ184906Turkish communist poet, playwright and novelist (1902–1963)WriterOttoman Turkish; Turkish1901-11-301963-06-03Turkey; PolandGRC08072.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/N%C3%A2z%C4%B1m%20Hikmet%2C%20Berlin%201956%20(1).jpg?width=320
459Tom ClancyQ105167American author (1947–2013)WriterEnglish1947-04-122013-10-01USAUnited StatesUSA28072.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom%20Clancy%20at%20Burns%20Library%20cropped.jpg?width=320
459Cesare PaveseQ2022Italian writer, literary critic, and translator (1908–1950)WriterItalian1908-09-091950-08-27ITAItalyITA28069.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cesare%20Pavese%20cropped.jpg?width=320
469Dr. SeussQ298685American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)WriterEnglish1904-03-021991-09-24USAUnited StatesUSA137979.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ted%20Geisel%20NYWTS%202%20crop.jpg?width=320
469Paul ÉluardQ152176French poet (1895–1952)WriterFrench1895-12-141952-11-18FRAFranceFRA17974.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eluard%20Harcourt%201945.jpg?width=320
469John le CarréQ209641British novelist and spy (1931–2020)WriterBritish English1931-10-192020-12-12United Kingdom; IrelandGBR187970.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20le%20Carr%C3%A9%20cropped.jpg?width=320
469Elizabeth Cady StantonQ465335American writer, suffragist and Women's Rights activist (1815–1902)WriterEnglish1815-11-121902-10-26USAUnited StatesUSA17964.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elizabeth%20Stanton.jpg?width=320
473Alfonso X of Castile and LeonQ47595King of Castile from 1252 to 1284Writer1221-11-301284-04-11Crown of CastileESP27875.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alfonso%20X%20el%20Sabio%20en%20El%20libro%20de%20los%20juegos.jpg?width=320
473William S. BurroughsQ188176American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997)Writer1914-02-051997-08-02USAUnited StatesUSA57872.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Burroughs%20en%201973.png?width=320
473Theodore DreiserQ486096American novelist and journalist (1871–1945)WriterEnglish1871-08-271945-12-28USAUnited StatesUSA07871.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Theodore%20Dreiser.jpg?width=320
473Laurence SterneQ218960Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric (1713–1768)WriterEnglish1713-11-241768-03-18Kingdom of Great BritainIRL37871.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laurence%20Sterne%20by%20Sir%20Joshua%20Reynolds.jpg?width=320
473Iris MurdochQ217495Irish-born British writer and philosopher (1919–1999)WriterEnglish1919-07-151999-02-08United Kingdom; IrelandIRL47870.25
473Aleksey TolstoyQ192279Russian-Soviet writer (1883-1945)WriterRussian1883-01-101945-02-23FRAFranceRUS17870.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ANTolstoy.jpg?width=320
473Jean de La BruyèreQ31497517th-century French writer and philosopher (1645–1696)WriterFrench1645-08-161696-05-10FRAFranceFRA17868.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean%20de%20la%20Bruy%C3%A8re%20-%20Versailles%20MV%202940.png?width=320
473Theodor FontaneQ76632German novelist and poet (1819–1898)WriterGerman1819-12-301898-09-20Kingdom of PrussiaDEU257868.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Theodor%20Fontane.png?width=320
473Edmund SpenserQ4352055English poet (c. 1552–1599)WriterEnglish15521599-01-23Kingdom of EnglandGBR17867.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edmund%20Spenser%20oil%20painting.JPG?width=320
473Elif ŞafakQ270739Turkish writer (born 1971)WriterEnglish; Turkish1971-10-25TURTurkeyFRA37867.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elif%20%C5%9Eafak%20at%20Ed%20Book%20Fest%2026%2001.jpg?width=320
483Paul AusterQ214642American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)WriterEnglish1947-02-032024-04-30USAUnited StatesUSA107775.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul%20Auster%20BBF%202010%20Shankbone.jpg?width=320
483Peter DruckerQ84238American business consultant (1909–2005)Writer1909-11-192005-11-11United States; AustriaAUT07774.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Drucker5789.jpg?width=320
483TheocritusQ2194843rd-century BCE Greek poetWriterAncient Greek-315-259ITASyracuseITA07774.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Teocrito%20(Ritratto).jpg?width=320
483Jostein GaarderQ185548Norwegian author (born 1952)WriterNorwegian1952-08-08NORNorwayNOR27772.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jostein%20Gaarder%20Leipziger%20Buchmesse%202017%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
483Pierre de RonsardQ49752French poet (1524-1585)WriterMiddle French1524-09-211585-12-27FRAFranceFRA07772.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20de%20Ronsard%20par%20Benjamin%20Foulon.jpg?width=320
483Anthony BurgessQ217619English writer and composer (1917–1993)Writer1917-02-251993-11-22GBRUnited KingdomGBR17772.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anthony%20Burgess%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
483Jon FosseQ443868Norwegian writer, playwright, and translator (born 1959)WriterNynorsk1959-09-29NORNorwayNOR107771.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Writer%20Jon%20Fosse%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
483Jean AnouilhQ179025French playwright (1910–1987)WriterFrench1910-06-231987-10-03FRAFranceFRA07769.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anouilh%201940%202b.jpg?width=320
483Rubén DaríoQ173767Nicaraguan poet, journalist and diplomat (1867–1916)Writer1867-01-181916-02-06NICNicaraguaNIC37768.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Rub%C3%A9n%20Dar%C3%ADo.jpg?width=320
483Alfred de VignyQ309702French poet, playwright, and novelist (1797–1863)WriterFrench1797-03-271863-09-17FRAFranceFRA77767.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/F%C3%A9lix%20Nadar%201820-1910%20Alfred%20de%20Vigny.jpg?width=320
483Thomas PynchonQ35155American novelist (born 1937)WriterEnglish1937-05-08USAUnited StatesUSA87767.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Pynchon%2C%20high%20school%20yearbook%20editor%2C%201953.jpg?width=320
483Yakub KolasQ483709Belarusian writer (1882–1956)WriterBelarusian1882-11-031956-08-13Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic; Russian EmpireBLR07767.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kanstantyn%20Mickievi%C4%8D%20(Jakub%20Ko%C5%82as).%20%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD%20%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87%20(%D0%AF%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B1%20%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81)%20(1925).jpg?width=320
483Aleksandr KuprinQ271457Russian writer (1870–1938)WriterRussian1870-09-071938-08-25Russian Empire; Soviet UnionRUS17764.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kuprin.jpg?width=320
483Stephenie MeyerQ160219American authorWriterEnglish; American English1973-12-24USAUnited StatesUSA27760.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stephenie%20Meyer%20by%20Gage%20Skidmore.jpg?width=320
497Ammianus MarcellinusQ1721984th-century Roman historian and soldierWriterLatin03300395Ancient RomeTUR17680.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ammianus%20Marcellinus.jpg?width=320
497Janusz KorczakQ152441Polish-Jewish educator and physician (1878–1942)Writer1878-07-211942-08-07Second Polish RepublicPOL47677.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Janusz%20Korczak%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
497Antonin ArtaudQ187166French-Occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre director (1896-1948)WriterFrench1896-09-041948-03-04FRAFranceFRA07675.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Antonin%20Artaud%201926.jpg?width=320
497André MauroisQ224029French author (1885–1967)WriterFrench1885-07-261967-10-09FRAFranceFRA57673.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maurois%20Harcourt%201936.jpg?width=320
497Karl BarthQ107473Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968)WriterGerman1886-05-101968-12-10CHESwitzerlandCHE17673.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl%20Barth%20Bundesarchiv%20Bild.png?width=320
497Paul ClaudelQ295830French diplomat, poet and playwright (1868-1955)WriterFrench1868-08-061955-02-23FRAFranceFRA37672.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul%20Claudel%2001.jpg?width=320
497Nikolay ChernyshevskyQ192331Russian writer and nihilist philosopher (1828–1889)WriterRussian1828-07-241889-10-29Russian EmpireRUS17670.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nikolaj%20G.%20%C4%8Cerny%C5%A1evskij%201888.jpg?width=320
497Gustavo Adolfo BécquerQ203715Spanish poetWriter1836-02-171870-12-22ESPSpainESP17667.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Gustavo%20Adolfo%20B%C3%A9cquer%2C%20by%20his%20brother%20Valeriano%20(1862).jpg?width=320
497Robert GravesQ201732English poet and novelist (1895-1985)WriterEnglish1895-07-241985-12-07GBRUnited KingdomGBR37667.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Graves%201929%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
497Ugo FoscoloQ166234Italian writer and poet (1778–1827)WriterEnglish; Italian1778-02-061827-09-10Republic of VeniceGRC37666.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ugo%20Foscolo.jpg?width=320
497Dylan ThomasQ191023Welsh poet and writer (1914–1953)WriterEnglish1914-10-271953-11-09GBRUnited KingdomGBR07666.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dylan%20Thomas%20icon%20Blashford%201937.jpg?width=320
497Aphra BehnQ231886British playwright, poet and spy (1640–1689)WriterEnglish1640-07-101689-04-16Kingdom of EnglandGBR167664.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter%20Lely%20-%20Aphra%20Behn%20-%20Google%20Art%20Project.jpg?width=320
509Chrétien de TroyesQ430212th century French poet and trouvèreWriterFrench11351185FRAFranceFRA57575.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chr%C3%A9tien%20de%20Troyes.jpg?width=320
509Mahmoud DarwishQ207720The national Palestinian poet, and author (1941–2008)WriterArabic1941-03-132008-08-09PSEPalestineISR07573.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MahmoudDarwish.jpg?width=320
509Richard BachQ245407American spiritual writer (born 1936)WriterEnglish1936-06-23USAUnited StatesUSA27572.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Von%20Richthofen%20LYNN%20GARRISON%20-%20DICK%20BACH%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
509Sor Juana Inés de la CruzQ183074Mexican writer, philosopher, playwright and poetWriterSpanish1651-11-121695-04-17MEXMexicoMEX57571.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sor%20Juana%20In%C3%A9s%20de%20la%20Cruz%2C%201732%20-%20Fray%20Miguel%20de%20Herrera.jpg?width=320
509Georg BüchnerQ154014German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose (1813–1837)WriterGerman1813-10-171837-02-19Grand Duchy of HesseDEU57570.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georg%20B%C3%BCchner.png?width=320
509Harry MulischQ927Dutch writer (1927–2010)Writer1927-07-292010-10-30NLDKingdom of the NetherlandsNLD57569.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harry%20Mulisch%202010.JPG?width=320
509L. Frank BaumQ207544American author of children's books (1856–1919)WriterEnglish1856-05-151919-05-06USAUnited StatesUSA747569.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L.%20Frank%20Baum%20(1911).jpg?width=320
509Philip PullmanQ190220English authorWriter1946-10-19GBRUnited KingdomGBR37568.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philip%20Pullman%202005-04-16.png?width=320
517Friedrich SchlegelQ157271German poet, critic and scholar, editorWriterGerman1772-03-101829-01-12Kingdom of Hanover; Electorate of HanoverDEU07477.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Franz%20Gareis%20Portrait%20Friedrich%20Schlegel.jpg?width=320
517Nasir al-Din al-TusiQ302835Persian astronomer (1201–1274)WriterArabic1201-02-251274-07-03Nizari Ismaili state; Khwarazmian Empire; Ilkhanate; Abbasid CaliphateIRN67476.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nasir%20al-Din%20Tusi.jpg?width=320
517Marcus Terentius VarroQ206119Roman scholar, polymath and author (116–27 BC)WriterLatin-115-26Ancient RomeITA37476.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marco%20Terenzio%20Varrone.jpg?width=320
517TulsidasQ312976Hindu saint and poet (1532–1623), author of the Ramcharitmanas and Hanuman ChalisaWriterBraj Bhasha; Awadhi15321623IND27473.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Goswami%20Tulsidas%20Awadhi%20Hindi%20Poet.jpg?width=320
517TibullusQ109598Roman poet and writer of elegies (c. 55 BC - 19 BC)WriterLatin-50-19Ancient RomeITA17472.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tibullus.jpg?width=320
517Jules MicheletQ310791French historian; popularized the historical concept of the RenaissanceWriterFrench1798-08-221874-02-09FRAFranceFRA47472.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jules%20Michelet%20par%20Thomas%20Couture.jpg?width=320
517Jean PaulQ77079German Romantic writer (1763-1825)WriterGerman1763-03-211825-11-14Holy Roman Empire; Kingdom of BavariaDEU07472.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeanpaul.jpg?width=320
517Frances Hodgson BurnettQ276028English-American playwright and author (1849–1924)WriterEnglish1849-11-241924-10-29United Kingdom; United StatesGBR107472.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frances%20Burnett.jpg?width=320
517Kōbō AbeQ186273Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventorWriterJapanese1924-03-071993-01-22JPNJapanJPN17471.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kobo%20Abe%2001.jpg?width=320
517Karl KrausQ44328Austrian playwright and publicist (1874–1936)WriterGerman1874-04-281936-06-12AUTAustriaCZE27471.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl%20Kraus.jpg?width=320
517Daphne du MaurierQ193357British writer (1907–1989)WriterEnglish1907-05-131989-04-19GBRUnited KingdomGBR77470.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Young%20Daphne%20du%20Maurier%20black%20and%20white.jpg?width=320
517Jules RenardQ314987French author (1864-1910)WriterFrench1864-02-221910-05-22FRAFranceFRA07468.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jules%20Renard.jpg?width=320
517Yevgeny YevtushenkoQ297736Soviet and Russian poet (1933–2017)WriterRussian1933-07-182017-04-01RUSRussiaRUS17468.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sobyanin%20meeting%20Evtushenko%2005.jpg?width=320
517Matthew ArnoldQ271032British poet and cultural critic (1822–1888)WriterEnglish1822-12-241888-04-15United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR97462.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matthew%20Arnold%20-%20Project%20Gutenberg%20eText%2016745.jpg?width=320
531Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de MirabeauQ218747French writer, orator and statesman (1749-1791)WriterFrench1749-03-091791-04-02Kingdom of FranceFRA07375.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boze%20-%20Honor%C3%A9%20de%20Mirabeau.jpg?width=320
531Michael EndeQ76498German writer (1929–1995)WriterGerman1929-11-121995-08-28DEUGermanyDEU67375.11
531PropertiusQ88271st century BC Roman elegiac poetWriterLatin-46-15Ancient RomeITA07373.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Properce.jpg?width=320
531Yevgeny ZamyatinQ204868Russian author (1884–1937)WriterRussian1884-02-011937-03-10Russian Empire; Soviet UnionRUS27372.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zamjatin.jpg?width=320
531Osip MandelstamQ189950Russian poet and essayist (1891-1938)WriterRussian1891-01-141938-12-27Russian Republic; Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic; Russian Empire; Soviet UnionPOL27372.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Osip%20Mandelstam%20Russian%20writer.jpg?width=320
531Hugo von HofmannsthalQ51513Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist (1874–1929)WriterGerman1874-02-011929-07-15Austria; GermanyAUT37372.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hofmannsthal%201893.jpg?width=320
531Max FrischQ115483Swiss playwrighter and novelist (1911–1991)Writer1911-05-151991-04-04CHESwitzerlandCHE07370.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ETH-BIB-Max%20Frisch-Com%20C20-015-023-001.tif?width=320
531William SaroyanQ207356Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (1908-1981)WriterEnglish1908-08-311981-05-18USAUnited StatesUSA47369.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Saroyan.jpg?width=320
531Cormac McCarthyQ272610American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)WriterEnglish; Spanish1933-07-202023-06-13USAUnited StatesUSA87368.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cormac%20McCarthy%20(Child%20of%20God%20author%20portrait%20-%20high-res).jpg?width=320
531John GrishamQ106465American writer (born 1955)WriterEnglish1955-02-08USAUnited StatesUSA17368.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnGrisham-byPhilipRomano.jpg?width=320
531Anne RiceQ184785American author (1941–2021)WriterEnglish1941-10-042021-12-11USAUnited StatesUSA17367.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anne%20Rice.jpg?width=320
531Gavrila DerzhavinQ270275Russian poet (1743-1816)WriterRussian1743-07-141816-07-20Russian EmpireRUS07366.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Derzhavin%20by%20Borovikovsky%20(1811%2C%20Pushkin%20museum).jpg?width=320
531Hunter S. ThompsonQ219780American journalist and author (1937–2005)WriterEnglish1937-07-182005-02-20USAUnited StatesUSA67365.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hunter%20S.%20Thompson%2C%20Las%20Vegas%201971.jpg?width=320
544Konstantinos P. CavafyQ216980Greek-Egyptian poet and journalist (1863–1933)WriterFrench; Modern Greek1863-04-291933-04-29Egypt; GreeceEGY17274.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Konstantinos%20Kavafis.jpg?width=320
544EnniusQ47130Roman writer and poet (c. 239 – c. 169 BC)WriterLatin-238-168Ancient RomeITA07273.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Quintus%20Ennius.jpg?width=320
544Samuel ButlerQ312829English novelist and critic (1835–1902)WriterEnglish1835-12-041902-06-18United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR07273.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SamuelErewhonButler.jpg?width=320
544Erich KästnerQ76546German children's writer (1899–1974)Writer1899-02-231974-07-29DEUGermanyDEU117272.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erich%20K%C3%A4stner%201961.jpg?width=320
544Arthur KoestlerQ78494Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983)WriterEnglish; German1905-09-051983-03-01Austria; Hungary; United KingdomHUN47271.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur%20Koestler%20(1969).jpg?width=320
544Napoleon HillQ311644American author (1883-1970)WriterEnglish1883-10-261970-11-08USAUnited StatesUSA27271.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Napoleon%20Hill%20headshot.jpg?width=320
544Gérard de NervalQ191305French writer, poet, essayist and translator (1808–1855)WriterFrench1808-05-221855-01-26FRAFranceFRA47271.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/F%C3%A9lix%20Nadar%201820-1910%20portraits%20G%C3%A9rard%20de%20Nerval.jpg?width=320
544Walter RaleighQ189144English statesman, soldier and writer (1552–1618)WriterEnglish1552-02-011618-11-08Kingdom of EnglandGBR07270.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir%20Walter%20Ralegh%20by%20'H'%20monogrammist.jpg?width=320
544Alejo CarpanterQ216466Cuban-French writer and musicologist (1904–1980)WriterSpanish1904-12-261980-04-24France; CubaCHE67270.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alejo%20Carpentier%20c.%201955.jpg?width=320
544Eduardo GaleanoQ44575Uruguayan writer and journalist (1940–2015)WriterSpanish1940-09-032015-04-13Uruguay; SpainURY137270.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eduardo%20galeano%20002.png?width=320
544Dashiell HammettQ186335American writer (1894–1961)Writer1894-05-271961-01-10USAUnited StatesUSA67269.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dashiell%20Hammett%20%22Thin%20Man%22%20portrait%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
544Ernesto SabatoQ186630Argentine writer, painter and physicist (1911-2011)Writer1911-06-242011-04-30ARGArgentinaARG37268.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ErnestoSabato001.JPG?width=320
544Benito Pérez GaldósQ189869Spanish realist novelist (1843–1920)WriterSpanish1843-05-101920-01-04ESPSpainESP07268.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benito%20Perez%20Galdos%20-%20Kaulak%20(4.3).jpg?width=320
544Upton SinclairQ216134American writer (1878–1968)WriterEnglish1878-09-201968-11-25USAUnited StatesUSA37264.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Upton%20Sinclair%20Portrait%201934.jpg?width=320
544László KrasznahorkaiQ512062Hungarian novelist and screenwriterWriterHungarian1954-01-05HUNHungaryHUN97263.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Krasznahorkai%20L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3%20portrait.jpg?width=320
544Dorothy ParkerQ270707American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist (1893-1967)WriterEnglish1893-08-221967-06-07USAUnited StatesUSA07262.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Young%20Dorothy%20Parker.jpg?width=320
560Al-Mas'udiQ16870510th-century Arab historian, geographer, and travellerWriter08960957Abbasid CaliphateIRQ27178.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NHM%20Bellariastra%C3%9Fe%20side%20risalit%20right%20-%20Al%20Masudi%20-%20Emmerich%20Alexius%20Swoboda%203890.jpg?width=320
560Ernst JüngerQ76727German writer (1895–1998)WriterGerman1895-03-291998-02-17DEUGermanyDEU37175.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernst%20J%C3%BCnger%20vers%201920%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
560Georges BatailleQ207359French intellectual and literary figure (1897–1962)WriterFrench1897-09-101962-07-09FRAFranceFRA127173.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georges%20Bataille%20vers%201943.jpg?width=320
560Natsume SōsekiQ180903Japanese novelistWriterJapanese1867-02-091916-12-09JPNJapanJPN237172.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Natsume%20Soseki%20photo.jpg?width=320
560RudakiQ312954Persian poet, the father of Persian poetryWriterPersian08590941Samanid EmpireTJK07172.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miniature%20of%20Rudaki%20by%20Hossein%20Behzad.jpg?width=320
560Sei ShōnagonQ231603Japanese author and court ladyWriterJapanese09661025JPNJapanJPN27171.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sei%20Shonagon2.jpg?width=320
560Amin MaaloufQ115243Francophone Lebanese writer based in FrancesWriterArabic; French1949-02-25Lebanon; FranceLBN97171.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amin%20Maalouf.jpg?width=320
560Evelyn WaughQ107002British writer and journalist (1903–1966)WriterEnglish1903-10-281966-04-10GBRUnited KingdomGBR27165.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Evelynwaugh.jpeg?width=320
560Marie von Ebner-EschenbachQ93525Austrian writer (1830–1916)WriterGerman1830-09-131916-03-12Austrian Empire; CisleithaniaCZE27164.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blaas%20%E2%80%93%20Marie%20von%20Ebner-Eschenbach.jpg?width=320
569Johanna SpyriQ123053Swiss writer (1827–1901)WriterGerman1827-06-121901-07-07CHESwitzerlandCHE17076.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zentralbibliothek%20Z%C3%BCrich%20-%20Johanna%20Spyri%20-%20000006279%202.tif?width=320
569Bartolomé de las CasasQ207416Spanish Dominican friar, historian, and social reformer (1474–1566)Writer1484-11-201566-07-27ESPSpainESP17076.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fray%20Bartolom%C3%A9%20de%20las%20Casas.jpg?width=320
569Ali-Shir Nava'iQ503340Turkic poet and politician (1441–1501)WriterChagatai; Persian1441-02-181501-01-13Timurid EmpireAFG07074.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amir%20Ali-Shir%20Nava'i%20before%20Sultan%20Husayn%20Bayqara%20in%201486%20Herat.jpg?width=320
569EnheduannaQ232505Akkadian princess; Sumerian high priestess of Nanna at Ur; poet and philosopherWriterSumerian-2300-2300Akkadian EmpireIRQ17074.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Enheduanna%2C%20daughter%20of%20Sargon%20of%20Akkad.jpg?width=320
569Boris VianQ7833French writer and musician (1920–1959)Writer1920-03-101959-06-23FRAFranceFRA307072.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boris%20Vian.jpg?width=320
569Antonio MachadoQ243771Spanish poet and essayist (1875–1939)Writer1875-07-261939-02-22ESPSpainESP47069.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Antonio%20Machado%20hacia%201917.png?width=320
569Nellie BlyQ230299American journalistWriter1864-05-051922-01-27USAUnited StatesUSA17068.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nellie%20Bly%202.jpg?width=320
569Ken KeseyQ244390American novelist (1935–2001)WriterEnglish1935-09-172001-11-10USAUnited StatesUSA27065.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken%20Kesey%20in%20Pasadena%20in%201974%20from%20The%20Big%20T%201974%20(page%2045%20crop).jpg?width=320
569Betty FriedanQ234604American feminist writer and activist (1921–2006)Writer1921-02-042006-02-04USAUnited StatesUSA37065.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Betty%20Friedan%201960.jpg?width=320
569Suzanne CollinsQ228624American television writer and novelistWriter1962-08-10USAUnited StatesUSA27062.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Suzanne%20Collins%20David%20Shankbone%202010%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
569Jhumpa LahiriQ465208American author of Indian origin (born 1967)WriterEnglish; Italian1967-07-11United Kingdom; United States; IndiaGBR37053.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jhumpa%20Lahiri%20(2015).png?width=320
580Cyrano de BergeracQ213614French novelist and dramatist (1619–1655)WriterFrench1619-03-061655-07-28FRAFranceFRA06979.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Savinien%20de%20Cyrano%20de%20Bergerac.JPG?width=320
580Konstantinos VIIQ41608Byzantine emperorWritermedieval Greek0905-05-230959-11-14Byzantine EmpireTUR06977.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Constantine%20VII%20Porphyrogenitus.jpg?width=320
580Anna KomneneQ179284Byzantine princess and historianWriterAttic Greek1083-12-071154Byzantine EmpireTUR16976.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anna%20Komnene%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
580Karl MayQ22714German writer (1842–1912)WriterGerman1842-02-251912-03-30Kingdom of SaxonyDEU16974.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl%20May%20edit.jpg?width=320
580Attar of NishapurQ194091Persian Sufi poet (c. 1145 – c. 1221)Writer1145-031221-05-03IRN46973.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miniature%20of%20Attar%20by%20Hossein%20Behzad.jpg?width=320
580Isaak BabelQ49080Russian language journalist, playwright, literary translator, and short story writer (1894–1940)WriterRussian1894-07-121940-01-27Russian Empire; Soviet UnionUKR16972.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Isaac%20Babel.jpg?width=320
580Emile VerhaerenQ193680Belgian poet (1855-1916)WriterFrench1855-05-211916-11-27BELBelgiumBEL06971.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emile%20Verhaeren01.jpg?width=320
580Wilkie CollinsQ210740British writer (1824-1889)WriterEnglish1824-01-081889-09-23United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR26968.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/(William)%20Wilkie%20Collins%20by%20Rudolph%20Lehmann.jpg?width=320
580Katherine MansfieldQ270632New Zealand author (1888–1923)WriterEnglish1888-10-141923-01-09NZLNew ZealandNZL06968.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Katherine%20Mansfield%20(no%20signature).jpg?width=320
580Radoje DomanovićQ1280278Serbian writer (1873–1908)Writer1873-02-161908-08-17Kingdom of SerbiaSRB16967.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Radoje%20Domanovic.PNG?width=320
580Ivan VazovQ310630Bulgarian writer and poet (1850-1921)WriterBulgarian1850-07-091921-09-22BGRBulgariaBGR86966.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BASA-937K-1-410-7-Ivan%20Vazov%20(cropped).JPG?width=320
580Nora EphronQ214677American film director and writer (1941–2012)Writer1941-05-192012-06-26USAUnited StatesUSA06964.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nora%20Ephron.jpg?width=320
580Chuck PalahniukQ268181American novelist, essayistWriterEnglish1962-02-21USAUnited StatesUSA56963.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chuck%20Palahniuk%20(21955).jpg?width=320
580Tom StoppardQ294773Czech–English playwright (1937–2025)WriterEnglish1937-07-032025-11-29GBRUnited KingdomCZE06960.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom%20Stoppard.jpg?width=320
594Diogenes LaërtiusQ591383rd-century Roman biographer of Greek philosophersWriterAncient Greek01800240Ancient Rome16879.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diogenes%20Laertius.jpg?width=320
594JordanesQ131548Late Roman historian and writer, author of GeticaWriterLatin04900560Byzantine Empire36876.48
594Margaret of Valois-AngoulêmeQ190058queen consort of Navarre (1492–1549)WriterMiddle French1492-04-201549-12-31Kingdom of France; Kingdom of Navarre beyond the PyreneesFRA106875.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean%20Clouet%20(Attributed)%20-%20Portrait%20of%20Marguerite%20of%20Navarre%20-%20Google%20Art%20Project.jpg?width=320
594Lucy Maud MontgomeryQ273034Canadian writer (1874–1942)WriterEnglish1874-11-301942-04-24CANCanadaCAN166874.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LMM%20signed%20photo.jpg?width=320
594Vuk KaradžićQ202815Serbian philologist and linguistWriter1787-11-061864-02-07Principality of Serbia; Ottoman EmpireSRB46873.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VukKaradzic.jpg?width=320
594Edmondo de AmicisQ240576Italian writer (1846-1908)WriterItalian1846-10-211908-03-11Kingdom of ItalyITA16872.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Edmondo%20De%20Amicis.jpg?width=320
594Stieg LarssonQ186317Swedish author (1954–2004)WriterSwedish1954-08-152004-11-09SWESwedenSWE16870.63
594Geoffrey of MonmouthQ188344Historian and Bishop of St Asaph, Wales (c.1095–1155)Writermedieval Latin11001155Kingdom of England; Kingdom of GlywysingGBR36870.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cotton%20Claudius%20B%20VII%20f.224%20Merlin%20Vortigern.jpg?width=320
594Nikolai OstrovskyQ271853Ukrainian-Russian writer (1904-1936)WriterRussian1904-09-291936-12-22Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic; Soviet Union; Russian Empire; Russian Republic; Ukrainian People's RepublicUKR16869.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/N%20Ostrovskiy.jpg?width=320
594H. Rider HaggardQ237196English adventure novelist (1856–1925)WriterEnglish1856-06-221925-05-14United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR26868.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry%20Rider%20Haggard%2003.jpg?width=320
594Vasily ZhukovskyQ157623Russian poet (1783-1852)WriterRussian1783-02-091852-04-24Russian EmpireRUS06868.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bryullov%20portrait%20of%20Zhukovsky.jpg?width=320
594Leonid AndreyevQ310866Russian playwright, author and poet (1871–1919)WriterRussian1871-08-211919-09-12Russian EmpireRUS16867.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1912c%20Leonid%20Andreyev%20Autochrome%20self-portrait.jpg?width=320
594Sarojini NaiduQ250165Indian poet, politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from1947 to 1949WriterEnglish1879-02-131949-03-02INDIndiaIND26867.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sarojini%20Naidu.jpg?width=320
594Elizabeth GaskellQ229226British author (1810-1865)WriterEnglish1810-09-291865-11-12United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR26866.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elizabeth%20Gaskell.jpg?width=320
594Mikhail Saltykov-ShchedrinQ211785Russian writer, journalist, plawright and satiristWriterRussian1826-01-271889-05-10Russian EmpireRUS26866.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kramskoj%20-%20saltykov-schedrin.jpg?width=320
594Thornton WilderQ155087American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)WriterEnglish1897-04-171975-12-07USAUnited StatesUSA16865.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thornton%20Wilder%20Yale%20graduation%20photo%201920.jpg?width=320
610Lou Andreas-SalomemQ38873German-Russian essayist, philosopher, and psychoanalyst (1861–1937)WriterGerman1861-02-121937-02-05German ReichRUS06777.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lou%20Andreas-Salom%C3%A9%20-%20Foto%20Atelier%20Elvira.jpg?width=320
610Joseph HellerQ208101American writerWriter1923-05-011999-12-12USAUnited StatesUSA106776.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph%20Heller%20circa%201979.jpg?width=320
610Archilochus of ParosQ201323Ancient Greek lyric poetWriterAncient Greek-687-644GRC06775.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Archilochus%2001%20pushkin.jpg?width=320
610Sholem AleichemQ238090Jewish writer and playwright of Yiddish, who worked in Russian Empire, Switzerland, Germany and the United States (1859-1916)WriterYiddish; Hebrew1859-03-021916-05-13USAUnited StatesUKR126773.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SholemAleichem.jpg?width=320
610Filippo Tommaso MarinettiQ216582Italian poet and editor, founder of the Futurist movement (1876-1944)WriterItalian; French1876-12-221944-12-02Kingdom of ItalyEGY16772.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emilio%20Sommariva%20(1883%20-%201956)%20Ritratto%20di%20Filippo%20Tommaso%20Marinetti%2C%20intellettuale%20futurista%20(1913).jpg?width=320
610André ChénierQ295548French poetWriterFrench1762-10-301794-07-25FRAFranceTUR06771.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Beaux-Arts%20de%20Carcassonne%20-%20Portrait%20d'Andr%C3%A9%20Ch%C3%A9nier%20-%20Suv%C3%A9e%20-%20Joconde04400001220.jpg?width=320
610Sherwood AndersonQ233898American writer (1876–1941)WriterEnglish1876-09-131941-03-08USAUnited StatesUSA16768.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sherwood%20Anderson%20Stieglitz%20portrait%20Theatre%20Magazine%201928.jpg?width=320
610Nicolas ChamfortQ347891French journalist and moralistic authorWriterFrench1740-04-061794-04-13FRAFranceFRA06768.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicolas%20Chamfort.jpg?width=320
610William GibsonQ188987American-Canadian speculative fiction writer (born 1948)WriterEnglish1948-03-17United States; CanadaUSA16767.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Gibson%2060th%20birthday%20portrait.jpg?width=320
610Publilius SyrusQ3633751st century BC Syrian-born Latin writerWriterLatin-100-100Ancient RomeTUR06767.47
610Marcel PagnolQ236630novelist, playwright and filmmaker from France (1895-1974)WriterFrench1895-02-281974-04-18FRAFranceFRA56767.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pagnol%20Harcourt%201948.jpg?width=320
610Thomas MooreQ315346Irish poet, singer and songwriter (1779–1852)WriterFrench; English1779-05-281852-02-25Kingdom of Great Britain; United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandIRL06764.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Moore%20from%20NPG.jpg?width=320
610Naomi KleinQ236606Canadian author and activist (born 1970)WriterEnglish1970-05-08CANCanadaCAN76756.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Naomi%20Klein%20-%20Brainwash%20Festival%202017.jpg?width=320
610Waleed Al-HusseiniQ5376037Palestinian essayist and writerWriter1989-06-25PSEPalestine26752.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Waleed%20al-Husseini%20ICFEC.png?width=320
624CallimachusQ1924173rd-century BC Greek poet, scholar and librarianWriterAncient Greek-310-239LBY16675.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WHToms%20Callimachus.png?width=320
624AppianQ190368Greco-Roman historian (c. 95 – c.165)WriterAncient Greek00950165Ancient RomeEGY16674.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Appian%20(Latin)%2C%20Florence%2C%20BML%2C%20Plut.%2068.19%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
624Joseph RothQ78509Austrian novelist and journalist (1894–1939)WriterGerman1894-09-021939-05-27AUTAustriaUKR36674.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph%20Roth%20(1926).jpg?width=320
624Andrzej SapkowskiQ312101Polish novelist (born 1948)WriterPolish1948-06-21POLPolandPOL66673.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrzej%20Sapkowski%20-%20Lucca%20Comics%20%26%20Games%202015.JPG?width=320
624Ilya EhrenburgQ348497Soviet writer, Bolshevik revolutionary, journalist and historian (1891–1967)WriterRussian1891-01-261967-08-31Russian Empire; Soviet UnionUKR46672.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ilya%20Ehrenburg%20(1959).jpg?width=320
624Sidney SheldonQ105118American writer (1917–2007)WriterEnglish1917-02-112007-01-30USAUnited StatesUSA06671.91
624Patrick SüskindQ105994German writer and screenwriterWriter1949-03-26DEUGermanyDEU46671.79
624Edmond RostandQ202749French poet and dramatist (1868–1918)WriterFrench1868-04-011918-12-02FRAFranceFRA36670.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edmond%20Rostand.jpg?width=320
624H. L. MenckenQ439204American journalist and writer (1880–1956)WriterEnglish1880-09-121956-01-29USAUnited StatesUSA06669.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/H-L-Mencken-1928.jpg?width=320
624Friedrich Gottlieb KlopstockQ154367German poet, writer and linguistWriterGerman1724-07-021803-03-14DEUGermanyDEU36669.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Klopstock%20(Juel).jpg?width=320
624Franz GrillparzerQ154438Austrian dramatist and poet (1791-1872)WriterGerman1791-01-151872-01-21Habsburg monarchy; Austrian Empire; CisleithaniaAUT06669.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Grillparzer%20cropped.jpg?width=320
624Jan NerudaQ156321Czech poet, theater reviewer, publicist, journalist and writer (1834-1891)WriterGerman1834-07-091891-08-22Austrian EmpireCZE16668.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan%20Neruda%20%E2%80%93%20Jan%20Vil%C3%ADmek%20%E2%80%93%20%C4%8Cesk%C3%A9%20album.jpg?width=320
624John FowlesQ214660English novelist (1926–2005)WriterEnglish1926-03-312005-11-05GBRUnited KingdomGBR36668.01
624Ilia ChavchavadzeQ333411Georgian public figure and writer; a saint of Georgian Orthodox Church (1837-1907)WriterGeorgian1837-11-081907-09-12GEO26667.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ilia%20Tchavtchavadze.jpg?width=320
624Will DurantQ333911American historian, philosopher and writer (1885-1981)WriterEnglish1885-11-051981-11-07USAUnited StatesUSA06667.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ariel%20and%20Will%20Durant.jpg?width=320
624P. G. WodehouseQ207515English author (1881–1975)WriterEnglish1881-10-151975-02-14United States; United KingdomGBR06667.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PGWodehouse.jpg?width=320
624Juliusz SłowackiQ243267Polish Romantic poet (1809–1849)WriterPolish1809-09-041849-04-03POLPolandUKR26667.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juliusz%20S%C5%82owacki%201.PNG?width=320
624Machado de AssisQ311145Brazilian writer (1839–1908)WriterPortuguese; French1839-06-211908-09-29BRABrazilBRA46665.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Machado%20de%20Assis%20aos%2057%20anos.jpg?width=320
624Christina RossettiQ236596English poet (1830–1894)WriterEnglish1830-12-051894-12-29United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR06662.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christina%20Rossetti%204.jpg?width=320
624Zora Neale HurstonQ220480African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891–1960)WriterEnglish1891-01-071960-01-28USAUnited StatesUSA16659.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hurston%2C%20Zora%20Neale%204%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
624Taslima NasrinQ208468author, secular humanist, and feministWriterBangla1962-08-25Bangladesh; PakistanBGD16658.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Taslima%20Nasrin%20par%20Claude%20Truong-Ngoc%20novembre%202013.jpg?width=320
645Osamu DazaiQ317685Japanese authorWriter1909-06-191948-06-13JPNJapanJPN46576.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Osamu%20Dazai.jpg?width=320
645Amos OzQ151872Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual (1939–2018)WriterHebrew1939-05-042018-12-28ISRIsraelISR06574.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amos%20oz675.jpg?width=320
645Simonides of CeosQ273003Greek lyric poet (c. 556–468 BC)WriterAncient Greek-555-468GRC16574.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nuremberg%20chronicles%20f%2060r%203.png?width=320
645Coen brothersQ56095American filmmakersWriterUSA186574.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/COEN%20Brothers%20(cannesPH).jpg?width=320
645Carlos CastañedaQ158878Peruvian-American author (1925-1998)WriterEnglish1925-12-251998-04-27USAUnited StatesPER06574.47
645Leopold von Sacher-MasochQ78474Austrian author (1836–1895)WriterGerman1836-01-271895-03-09Austrian EmpireUKR16574.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leopold%20von%20Sacher-Masoch%2C%20portrait%203.jpg?width=320
645Romain GaryQ157322French writer and diplomat (1914–1980)Writer1914-05-211980-12-02FRAFranceLTU96572.97
645Christa WolfQ57382German novelist and essayist (1929–2011)WriterGerman1929-03-182011-12-01DEUGermanyPOL46570.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv%20Bild%20183-B0509-0010-006%2C%20Christa%20Wolf.jpg?width=320
645Bernard Le Bovier de FontenelleQ310309French writer and philosopher of the enlightenment (1657–1757)WriterFrench1657-02-111757-01-09Kingdom of FranceFRA106569.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fontenelle.jpg?width=320
645Alexander LitvinenkoQ87015ex-KGB agent and FSB lieutenant-colonel (1962-2006)Writer1962-12-042006-11-23Russia; United KingdomRUS16567.75
645Gottfried KellerQ122370Swiss poet and writer of German literature (1819–1890)WriterGerman1819-07-191890-07-15CHESwitzerlandCHE66567.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johannes%20Ganz%20Gottfried%20Keller%201885.jpg?width=320
645Marcus GarveyQ272504Jamaica-born British political activist, Pan-Africanist, orator, and entrepreneur (1887-1940)WriterEnglish1887-08-171940-06-10Colony of JamaicaJAM06565.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcus%20Garvey%201924-08-05.jpg?width=320
645César VallejoQ222744Peruvian writerWriter1892-03-161938-04-15PERPeruPER56565.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cesar%20Vallejo%20(1930)%20-%20Restored.jpg?width=320
645Friedrich HebbelQ57182German poet and dramatist (1813-1863)WriterGerman1813-03-181863-12-13Duchy of HolsteinDEU46564.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bezirksmuseum%20Josefstadt%2C%20Friedrich%20Hebbel.jpg?width=320
645William Carlos WilliamsQ178106American poet (1883-1963)WriterEnglish1883-09-171963-03-04USAUnited StatesUSA16564.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Carlos%20Williams%20passport%20photograph%201921.jpg?width=320
645John GreenQ630446American author and vloggerWriterEnglish1977-08-24USAUnited StatesUSA96563.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Let's%20Talk%20about%20Money%20-%20Vlogbrothers%20YouTube%20at%200009%20(cropped).png?width=320
645George HerbertQ317887Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest (1593-1633)WriterEnglish1593-04-031633-03-01GBRWalesGBR06561.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George%20Herbert.jpg?width=320
645Willa CatherQ229480American writer (1873–1947)WriterEnglish1873-12-071947-04-24USAUnited StatesUSA186560.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willa%20Cather%20ca.%201912%20wearing%20necklace%20from%20Sarah%20Orne%20Jewett%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
663Mansur Al-HallajQ172862Persian mystic, poet and Sufi teacher (c.858–922)WriterArabic08580922-03-26Abbasid CaliphateIRN06476.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hallaj.jpg?width=320
663Dionysius of HalicarnassusQ262041st-century BC Greek historian and teacherWriterAncient Greek-59-6TUR36476.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dionigi%20di%20Alicarnasso.jpg?width=320
663Alcaeus of MytileneQ212872Greek lyric poetWriterAncient Greek-620-559GRC16476.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alcaeus%20(poet)%20-%20Project%20Gutenberg%20eText%2012369.png?width=320
663Apollonius of RhodesQ1926383rd century BC Greek epic poetWriterAncient Greek-289-214EGY16475.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Apollonius.png?width=320
663Henning MankellQ193346Swedish writer, human rights activist and dramatist (1948–2015)WriterSwedish1948-02-032015-10-05SWESwedenSWE196473.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henning%20Mankell%203%202011%20Shankbone.jpg?width=320
663PhaedrusQ52166Latin fabulist and probably a Thracian slaveWriterLatin-200050Ancient RomeGRC06472.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Phaedrus%20Fabulist%201745%20engraving.jpg?width=320
663Camille FlammarionQ295524French astronomer and author (1842–1925)WriterFrench1842-02-261925-06-03FRAFranceFRA16472.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Camille%20Flammarion%20by%20Eug%C3%A8ne%20Pirou.jpg?width=320
663Luis de GóngoraQ219744Spanish Baroque lyric poet (1561-1627)WriterSpanish1561-07-211627-05-25ESPSpainESP26470.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diego%20Rodr%C3%ADguez%20de%20Silva%20y%20Vel%C3%A1zquez%20-%20Luis%20de%20G%C3%B3ngora%20y%20Argote%20-%20Google%20Art%20Project.jpg?width=320
663MultatuliQ154211Dutch author (1820-1887)Writer1820-03-021887-02-19Kingdom of the Netherlands; GermanyNLD16470.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret%20van%20de%20schrijver%20Multatuli%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
663Abay KunanbaiulyQ304890Kazakh poet, philosopher and composer (1845-1904)WriterKazakh1845-08-101904-07-06Russian EmpireKAZ06470.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abai%20Kunanbaev.jpg?width=320
663Zeami MotokiyoQ169352Japanese aesthetician and playwrightWriter13631443-09-10JPNJapanJPN06469.44
663John Dos PassosQ312407American novelist (1896–1970)WriterEnglish1896-01-141970-09-28USAUnited StatesUSA26469.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20dos%20Passos.jpg?width=320
663Ian McEwanQ190379British author (born 1948)Writer1948-06-21GBRUnited KingdomGBR26468.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IanMcEwan%20EIBF2025%20i481.jpg?width=320
663Joseph CampbellQ295516American mythologist, writer and lecturer (1904–1987)WriterEnglish1904-03-261987-10-30USAUnited StatesUSA76468.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph%20Campbell%20at%20Feathered%20Pipe%20Ranch%2C%20Montana%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
663Jean GiraudouxQ309974French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright (1882–1944)WriterFrench1882-10-291944-01-31FRAFranceFRA16468.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean%20Giraudoux%201927.jpg?width=320
663Carlos Ruiz ZafónQ296752Spanish writer (1964-2020)WriterSpanish1964-09-252020-06-19ESPSpainESP56467.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carlos%20Ruiz%20Zaf%C3%B3n%20-%20002.jpg?width=320
663Alexander OstrovskyQ171976Russian playwright (1823-1886)WriterRussian1823-04-121886-06-14Russian EmpireRUS26467.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander%20Ostrovsky%20by%20Vasily%20Perov.jpg?width=320
663Vladimir KorolenkoQ335064Ukrainian-born Russian writerWriterRussian1853-07-271921-12-25Russian EmpireUKR06464.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vladimir%20Korolenko%20bw.jpg?width=320
663Stephen CraneQ206534American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalistWriterEnglish1871-11-011900-06-05USAUnited StatesUSA16463.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SCrane2.JPG?width=320
663Magnús SchevingQ529925Icelandic actor and athleteWriter1964-11-10ISLIcelandISL16463.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Magnus%20Scheving%202%20cropped.jpg?width=320
663Robert SoutheyQ216838English romantic poet (1774–1843)WriterEnglish1774-08-121843-03-21United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Kingdom of Great BritainGBR06463.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Southey.jpg?width=320
663Henry AdamsQ458390American journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-1918)WriterEnglish1838-02-161918-03-27USAUnited StatesUSA16458.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry%20Adams.jpg?width=320
685Jean GenetQ184622French novelist, playwright, poet and political activist (1910-1986)WriterFrench1910-12-191986-04-14FRAFranceFRA26374.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JeanGenet-HansKoechler1983-cropped.jpg?width=320
685Sayyid QutbQ211379Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary (1906–1966)Writer1906-10-091966-08-29EGYEgyptEGY76374.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sayyid%20Qutb.jpg?width=320
685Oliver Wendell HolmesQ319829American poet and physician (1809–1894)WriterEnglish1809-08-291894-10-07USAUnited StatesUSA96373.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Holmes%20photo%201910.jpg?width=320
685Qu YuanQ313330Chinese poet and politician (c.340–278 BC)WriterChinese-342-277ChuCHN16373.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Qu%20Yuan%20Chen%20Hongshou%202.jpg?width=320
685Publius Papinius StatiusQ2432031st century CE Roman poetWriterLatin00450096Ancient RomeITA36373.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Publio%20Papinio%20Stazio.png?width=320
685Franz WerfelQ78514Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright and poet (1890-1945)WriterGerman1890-09-101945-08-26USAUnited StatesCZE46371.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Werfel.jpg?width=320
685al-Ma'arriQ277073medieval Arab poet and thinkerWriter0973-121057-05-15SYR56370.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al-Ma%CA%BFarri%20by%20Khalil%20Gibran%20(cropped).png?width=320
685Clarice LispectorQ235955Ukrainian-Brazilian writer, poet, and journalist (1920–1977)WriterPortuguese1920-12-101977-12-09BRABrazilUKR56370.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/(1920-1977)%20Clarice%20Lispector%206zxkp%20please%20credit(palette.fm)%20(cropped).png?width=320
685Julian BarnesQ295431English writer (born 1946)Writer1946-01-19GBRUnited KingdomGBR16369.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Julian%20Barnes%20in%202019%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
685Georges BernanosQ315072French writer (1888–1948)WriterFrench1888-02-201948-07-05FRAFranceFRA36369.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georges-Bernanos.jpg?width=320
685Aleksey Konstantinovich TolstoyQ212575count, Russian poet, novelist and playwrightWriterRussian1817-09-051875-10-10Russian EmpireRUS46367.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A.K.Tolstoy%20by%20Repin.jpg?width=320
685Edward AlbeeQ219420American playwright (1928–2016)Writer1928-03-122016-09-16USAUnited StatesUSA26364.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward%20Albee%201.jpg?width=320
685Nicholas SparksQ219377American writer and novelistWriter1965-12-31USAUnited StatesUSA06363.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicholas-Sparks-Autograph-1-4-06.jpg?width=320
685Suman PokhrelQ17150957Nepalese poet, lyricist, playwright, translator and artistWriterEnglish; Maithili; Nepali1967-09-21NPLNepalNPL236362.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Suman%20Pokhrel%2000543.jpg?width=320
685Booker T. WashingtonQ319871African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915)WriterEnglish1856-04-051915-11-14USAUnited StatesUSA06359.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Booker%20T.%20Washington%20by%20Francis%20Benjamin%20Johnston%2C%20c.%201895.jpg?width=320
685Philip ReeveQ937084English children's writer and illustratorWriter1966-02-28GBRUnited KingdomGBR16357.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philip%20Reeve%20-%20Lucca%20Comics%20%26%20Games%202016.jpg?width=320
685Erica JongQ236950American novelist, poet, memoirist, criticWriter1942-03-26USAUnited StatesUSA16355.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erica%20Jong08.JPG?width=320
702John the EvangelistQ328804author of the Gospel of John; traditionally identified with John the Apostle of Jesus, John of Patmos (author of Revelation), and John the PresbyterWriter00100098ISR16277.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Grandes%20Heures%20Anne%20de%20Bretagne%20Saint%20Jean.jpg?width=320
702Svetlana AlliluyevaQ228584Joseph Stalin's daughter (1926–2011)Writer1926-02-282011-11-11Russia; United Kingdom; United StatesRUS06275.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Svetlana%20Alliluyeva%201970.jpg?width=320
702Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaQ213482Sicilian Prince and writer (1896-1957)Writer1896-12-231957-07-23ITAItalyITA16274.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tomasi%20di%20Lampedusa.jpg?width=320
702Ivar Andreas AasenQ106812Norwegian linguist and poet, dubbed the father of Nynorsk (1813 – 1896)Writer1813-08-051896-09-23NORNorwayNOR06274.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ivaraasen.jpg?width=320
702Georg TraklQ78476Austrian poet (1887-1914)WriterGerman1887-02-031914-11-03Austria–HungaryAUT16272.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georg%20Trakl.jpg?width=320
702Walther von der VogelweideQ44385German minstrel singer (c. 1170 – c. 1230)WriterMiddle High German11701230Holy Roman EmpireAUT46271.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Codex%20Manesse%20Walther%20von%20der%20Vogelweide.jpg?width=320
702Lion FeuchtwangerQ77024German writer (1884-1958)Writer1884-07-071958-12-21United States; Germany; FranceDEU56271.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lion%20Feuchtwanger.jpg?width=320
702Alvin TofflerQ297425American writer, futurist and businessmanWriter1928-10-042016-06-27USAUnited StatesUSA06270.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alvin%20Toffler%2002.jpg?width=320
702Pietro MetastasioQ29473Italian poet and librettist (1698–1782)WriterItalian1698-01-031782-04-12ITA06270.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Metastasio%20by%20Batoni.jpg?width=320
702Ludwig Achim von ArnimQ70988German poet and novelistWriterGerman1781-01-261831-01-21Kingdom of PrussiaDEU06269.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1%20achim-von-arnim-5687-2.jpg?width=320
702Bolesław PrusQ144439Polish novelist (1847–1912)WriterPolish1847-08-201912-05-19POLPolandPOL16267.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boles%C5%82aw%20Prus%20(ca.%201905).jpg?width=320
702Assia DjebarQ157313French Algerian writer, translator and film director (1936-2015)WriterFrench1936-06-302015-02-06Algeria; FranceDZA56267.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Assia-Djebar%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
702Joyce Carol OatesQ217557American author (born 1938)Writer1938-06-16USAUnited StatesUSA36266.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joyce%20Carol%20Oates%2C%20Bokm%C3%A4ssan%202024%2C%20P1270511.jpg?width=320
702E. E. CummingsQ298703American author (1894–1962)WriterEnglish1894-10-141962-09-03USAUnited StatesUSA96263.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E.%20E.%20Cummings%20NYWTS.jpg?width=320
702Bella AkhmadulinaQ253395Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator (1937–2010)WriterRussian1937-04-102010-11-29RUSRussiaRUS06263.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bella%20Akhmadulina%20on%201960s.jpg?width=320
702Kiran DesaiQ228589Indian authorWriterEnglish1971-09-03INDIndiaIND16246.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kiran%20Desai%202015.jpg?width=320
718Paul CelanQ153905French-Romanian poet and translator (1920–1970)WriterRomanian; French; German1920-11-231970-04-20France; RomaniaROU26175.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul%20Celan%20(1938).jpg?width=320
718Thomas De QuinceyQ317160British author (1785–1859)WriterEnglish1785-08-151859-12-08GBRUnited KingdomGBR06173.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Watson%20Gordon%20(1788-1864)%20-%20Thomas%20de%20Quincey%20(1785%E2%80%931859)%2C%20Author%20and%20Essayist%20-%20PG%20553%20-%20National%20Galleries%20of%20Scotland.jpg?width=320
718Jo NesbøQ202693Norwegian novelist, musician and economistWriterNorwegian1960-03-29NORNorwayNOR06173.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jo%20Nesb%C3%B81.jpg?width=320
718Baldassarre CastiglioneQ211133Italian Renaissance author (1478-1529)WriterItalian; Latin1478-12-151529-02-18Duchy of MilanITA06173.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baldassare%20Castiglione%2C%20by%20Raffaello%20Sanzio%2C%20from%20C2RMF%20retouched.jpg?width=320
718Alfred DöblinQ57389German expressionist novelist (1878–1957)WriterGerman1878-08-101957-06-24Poland; France; GermanyPOL76172.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alfred%20Doeblin%201930.jpg?width=320
718Mika WaltariQ193111Finnish writer (1908–1979)WriterFinnish1908-09-191979-08-26FINFinlandFIN06172.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mika%20Waltari%201939.jpg?width=320
718Yunus EmreQ378902Turkish folk poet and Sufi mysticWriterOttoman Turkish12411321Ottoman EmpireTUR06172.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Statue%20of%20Yunus%20Emre%2C%20Eski%C5%9Fehir%2005%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
718bell hooksQ259507American author and activist (1952–2021)Writer1952-09-252021-12-15USAUnited StatesUSA56171.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bellhooks.jpg?width=320
718AusoniusQ234593late Roman poetWriterLatin03100395Ancient RomeFRA76171.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ausonius.jpg?width=320
718Ludwig TieckQ57239German poet, writer, and critic (1773–1853)WriterGerman1773-05-311853-04-28Kingdom of PrussiaDEU16171.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tieck%20par%20Robert%20Schneider%2C%201833.jpg?width=320
718Klaus MannQ77087German writer (1906–1949)WriterGerman; English1906-11-181949-05-21USAUnited StatesDEU06171.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Klaus%20Mann%201944.jpg?width=320
718Edgar WallaceQ271824British crime writer, journalist and playwright (1875–1932)WriterEnglish1875-04-011932-02-10GBRUnited KingdomGBR06170.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv%20Bild%20102-13109%2C%20Edgar%20Wallace.jpg?width=320
718Christoph Martin WielandQ154010German poet and writer (1733–1813)WriterGerman1733-09-051813-01-20DEUBiberach an der RißDEU06169.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Weimar%20Anna%20Amalia%20Bibliothek%40C.M.%20Wieland.JPG?width=320
718Anna SeghersQ57393German writer (1900–1983)Writer1900-11-191983-06-01East Germany; German ReichDEU16169.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anna%20Seghers%20(Bundesarchiv-Bild%20183-F0114-0204-003)%20%E2%80%93%20retouched%20by%20Carschten.jpg?width=320
718Joseph of AnchietaQ317126Spanish Jesuit missionary (1534-1597)Writer1534-03-291597-06-09ESPSpainESP16169.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oscar%20Pereira%20da%20Silva%20-%20Retrato%20de%20Anchieta%2C%20Acervo%20do%20Museu%20Paulista%20da%20USP.jpg?width=320
718Robert E. HowardQ207640American author (1906–1936)WriterEnglish1906-01-221936-06-11USAUnited StatesUSA46168.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20E%20Howard%20suit.jpg?width=320
718Italo SvevoQ216478Italian writer (1861-1928)WriterItalian1861-12-191928-09-13Kingdom of Italy; Austria–HungaryITA06168.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ItaloSvevo.jpg?width=320
718Ann RadcliffeQ231944English author and pioneer of the Gothic novel (1764–1823)WriterEnglish1764-07-091823-02-07United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Kingdom of Great BritainGBR06168.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ann%20Radcliffe.jpg?width=320
718Paul BourgetQ198644French writer, playwright and critic (1852–1935)WriterFrench1852-09-021935-12-25FRAFranceFRA116167.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PaulBourget.jpg?width=320
718Alexander GriboyedovQ15001Russian diplomat, playwriter, poet, and composer (1795–1829)WriterRussian1795-01-151829-02-11Russian EmpireRUS36166.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ivan%20Nikolayevich%20Kramskoi%20-%20Portrait%20of%20Alexander%20Sergeyevich%20Griboyedov%2C%201873.jpg?width=320
718Pierre de MarivauxQ49478French novelist and dramatist (1688-1763)WriterFrench1688-02-041763-02-11FRAFranceFRA06166.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre%20Carlet%20de%20Chamblain%20de%20Marivaux%20-%20Versailles%20MV%202985.jpg?width=320
718Boris AkuninQ125663Russian writer, translation, and historianWriterRussian1956-05-20RUSRussiaGEO16164.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/B.%20Akunin.jpg?width=320
718Algernon Charles SwinburneQ315511English poet, playwright and novelist (1837–1909)WriterEnglish1837-04-051909-04-10United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR26163.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Picture%20of%20Algernon%20C.%20Swinburne.jpg?width=320
718Philip SidneyQ315509English poet, courtier, diplomat (1554-1586)WriterEnglish1554-12-101586-10-17GBRUnited KingdomGBR16163.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir%20Philip%20Sidney%20from%20NPG.jpg?width=320
718Edna St. Vincent MillayQ62134American poet (1892–1950)WriterEnglish1892-02-221950-10-19USAUnited StatesUSA16159https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edna%20St.%20Vincent%20Millay.jpg?width=320
718Zadie SmithQ140052English novelist, essayist and short story writer (born 1975)Writer1975-10-25GBRUnited KingdomGBR76150.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zadie%20Smith%20NBCC%202011%20Shankbone.jpg?width=320
744Eckhart TolleQ60137German spiritual teacher and authorWriter1948-02-16Germany; CanadaDEU26076.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eckhart%20Tolle%20front.jpg?width=320
744Lorenzo VallaQ214115Italian Renaissance humanist (c. 1407–1457)Writermedieval Latin14071457-08-10ITA76074.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret%20van%20Lorenzo%20Valla%20Laurentius%20Valla%20(titel%20op%20object)%2C%20RP-P-1909-4359.jpg?width=320
744Cornelius NeposQ109594Roman historian and biographer (c.110 BC–c.25 BC)WriterLatin-99-24Ancient RomeITA16074.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cornelio%20Nepote.jpg?width=320
744Livius AndronicusQ1930583rd-century BC Greco-Roman dramatist and epic poetWriterLatin-279-199Ancient RomeITA16073.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Livius%20Andronicus.jpg?width=320
744Arthur de GobineauQ264918French diplomat and writer known for racial theories (1816–1882)WriterFrench1816-07-141882-10-13FRAFranceFRA06073.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur%20de%20Gobineau.jpg?width=320
744Joris-Karl HuysmansQ210798French novelist and art critic (1848–1907)WriterFrench1848-02-051907-05-12FRAFranceFRA26072.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Huysmans%20-%20photo%20Andr%C3%A9%20Taponier.jpg?width=320
744Wolfram von EschenbachQ18821German knight and poet (1170–1220)Writer11701220Holy Roman EmpireDEU46072.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wolfram47.jpg?width=320
744Ludvig HolbergQ216692Danish-Norwegian writer, philosopher and historian (1684–1754)WriterLatin1684-12-031754-01-28Norway; Kingdom of DenmarkNOR16072.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ludvig%20Holberg.jpg?width=320
744MeeraQ46633016th-century Hindu mystic poet, saint and devotee of the god KrishnaWriter14981552INDIndiaIND06071.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meerabai%20painting.jpg?width=320
744Laura Ingalls WilderQ237514American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)WriterEnglish1867-02-071957-02-10USAUnited StatesUSA16069.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laura%20Ingalls%20Wilder.jpg?width=320
744Charles Marie René Leconte de LisleQ309704French poet (1818–1894)WriterFrench1818-10-221894-07-17FRAFranceREU36068.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leconte%20Blanquer.JPG?width=320
744Pierre-Jean de BérangerQ324998French poet and chansonnier (1780-1857)WriterFrench1780-08-191857-07-16FRAFranceFRA16068.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre-Jean%20de%20B%C3%A9ranger%201847.jpg?width=320
744Mercè RodoredaQ234663Spanish writer (1908-1983)WriterCatalan1908-10-101983-04-13ESPSpainESP176068.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rodoreda.jpg?width=320
744Vicente Blasco IbáñezQ219646Spanish author (1867-1928)WriterSpanish1867-01-291928-01-28ESPSpainESP66068.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blasco%20Iba%C3%B1ez.jpg?width=320
744Joachim du BellayQ18420French writer, poet, literary critic, and member of the Pléiade (1522–1560)WriterMiddle French15221560-01-11FRAFranceFRA46068.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joachim%20du%20Bellay%20(1522-1560).jpg?width=320
744Bettina von ArnimQ57236German writer and novelist (1785-1859)WriterGerman1785-04-041859-01-20Free City of FrankfurtDEU06068.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bettina%20von%20Arnim%20portrait.jpg?width=320
744Nikolai LeskovQ209004Russian writer (1831–1895)WriterRussian1831-02-161895-03-05Russian EmpireRUS16067.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Serov%20Leskov.jpg?width=320
744Aleksis KiviQ216904national author of Finland (1834-1872)WriterFinnish1834-10-101872-12-31Russian EmpireFIN26067.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aleksis%20Kivi.jpg?width=320
744Andrei BelyQ212632Russian poet, writer and critic (1880–1934)WriterRussian1880-10-261934-01-08Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS36067.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrei%20Bely%20in%20Brussels%20(1912).jpg?width=320
744Richard MathesonQ325130American fiction writer (1926–2013)Writer1926-02-202013-06-23USAUnited StatesUSA06066.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Matheson%20(crop).jpg?width=320
744Charles PéguyQ334965French poet, essayist, and editor (1873–1914)WriterFrench1873-01-071914-09-05FRAFranceFRA06066.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Pierre%20Laurens-P%C3%A9guy.jpg?width=320
744Vittorio AlfieriQ296244Italian noble, dramatist and poet (1749–1803)WriterItalian1749-01-161803-10-08Kingdom of SardiniaITA46066.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VAlfieriFabre.jpg?width=320
744Barbara CartlandQ235965English writer and media personality (1901-2000)WriterEnglish1901-07-092000-05-21GBRUnited KingdomGBR16066.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dame%20Barbara%20Cartland%20Allan%20Warren.jpg?width=320
744Lina KostenkoQ274302Ukrainian writerWriterUkrainian1930-03-19UKRUkraineUKR26064.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lina%20Kostenko%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
744Audre LordeQ463319American writer and feminist activist (1934–1992)WriterEnglish1934-02-181992-11-17USAUnited StatesUSA66063.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Audre%20Lorde.jpg?width=320
744Maria KonopnickaQ257852Polish writer and activist (1842-1910)WriterPolish1842-05-231910-10-08Russian EmpirePOL46063.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marya%20Konopnicka%201883%20(29339332)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
744Kingsley AmisQ220078English novelist, poet, critic and teacher (1922-1995)WriterEnglish1922-04-161995-10-22GBRUnited KingdomGBR26062.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kingsley%20Amis%20(1959).jpg?width=320
744Donna TarttQ255339American writerWriterEnglish1963-12-23USAUnited StatesUSA36059.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donna%20Tartt.jpg?width=320
744Yann MartelQ13914Canadian writerWriterEnglish1963-06-25CANCanadaESP16055.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yann%20martel%202007-10-25%20Seattle%20WA%20USA.jpg?width=320
773AthenaeusQ294923late 2nd/early 3rd century Greek rhetorician and grammarianWriterAncient Greek01700223Ancient RomeEGY15973.38
773Thomas BernhardQ44336Austrian playwright and novelist (1931–1989)WriterGerman1931-02-091989-02-12AUTAustriaNLD55973.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Bernhard%20(1987).jpg?width=320
773Alejandro JodorowskyQ263730Chilean-French filmmaker and comics writerWriter1929-02-17France; ChileCHL45973.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Utopiales%202011%20Alejandro%20Jodorowsky%2016%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
773Erich von DänikenQ122965Swiss pseudoscientific writer and ufologist (1935–2026)Writer1935-04-142026-01-10CHESwitzerlandCHE15973.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erich-von-D%C3%A4niken%201610.jpg?width=320
773Comte de LautréamontQ294181Uruguayan born French poet, Isidore Ducasse (1846-1870)WriterFrench1846-04-041870-11-24France; UruguayURY35973.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lautr%C3%A9amont.jpg?width=320
773August Wilhelm von SchlegelQ57281German poet, translator, critic, and writer (1767–1845)WriterGerman; French1767-09-081845-05-12Kingdom of HanoverDEU05972.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/August%20Wilhelm%20von%20Schlegel.png?width=320
773Bai JuyiQ313324Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty (772-846)Writer0772-02-280846-09-27Tang dynastyCHN15971.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E5%94%90%E5%90%8D%E8%87%A3%E5%83%8F-21-%E7%99%BD%E6%A8%82%E5%A4%A9.jpg?width=320
773Antoine François PrévostQ311480French novelist (1697–1763)WriterFrench1697-04-011763-11-25FRAFranceFRA05971.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Antoine%20Fran%C3%A7ois%20Prevost%20by%20Jacob%20van%20der%20Schley.png?width=320
773Raymond QueneauQ218690French novelist and poet (1903–1976)WriterFrench1903-02-211976-10-25FRAFranceFRA05971.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Raymond%20Queneau%20S.jpg?width=320
773Marie de FranceQ5617medieval poetWriterFrench11011300Kingdom of FranceFRA155970.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marie%20de%20France%20detail%20from%20BNF%20Arsenal%20MS%203142%20f%20256.jpg?width=320
773Witold GombrowiczQ275175Polish writer (1904–1969)WriterPolish1904-08-041969-07-24POLPolandPOL55970.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Witold%20Gombrowicz%20by%20Bohdan%20Paczowski%20-%20detail.jpg?width=320
773Johan Ludvig RunebergQ215339Finland’s national poet, author of Finland’s national anthem, Swedish-speaking writer and poet (1804–77)WriterSwedish1804-02-051877-05-06Grand Duchy of FinlandFIN35968.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Empire-Porvoon%20puutalokorttelit%20ja%20julkiset%20rakennukset%2007.jpg?width=320
773Madame de SévignéQ237103French noble and epistolarian writer (1626–1696)WriterFrench1626-02-051696-04-17FRAFranceFRA05968.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marquise%20de%20sevignee.jpg?width=320
773Thomas WolfeQ314256American writerWriterEnglish1900-10-031938-09-15USAUnited StatesUSA15968.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Wolfe%201937%201.jpg?width=320
773Joseph von EichendorffQ77204German poet and novelist (1788-1857)WriterGerman1788-03-101857-11-26Kingdom of PrussiaPOL25968.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eichendorff%20Stahlstich%20von%20Eichens.jpg?width=320
773Božena NěmcováQ157970Czech writer (1820-1862)Writer1820-02-041862-01-21Austrian EmpireAUT25967.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bozena%20Nemcova.jpg?width=320
773Bernard-Henri LévyQ313509French film director and philosopherWriterFrench1948-11-05FRAFranceDZA35967.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernard-Henri%20L%C3%A9vy%20par%20Marc%20Roussel%20en%202024.jpg?width=320
773Juan RulfoQ200661Mexican writer (1917–1986)WriterSpanish1917-05-161986-01-07MEXMexicoMEX25967.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rulfo%20por%20Lyon.jpg?width=320
773Rosalía de CastroQ464264Galician poet and writer (1837-1885)WriterSpanish; Galician1837-02-231885-07-22ESPSpainESP85967.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rosal%C3%ADa%20Castro%20de%20Murgu%C3%ADa%20por%20Luis%20Sellier.jpg?width=320
773Danielle SteelQ72653American writerWriterAmerican English1947-08-14USAUnited StatesUSA05967.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Danielle%20Steel%2C%201987.jpg?width=320
773Theodor StormQ26993German writer (1817–1888)WriterGerman1817-09-141888-07-04Kingdom of Prussia; Duchy of SchleswigDEU25966.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Theodor%20Storm%20(1817-1888).jpg?width=320
773Yeghishe CharentsQ739413Armenian poet (1897–1937)WriterArmenian1897-03-251937-11-27Soviet Union; First Republic of Armenia; Russian EmpireTUR15966.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yeghishe%20Charents%20Armenian%20poet.jpg?width=320
773Bankim Chandra ChatterjeeQ377881Bengali writer, poet and journalist (1838-1894)WriterBangla; English1838-06-261894-04-08British RajIND95966.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bankimchandra%20Chattapadhay.jpg?width=320
773Korney ChukovskyQ347685Russian children's poet (1882–1969)WriterRussian1882-03-311969-10-28Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS05965.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chukovsky%201958%2002%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
773Forugh FarrokhzadQ464394Iranian poet (1935-1967)Writer1935-01-051967-02-13Pahlavi IranIRN65964.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%BA%20%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AE%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%20-%20%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%87%20%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%B1%20%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%8C%20%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%B1%20%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%8C%20%DB%B1%DB%B3%DB%B3%DB%B4.png?width=320
773Elizabeth BishopQ235946American poet (1911–1979)WriterEnglish1911-02-081979-10-06United States; CanadaUSA15963.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elizabeth%20Bishop%2C%201934%20yearbook%20portrait.jpg?width=320
773Valery BryusovQ316374Russian poet, prose writer, dramatist, translator, critic and historian (1873–1924)WriterRussian1873-12-131924-10-09Russian Empire; Soviet UnionRUS15963.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valery%20Bryusov%20c.%201900.jpg?width=320
773Joseph JoubertQ551754French moralist and essayistWriterFrench1754-05-071824-05-04FRAFranceFRA05963.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph%20Joubert.jpg?width=320
773George MeredithQ90238British novelist and poet (1828–1909)WriterEnglish1828-02-121909-05-18GBRUnited KingdomGBR05963.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George%20Meredith%20by%20George%20Frederic%20Watts.jpg?width=320
773Martin AmisQ310176British novelist (1949–2023)WriterEnglish1949-08-252023-05-19GBRUnited KingdomGBR115962.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martin%20amis%202014.jpg?width=320
773William CowperQ315537English poet and hymnodist (1731–1800)WriterEnglish1731-11-261800-04-25Kingdom of Great BritainGBR05959.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Cowper%20by%20Lemuel%20Francis%20Abbott.jpg?width=320
773Elbert Green HubbardQ734329American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopherWriter1856-06-191915-05-07USAUnited StatesUSA05956.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elbert%20Hubbard.jpg?width=320
805Anna WintourQ230744English magazine editorWriter1949-11-03United States; United KingdomGBR15878.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anna%20Wintour%20in%202024%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
805Max BrodQ28480Bohemian-Israeli author, composer, and journalist (1884–1968)WriterGerman1884-05-271968-12-20ISRIsraelCZE05875.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Max%20Brod%20v%20roce%201914.jpg?width=320
805Wilhelm GrimmQ6714German author, philologist, collector of fairy tales and legends (1786–1859)WriterGerman1786-02-241859-12-16Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel; Kingdom of PrussiaDEU15873.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilhelm%20Grimm.png?width=320
805Pietro AretinoQ296272Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist, and blackmailer (1492-1556)WriterItalian1492-041556-10-31Republic of VeniceITA05873.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Pietro%20Aretino%20(by%20Titian)%20-%20Pitti%20Palace.jpg?width=320
805Jacques Bénigne BossuetQ294100French bishop and theologian (1627-1704)WriterFrench1627-09-271704-04-12FRAFranceFRA05872.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacques-B%C3%A9nigne%20Bossuet%201.PNG?width=320
805Seneca the ElderQ273671Roman scholar, writer and historian (54 BC-c.39 AD)WriterLatin-530039Ancient RomeESP15872.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Seneka%20Starszy%20Sevilla%20cropped.JPG?width=320
805Dino BuzzatiQ242095Italian writer (1906-1972)Writer1906-10-161972-01-28ITAItalyITA25871.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dino%20Buzzati.jpg?width=320
805Pierre Choderlos de LaclosQ212476French novelist, official and army general (1741–1803)WriterFrench1741-10-181803-09-05FRAFranceFRA15871.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AduC%20172%20Laclos%20(P.A.F.%20Choderlos%20de%2C%201741-1803).JPG?width=320
805Mikael AgricolaQ215346Finnish clergyman and de facto founder of literary Finnish (ca 1510-1557)Writer15101557-04-09SWESwedenFIN05871.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mikael%20Agricola%20by%20Albert%20Edelfelt.jpg?width=320
805Ingeborg BachmannQ78506Austrian poet and author (1926–1973)WriterGerman1926-06-251973-10-17AUTAustriaAUT55871https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ingeborg-Bachmann-1962%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
805Manon RolandQ236554French revolutionaryWriterFrench1754-03-171793-11-08FRAFranceFRA05870.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Madame%20Roland%20-%20mus%C3%A9e%20Lambinet.jpg?width=320
805John IrvingQ310379American novelist and screenwriterWriterEnglish1942-03-02USAUnited StatesUSA45870.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Irving%20Hengelo%202.jpg?width=320
805Jean Anthelme Brillat-SavarinQ313027French lawyer, politician and writer (1755-1826)WriterFrench1755-04-021826-02-02FRAFranceFRA05870.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Le%20Vachez%20Collection%20-%20Jean%20Anthelme%20Brillat-Savarin%20(1755-1826).jpg?width=320
805ClaudianQ2059475th century Roman Latin poetWriterLatin; Ancient Greek03700404Ancient RomeEGY95870.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luca%20Signorelli%20-%20Claudian%20-%20WGA21239.jpg?width=320
805Wilhelm HauffQ57966German poet and novelist (1802–1827)WriterGerman1802-11-291827-11-18Kingdom of WürttembergDEU15869.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Masterpieces%20of%20German%20literature%20-%20Wilhelm%20Hauff.png?width=320
805L. Ron HubbardQ216896American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)WriterEnglish1911-03-131986-01-24USAUnited StatesUSA15869.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L.%20Ron%20Hubbard%20in%201950%20-%20Restoration.jpg?width=320
805Tadeusz MazowieckiQ55922Polish politician and prime minister (1927-2013)Writer1927-04-182013-10-28POLPolandPOL05867.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tadeusz%20Mazowiecki%201990%20(cropped4).jpg?width=320
805Stanisław Jerzy LecQ165680Polish writer (1909–1966)WriterPolish1909-03-061966-05-07POLPolandUKR15866.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stanislaw%20J.%20Lec.jpg?width=320
805Maurice BarrèsQ314957French novelist (1862-1923)WriterFrench1862-08-191923-12-04FRAFranceFRA05866.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1918%20Maurice%20Barr%C3%A8s.jpg?width=320
805Sergey MikhalkovQ208116Soviet and Russian writer (1913–2009)WriterRussian1913-03-132009-08-27RUSRussiaRUS55865.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sergey%20Mikhalkov.jpg?width=320
805Edward LearQ309759British artist, illustrator, author and poet (1812-1888)WriterEnglish1812-05-121888-01-29United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR15864.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward%20Lear%201866.jpg?width=320
805Chinmoy Kumar GhoseQ319578Indian writer and spiritual teacher (1931–2007)WriterBangla1931-08-272007-10-11British Raj; French IndiaBGD05864.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sri-Chinmoy-meditate-2.jpg?width=320
805Anthony TrollopeQ318399English novelist of the Victorian period (1815-1882)WriterEnglish1815-04-241882-12-06United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR15863.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anthony%20Trollope%20NPG%2012818.jpg?width=320
805Rebecca WestQ236669British writer, journalist, literary critic, and feminist (1892-1983)WriterEnglish1892-12-211983-03-15GBRUnited KingdomGBR05861.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rebecca%20West.jpg?width=320
805Margaret FullerQ257953American writer and women's activist (1810–1850)WriterEnglish1810-05-231850-07-19USAUnited StatesUSA15861.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Margaret%20Fuller%20by%20Chappel.jpg?width=320
805Joss WhedonQ298025American director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1964)WriterEnglish1964-01-23USAUnited StatesUSA25857.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joss%20Whedon%20by%20Gage%20Skidmore%208.jpg?width=320
805Christopher PaoliniQ93620author, novelistWriter1983-11-17USAUnited StatesUSA85853.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christopher%20Paolini%202019.jpg?width=320
832Guillaume de MachautQ200580Medieval French composer and poet (c. 1300–1377)WriterFrench13001377FRAFranceFRA205775.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Machaut.jpg?width=320
832Gregory of ToursQ67841Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of ToursWritermedieval Latin0538-12-020594-12-19FRA75773.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gregory%20of%20Tours%20cour%20Napoleon%20Louvre.jpg?width=320
832LactantiusQ209102Roman Christian author (c. 250 - c. 325)WriterLatin02400320Ancient RomeEGY15773.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lactantius.jpg?width=320
832Patricia HighsmithQ270635American novelist and short story writer (1921–1995)WriterEnglish1921-01-191995-02-04USAUnited StatesUSA225771.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Highsmith%20on%20After%20Dark.JPG?width=320
832A. J. CroninQ179059Scottish novelist (1896–1981)WriterEnglish1896-07-191981-01-06GBRUnited KingdomGBR25771.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A.%20J.%20Cronin%201931b.jpg?width=320
832Bruno SchulzQ148886Jewish novelist and painter (1892-1942)WriterPolish1892-07-121942-11-19West Ukrainian People's Republic; Austria–Hungary; Ukrainian People's Republic; Second Polish RepublicUKR25771.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bruno%20Schulz.jpg?width=320
832CassiodorusQ1923656th-century Roman senator and scholarWriterLatin04870583Byzantine Empire; Ostrogothic KingdomITA135770.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gesta%20Theodorici%20-%20Flavius%20Magnus%20Aurelius%20Cassiodorus%20(c%20485%20-%20c%20580).jpg?width=320
832Pierre LotiQ311854French writer (1850-1923)WriterFrench1850-01-141923-06-10FRAFranceFRA05770.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre%20Loti%20en%20acad%C3%A9micien.jpg?width=320
832Elisabeth of WiedQ57629German writer; queen consort of Romania as the wife of King Carol I (1843–1916)WriterFrench1843-12-291916-03-02ROURomaniaDEU05770.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Queen%20Elizabeth%20of%20Romania.jpg?width=320
832Cao XueqinQ182874Chinese novelist and poet (1710–1765)WriterChinese1724-07-121763Qing dynastyCHN15770.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Statue%20of%20Cao%20Xueqin.JPG?width=320
832Ninon de LenclosQ237045French author, courtesan, freethinker, and patron of the arts (1620-1705)WriterFrench1620-11-101705-10-17FRAFranceFRA05769.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ch%C3%A2teau%20de%20Bussy-Rabutin%20-%20Anne%2C%20dite%20Ninon%20de%20Lenclos%20(bgw19%200345).jpg?width=320
832Colleen McCulloughQ228801Australian author (1937–2015)Writer1937-06-012015-01-29AUSAustraliaAUS15769.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Colleen%20McCullough%20(1977).jpg?width=320
832Stephen CoveyQ313482American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker (1932-2012)WriterEnglish1932-10-242012-07-16USAUnited StatesUSA05769https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/StephenCoveyinhisHome%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
832Sam ShepardQ294583American playwright and actor (1943–2017)WriterEnglish1943-11-052017-07-27USAUnited StatesUSA05768.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam%20Shepard%20Stealth%20crop.jpg?width=320
832Maurice DruonQ223949French novelistWriterFrench1918-04-232009-04-14FRAFranceFRA35768.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MauriceDruon-1953-Harcourt.png?width=320
832Samuel RichardsonQ295941English writer and printer (1689–1761)WriterEnglish1687-08-191761-07-04Kingdom of England; Kingdom of Great BritainGBR05768.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel%20Richardson%20by%20Joseph%20Highmore.jpg?width=320
832Madeleine de ScudéryQ237095French writer (1607–1701)WriterFrench1607-11-151701-06-02FRAFranceFRA15768.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mme%20de%20Scudery.jpg?width=320
832Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-PierreQ361976writer and botanist from France (1737-1814)WriterFrench1737-01-191814-01-21FRAFranceFRA15767.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Bernardin%20de%20Saint-Pierre%20(by%20Paul%20Carpentier%2C%20after%20Elizabeth%20Harvey%20-%20copy%20of%20Versailles).jpg?width=320
832Oliver SacksQ258662British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)Writer1933-07-092015-08-30GBRUnited KingdomGBR25767.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oliversacks.jpg?width=320
832Velimir KhlebnikovQ35733Russian writer (1885–1922)WriterRussian1885-11-091922-06-28Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic; Russian EmpireRUS05767.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chlebnikow.jpg?width=320
832Sarah FergusonQ55720British writer, charity patron, public speaker, film producer and television personality, and former Duchess of YorkWriterBritish English1959-10-15GBRUnited KingdomGBR25766.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sarah%20Ferguson%20in%20Leeds%202008.jpg?width=320
832Waris DirieQ78644Somali model, author, actress, activistWriter1965-10-21Austria; SomaliaSOM15766.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Waris%20Dirie%2C%202018%20during%20her%20visit%20to%20Sierra%20Leone.jpg?width=320
832Giovanni VergaQ271814Italian writer (1840-1922)Writer1840-09-021922-01-27Kingdom of ItalyITA135766.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Giovanni%20Verga.jpg?width=320
832Garcilaso de la VegaQ311405Spanish poet (1503-1536)Writer15031536-10-24ESPSpainESP05765.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Retrato%20de%20hombre%20con%20la%20cruz%20de%20caballero%20de%20Alc%C3%A1ntara.jpg?width=320
832Luc de Clapiers, marquis de VauvenarguesQ551730French writer, a moralist (1715-1747)WriterFrench1715-08-061747-05-28FRAFranceFRA05765.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LucdeClapiers-marquisdeVauvenarges.jpg?width=320
832Flannery O'ConnorQ234579American writer (1925–1964)Writer1925-03-251964-08-03USAUnited StatesUSA55764.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flannery-O'Connor%201947.jpg?width=320
832Eino LeinoQ360079Finnish poet and journalist (1878–1926)WriterFinnish1878-07-061926-01-10FINFinlandFIN05764.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eino%20Leino%201905c.jpg?width=320
832Denis FonvizinQ315885Russian writer (1745-1792)WriterRussian1745-04-141792-12-12Russian EmpireRUS15764.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Armand-Charles%20Caraffe%2C%20Denis%20Fonvizin%2C%20c.%201784%E2%80%931785%2C%20Pushkin%20House%20%D0%96-95%3B%20from%20goskatalog.ru.jpg?width=320
832Ted HughesQ272194English poet and children's writer (1930–1998)WriterEnglish1930-08-171998-10-28GBRUnited KingdomGBR05763.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ted%20Hughes%20by%20Layle%20Silbert%20(1977).jpg?width=320
832A. S. ByattQ232417British writer (1936–2023)WriterEnglish1936-08-242023-11-16GBRUnited KingdomGBR05763.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AS%20Byatt%20Portrait.jpg?width=320
832Ludwig UhlandQ61058German poet and politician (1787–1862)WriterGerman1787-04-261862-11-13Kingdom of WürttembergDEU05763.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Uhland.jpg?width=320
832John Millington SyngeQ213447Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore (1871-1909)WriterEnglish1871-04-161909-03-24IRL25761.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Millington%20Synge%20-%20Project%20Gutenberg%20eText%2019028.jpg?width=320
832Orson Scott CardQ217110American science fiction novelist (born 1951)WriterEnglish1951-08-24USAUnited StatesUSA35761.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Orson%20Scott%20Card%20at%20BYU%20Symposium%2020080216%20closeup.jpg?width=320
832Andrea DworkinQ241398American feminist writer (1946–2005)WriterEnglish1946-09-262005-04-09USAUnited StatesUSA55760.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrea%20Dworkin%201985%20(facecrop).jpg?width=320
832Charles LambQ372984British essayist, poet, antiquarian (1775–1834)WriterEnglish1775-02-101834-12-27United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR65759.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20Lamb%20by%20Henry%20Hoppner%20Meyer.jpg?width=320
832Ravindra PrabhatQ4170763Hindi poet, scholar, journalist, novelist and short story writerWriterHindi1969-04-05INDIndiaIND05759.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ravindra%20prabhat.jpg?width=320
832Victor PelevinQ246722Russian author (born 1962)WriterRussian1962-11-22RUSRussiaRUS45759
832Hilary MantelQ465700British writer (1952–2022)WriterEnglish1952-07-062022-09-22GBRUnited KingdomGBR35758.43
832Christiane AmanpourQ236939English-Iranian news anchor and international correspondentWriter1958-01-12GBRUnited KingdomGBR05758.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/10.02.2023%20-%20Entrevista%20%C3%A0%20CNN%20Internacional%2C%20em%20Washington%20(EUA)%20(52681050048).jpg?width=320
871SadhguruQ793985Indian yogi and author (born 1957)Writer1957-09-03INDIndiaIND05675.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sadhguru-Jaggi-Vasudev.jpg?width=320
871VegetiusQ4298writer of the Later Roman EmpireWriterLatin04000450Ancient Rome25674.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Publius%20Flavius%20Vegetius%20Renatus%20-%20DPLA%20-%20acf9274ab8e54ff66a708908b7b969d8.jpg?width=320
871Ken FollettQ210669British novelist (born 1949)Writer1949-06-05United Kingdom; FranceGBR145673.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken%20Follett%20official.jpg?width=320
871Bohumil HrabalQ242130Czech writer (1914–1997)WriterCzech1914-03-281997-02-03CZECzech RepublicCZE45671.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bohumil%20Hrabal%201985%20%C4%8Desk%C3%BD%20spisovatel%20foto%20Hana%20Hamplov%C3%A1.jpg?width=320
871Alain Robbe-GrilletQ216266French author and film director (1922–2008)Writer1922-08-182008-02-18FRAFranceFRA35671.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alain%20Robbe-Grillet.jpg?width=320
871Anton MakarenkoQ297448Ukrainian and Soviet educator and writerWriterRussian1888-03-131939-04-01Soviet Union; Russian EmpireUKR15671.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Makarenko.jpg?width=320
871Tirso de MolinaQ295598Spanish writer (c. 1583-c.1648)WriterSpanish1583-03-241648-03-12ESPSpainESP05670.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tirso%20de%20molina.jpg?width=320
871Ryszard KapuścińskiQ216813Polish journalist, photographer, poet and author (1932–2007)WriterPolish1932-03-042007-01-23POLPolandBLR15669.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ryszard%20Kapuscinski%2C%20author-writer%2C%20at%20PEN%20Congress.jpg?width=320
871Fatema MernissiQ2423761940-2015, Moroccan sociologist, writer and feministWriter19402015-11-30MARMoroccoMAR05669.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fatima%20Mernissi%202004%20Al%20Azm%20Mernissi%20Soroush%20Mernissi%20cropped.tiff?width=320
871Stefan GeorgeQ57187German poet, editor, and translator (1868–1933)WriterGerman1868-07-121933-12-04DEUGermanyDEU05668.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stefan%20George%201910%20Foto%20Jakob%20Hilsdorf.jpg?width=320
871Raymond CarverQ219862penman, poet, screenwriter, novelist, prose writer, teacher, short story writer (1938-1988)Writer1938-05-251988-08-02USAUnited StatesUSA05668.37
871Hryhorii SkovorodaQ336803Ukrainian philosopher (1722–1794)WriterAncient Greek; Latin; Ukrainian1722-12-031794-11-09Russian EmpireUKR05668.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0.jpg?width=320
871Kazi Nazrul IslamQ334818National poet of BangladeshWriterBangla1899-05-241976-08-29Bangladesh; IndiaIND95666.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nazrul.jpg?width=320
871Rasul GamzatovQ36878Avar poet (1923-2003)WriterAvar; Russian1923-09-082003-11-03RUSRussiaRUS05666.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gamzatov%201989%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
871Jean GionoQ177411French writer (1895–1970)WriterFrench1895-03-301970-10-08FRAFranceFRA45666.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Giono-1932.png?width=320
871Sławomir MrożekQ18832Polish dramatist and writer (1930–2013)WriterPolish1930-06-262013-08-15Poland; FrancePOL25665.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Slawomir%20Mrozek.JPG?width=320
871J. G. BallardQ140201British novelist (1930–2009)WriterEnglish1930-11-152009-04-19GBRUnited KingdomCHN55665.51
871Lydia KoidulaQ237056Estonian poet (1843-1886)Writer1843-12-241886-08-11Russian EmpireEST25665.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lydia%20Koidula-Sachker.jpg?width=320
871Samuel PepysQ106143English diarist and administrator (1633–1703)WriterEnglish1633-02-231703-05-26Kingdom of EnglandGBR15665.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel%20Pepys.jpg?width=320
871Konstantin SimonovQ44695Soviet writer, poet, playwright and wartime correspondent (1915–1979)WriterRussian1915-11-281979-08-28Soviet UnionRUS05664.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%20%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%20%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg?width=320
871Christian MorgensternQ44652German author (1871-1914)WriterGerman1871-05-061914-03-31Kingdom of BavariaDEU15664.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Morgenstern-h420.jpg?width=320
871Ludwig BörneQ213595German writerWriterGerman1786-05-061837-02-12Free City of FrankfurtDEU05664.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/B%C3%B6rne%2C%20Ludwig.jpg?width=320
871Friedrich RückertQ60644German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages (1788–1866)WriterGerman1788-05-161866-01-31Kingdom of BavariaDEU05664.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Friedrich%20R%C3%BCckert.jpg?width=320
871Rick RiordanQ212727American author (born 1964)WriterEnglish1964-06-05USAUnited StatesUSA75664.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rick%20Riordan%20(10442).jpg?width=320
871Bob WoodwardQ312782American investigative journalist (born 1943)Writer1943-03-26USAUnited StatesUSA15664.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DIG13846-061.jpg?width=320
871Nikolay DobrolyubovQ311459Russian critic and philosopherWriterRussian1836-02-051861-11-29Russian EmpireRUS05663.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PGRS%202%20032%20Dobrolyubov%20-%20crop.jpg?width=320
871Georges DuhamelQ20733French writer (1884–1966)WriterFrench1884-06-301966-04-13FRAFranceFRA25663.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georges%20Duhamel%201930.jpg?width=320
871Dorothy L. SayersQ106740English crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian writer (1893-1957)WriterEnglish1893-06-131957-12-17GBRUnited KingdomGBR155663.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dorothy%20L.%20Sayers.png?width=320
871Joan DidionQ267691American writer (1934-2021)Writer1934-12-052021-12-23USAUnited StatesUSA35662.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Didion1970%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
871Amrita PritamQ1705018Indian novelist, poet, and essayist (in Hindi and Punjabi languages) (1919–2005)WriterHindi; Punjabi1919-08-312005-10-31INDIndiaPAK25662.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amrita%20Pritam%20(1919%20%E2%80%93%202005)%20%2C%20in%201948.jpg?width=320
871Charlotte Perkins GilmanQ287752American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer (1860–1935)WriterEnglish1860-07-031935-08-17USAUnited StatesUSA35662.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photo%20of%20Charlotte%20Perkins%20Gilman.jpg?width=320
871Noël CowardQ298388English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer (1899–1973)WriterEnglish1899-12-161973-03-26GBRUnited KingdomGBR35662.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Noel%20Coward%20Allan%20warren%20edit%201.jpg?width=320
871Robert FiskQ310900English writer and journalist (1946–2020)Writer1946-07-122020-10-30GBRUnited KingdomGBR05659.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Fisk%2C%20Christchurch%2C%202008.jpg?width=320
871David Foster WallaceQ313246American fiction writer and essayist (1962–2008)Writer1962-02-212008-09-12USAUnited StatesUSA85658.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David%20Foster%20Wallace%20in%202006%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
871Frédéric BeigbederQ314972French writer and literary critic (born 1965)WriterFrench1965-09-21FRAFranceFRA05658.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-Beigbeder.jpg?width=320
871Sofi OksanenQ233953Finnish-Estonian writer (born 1977)WriterFinnish1977-01-07FINFinlandFIN45657.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sofi%20Oksanen%20-%20Buchmesse%20Wien%202022%20(b).JPG?width=320
871Victoria AmelinaQ21683191Ukrainian writer and activistWriter1986-01-012023-07-01UKRUkraineUKR05651.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Victoria%20Amelina%201022.jpg?width=320
908Maurice LeblancQ314993French writerWriterFrench1864-12-111941-11-06FRAFranceFRA15575.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maurice%20Leblanc%20%C3%A2g%C3%A9.jpg?width=320
908Ahmad ibn FadlanQ20094710th-century Arab traveller and ethnographerWriter08790922IRQ15573.87
908Wu Cheng'enQ228889Chinese writerWriterTraditional Chinese15001582Ming dynastyCHN15573.86
908Sándor MáraiQ36951Hungarian writer (1900–1989)WriterHungarian1900-04-111989-02-21HUNHungaryHUN25573.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/S%C3%A1ndor%20M%C3%A1rai.png?width=320
908Arnold BennettQ314158English writer (1867–1931)WriterEnglish1867-05-271931-03-27GBRUnited KingdomGBR15572.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arnold%20Bennett%20-%20Project%20Gutenberg%20etext%2013635.jpg?width=320
908Frederick ForsythQ249197English novelist (1938–2025)WriterEnglish1938-08-252025-06-09GBRUnited KingdomGBR35571.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frederick-Forsyth-1972.jpg?width=320
908Alfred JarryQ7841French writer (1873–1907)WriterFrench1873-09-081907-11-01FRAFranceFRA145571.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alfred%20Jarry.jpg?width=320
908Georges PerecQ157303French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist (1936–1982)WriterFrench1936-03-071982-03-03FRAFranceFRA05571.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Myart%20georges-perec%201978.jpg?width=320
908Paul LafargueQ317152writer, journalist, literary critic and revolutionary; also known for being Karl Marx's son-in-law (1842-1911)WriterFrench1842-01-151911-11-26FRAFranceCUB15571.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul%20Lafargue%201869.jpg?width=320
908Ellen G. WhiteQ292290American author, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (1827–1915)WriterEnglish1827-11-261915-07-16USAUnited StatesUSA05571.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ellen%20G.%20White%20(1875)-5.jpg?width=320
908Clemens BrentanoQ57235German poet and novelist (1778–1842)WriterGerman1778-09-081842-07-28Kingdom of PrussiaDEU15570.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clemens%20Brentano.jpg?width=320
908Emilio SalgariQ309786Italian writer (1862–1911)WriterItalian1862-08-211911-04-25Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia; Kingdom of ItalyITA525570.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emilio%20Salgari%20ritratto.jpg?width=320
908Theognis of MegaraQ336115Greek lyric poet active in approximately the sixth century BCWriterAncient Greek-569-484Peloponnesian LeagueITA15570.03
908Robert LudlumQ224113American novelist (1927–2001)Writer1927-05-252001-03-12USAUnited StatesUSA15569.42
908Varlam ShalamovQ220816Soviet writer, journalist, poet and Gulag survivorWriterRussian1907-06-181982-01-17Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic; Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS15568.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Varlam%20Shalamov-NKVD%20crooped.jpg?width=320
908AdunisQ380787Syrian poet, writer and translator (born 1930)WriterArabic1930-01-01LBNLebanonSYR25568.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adonis%202016.jpg?width=320
908Lawrence DurrellQ219784British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer (1912–1990)Writer1912-02-271990-11-07GBRUnited KingdomIND15568.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lawrence%20Durrell%20visit%20to%20Israel%20(997009326813105171).jpg?width=320
908P. L. TraversQ228901Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist (1899–1996)WriterEnglish1899-08-091996-04-23United Kingdom; AustraliaAUS25567.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/P.L.%20Travers%20as%20Titania%20in%20a%20production%20with%20Alan%20Wilkie.jpg?width=320
908Roger ZelaznyQ295406U.S. science fiction and fantasy writer and poet (1937–1995)Writer1937-05-131995-06-14USAUnited StatesUSA85567.47
908Walter LippmannQ316568American journalist and political commentator (1889–1974)WriterEnglish1889-09-231974-12-14USAUnited StatesUSA05567.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter%20Lippmann%201914.jpg?width=320
908Carson McCullersQ230591American writer (1917–1967)Writer1917-02-191967-09-29USAUnited StatesUSA25566.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carson%20Mc%20Cullers.jpg?width=320
908Alexander RadishchevQ21747018th century Russian author and social criticWriterRussian1749-08-311802-09-24Russian EmpireRUS15565.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Radishchev%20color.jpg?width=320
908Pío BarojaQ220980Spanish writer (1872-1956)Writer1872-12-281956-10-30ESPSpainESP05565.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20P%C3%ADo%20Baroja%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
908José Maria de Eça de QueirósQ316327Portuguese writer and diplomat (1845–1900)WriterPortuguese1845-11-251900-08-16Kingdom of PortugalPRT25564.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E%C3%A7a%20de%20Queir%C3%B3s%20c.%201882.jpg?width=320
908Marcel AchardQ314990French writer (1899-1974)Writer1899-07-051974-09-04FRAFranceFRA05564.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Achard%20Harcourt%201936.jpg?width=320
908Yaşar KemalQ327142Kurdish writer and human rights activist (1923–2015)WriterTurkish1923-10-062015-02-28TURTurkeyTUR45563.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Y%C4%B1lmaz%20B%C3%BCy%C3%BCker%C5%9Fen%20wax%20Museum%20(Ya%C5%9Far%20Kemal).jpg?width=320
908Zinaida GippiusQ61940Russian poet, playwright, editor, short story writer and religious thinker (1869-1945)WriterRussian; French1869-11-201945-09-09FRAFranceRUS05563.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gippius%201910s.jpg?width=320
908Thomas GrayQ315516English poet and classical scholar (1716–1771)WriterEnglish1716-12-261771-07-30Kingdom of Great BritainGBR05562.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PortraitThomasGrayByJohnGilesEccart1747to1748.jpg?width=320
908Wilfred OwenQ212719English poet and soldier (1893-1918)WriterEnglish1893-03-181918-11-04United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR05561.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilfred%20Owen%20plate%20from%20Poems%20(1920).jpg?width=320
908Adrienne RichQ270705American poet, essayist and feminist (1929–2012)Writer1929-05-162012-03-27USAUnited StatesUSA35560.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adrienne%20Rich%201980.jpg?width=320
908Wallace StevensQ166835American poet (1879–1955)WriterEnglish1879-10-021955-08-02USAUnited StatesUSA15559.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wallace%20Stevens%2C%201948.jpg?width=320
908Iain BanksQ312579Scottish writer (1954–2013)Writer1954-02-162013-06-09GBRUnited KingdomGBR05559.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Iain%20Banks%202008.jpg?width=320
908William HazlittQ126596English essayist and writer (1778–1830)WriterEnglish1778-04-101830-09-18United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR35557.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Hazlitt%20Portrait%20of%20William%20Hazlitt.jpg?width=320
941Charles I, Duke of OrléansQ310146French duke and poet (1394-1465)WriterMiddle French1394-12-021465-01-05Kingdom of FranceFRA95473.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20I%20de%20Valois%2C%20Duke%20of%20Orl%C3%A9ans.jpg?width=320
941René GuénonQ496850French metaphysician (1886-1951)Writer1886-11-151951-01-07Egypt; FranceFRA05473https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rene-guenon-1925%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
941Matilde CamusQ170371Spanish poet (1919–2012)WriterSpanish1919-09-262012-04-28ESPSpainESP05472.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matilde%20Camus%20-%20Infancia.jpg?width=320
941Su ShiQ36020Chinese writer and politician (1037–1101)WriterChinese1037-01-141101-08-31Northern Song dynastyCHN05471.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Su%20shi.jpg?width=320
941Gustav MeyrinkQ78511Austrian writer and translator (1868-1932)WriterGerman1868-01-191932-12-04AUTAustriaAUT15471.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meyrink%20writer.jpg?width=320
941Antonio TabucchiQ231781Italian writer and literary scholar (1943-2012)WriterItalian1943-09-242012-03-25Italy; PortugalITA25470.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Antonio%20Tabucchi.jpg?width=320
941Edmond de GoncourtQ1249210French writer and critic (1822–1896)WriterFrench1822-05-261896-07-16FRAFranceFRA05470.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edmond%20de%20Goncourt%20by%20Nadar%20c1877.jpg?width=320
941Pierre BoulleQ219910French novelist (1912–1994)WriterFrench1912-02-201994-01-30FRAFranceFRA25469.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boulle%20Cansado.png?width=320
941Wang WeiQ313605Chinese poet, musician, painter, and statesmanWriterChinese06990761-08Tang dynastyCHN05469.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wang%20Wei.jpg?width=320
941Milorad PavićQ157204Serbian writer (1929–2009)WriterSerbian1929-10-152009-11-30SRBSerbiaSRB15469.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Milorad%20Pavic.jpg?width=320
941Max JacobQ156214French poet, painter, writer and critic (1876-1944)WriterFrench1876-07-121944-03-05FRAFranceFRA05469.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacob%2C%20Max%20(1876-1944)%20-%201934%20-%20Foto%20Carl%20van%20Vechten%2C%20Library%20of%20Congress.jpg?width=320
941Georg BrandesQ316045Danish literature critic and scholar (1842–1927)Writer1842-02-041927-02-19Kingdom of DenmarkDNK05468.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georg%20Brandes%20by%20L%20Szacinski.jpg?width=320
941Frank WedekindQ57619German playwright (1864-1918)WriterGerman1864-07-241918-03-09Kingdom of PrussiaDEU25468.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank%20Wedekind.jpg?width=320
941Hélène CixousQ234964French philosopher and writerWriter1937-06-05FRAFranceDZA15468.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne%20Cixous%20par%20Claude%20Truong-Ngoc%202011%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
941Clément MarotQ108926French poet (1495-1544)WriterMiddle French1495-12-111544-09-22Kingdom of FranceFRA125468.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ClementMarot.jpg?width=320
941Dubravka UgrešićQ237416Croatian writer (1949–2023)WriterCroatian1949-03-272023-03-17Croatia; Kingdom of the NetherlandsHRV05467.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DubravkaUgresic.jpg?width=320
941Roberto BolañoQ297532Chilean authorWriter1953-04-282003-07-15CHLChileCHL25467.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roberto%20Bola%C3%B1o%20%C3%81valos.jpg?width=320
941Josef ČapekQ454568Czech painter and writer (1887–1945)Writer1887-03-231945-04Czechoslovakia; Austria–HungaryCZE65466.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Josef%20Capek%201937.jpg?width=320
941Kurt TucholskyQ57386Jewish-German journalist, satirist and writer (1890–1935)WriterGerman1890-01-091935-12-21DEUGermanyDEU15466.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TucholskyParis1928.jpg?width=320
941Andrei PlatonovQ315147Russian author (1899–1951)WriterRussian1899-08-281951-01-05Russian Empire; Soviet Union; Russian Republic; Russian Socialist Federative Soviet RepublicRUS35466.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrei%20Platonov%201973.png?width=320
941Alfonsina StorniQ238557Argentine writer and poetWriterSpanish1892-05-291938-10-25ARGArgentinaCHE05465.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AlfosinaStorni.jpg?width=320
941Bulat OkudzhavaQ239652Soviet and Russian writer and singer (1924–1997)WriterRussian1924-05-091997-06-12RUSRussiaRUS05465.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv%20Bild%20183-R1202-0019%2C%20Berlin%2C%20Palast%20der%20Republik%2C%20Bulat%20Okudshawa%20cropped.jpg?width=320
941Sadegh HedayatQ315017Iranian writerWriterPersian1903-02-171951-04-09IRNIranIRN15465.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sadeq-Hedayat.jpg?width=320
941Vasily ShukshinQ316086Soviet actor, writer, screenwriter and film director (1929-1974)WriterRussian1929-07-251974-10-02Soviet UnionRUS15465.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D0%A8%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%20(1972).jpg?width=320
941Don DeLilloQ310048American novelist, playwright and essayist (born 1936)WriterEnglish1936-11-20USAUnited StatesUSA55464.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don%20delillo%20nyc%2002.jpg?width=320
941Gayatri Chakravorty SpivakQ240851Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist criticWriter1942-02-24INDIndiaIND05464.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gayatri%20Spivak%20on%20Subversive%20Festival.jpg?width=320
941Laura MancinelliQ3827806Italian germanist, medievalist, translator and writer (1933-2016)WriterItalian1933-12-182016-07-07ITAItalyITA145463.4
941Konstantin BalmontQ314498Russian poet (1867–1942)WriterRussian1867-06-151942-12-23FRAFranceRUS25461.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Konstantin%20Balmont%20by%20Valentin%20Serov%201905.jpg?width=320
941Kate ChopinQ230476American author (1850–1904)WriterEnglish1850-02-081904-08-22USAUnited StatesUSA25461.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kate%20Chopin.jpg?width=320
941Tariq AliQ314787British political activist, writer, and historian (born 1943)Writer1943-10-21United Kingdom; PakistanPAK05459.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tariq%20Ali.jpg?width=320
941Anne CarsonQ2633699Canadian-Icelandic poet, essayist, and academic (born 1950)WriterCanadian English1950-06-21Canada; IcelandCAN45456.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anne%20Carson%2C%20poet%2C%20at%20the%202024%20National%20Book%20Awards%20finalist%20reading%200%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
972William of RubruckQ316083Flemish Franciscan missionary and explorerWriterLatin12201293Kingdom of FranceFRA15373.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guillaume%20de%20Rubrouck%20detail.jpg?width=320
972Vasily GrossmanQ313767Russian Soviet writer and journalist (1905-1964)WriterRussian1905-12-121964-09-14Russian Empire; Soviet UnionUKR15372.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Grossman%20V.S.jpg?width=320
972Madame de LafayetteQ237090French writer (1634-1693)WriterFrench1634-03-181693-05-25FRAFranceFRA45372.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ok%C3%A4nd%20-%20Marie-Madeleine%20Pioche%20de%20La%20Vergne%2C%20g.%20de%20La%20Fayette-Mme%20de%20La%20Fayette%2C%201634-1693%20-%20NMDrh%20791%20-%20Nationalmuseum.jpg?width=320
972Gaston LerouxQ298827French author and journalist (1868–1927)WriterFrench1868-05-061927-04-15FRAFranceFRA65371.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/G.%20LEROUX.jpg?width=320
972Aulus GelliusQ2948002nd century Roman author and grammarianWriterLatin01300180Ancient RomeITA15371.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Auli%20Gellii%20Noctium%20Atticarum%201706.jpg?width=320
972Nestor the ChroniclerQ320935Saint and chronicler of Kievan Rus'Writer10561114Kievan Rus'UKR15371.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nestor%2003.jpg?width=320
972Curzio MalaparteQ312637Italian writer (1898-1957)WriterItalian1898-06-091957-07-19ITAItalyITA05370.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Curzio%20Malaparte.jpg?width=320
972Sidonius ApollinarisQ302936Gaulish poet, aristocrat and bishop (430-489)WriterLatin0430-11-060489Ancient RomeFRA45370.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sidoine%20Apollinaire.png?width=320
972Muriel SparkQ233956Scottish novelist and writer (1918–2006)WriterEnglish1918-02-012006-04-13GBRUnited KingdomGBR165370.71
972Natalia GinzburgQ275985Italian writer (1916–1991)WriterItalian1916-07-141991-10-07ITAItalyITA25370.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Natalia%20Ginzburg%201956.jpg?width=320
972Ali ShariatiQ317475Iranian writer, scholar of Islam, and political activist(1933-1977)Writer1933-11-231977-06-19IRNIranIRN85369.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr%20Ali%20Shariati.jpg?width=320
972PerianderQ328793second tyrant of CorinthWriterAncient Greek-700-584Ancient CorinthGRC05368.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Periander%20Pio-Clementino%20Inv276.jpg?width=320
972Shōkō AsaharaQ311669founder of the Japanese new religious group Aum ShinrikyoWriterJapanese1955-03-022018-07-06JPNJapanJPN15368.89
972Mary Higgins ClarkQ231736American author of suspense novels (1927–2020)Writer1927-12-242020-01-31USAUnited StatesUSA05367.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary%20Higgins%20Clark%20at%20the%20Mazza%20Museum.jpg?width=320
972Clifford D. SimakQ294625American writer, journalist (1904–1988)WriterEnglish1904-08-031988-04-25USAUnited StatesUSA15367.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clifford%20Simak%20WS%203112.jpg?width=320
972Ivan CankarQ15809Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist (1876-1918)WriterSlovene1876-05-101918-12-11Cisleithania; Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and SlovenesSVN05367.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ivan%20Cankar%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
972David GrossmanQ160263Israeli author (born 1954)Writer1954-01-25ISRIsraelISR05367.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David%20Grossman%20Biblioth%C3%A8ques%20id%C3%A9ales%20Strasbourg%204%20septembre%202015.jpg?width=320
972Lin YutangQ334086Chinese inventor, novelist and philosopher (1895–1976)WriterChinese1895-10-101976-03-26TWNTaiwanCHN25367.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Linyutang.jpg?width=320
972Else Lasker-SchülerQ58033Jewish German poet (1869–1945)WriterGerman1869-02-111945-01-22statelessness; GermanyDEU05366.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Else%20Lasker-Sch%C3%BCler.jpg?width=320
972Salawat YulayevQ81445Russian Bashkir rebel during Pugachev's Rebellion (1773-1775)WriterBashkir1754-06-161800-10-08Russian EmpireRUS05365.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Salavat%20Yulaev%20Panorama.jpg?width=320
972Siegfried LenzQ76412German author (1926-2014)Writer1926-03-172014-10-07DEUGermanyDEU15365.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv%20B%20145%20Bild-F030757-0015%2C%20Siegfried%20Lenz.jpg?width=320
972Karin BoyeQ237413Swedish poet and novelist (1900–1941)WriterSwedish1900-10-261941-04-24SWESwedenSWE05365.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karin%20Boye%2C%201940s.gif?width=320
972Remy de GourmontQ353876French writer (1858–1915)WriterFrench1858-04-041915-09-27FRAFranceFRA05364.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Remy%20de%20Gourmont%20by%20Albert%20Harlingue.png?width=320
972Henry de MontherlantQ379956French writer (1895–1972)WriterFrench1895-04-201972-09-21FRAFranceFRA05364.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry%20de%20Montherlant%20-%20photo%20Henri%20Manuel.jpg?width=320
972R. L. StineQ333123American novelist (born 1943)Writer1943-10-08USAUnited StatesUSA05364.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RLStine.jpg?width=320
972Jules Amédée Barbey d'AurevillyQ314963French writer (1808-1889)WriterFrench1808-11-021889-04-23FRAFranceFRA45363.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barbey.jpg?width=320
972George MacDonaldQ368519Scottish writer and Christian minister (1824–1905)WriterEnglish1824-12-101905-09-18United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR65363.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20George%20MacDonald.jpg?width=320
972Richard AldingtonQ514998English writer and poet (1892–1962)WriterEnglish1892-07-081962-07-27GBRUnited KingdomGBR15362.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/(Edward%20Godfree)%20Richard%20Aldington%20by%20Howard%20Coster%2010%20x%208%20inch%20film%20negative%2C%201931.jpg?width=320
972Brian AldissQ238702British science fiction writer (1925–2017)Writer1925-08-182017-08-19GBRUnited KingdomGBR25362.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brian%20Aldiss%202005%20(cropped).JPG?width=320
972Kenneth GrahameQ314897British novelistWriterEnglish1859-03-081932-07-06GBRUnited KingdomGBR15362.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KennethGrahame.jpg?width=320
972Robert Green IngersollQ469882American lawyer, orator, and politician (1833-1899)WriterEnglish1833-08-111899-07-21USAUnited StatesUSA05357.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20G.%20Ingersoll%20-%20Brady-Handy.jpg?width=320
972R. K. NarayanQ334252Indian English-language writer (1906–2001)WriterEnglish1906-10-102001-05-13INDIndiaIND195356.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RK%20Narayan%20in%20Mysore.jpg?width=320
972Aaron SorkinQ299194American filmmaker (born 1961)WriterEnglish1961-06-09USAUnited StatesUSA45356.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aaron%20Sorkin%20(27566400913).jpg?width=320
972Ann CoulterQ266611American author, political commentatorWriter1961-12-08USAUnited StatesUSA05350.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ann%20Coulter%20by%20Gage%20Skidmore%203.jpg?width=320
972Aravind AdigaQ296299Indian journalist and authorWriterEnglish; Kannada1974-10-23INDIndiaIND15346.06
1007Phillis WheatleyQ257911first African-American poet (1753–1784)WriterEnglish17531784-12-05USAUnited StatesBEN15273.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Houghton%20AC85.A%E2%84%93245.Zy773w%20-%20Wheatley%2C%20frontispiece%20-%20cropped.jpg?width=320
1007Ágota KristófQ123216Hungarian Swiss writer, poet, novelist and playwright (1935–2011)WriterHungarian; French1935-10-302011-07-27Switzerland; HungaryHUN25273.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Agata%20Kristof%2C%20Szhely%20Kanizsai%20Gimn%C3%A1zium%20Tabl%C3%B3%20(1954).jpg?width=320
1007Denis I of PortugalQ212890King of PortugalWriter1261-10-091325-01-07Kingdom of PortugalPRT05271.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dinis-P.jpg?width=320
1007FaxianQ312978Chinese Buddhist monk (bhikkhu), pilgrim to India, and travelogue author during the Jin and Liu Song dynastiesWriter03400422Liu Song dynasty; Eastern Jin dynastyCHN15270.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fa%20Hsien%20at%20the%20ruins%20of%20Asoka's%20palace.jpg?width=320
1007TatianQ2720872nd century Assyrian Christian writer and theologianWriterSyriac01200173Ancient Rome25270.66
1007Lorenzo Da PonteQ268166Italian opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest (1749–1838)WriterItalian; Venetian1749-03-101838-08-17Republic of VeniceITA05270.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lorenzo%20da%20Ponte.jpg?width=320
1007Charles MaurrasQ3048French author, politician, poet, and critic (1868–1952)WriterFrench; Occitan1868-04-201952-11-16FRAFranceFRA55269.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20Maurras%2C%20photo%20Studio%20Harcourt%2C%201937.jpg?width=320
1007Bernhard SchlinkQ76699German writerWriterGerman1944-07-06DEUGermanyDEU55269.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernhard%20Schlink%2C%202018%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1007Felix SaltenQ163747Austro-Hungarian author and critic in Vienna (1869–1945)WriterGerman1869-09-061945-10-08AUTAustriaHUN25269.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Felix%20Salten%201910.jpg?width=320
1007Danilo KišQ310562Serbian and Yugoslav novelist (1935–1989)Writer1935-02-221989-10-15Kingdom of Yugoslavia; Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaSRB05268.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Danilo%20Ki%C5%A1%202010%20Montenegro%20stamp.jpg?width=320
1007Nizar QabbaniQ382312Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher (1923-1998)Writer1923-03-211998-04-30State of Damascus; Syrian Arab Republic; State of Syria; Second Syrian Republic; United Arab RepublicSYR05268.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nizar%20qabbani%2001.jpg?width=320
1007Johann Kaspar LavaterQ123918Swiss poet (1741-1801)WriterGerman1741-11-151801-01-02CHESwitzerlandCHE05268.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johann%20Kaspar%20Lavater.jpg?width=320
1007PersiusQ332785Roman poet and satirist (AD 34-62)WriterLatin0034-12-020062-11-22Ancient RomeITA15267.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aulus%20Persius%20Flaccus.jpeg?width=320
1007Friedrich Reinhold KreutzwaldQ333900Estonian writer, author of the national epic Kalevipoeg (1803–1882)WriterEstonian; German1803-12-261882-08-25Russian EmpireEST05267.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Friedrich%20Reinhold%20Kreutzwald.jpg?width=320
1007Alain-FournierQ298394French writerWriterFrench1886-10-031914-09-22FRAFranceFRA15267.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alain-Fournier%20in%201905.jpg?width=320
1007Daniil KharmsQ266127Russian writer (1905–1942)WriterRussian1905-12-301942-02-02Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS35266.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daniil%20Kharms%20in%201932.jpg?width=320
1007Inca Garcilaso de la VegaQ334711Spanish chronicler (1539-1616)Writer1539-04-121616-04-23Spanish EmpirePER15266.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Inca%20Garcilaso%201879.jpg?width=320
1007Peter Christen AsbjørnsenQ355485Norwegian forester, writer, children's writer, and collector of fairy tales (1812–1885)Writer1812-01-151885-01-06NORNorwayNOR05266.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Die%20Gartenlaube%20(1881)%20b%20161.jpg?width=320
1007Gottfried BennQ57277German physician, poet, and essayist (1886–1956)WriterGerman1886-05-021956-06-07DEUGermanyDEU25266.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv-Bild-183-1984-1116-500%2C-Gottfried-Benn-Arzt-und-Schriftsteller%20cropped.jpg?width=320
1007Nathalie SarrauteQ297758French lawyer and writer (1900–1999)WriterFrench1900-07-181999-10-19FRAFranceRUS05266.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nathalie%20Sarraute%20-%20portrait%20de%20Fernand%20Michaud%20-%20btv1b103295272.jpg?width=320
1007Natalie Clifford BarneyQ34782American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972)WriterFrench1876-10-311972-02-02USAUnited StatesUSA15266.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barney%2C%20Natalie%20Clifford%20(1876-1972)%20in%201892.jpg?width=320
1007Nora RobertsQ231356American romance writerWriterEnglish1950-10-10USAUnited StatesUSA05266.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NoraRoberts.jpg?width=320
1007Cees NooteboomQ158394Dutch writer (1933–2026)WriterDutch1933-07-312026-02-11NLDKingdom of the NetherlandsNLD05265.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cees%20Nooteboom%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1007William StyronQ245257American novelist and essayist (1925–2006)WriterEnglish1925-06-112006-11-01USAUnited StatesUSA25265.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Styron%2C%20author%2C%20cropped%20(2).jpg?width=320
1007José de EsproncedaQ209077Spanish poet (1808-1842)WriterSpanish1808-03-251842-05-23ESPSpainESP05265.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jos%C3%A9%20de%20Espronceda%20(detalle).jpg?width=320
1007Naim FrashëriQ47007Albanian poet, writer and activist (1846–1900)WriterAlbanian; Greek; Turkish1846-05-251900-10-20Ottoman EmpireALB05265.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Naim%20Frash%C3%ABri%20(i%20ri).jpg?width=320
1007Martin GardnerQ677706American mathematics and science writer (1914–2010)WriterEnglish1914-10-212010-05-22USAUnited StatesUSA75265.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Author%20Martin%20Gardner%20at%20a%20CSICOP%20Executive%20Council%20Meeting%20in%201979.jpg?width=320
1007Hovhannes TumanyanQ380797Armenian writer and public activist (1869–1923)WriterArmenian; Russian1869-02-191923-03-23Soviet Union; Russian EmpireARM55264.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tumanyan%20(2).jpg?width=320
1007Théodore de BanvilleQ312630French writer (1823-1891)WriterFrench1823-03-141891-03-13FRAFranceFRA05264.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/F%C3%A9lix%20Nadar%201820-1910%20Portrait%20de%20Th%C3%A9odore%20de%20Banville.jpg?width=320
1007Vicki BaumQ93444Austrian writer (1888–1960)Writer1888-01-241960-08-29Austria; United StatesAUT05264.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vicki%20Baum.jpg?width=320
1007Giuseppe UngarettiQ311802Italian poet, writer and university teacherWriterItalian; French1888-02-081970-06-01ITAItalyEGY05264.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Giuseppe%20Ungaretti%20(basco).jpg?width=320
1007Konstantin PaustovskyQ368812Russian writer (1892–1968)WriterRussian1892-05-311968-07-14Soviet Union; Russian Republic; Russian Empire; Ukrainian People's Republic; Ukrainian State; Ukrainian Soviet Socialist RepublicRUS05264.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paustovsky.jpg?width=320
1007Akiko YosanoQ464104Japanese tanka poet (1878–1942)WriterJapanese1878-12-071942-05-29JPNJapanJPN35264.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Akiko%20Yosano.jpg?width=320
1007Eduard MörikeQ63699German poet (1804–1875)WriterGerman1804-09-081875-06-04Kingdom of WürttembergDEU25263.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eduard%20M%C3%B6rike.jpg?width=320
1007Julian TuwimQ376278Polish poet (1894–1953)WriterPolish1894-09-131953-12-27POLPolandPOL05262.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Julian%20Tuwim.jpg?width=320
1007Clive BarkerQ298761English author, film director, and visual artist (born 1952) (74 years)Writer1952-10-05GBRUnited KingdomGBR25262.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CliveBarker%20(cropped2).jpg?width=320
1007János AranyQ316556Hungarian poet, journalist, writer and translator (1817–1882)WriterHungarian1817-03-021882-10-22HUNHungaryROU15262.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barabas-arany.jpg?width=320
1007Andrei VoznesenskyQ236619Soviet poet (1933–2010)WriterRussian1933-05-122010-06-01RUSRussiaRUS05262.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrey%20Voznesenskiy.jpg?width=320
1007Mary Baker EddyQ235069American founder of Christian Science (1821–1910)WriterEnglish1821-07-161910-12-03USAUnited StatesUSA05262.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary%20Baker%20Eddy.jpg?width=320
1007Irvine WelshQ178403Scottish writerWriterEnglish1958-09-27GBRUnited KingdomGBR25261.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irvine%20Welsh%202024%20i109.jpg?width=320
1007Shakuntala DeviQ3181898Indian writer and mental calculator (1929-2013)Writer1929-11-042013-04-21INDIndiaIND05260.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/19681016%E7%8B%84%E5%A8%81.jpg?width=320
1007Richard WrightQ319820American novelist and poet (1908–1960)WriterEnglish1908-09-041960-11-28USAUnited StatesUSA45260.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Wright.jpg?width=320
1007Samuel SmilesQ1195422Scottish writer and journalist (1812-1904)WriterEnglish1812-12-231904-04-16United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR05260.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel%20Smiles%20by%20Sir%20George%20Reid.jpg?width=320
1007Maria EdgeworthQ237575Irish writer (1768-1849)WriterEnglish1768-01-011849-05-22United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR255259.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maria%20Edgeworth%20by%20John%20Downman%201807.jpg?width=320
1007Rupi KaurQ19662918Canadian poetWriter1992-10-04CANCanadaIND25246.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rupi%20Kaur%20by%20Baljit%20Singh.jpg?width=320
1052Elena FerranteQ368127pseudonymous Italian writerWriterItalian1943-04-05ITAItalyITA115174.21
1052Ulrich von HuttenQ77107German scholar, poet and reformer (1488-1523)WriterGerman1488-04-301523-09-08Holy Roman EmpireDEU05171.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hutten.jpg?width=320
1052Eugène SueQ315220French writer (1804-1857)WriterFrench1804-01-261857-08-03FRAFranceFRA15170.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GabrielLepaulleEugeneSue.JPG?width=320
1052ColumellaQ318317Roman writer on agricultureWriterLatin00040070Ancient RomeESP05170.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lucius%20Junius%20Moderatus%20Columella.jpg?width=320
1052Robert BurtonQ259132English scholar (1577–1640)WriterEnglish1577-02-181640-01-25GBRUnited KingdomGBR15170.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Burton%20by%20Gilbert%20Jackson.jpg?width=320
1052Valerius MaximusQ379991early 1st century AD Roman professional rhetorician, historian and authorWriterLatin-1000100Ancient RomeITA15169.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Val%C3%A8re%20Maxime%20%3B%20La%20Chronique%20de%20Nuremberg%20%3B%20p.%20259%20-%20f.%2093.jpg?width=320
1052Julius FučíkQ142059Czech journalist and revolutionary (1903–1943)WriterCzech1903-02-231943-09-08Cisleithania; CzechoslovakiaCZE15169.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Julius%20Fu%C4%8D%C3%ADk%202.gif?width=320
1052Elsa MoranteQ275979Italian novelist (1912–1985)WriterItalian1912-08-181985-11-25ITAItalyITA15169.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elsa%20morante%20gatti.jpg?width=320
1052Kobayashi IssaQ312709Japanese writer (1763-1828)Writer1763-06-151828-01-05JPNJapanJPN25169.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kobayashi%20Issa-Portrait.jpg?width=320
1052Aaron NimzovichQ295114Latvian-born Danish chess player and theoretician (1886-1935)Writer1886-11-071935-03-16Kingdom of DenmarkLVA05168.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aron%20Nimzowitsch.jpg?width=320
1052Ľudovít ŠtúrQ315222Slovak poet, philosopher, linguist, publicist, politician and writer (1815–1856)Writer1815-10-281856-01-12Austrian EmpireSVK15168.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ludovit%20Stur.jpg?width=320
1052Aimé CésaireQ223955Martinican writer, poet and politician (1913–2008)WriterFrench1913-06-262008-04-17FRAFranceMTQ05168.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aime%20Cesaire%202003.jpg?width=320
1052Viktor ShklovskyQ312467Soviet Jewish writerWriterRussian1893-01-241984-12-05Soviet Union; Russian Empire; Russian Socialist Federative Soviet RepublicRUS15168.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Viktor%20Shklovsky.jpg?width=320
1052Henri TroyatQ193674French Armenian writerWriterFrench1911-11-012007-03-03FRAFranceRUS15168.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Troyat%20Harcourt%201943.jpg?width=320
1052Lyudmila UlitskayaQ266661Russian writerWriterRussian1943-02-21RUSRussiaRUS85168.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lyudmila%20Ulitskaya%202023%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1052Lafcadio HearnQ313638Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)WriterEnglish; Japanese; French1850-06-271904-09-26British EmpireGRC05167.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Lafcadio%20Hearn.jpg?width=320
1052Hans Magnus EnzensbergerQ44584German writer and editor (1929–2022)Writer1929-11-112022-11-24DEUGermanyDEU35166.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hans%20Magnus%20Enzensberger.JPG?width=320
1052Thomas Mayne ReidQ1405996American writer (1818–1883)WriterEnglish1818-04-041883-10-22USAUnited StatesMEX35166.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Thomas%20Mayne%20Reid%2C%20circa%201850%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1052Jan KochanowskiQ59737Polish Renaissance poet (1530–1584)WriterLatin; Polish15301584-08-22Crown of the Kingdom of Poland; Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthPOL115166.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan%20Kochanowski.png?width=320
1052Harry HarrisonQ489193American science fiction author (1925–2012)Writer1924-03-122012-08-15USAUnited StatesUSA15165.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harry%20Harrison%202005.jpg?width=320
1052James PattersonQ311671American authorWriterEnglish1947-03-22USAUnited StatesUSA25165.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Patterson%20at%20the%20Library%20of%20Congress%20National%20Book%20Festival%20on%20August%2024%2C%202024%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1052Louise LabéQ237098French poet of the Renaissance, born in Lyon (1524–1566)WriterFrench15241566-05-05FRAFranceFRA05165.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre%20Woeiriot02.jpg?width=320
1052Poul AndersonQ220883American science fiction writer (1926–2001)WriterEnglish1926-11-252001-07-31USAUnited StatesUSA25165.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Poul%20anderson.jpg?width=320
1052Karen ArmstrongQ256548author and comparative religion scholar from Great BritainWriterEnglish1944-11-14GBRUnited KingdomGBR05164.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karen%20Armstrong.jpg?width=320
1052Mór JókaiQ379621Hungarian writer (1825–1904)WriterHungarian1825-02-181904-05-05HUNHungaryHUN15164.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/M%C3%B3r%20J%C3%B3kai.jpg?width=320
1052Marie UnderQ154410Estonian poet (1883-1980)Writer1883-03-271980-09-25Sweden; EstoniaEST05164.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marie%20Under%20circa%201903%20by%20Max%20Meixner%20of%20Reval%20(Tallinn).jpg?width=320
1052Alexander GrinQ213997Russian writer (1880–1932)WriterRussian1880-08-231932-07-08Soviet Union; Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic; Russian EmpireRUS05163.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%20%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD.jpg?width=320
1052Eduard UspenskyQ18066Russian writer (1937–2018)WriterRussian1937-12-222018-08-14RUSRussiaRUS05163.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eduard%20Uspensky%202.jpg?width=320
1052Harold BloomQ345612American literary critic, scholar, and writer (1930–2019)WriterEnglish; American English1930-07-112019-10-14USAUnited StatesUSA05162.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harold%20Bloom%2C%20literary%20critic%2C%20author%2C%20teacher%20at%20Yale.jpg?width=320
1052Sergei DovlatovQ141114Soviet writer (1941–1990)WriterRussian1941-09-031990-08-24USAUnited StatesRUS05162.53
1052Tobias SmollettQ356283Scottish writer and surgeon (1721–1771)WriterEnglish1721-03-191771-09-17Kingdom of Great BritainGBR05162.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tobias%20Smollett%20c%201770.jpg?width=320
1052Ben ShapiroQ4886439American conservative political commentatorWriter1984-01-15USAUnited StatesUSA85162.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben%20Shapiro%20December%202025%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1052Annie ProulxQ229840American novelist, short story and non-fiction author (b. 1935)WriterEnglish1935-08-22USAUnited StatesUSA05162.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2018-us-nationalbookfestival-annie-proulx.jpg?width=320
1052Michael OndaatjeQ313593Canadian novelist and poet (born 1943)Writer1943-09-12CANCanadaLKA35161.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael%20Ondaatje%20at%20Tulane%202010.jpg?width=320
1052Hilaire BellocQ333106French-English writer (1870–1953)WriterEnglish1870-07-271953-07-16United Kingdom; FranceFRA05160.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hilaire%20Belloc%20(side%20view%2C%201910).jpg?width=320
1052Angela CarterQ234519English novelist (1940–1992)Writer1940-05-071992-02-16GBRUnited KingdomGBR15160.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Angela%20Carter%201940-1992%20Writer%20lived%20here%20from%201976.jpg?width=320
1052Maurice SendakQ314771American illustrator and writer of children's books (1928-2012)Writer1928-06-102012-05-08USAUnited StatesUSA25159.38
1052Octavia E. ButlerQ239739American science fiction writer (1947-2006)WriterEnglish1947-06-222006-02-24USAUnited StatesUSA45158.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Butler%20signing%20portrait.jpg?width=320
1052Ralph EllisonQ299965American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1914-1994)Writer1914-03-011994-04-16USAUnited StatesUSA45157.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ralph%20Ellison%20photo%20portrait%20seated.jpg?width=320
1052Ruth Prawer JhabvalaQ235759German-born British-American author (1927-2013)WriterEnglish1927-05-072013-04-03United Kingdom; United StatesDEU05157.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruth%20Prawer%20Jhabvala%201987.jpg?width=320
1052Elvira LindoQ237058Spanish writerWriter1962-01-23ESPSpainESP05153.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elvira%20Lindo%20en%20Sant%20Jordi%202023%20(Barcelona).jpg?width=320
1052Kseniya SobchakQ287099Russian television personality and politicianWriter1981-11-05Israel; RussiaRUS35150.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ksenia%20Sobchak%202017.jpg?width=320
1052Cory DoctorowQ110436Canadian-British-American blogger, journalist, and science fiction authorWriterEnglish1971-07-17United States; Canada; United KingdomCAN55149.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cory%20Doctorow%20by%20Gage%20Skidmore.jpg?width=320
1095Nicolas FlamelQ213330French scrivenerWriterFrench13351418-03-31FRAFranceFRA05079.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicolas%20Flamel%20Histoire%20critique.jpg?width=320
1095AelianQ313782Roman author and teacher (c.175–c.235)WriterAncient Greek02000235Ancient Rome25075.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claudius%20Aelianus.%20De%20variae%20historiae.%201610..jpg?width=320
1095LysiasQ310164Athenian orator (c. 445 – c. 380 BC)WriterAncient Greek-444-379GRC05072.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lisia%2C%20replica%20del%20I%20sec%20da%20orig.%20greco%20del%20IV%20sec.%20ac.%2C%206130.JPG?width=320
1095Robert WalserQ123075Swiss writer (1878–1956)Writer1878-04-151956-12-25CHESwitzerlandCHE55072.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Walser%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1095KumārajīvaQ335293Kuchan Buddhist monk and translator (344-413)Writer03440413Later Qin; Eastern Jin dynastyCHN05071.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kumarajiva%20at%20Kizil%20Caves%2C%20Kuqa%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1095Maurice DenisQ440369French painter (1870–1943)WriterFrench1870-11-251943-11-13FRAFranceFRA35070.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maurice%20Denis%20-%20photo%20Henri%20Manuel.jpg?width=320
1095Nikolaj Frederik Severin GrundtvigQ331893Danish Lutheran pastor, theologian, hymn-writer and educator (1783-1872)Writer1783-09-081872-09-02Kingdom of DenmarkDNK15069.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/N-f-s-grundtvig-portr%C3%A6t.jpg?width=320
1095Alain-René LesageQ267962French writer (1668–1747)WriterFrench1668-05-061747-11-17FRAFranceFRA45069.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alain-Ren%C3%A9%20Lesage.png?width=320
1095Hans Jakob Christoffel von GrimmelshausenQ31220German writerWriterGerman1622-061676-08-17Holy Roman EmpireDEU15069.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hans%20Jakob%20Christoffel%20von%20Grimmelshausen.jpeg?width=320
1095Appius Claudius CaecusQ297783Roman statesman and writer (fl. c. 312–279 BC)WriterLatin-340-273Ancient Rome05068.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Appio%20Claudio%20Cieco%20in%20Senato.jpg?width=320
1095Hans FalladaQ76539German writer (1893–1947)WriterGerman1893-07-211947-02-05DEUGermanyDEU05068.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hans%20Fallada.jpg?width=320
1095David IrvingQ158629British author and Holocaust denier (born 1938)WriterEnglish1938-03-24GBRUnited KingdomGBR05068.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David%20Irving%201.jpg?width=320
1095Zelda FitzgeraldQ187324American writer (1900–1948)WriterAmerican English1900-07-241948-03-10USAUnited StatesUSA05068.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zelda%20Fitzgerald%20(1923%20Portrait)%20Retouched.jpg?width=320
1095Taha HusseinQ328765Egyptian writer and literary critic (1889–1973)WriterOttoman Turkish1889-11-141973-10-28EGYEgyptEGY25068.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TahaHussein.jpg?width=320
1095Ghassan KanafaniQ369696Palestinian writer (1936–1972)Writer1936-04-091972-07-08Mandatory PalestineISR35068.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ghassan%20Kanafani.jpg?width=320
1095Branislav NušićQ315136Serbian writerWriter1864-10-201938-01-19Kingdom of Serbia; Kingdom of Yugoslavia; Principality of SerbiaSRB05068.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Branislav%20Nu%C5%A1i%C4%87%20(1904%2C%20cropped).jpg?width=320
1095Wilbur SmithQ357970South African novelist (1933–2021)WriterEnglish1933-01-092021-11-13United Kingdom; South Africa; ZambiaZMB05068.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilbur%20Smith%20in%20Sydney.jpg?width=320
1095Aziz NesinQ327261Turkish writer (1915–1995)Writer1915-12-211995-07-06TURTurkeyTUR25068.18
1095Alexandra David-NéelQ230456French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, Taoist, anarchist and writerWriterFrench1868-10-241969-09-08FRAFranceFRA25067.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexandra%20David-N%C3%A9el%2C%20also%20know%20as%20Louise%20Eugenie%20Alexandrine%20Marie%20David%2019th%20century%20(cropped).gif?width=320
1095Alexander KiellandQ318358Norwegian writerWriter1849-02-181906-04-06NORNorwayNOR05067.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander%20Kielland%20by%20Emil%20Hohlenberg%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1095Diana Wynne JonesQ236829English children's fantasy writer (1934–2011)WriterEnglish1934-08-162011-03-26GBRUnited KingdomGBR05067.38
1095Monique WittigQ263201French writer (1935-2003)WriterFrench; English1935-07-132003-01-03FRAFranceFRA45067https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Monique%20Wittig%20(ph.%20Colette%20Geoffrey)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1095Blaise CendrarsQ123080Swiss writer (1887-1961)WriterFrench1887-09-011961-01-21Switzerland; FranceCHE05066.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cendrars%20%C5%A0tyrsk%C3%BD.jpg?width=320
1095Charles Ferdinand RamuzQ123635Swiss writer (1878-1947)WriterFrench1878-09-241947-05-23CHESwitzerlandCHE25066.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CHF200%208%20front%20extract.jpg?width=320
1095Hristo BotevQ347118Bulgarian poet, journalist and revolutionary (1847–1876)Writer1848-01-061876-06-01Ottoman EmpireBGR15066.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BASA-1271K-1-161-2-Hristo%20Botev%2C%201875.JPG?width=320
1095Lao SheQ315167Chinese writer, novelist and playwright (1899-1966)WriterChinese1899-02-031966-08-24CHNPeople's Republic of ChinaCHN35066.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LaoShe.jpg?width=320
1095Nikolaus LenauQ84280Austrian poet (1802-1850)WriterGerman1802-08-131850-08-22Austrian EmpireHUN05066.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nikolaus%20Lenau%20(Friedrich%20Amerling).jpg?width=320
1095Anna de NoaillesQ6050Romanian-French writer (1876-1933)WriterFrench1876-11-151933-04-30FRAFranceFRA05065.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Noailles%20b%20Meurisse%201922.jpg?width=320
1095Fredric JamesonQ347362American academic and literary critic (1934–2024)WriterEnglish1934-04-142024-09-22USAUnited StatesUSA15065.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fredric%20Jameson%20no%20Fronteiras%20Porto%20Alegre%20(5765587378)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1095Henri de RégnierQ561510French poet (1864-1936)WriterFrench1864-12-281936-05-23FRAFranceFRA05065.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henri%20de%20R%C3%A9gnier-1917.jpg?width=320
1095Eliza OrzeszkowaQ240174Polish writerWriterPolish1841-06-061910-05-18POLPolandBLR15064.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Orzeszkowa.%20od%201905%20(75708992)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1095Anne SextonQ270728American poet (1928–1974)WriterEnglish1928-11-091974-10-04USAUnited StatesUSA15064.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anne%20Sexton%2C%20Boston%20University.jpg?width=320
1095Éric-Emmanuel SchmittQ287828French-Belgian writerWriterFrench1960-03-28France; BelgiumFRA65063.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eric-Emmanuel%20Schmitt%202013.jpg?width=320
1095Tom WolfeQ216195American author and journalist (1930–2018)WriterEnglish1930-03-022018-05-14USAUnited StatesUSA65063.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wolfe%20at%20White%20House.jpg?width=320
1095Christopher IsherwoodQ310111British-American novelist (1904-1986)WriterEnglish1904-08-261986-01-04United States; United KingdomGBR15062.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christopher%20Isherwood%20en%20route%20to%20China%2C%201938.%20(7893554712)%20(cropped1).jpg?width=320
1095Kate MillettQ292268American writer, educator, artist, and activist (1934–2017)WriterEnglish1934-09-142017-09-06USAUnited StatesUSA25062.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kate%20millet%201.jpg?width=320
1095SakiQ311526British writerWriterEnglish1870-12-181916-11-13United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandMMR05062.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hector%20Hugh%20Munro.jpg?width=320
1095Harlan EllisonQ311253American writer (1934–2018)Writer1934-05-272018-06-28USAUnited StatesUSA85062.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harlan%20Ellison%20at%20the%20LA%20Press%20Club%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1095William CaxtonQ94608English merchant and printer (c. 1422–c. 1491)WriterMiddle English14221492-03Kingdom of EnglandGBR185062.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20caxton.jpg?width=320
1095Djuna BarnesQ234721American Modernist writer, poet and artist (1892-1982)WriterEnglish1892-06-121982-06-18USAUnited StatesUSA35062.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Djunabarnes.jpg?width=320
1095Patrick PearseQ274143Irish revolutionary, shot by the British Army in 1916WriterIrish; English1879-11-101916-05-03United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandIRL05061.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Patrick%20Pearse%20cph.3b15294.jpg?width=320
1095William CongreveQ366805British writer (1670-1729)WriterEnglish1670-01-241729-01-19Kingdom of Great BritainGBR05059.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Congreve%20by%20Sir%20Godfrey%20Kneller%2C%20Bt.jpg?width=320
1095John OsborneQ313841English playwright (1929-1994)Writer1929-12-121994-12-24GBRUnited KingdomGBR25059.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Osborne%20by%20Reginald%20Gray.jpg?width=320
1095James A. MichenerQ361653American author (1907-1997)WriterEnglish1907-02-031997-10-16USAUnited StatesUSA15058.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Albert%20Michener%20%C2%B7%20DN-SC-92-05368.JPEG?width=320
1095Jeton KelmendiQ337614Kosovar writerWriter1978-11-27XKSKosovoRKS05058.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prof%20dr%20jeton%20kelmendi.jpg?width=320
1095Bret Easton EllisQ241583American novelist, screenwriterWriter1964-03-07USAUnited StatesUSA25058.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bret%20Easton%20Ellis.jpg?width=320
1095Oksana ZabuzhkoQ257132Ukrainian writerWriter1960-09-19UKRUkraineUKR05058.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oksana%20Zabuzhko%20at%20Berlinale%202024.jpg?width=320
1095Lucía EtxebarriaQ236993Spanish writerWriterSpanish1966-12-07ESPSpainESP05053.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luc%C3%ADa%20Etxebarr%C3%ADa%20-%20Sant%20Jordi%202017-Barcelona%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1095Fareed ZakariaQ333425Indian-American journalist and authorWriter1964-01-20USAUnited StatesIND05052.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fareed%20Zakaria%20World%20Economic%20Forum%202013.jpg?width=320
1095Amy TanQ234989American novelistWriterEnglish1952-02-19USAUnited StatesUSA25052.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amy%20Tan.jpg?width=320
1095Sally RooneyQ54861296Irish authorWriterEnglish1991-02-20IRLIrelandIRL45050.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sally%20Rooney.png?width=320
1146Aulus Cornelius CelsusQ312420Roman physician and writerWriterLatin-240050Ancient Rome14974.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret%20van%20Aulus%20Cornelius%20Celsus%2C%20RP-P-1908-2809.jpg?width=320
1146EinhardQ154526Frankish scholar and courtier (c. 775 – 840)Writermedieval Latin07740840-03-18DEU24973.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Einhard.jpg?width=320
1146Traudl JungeQ57214secretary to Adolf Hitler (1920-2002)Writer1920-03-162002-02-10DEUGermanyDEU14972.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Traudl%20Junge%20-%20portrait.jpg?width=320
1146Henry IV of CastileQ310918King of CastileWriter1425-01-141474-12-20Crown of CastileESP04972.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ENRIQUEIV.jpeg?width=320
1146Dimitrie CantemirQ159933Prince of MoldaviaWriterFrench1673-10-261723-09-01Principality of Moldavia; Russian EmpireROU04971.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dimitrie%20Cantemir%20-%20Portrait%20from%20Descriptio%20Moldaviae%2C%201716%20(crop).jpg?width=320
1146Maria Leopoldina of AustriaQ84239Queen consort of Portugal and Empress consort of Brazil (1797–1826)Writer1797-01-221826-12-11BRABrazilAUT04971.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maria%20Leopoldina%201815.jpg?width=320
1146Leo AfricanusQ332790an Andalusi diplomat and author who is best known for his 1526 book Cosmographia et geographia de Affrica, later published by Giovanni Battista Ramusio as Descrittione dell'Africa in 1550, centered on the geography of the Maghreb and Nile ValleyWriter14941554ESP14970.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sebastiano%20del%20Piombo%20Portrait%20of%20a%20Humanist.jpg?width=320
1146Ferenc MolnárQ296809Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)WriterHungarian1878-01-121952-04-01HUNHungaryHUN14970.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ferenc%20Moln%C3%A1r%201941.jpg?width=320
1146Judah HaleviQ299200Spanish-Jewish philosopher, poet and physician (c.1075–1141)Writer10751141ESP14970.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94%D7%9C%20%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1146Jens Peter JacobsenQ370246Danish novelist, poet, scientist (1847-1885)Writer1847-04-071885-04-30Kingdom of DenmarkDNK04969https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JP%20Jacobsen.jpg?width=320
1146Christopher TolkienQ82032literary scholar, writer, and editor (1924–2020)WriterEnglish1924-11-212020-01-16France; United KingdomGBR04968.62
1146Julien GreenQ334952American author (1900–1998)WriterEnglish; French1900-09-061998-08-13USAUnited StatesFRA74968.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Julian%20Green%20(1900-1998)%2C%20portrait%20by%20Carl%20van%20Vechten.jpg?width=320
1146Dalton TrumboQ350666American screenwriter (1905–1976)WriterEnglish1905-12-091976-09-10USAUnited StatesUSA04968.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1947%20Dalton%20Trumbo%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1146Edith SödergranQ466595Finland Swedish poet and writer (1892–1923)Writer1892-04-041923-06-24FINFinlandRUS04967.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edith%20S%C3%B6dergran%20with%20a%20bird%20hat.jpg?width=320
1146Pierre LouÿsQ334958French writer and poet (1870–1925)WriterFrench1870-12-101925-06-04FRAFranceBEL14967.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre%20Lou%C3%BFs%2C%20portrait.jpg?width=320
1146Jorge SemprúnQ157004Spanish-French writer (1923-2011)WriterFrench; Spanish1923-12-102011-06-07Spain; FranceESP14967.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jorge%20Semprun%202009.jpg?width=320
1146Adolfo Bioy CasaresQ298035Argentine novelist (1914-1999)WriterSpanish1967-06-071999-03-08ARGArgentinaARG14966.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adolfo%20bioy%20retrato.jpg?width=320
1146Peter AltenbergQ44972Austrian writer and poet (1859–1919)WriterGerman1859-03-091919-01-06AUTAustriaAUT04966.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scolik%20-%20Peter%20Altenberg.jpg?width=320
1146Erskine CaldwellQ310464American novelist, short story writer, travel writer, essayist (1903–1987)WriterEnglish1903-12-171987-04-11USAUnited StatesUSA24965.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erskine%20Caldwell%201975.jpg?width=320
1146John BergerQ382604British painter, writer and art critic (1926-2017)WriterEnglish1926-11-052017-01-02France; United KingdomGBR04965.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Berger-2009%20(6).jpg?width=320
1146Liu CixinQ607588Chinese science fiction writerWriterPutonghua1963-06-23CHNPeople's Republic of ChinaCHN74965.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Geek%20Bar%20Tor%20authors%20event%20-%20Cixin%20Liu%20(18397919319).jpg?width=320
1146Maryse CondéQ464371Author from GuadeloupeWriter1934-02-112024-04-02FRAFranceGLP34965.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MaryseConde2006.jpg?width=320
1146Ruth RendellQ232260British writer (1930-2015)WriterEnglish1930-02-172015-05-02GBRUnited KingdomGBR14965.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruth%20Rendell%2C%20English%20author%2C%20NY.jpg?width=320
1146François de MalherbeQ358574French poet, critic, and translator (1555–1628)WriterFrench15551628-10-16FRAFranceFRA14965.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Fran%C3%A7ois%20de%20Malherbe%20by%20Robert%20Lef%C3%A8vre.jpg?width=320
1146Mary Wortley MontaguQ235121noblewoman; writer and poet from England, editor (1689-1762)WriterEnglish1689-05-151762-08-21Kingdom of Great Britain; Kingdom of EnglandGBR04965.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary%20Wortley%20Montagu%20by%20Charles%20Jervas%2C%20after%201716.jpg?width=320
1146August Heinrich Hoffmann von FallerslebenQ76938German scholar and poet (1798–1874)WriterGerman1798-04-021874-01-19Kingdom of PrussiaDEU04965.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hoffmann%20von%20Fallersleben%2C%20Carte-de-visite%20von%20W.%20Halffter%2C%20Berlin%2C%20Bild-%20und%20R%C3%BCckseite%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1146Attila JózsefQ313359Hungarian poet (1905–1937)WriterHungarian1905-04-111937-12-03HUNHungaryHUN04964.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Homonnai%20J%C3%B3zsef%20Attila.jpg?width=320
1146Stanisław Ignacy WitkiewiczQ381238Polish artist, dramatist and novelist (1885–1939)WriterPolish1885-02-241939-09-18Second Polish RepublicPOL14964.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stanislaw%20Ignacy%20Witkiewicz%20(Napoleon)%20-%20Tadeusz%20Langier.jpg?width=320
1146Shūsaku EndōQ316217author from Japan (1923–1996)WriterJapanese1923-03-271996-09-29JPNJapanJPN14964.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shusaku-Endo-1.jpg?width=320
1146Slavenka DrakulićQ134898Croatian journalist and novelist (1949–2026)Writer1949-07-042026-06-20HRVCroatiaHRV04963.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Slavenka%20Drakuli%C4%87%20(2016).jpg?width=320
1146Dmitry MerezhkovskyQ326459Russian novelist, poet, religious thinker, and literary critic (1865–1941)WriterRussian1865-08-141941-12-09Russian EmpireRUS04963.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Merezhkovskiy%20in%20NNovgorod.jpg?width=320
1146Rómulo GallegosQ311401Venezuelan politician and writer (1884–1969)Writer1884-08-021969-04-07VENVenezuelaVEN04963.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/R%C3%B3mulo%20Gallegos.jpg?width=320
1146John BanvilleQ313077Irish writer (born 1945)Writer1945-12-08IRLIrelandIRL74963.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Banville%20(2019)%20III.jpg?width=320
1146Nicanor ParraQ360832Chilean writer, poet, mathematician, and physicist (1914-2018)WriterSpanish1914-09-052018-01-23CHLChileCHL04963.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicanor%20Parra%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1146Éric ZemmourQ288477French politician and writerWriter1958-08-31FRAFranceFRA14963.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20d'%C3%89ric%20Zemmour%2C%20avril%202022.jpg?width=320
1146Alexander BelyayevQ497925Soviet writer (1884–1942)WriterRussian1884-03-161942-01-06Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS44962.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander%20Belayev.jpg?width=320
1146Thomas MertonQ335011priest and author (1915–1968)Writer1915-01-151968-12-10USAUnited StatesFRA04962.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Merton%20Trappist.gif?width=320
1146Anne ApplebaumQ233479American journalist and historian (born 1964)Writer1964-07-25USAUnited StatesUSA24962.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MS241015%20304%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1146Richard AdamsQ313289English novelist best known as the author of Watership DownWriterEnglish1920-05-102016-12-24GBRUnited KingdomGBR14962.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Adams%2020081116.jpg?width=320
1146Wilhelm RaabeQ60647German novelist (1831-1910)WriterGerman1831-09-081910-11-15Duchy of BrunswickDEU04962.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilhelm%20Raabe.jpg?width=320
1146James BoswellQ335060Scottish lawyer, diarist and author (1740–1795)WriterEnglish1740-10-291795-05-19Kingdom of Great BritainGBR14962https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Boswell%20of%20Auchinleck.jpg?width=320
1146Alex HaleyQ296069American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist (1921–1992)WriterEnglish1921-08-111992-02-10United States; MaliUSA24961.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alex%20Haley%20speaker%20at%20University%20of%20Texas%20at%20Arlington's%20Texas%20Hall%20(10011730).jpg?width=320
1146Sophie KinsellaQ235014British writer (1969–2025)WriterEnglish1969-12-122025-12-10GBRUnited KingdomGBR64961.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sophie%20Kinsella.jpg?width=320
1146Noor Inayat KhanQ464957WW2 SOE British agent (1914–1944)Writer1914-01-011944-09-13GBRUnited KingdomRUS14961.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Noor%20Inayat%20Khan.jpeg?width=320
1146Viktor DykQ109067Czech poet, prose writer, playwright, politician and political writer (1877-1931)Writer1877-12-311931-05-14Cisleithania; CzechoslovakiaCZE04960.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Viktor%20Dyk%20(Langhans%2C%201927).jpg?width=320
1146Jonathan FranzenQ316607American writerWriterEnglish1959-08-17USAUnited StatesUSA24960.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jonathan%20Franzen%202011%20Shankbone%202.JPG?width=320
1146Robert Penn WarrenQ312720American poet, novelist, and literary critic (1905-1989)WriterEnglish1905-04-241989-09-15USAUnited StatesUSA54959.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Penn%20Warren.jpg?width=320
1146Charles KingsleyQ353238British clergyman, historian and novelist (1819–1875)WriterEnglish1819-06-121875-01-23United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR04959.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20Kingsley.%20Photograph%20by%20Charles%20Watkins.%20Wellcome%20V0026646.jpg?width=320
1146Seán O'CaseyQ315170Irish writer (1880–1964)WriterEnglish1880-03-301964-09-18IRLIrelandIRL34958.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sean%20ocasey%201924.jpg?width=320
1146Bret HarteQ301983American writer and poet (1836–1902)WriterEnglish1836-08-251902-05-05USAUnited StatesUSA54957.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bret%20Harte%20by%20Napoleon%20Sarony.jpg?width=320
1146Ida B. WellsQ289428American journalist and civil rights activist (1862–1931)WriterEnglish1862-07-161931-03-25USAUnited StatesUSA04957.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary%20Garrity%20-%20Ida%20B.%20Wells-Barnett%20-%20Google%20Art%20Project%20-%20restoration%20crop.jpg?width=320
1146Roberto SavianoQ25163Italian journalist and writer (born 1979)Writer1979-09-22ITAItalyITA34957.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MJK%2038800%20Roberto%20Saviano%20(Berlinale%202019).jpg?width=320
1146Brendan BehanQ313063Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright (1923-1964)WriterIrish1923-02-091964-03-20IRLIrelandIRL34956.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brendan%20Behan%20and%20Jackie%20Gleason%20NYWTS.jpg?width=320
1146Anita DesaiQ268495Indian novelist, University professor (born 1937)WriterEnglish1937-06-24INDIndiaIND14953.25
1200Dimitrios VikelasQ297024Greek businessman and writer; president of the International Olympic Committee (1835-1908)Writer1835-02-271908-07-20GRCGreeceGRC04873.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Demetrius%20Vikelas.jpg?width=320
1200Sayat-NovaQ366289Armenian musician and poet (1712–1795)WriterArmenian; Georgian; Azerbaijani1712-06-141795-09-22Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti; Kingdom of KartliGEO04871.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rus%20Stamp%20Sayat%20Nova.jpg?width=320
1200TyrtaeusQ316094Greek lyric poetWriterAncient Greek-700-700SpartaGRC04870.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Moreau%20-%20Tyrt%C3%A9e%2C%20cat.96.jpg?width=320
1200Jean FroissartQ315000French writerWriterMiddle French13371410Kingdom of FranceFRA234870.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Froissart%20cour%20Napoleon%20Louvre.jpg?width=320
1200Arto PaasilinnaQ211542Finnish poet, novelist, screenwriter, and jourrnalist (1942–2018)WriterFinnish1942-04-202018-10-15FINFinlandFIN54870https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paasilinna%2020071130.jpg?width=320
1200Guido CavalcantiQ316876Italian poet (1258-1300)Writermedieval Italian12581300-09-06Republic of FlorenceITA04868.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blois%20-%20tableau%20Guido%20Cavalcanti.jpg?width=320
1200Kang YouweiQ360135Chinese politician and scholar (1858-1927)WriterClassical Chinese1858-03-191927-03-31Republic of China; Qing dynastyCHN04868.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kang-youwei2-large.jpg?width=320
1200Ján KollárQ220550Slovak author writing in Czech (1793–1852)WriterCzech1793-07-291852-01-24Austrian EmpireHUN04868.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan%20Vil%C3%ADmek%20-%20Jan%20Koll%C3%A1r.jpg?width=320
1200Mirza Fatali AkhundovQ315158Iranian Azerbaijani playwright and literary criticWriterAzerbaijani; Russian; Persian1812-07-121878-03-10Shaki Khanate; Russian EmpireAZE04868.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mirz%C9%99%20F%C9%99t%C9%99li%20Axundov%202.jpg?width=320
1200George SteinerQ453288American writer (1928–2020)Writer1929-04-232020-02-03France; United States; United KingdomFRA14868.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George%20Steiner%202013%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1200Jacques HébertQ209901French journalist and politicianWriter1757-11-151794-03-24FRAFranceFRA04868.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacques%20Ren%C3%A9%20H%C3%A9bert.JPG?width=320
1200Yosa BusonQ31523poet and painter from Japan (1716–1784)Writer17161784-01-17JPNJapanJPN24868.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yosa%20Buson.jpg?width=320
1200Raymond RadiguetQ333615French writer (1903–1923)WriterFrench1903-06-181923-12-12FRAFranceFRA24867.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Raymond%20Radiguet.jpg?width=320
1200August von KotzebueQ57242German dramatist and writer (1761–1819)WriterGerman1761-05-031819-03-23Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach; Russian EmpireDEU54867.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AugustvonKotzebue1818%20(crop).jpg?width=320
1200James Hadley ChaseQ347912British writer (1906–1985)WriterEnglish1906-12-241985-01-06GBRUnited KingdomGBR04867.84
1200Valerie SolanasQ11093American radical feminist and author (1936-1988)Writer1936-04-091988-04-25USAUnited StatesUSA24866.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valerie%20Solanas%201968%202.jpg?width=320
1200BhartṛhariQ335161Indian linguist, poet and writerWriterSanskrit0570065114866.26
1200Peter AbrahamsQ217069South African novelist, journalist and political commentator (1919–2017)WriterEnglish1919-03-192017-01-18ZAFSouth AfricaZAF14865.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter%20Abrahams.jpg?width=320
1200P. D. JamesQ270648English crime writer (1920-2014)WriterEnglish1920-08-032014-11-27GBRUnited KingdomGBR14865.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PD%20James%20Cologne.JPG?width=320
1200Marcel AyméQ318026French writer (1902–1967)Writer1902-03-291967-10-14FRAFranceFRA14865.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcel%20Aym%C3%A9%201929.jpg?width=320
1200Rafael AlbertiQ118936Spanish poet (1902–1999)WriterSpanish1902-12-161999-10-28ESPSpainESP04865.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rafael%20Alberti%201978-10-01.jpg?width=320
1200Augusto Roa BastosQ159967Paraguayan writer (1917–2005)WriterSpanish1917-06-132005-04-26PRYParaguayPRY24865https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Escritor%20Augusto%20R.%20Bastos.jpg?width=320
1200Ödön von HorváthQ84455Austro-Hungarian writer (1901–1938)WriterGerman1901-12-091938-06-01Germany; Austria; HungaryHRV24864.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C3%96d%C3%B6n%20von%20Horv%C3%A1th.jpg?width=320
1200Gottfried August BürgerQ213675German poet (1747-1794)WriterGerman1747-12-311794-06-08DEU04864.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gottfried%20August%20B%C3%BCrger.jpg?width=320
1200René CharQ315015French poet (1907–1988)WriterFrench1907-06-141988-02-19FRAFranceFRA04864.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/C%C3%A9reste%20R.%20C.%20et%20son%20chat%201941.jpg?width=320
1200John GayQ321660English poet and playwright (1685–1732)WriterEnglish1685-06-301732-12-04Kingdom of Great BritainGBR14864.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Unknown%20man%2C%20formerly%20known%20as%20John%20Gay.jpg?width=320
1200Thomas KeneallyQ298334Australian novelistWriterEnglish1935-10-07AUSAustraliaAUS14864.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Keneally%20Festival%20Cine%20Sidney%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1200Ramón María del Valle-InclánQ311001Spanish author (1866-1936)Writer1866-10-281936-01-05ESPSpainESP04864.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ram%C3%B3n%20Mar%C3%ADa%20del%20Valle%20Incl%C3%A1n%2C%20de%20Audouard.jpg?width=320
1200Josep PlaQ740256Spanish journalist (1897–1981)WriterCatalan1897-03-081981-04-23ESPSpainESP14864.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Josep%20Pla%20en%201917.jpg?width=320
1200Stanisław WyspiańskiQ312627Polish playwright, painter and poet (1869–1907)WriterPolish1869-01-151907-11-28POLPolandPOL74864.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stanis%C5%82aw%20Wyspia%C5%84ski3.png?width=320
1200Ğabdulla TuqayQ315279Tatar poetWriterTatar; Russian1886-04-261913-04-15Russian EmpireRUS04863.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tuqay%20portrait.jpg?width=320
1200Zygmunt KrasińskiQ245355Polish poet (1812–1859)WriterPolish1812-02-191859-02-23FRAFranceFRA04863.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zygmunt%20Krasi%C5%84ski%20portrait.jpg?width=320
1200Jean-Baptiste Alphonse KarrQ186221French critic, journalist, and novelist (1808-1890)WriterFrench1808-11-241890-09-29FRAFranceFRA04863.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alphonse%20Karr%20Nadar.jpg?width=320
1200Johann NestroyQ44862Austrian playwright, actor and singer (1801–1862)WriterGerman1801-12-071862-05-25Austrian EmpireAUT04863.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nestroy.jpg?width=320
1200Vsevolod GarshinQ333222Russian author of short stories (1855-1888)WriterRussian1855-02-141888-04-05Russian EmpireUKR04863.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%20%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD%20-%20%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%20%D0%92%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%20%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%20%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD.jpg?width=320
1200Laura EsquivelQ230586Mexican writerWriter1950-09-30MEXMexicoMEX14862.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laura%20Esquivel%2C%20MEX%20AN%20LECTORES%20DE%20LA%20FERIA%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1200Banana YoshimotoQ238970Japanese writerWriterJapanese1964-07-24JPNJapanJPN34861.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Banana%20Yosimoto.jpg?width=320
1200Giovanni PascoliQ375998Italian poet and classical scholar (1855-1912)WriterLatin; Italian1855-12-311912-04-06Kingdom of ItalyITA04861.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Giovanni%20Pascoli%2001.jpg?width=320
1200Matthias ClaudiusQ77338German poet (1740-1815)WriterGerman1740-08-151815-01-21Duchy of HolsteinDEU04861.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20claudius.jpg?width=320
1200Cornelia FunkeQ57971German author (born 1958)Writer1958-12-10DEUGermanyDEU14861.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cornelia%20Funke%2C%20Frankfurter%20Buchmesse%202023.jpg?width=320
1200Betti AlverQ253998Estonian novelist and poet (1906-1989)Writer1906-11-231989-06-19ESTEstoniaEST04861.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Betti%20Alver.jpg?width=320
1200Larry NivenQ316610American writer (born 1938)WriterEnglish1938-04-30USAUnited StatesUSA24860.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Larry%20Niven%20Dragon%20Con%20September%204%202026%202493.jpg?width=320
1200Brandon SandersonQ457608American fantasy writer (born 1975)WriterEnglish1975-12-19USAUnited StatesUSA134858.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brandon%20Sanderson%20-%20Lucca%20Comics%20%26%20Games%202016.jpg?width=320
1200Katherine Anne PorterQ236958American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist (1890–1980)WriterEnglish1890-05-151980-09-18USAUnited StatesUSA04858.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Katherne%20Anne%20Porter%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1200Andrew MarvellQ365935English poet and politician (1621–1678)WriterEnglish1621-03-311678-08-16Kingdom of EnglandGBR14858.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrew%20Marvell%20engraving.jpg?width=320
1200Cassandra ClareQ235364American authorWriterEnglish1973-07-27USAUnited StatesIRN14857.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cassandra%20Clare%20by%20Gage%20Skidmore%2C%202013%20b.jpg?width=320
1200James AgeeQ352963American author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic (1909-1955)WriterEnglish1909-11-271955-05-16USAUnited StatesUSA14856.7
1200Alan PatonQ361623South African writer and activist (1903-1988)WriterEnglish1903-01-111988-04-12ZAFSouth AfricaZAF14856.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alan%20Paton.jpg?width=320
1200Amitav GhoshQ336125Indian writerWriterEnglish1956-07-11INDIndiaIND54855.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amitav%20Ghosh%20(33426517822).jpg?width=320
1200Tsitsi DangarembgaQ270837Zimbabwean author and filmmakerWriter1959-02-14ZWEZimbabweZWE14855.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tsitsi%20Dangarembga%20FBM%202021.jpg?width=320
1200Elizabeth GilbertQ231424American writerWriter1969-07-18USAUnited StatesUSA14853.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elizabeth%20Gilbert%20at%20TED.jpg?width=320
1200Ben OkriQ315362Nigerian-born British poet and novelist (1959-)Writer1959-03-15United Kingdom; NigeriaNGA44852.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben%20Okri%20in%20Tallinn.jpg?width=320
1200Michael ChabonQ313466American novelist, short story writer, essayistWriterEnglish1963-05-24USAUnited StatesUSA24850.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael%20Chabon%20by%20Gage%20Skidmore.jpg?width=320
1253Shams TabriziQ796587spiritual instructor of Mewlānā RumiWriter11851248Khwarazmian EmpireIRN04775.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miniature%20of%20Shams%20Tabrizi%20by%20Hossein%20Behzad%2C%20dated%201957.jpg?width=320
1253ZosimusQ226858late 5th/early 6th century Byzantine historianWriterKoine Greek04600520Byzantine EmpireTUR14774.67
1253Philip LarkinQ313758English writer, jazz critic and librarian (1922-1985)WriterEnglish1922-08-091985-12-02GBRUnited KingdomGBR04773.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philip%20Larkin%20by%20Humphrey%20Ocean.jpg?width=320
1253VasubandhuQ3163434th/5th century Indian Buddhist monkWriter04000400PAK54772.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vasubandhu.JPG?width=320
1253Agnolo PolizianoQ250414Italian classical scholar and poet (1454-1494)WriterItalian; renaissance Latin; Latin1454-07-231494-10-08Republic of Florence; Republic of SienaITA74771.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Angelo%20Poliziano%20-%20Angel%20Appearing%20to%20Zacharias%20(detail).jpg?width=320
1253AratusQ180671Greek didactic poet (c. 315/310–240 BC)WriterAncient Greek-314-239TUR14771.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aratos%20von%20Soloi.jpg?width=320
1253Irène NémirovskyQ168441French novelist (1903–1942)WriterFrench1903-02-241942-08-17FRAFranceUKR14771.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irene%20Nemirovsky%2025yo.jpg?width=320
1253AgathiasQ233136Byzantine poet and historianWriterAncient Greek05360582Byzantine EmpireGRC24769.86
1253Aubrey BeardsleyQ272566British illustrator and author (1872–1898)WriterEnglish1872-08-211898-03-16GBRUnited KingdomGBR04769.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aubrey%20Beardsley%20ca.%201895.jpg?width=320
1253Arrigo BoitoQ219491Italian poet and opera composer and librettist of Verdi's opera ''Otello'' (1842-1918)WriterItalian1842-02-241918-06-10Kingdom of ItalyITA24769.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arrigo%20Boito.jpg?width=320
1253Jun'ichirō TanizakiQ316213Japanese author (1886–1965)WriterJapanese1886-07-241965-07-30JPNJapanJPN64769.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Junichiro%20Tanizaki%2002.jpg?width=320
1253Gnaeus NaeviusQ212667ancient Roman dramatistWriterLatin-274-200Ancient RomeITA04769.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gnaeus%20Naevius.jpg?width=320
1253Tao YuanmingQ314210Chinese poet (365–427)WriterClassical Chinese0365-02-110427-11-21Eastern Jin dynastyCHN04769.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Taoqian1.jpg?width=320
1253Edward BernaysQ434839American propaganda and marketing pioneer (1891-1995)Writer1891-11-221995-03-09USAUnited StatesAUT14769.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward%20Bernays%20cropped.png?width=320
1253BacchylidesQ310681Greek lyric poet (c. 518 – c. 451 BC)WriterAncient Greek-515-450GRCIulisGRC04769.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Albert%20Joseph%20Moore%20-%20A%20Musician%20-%20Google%20Art%20Project.jpg?width=320
1253Miroslav KrležaQ325428Croatian writer (1893–1981)WriterSerbo-Croatian1893-07-071981-12-29HUNHungaryHRV54769.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miroslav%20Krle%C5%BEa%201953.jpg?width=320
1253VātsyāyanaQ380234Indian logician, author of Kama SutraWriterSanskrit03000500Gupta EmpireIND14768.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kamasutra%20vatsyayana%20Wellcome%20L0045293.jpg?width=320
1253Hans SachsQ19543German shoemaker, meistersinger, poet and playwright (1494-1576)WriterGerman1494-11-141576-01-29Holy Roman EmpireDEU04768.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hans%20Sachs.jpg?width=320
1253Silius ItalicusQ3161231st-century AD Roman senator, orator and poet (26–101)WriterLatin00260101Ancient RomeESP14768.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Silius%20Italicus.jpg?width=320
1253Joost van den VondelQ312673Dutch poet and writer (1587-1679)WriterDutch1587-11-171679-02-05Dutch RepublicDEU04768.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J%20vondel.jpg?width=320
1253John MalalasQ3124916th-century Byzantine Greek chroniclerWriterAncient Greek04910578Byzantine EmpireTUR14767.91
1253Charles NodierQ336010French author (1780–1844)WriterFrench1780-04-291844-01-27FRAFranceFRA04767.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20Nodier%20par%20Gu%C3%A9rin.jpg?width=320
1253Marcus ManiliusQ3526841st century Roman writerWriterLatin-500050Ancient Rome14767.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manilius.jpg?width=320
1253Ernst BarlachQ156890German expressionist sculptor, printmaker and writer (1870–1938)WriterGerman1870-01-021938-10-24German ReichDEU24767.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ErnstBarlachYoung.jpg?width=320
1253Arturo Pérez-ReverteQ155106Spanish writer and journalistWriterSpanish1951-11-25ESPSpainESP84767.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arturo%20P%C3%A9rez-Reverte%20(2024).jpg?width=320
1253Ivan KotliarevskyiQ455246Ukrainian writerWriterUkrainian1769-09-091838-11-10Russian EmpireUKR14766.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%20%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BB%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%20cropped.jpg?width=320
1253Ellen KeyQ238443Swedish writer (1849-1926)WriterSwedish1849-12-111926-04-25SWESwedenSWE04766.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portr%C3%A4tt%20av%20f%C3%B6rfattarinnan%20Ellen%20Key%20(1849%20-1926)%20-%20Nordiska%20Museet%20-%20NMA.0055617.jpg?width=320
1253AlcmanQ298850ancient Greek poetWriterAncient Greek-611-601TUR04766.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mosa%C3%AFque%20romaine%20d'%C3%89gypte%20repr%C3%A9sentant%20le%20po%C3%A8te%20grec%20Alkman%20buvant%20du%20vin.jpg?width=320
1253Georges FeydeauQ49465French writer (1862–1921)WriterFrench1862-12-081921-06-05FRAFranceFRA44766.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/G%20Feydeau%20Carolus-Duran%20Lille%202918.jpg?width=320
1253Deepak ChopraQ318506Indian-born American author and alternative-medicine advocate, physician and public speakerWriter1946-10-22INDIndiaIND24765.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Deepak%20Chopra.jpg?width=320
1253E. L. JamesQ59896British writerWriterEnglish1963-03-07GBRUnited KingdomGBR14765.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E.%20L.%20James%20-%202019%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1253Dean KoontzQ272076American writer and screenwriter (born 1945)WriterEnglish1945-07-09USAUnited StatesUSA74764.45
1253François CoppéeQ380277French poet and novelist (1842–1908)WriterFrench1842-01-121908-05-23FRAFranceFRA04764.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/M.%20Fran%C3%A7ois%20Copp%C3%A9e%20(auteur)%20-%20btv1b53111903w%20restaured.jpg?width=320
1253Hjalmar SöderbergQ331845Swedish writer (1869–1941)WriterSwedish1869-07-021941-10-14SWESwedenSWE64764.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hjalmar%20S%C3%B6derberg%20ca%201933.jpg?width=320
1253Ion Luca CaragialeQ315132Romanian playwright, writer and poet (1852-1912)WriterRomanian1852-02-131912-06-09Kingdom of Romania; United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia; Principality of WallachiaROU04763.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ion%20Luca%20Caragiale%20(1).jpg?width=320
1253Fredrika BremerQ262145Swedish writer and feminist (1801–1865)WriterSwedish1801-08-171865-12-31SWESwedenFIN14763.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A%20replica%20or%20study%20of%20Johan%20Gustaf%20Sandberg's%20portrait%20of%20Fredrika%20Bremer.jpg?width=320
1253Marcel Reich-RanickiQ33637Polish-born German literary critic (1920–2013)Writer1920-06-022013-09-18Germany; PolandPOL04762.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boerne-preis-2007-ffm006.jpg?width=320
1253Alessandro BariccoQ295589Italian writerWriterItalian1958-01-25ITAItalyITA24762.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alessandro%20Baricco.jpg?width=320
1253Stefan ŻeromskiQ366040Polish writer (1864-1925)WriterPolish1864-10-141925-11-20Russian Empire; Second Polish RepublicPOL14761.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret%20Stefana%20%C5%BBeromskiego.jpg?width=320
1253Neil SimonQ315808American playwright, writer, and academic (1927–2018)WriterEnglish1927-07-042018-08-26USAUnited StatesUSA64761.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Neil%20Simon%20NYWTS.jpg?width=320
1253Walter BagehotQ369022British journalist, businessman, and essayist (1826-1877)WriterEnglish1826-02-031877-03-24GBRUnited KingdomGBR04761.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter%20Bagehot%20NPG%20cropped.jpg?width=320
1253Lois McMaster BujoldQ229369American novelist (born 1949)Writer1949-11-02USAUnited StatesUSA14761.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lois-mcmaster-bujold-by-kyle-cassidy.jpg?width=320
1253Anna SewellQ258741English novelistWriterEnglish1820-03-301878-04-25GBRUnited KingdomGBR04761.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anna%20Sewell%2C%20author%20of%20Black%20Beauty.jpg?width=320
1253Vince GilliganQ4500American writer, producer, and director (born 1967)Writer1967-02-10USAUnited StatesUSA14760.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vince%20Gilligan%20at%2053rd%20Saturn%20Awards%202026-03.jpg?width=320
1253Edward BellamyQ455776American author and socialist (1850–1898)WriterEnglish1850-03-261898-05-22USAUnited StatesUSA14760.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward%20Bellamy%20-%20photograph%20c.1889.jpg?width=320
1253Ricarda HuchQ60785German writer (1864–1947)WriterGerman1864-07-181947-11-17Germany; SwitzerlandDEU24760.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zentralbibliothek%20Z%C3%BCrich%20-%20Ricarda%20Huch%20-%20500000166.jpg?width=320
1253E. L. DoctorowQ335232novelist, editor, professor (1931-2015)WriterEnglish1931-01-062015-07-21USAUnited StatesUSA54760.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E%20l%20doctorow%202751.JPG?width=320
1253Ama Ata AidooQ298224Ghanaian writer, politician, and academic (1942–2023)Writer1942-03-232023-05-31GHAGhanaGHA94759.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ama%20Ata%20Aidoo%20(2016).png?width=320
1253James Russell LowellQ449670American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891)WriterEnglish1819-02-221891-08-12USAUnited StatesUSA54758.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Russell%20Lowell%2C%20Brady-Handy%20Photograph%20Collection.jpg?width=320
1253Marianne MooreQ278495American poet (1887–1972)WriterEnglish1887-11-151972-02-05USAUnited StatesUSA04758.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marianne%20Moore%201948%20hires.jpg?width=320
1253Edna O'BrienQ178225Irish writer (1930–2024)Writer1930-12-152024-07-27IRLIrelandIRL24758.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edna%20O'Brien%20(2016).jpg?width=320
1253Nick HornbyQ313007English novelist, screenwriter, essayist, and film producer (born 1957)WriterEnglish1957-04-17GBRUnited KingdomGBR14758.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nick%20Hornby%2001%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1253E. B. WhiteQ361617American author (1899–1985)WriterEnglish1899-07-111985-10-01USAUnited StatesUSA64757.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E%20B%20White.jpg?width=320
1253Milo YiannopoulosQ6860370British far-right political commentatorWriter1984-10-18GBRUnited KingdomGBR04756.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Milo%20Yiannopoulos%202014%20NEXT.jpg?width=320
1253Buchi EmechetaQ461675Nigerian writer (1944–2017)Writer1944-07-212017-01-25NGANigeriaNGA54755.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/July21%20Buchi%20Emecheta.png?width=320
1253Eoin ColferQ211893Irish author of children's books (born 1965)WriterEnglish1965-05-14IRLIrelandIRL24753.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eoin%20Colfer%20at%20BookExpo%20(05180).jpg?width=320
1253Barbara KingsolverQ1264643American author, poet and essayistWriterEnglish1955-04-08USAUnited StatesUSA24753.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barbara%20Kingsolver%20speaking%20at%20BookExpo%202018.jpg?width=320
1253Vikram SethQ379762Indian novelist and poetWriterEnglish1952-06-20INDIndiaIND34751.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vikram%20Seth%2C%20in%20Oxfordshire.jpg?width=320
1253Muhsin HendricksQ1951952South African imam and LGBTQIA activistWriter1967-06-072025-02-15ZAFSouth AfricaZAF04748.79
1312Ève CurieQ230068writer, journalist and pianist, younger daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie (1904–2007)WriterEnglish; French1904-12-062007-10-22United States; FranceFRA24675.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C3%88ve%20Curie%201937.jpg?width=320
1312Hector MalotQ315003French writer (1830–1907)WriterFrench1830-05-201907-07-17FRAFranceFRA24672.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Malot%2C%20Hector%2C%20Nadar%2C%20Gallica.jpg?width=320
1312NovatianQ2228903rd century scholar, priest, theologian and antipopeWriterLatin02200258Ancient RomeTUR04672.46
1312Adam de la HalleQ4214French poet, composer and trouvèreWriterOld French12371288Kingdom of FranceFRA104671.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adam%20de%20la%20halle.jpg?width=320
1312Carlo GozziQ263270Italian playwright (1720-1806)WriterItalian1720-12-131806-04-04Republic of VeniceITA04670.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret%20van%20Carlo%20Gozzi%2C%20RP-P-1909-5993%20(cropped)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1312Maurice BlanchotQ315210French writer, philosopher, and literary theorist (1907–2003)WriterFrench1907-09-222003-02-20FRAFranceFRA04670.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maurice%20Blanchot%201927%20identity%20document%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1312Thomas FriedmanQ310950American journalist and authorWriterEnglish1953-07-20USAUnited StatesUSA24670.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Friedman%202005%20(5).jpg?width=320
1312Pietro BemboQ334188Catholic cardinal and poet (1470–1547)WriterItalian; Latin; Neo-Latin1470-05-291547-01-29Republic of VeniceITA54670.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Titian%20%E2%80%93%20Cardinal%20Pietro%20Bembo%20%E2%80%93%20Google%20Art%20Project.jpg?width=320
1312Nonnus of PanopolisQ312916Greek epic poetWriterAncient Greek; Coptic05000500Roman EgyptEGY14669.6
1312Luis SepúlvedaQ334126Chilean writer (1949–2020)WriterSpanish1949-10-042020-04-16CHLChileCHL14669.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luis%20Sep%C3%BAlveda%202014.jpg?width=320
1312Khachatur AbovianQ313461Armenian writer, activist, academic (1809-1848)WriterArmenian1809-10-151848-04-14Erivan Khanate; Russian EmpireARM14668.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abovianportrait.jpg?width=320
1312Giambattista MarinoQ332489Italian poet (1569-1625)Writer1569-10-241625-03-25Kingdom of NaplesITA24667.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frans%20Pourbus%20the%20Younger%20-%20Portrait%20of%20Giovanni%20Battista%20Marino.jpg?width=320
1312Michel TournierQ160783French writer (1924–2016)WriterFrench1924-12-192016-01-18FRAFranceFRA24667.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michel%20Tournier.jpg?width=320
1312John CheeverQ336151American novelist and short story writer (1912-1982)Writer1912-05-271982-06-18USAUnited StatesUSA04667.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johncheever.jpg?width=320
1312Michel ButorQ309716French author, writer, poet, novelist (1926-2016)WriterFrench1926-09-142016-08-24FRAFranceFRA44667.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michel-Butor.jpg?width=320
1312B. H. Liddell HartQ299431British historian and theoretician of war (1895-1970)WriterEnglish1895-10-311970-01-29GBRUnited KingdomFRA14666.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Basil%20Liddell%20Hart.jpg?width=320
1312Agrippa d'AubignéQ334950French military officer, historian, writer and poet (1552-1630)WriterMiddle French1552-02-181630-05-09FRAFranceFRA14666.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Agrippa%20d'Aubign%C3%A9.jpg?width=320
1312Vinícius de MoraesQ333856Brazilian composer, singer, writer (1913–1980)Writer1913-10-191980-07-09BRABrazilBRA04666.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vinicius%20de%20Moraes%2C%201973.jpg?width=320
1312Ephraim KishonQ167429Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter and film director (1924–2005)Writer1924-08-232005-01-29ISRIsraelHUN04666.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PikiWiki%20Israel%2050218%20ephraim%20kishon%20.jpg?width=320
1312Martha GellhornQ120085journalist from the United States (1908–1998)WriterEnglish1908-11-081998-02-15USAUnited StatesUSA04666.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martha%20Gellhorn.jpg?width=320
1312Yan FuQ559957Chinese translator (1854–1921)Writer1854-01-081921-10-27Qing dynasty; Republic of ChinaCHN14666.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yan%20fu.jpg?width=320
1312Ethel Lilian VoynichQ466068British writer and musician (1864–1960)WriterEnglish1864-05-111960-07-27United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandIRL14665.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Voynich%20Ethel%20Lilian.jpg?width=320
1312Ba JinQ13005Chinese novelist and anarchist activist (1904-2005)WriterChinese; Esperanto1904-11-252005-10-17CHNPeople's Republic of ChinaCHN04665.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E5%B7%B4%E9%87%911938.jpg?width=320
1312RainisQ348001Latvian poet (1865–1929)WriterLatvian1865-09-111929-09-12LVALatviaLVA14665.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rainis.jpg?width=320
1312Mario BenedettiQ16285Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet (1920-2009)WriterSpanish1920-09-142009-05-17URYUruguayURY14665.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mario%20Benedetti.jpg?width=320
1312Jules RomainsQ334983French writer (1885-1972)WriterFrench1885-08-261972-08-14FRAFranceFRA24664.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jules%20Romains-crop.jpg?width=320
1312Michael CunninghamQ310257American novelist and screenwriterWriter1952-11-06USAUnited StatesUSA04664.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael%20Cunningham%20JB%20by%20David%20Shankbone.jpg?width=320
1312Stéphane HesselQ165110French diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor (1917–2013)Writer1917-10-202013-02-27France; GermanyDEU24663.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St%C3%A9phane%20Hessel%2C%202012%20(cropped).JPG?width=320
1312Annette von Droste-HülshoffQ57307German composer and writer (1797–1848)WriterGerman1797-01-121848-05-24DEU24663.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Annette%20von%20Droste-Huelshoff%20-%201845.jpg?width=320
1312Frederik PohlQ312641American science fiction writer and editor (1919–2013)WriterAmerican English1919-11-262013-09-02USAUnited StatesUSA24663.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frederik%20Pohl%20Eaton%202008-05-17.png?width=320
1312Bernard MalamudQ351547American author (1914–1986)Writer1914-04-261986-03-18USAUnited StatesUSA84663.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernard%20Malamud%201967.jpg?width=320
1312Adnan OktarQ164578Turkish cult leader (born 1956)Writer1956-02-02TURTurkeyTUR04662.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adnan%20oktar%2003.jpg?width=320
1312Lewis MumfordQ469888American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology and literary critic (1895-1990)WriterEnglish1895-10-191990-01-26USAUnited StatesUSA34662.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mumford%20by%20LGdL.JPG?width=320
1312Afanasy FetQ314212Russian poet (1820-1892)WriterRussian1820-12-051892-12-03Russian Empire; Grand Duchy of HesseRUS04662.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fet%20by%20Repin.jpg?width=320
1312John FletcherQ312444English Jacobean playwright (1579–1625)WriterEnglish1579-12-301625-08-29Kingdom of EnglandGBR04662.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Fletcher%20(1).JPG?width=320
1312Phan Thị Kim PhúcQ233383Vietnamese–Canadian activist and photographic subjectWriter1963-07-27Vietnam; CanadaVNM04661.86
1312Sergey AksakovQ315188Russian writerWriterRussian1791-10-011859-05-12Russian EmpireRUS04661.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Perov%20Axakov.jpg?width=320
1312Herman WoukQ49072American writer (1915-2019)Writer1915-05-272019-05-17USAUnited StatesUSA34661.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Famous%20writer%20Herman%20Wouk%20arrived%20in%20Israel%20(FL45728797).jpg?width=320
1312Ada NegriQ346250Italian poet, writer, and teacher (1870–1945)WriterItalian1870-02-031945-01-11Kingdom of ItalyITA04660.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ada%20Negri%201913.jpg?width=320
1312Frank McCourtQ208869Irish-American teacher and Pulitzer Prize–winning writerWriterEnglish1930-08-192009-07-19USAUnited StatesUSA14660.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank%20McCourt%20by%20David%20Shankbone%20cropped.jpg?width=320
1312Mahasweta DeviQ144391Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (1926-2016)WriterBangla1926-01-142016-07-28INDIndiaBGD14660.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mahasweta%20Devi.jpg?width=320
1312Elmore LeonardQ336519American novelist and screenwriter (1925–2013)Writer1925-10-112013-08-20USAUnited StatesUSA464660.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elmore%20Leonard.jpg?width=320
1312Maria DąbrowskaQ242423Polish writer (1889–1965)WriterPolish1889-10-061965-05-19POLPolandPOL14659.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maria%20D%C4%85browska.jpg?width=320
1312Frances BurneyQ259530English satirical novelist, diarist, playwright (1752-1840)WriterEnglish1752-06-131840-01-06United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Kingdom of Great BritainGBR44659.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frances%20d'Arblay%20('Fanny%20Burney')%20by%20Edward%20Francisco%20Burney.jpg?width=320
1312Anna GavaldaQ217388French authorWriterFrench1970-12-09FRAFranceFRA14659.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anna%20Gavalda%2002.jpg?width=320
1312Bill BrysonQ310155American-British author (born 1951)Writer1951-12-08USAUnited StatesUSA34658.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill%20Bryson%20(28449155987)%20(Bryson%20cropped)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1312Edna FerberQ283496American novelist, short story writer and playwright (1885–1968)WriterEnglish1885-08-151968-04-16USAUnited StatesUSA94657.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edna-Ferber-1928.jpg?width=320
1312Marilynne RobinsonQ253926American novelist and essayist (born 1943)Writer1943-11-26USAUnited StatesUSA44657.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marilynne%20robinson%208405.jpg?width=320
1312Anne TylerQ235615American novelistWriterEnglish1941-10-25USAUnited StatesUSA204657.33
1312Eudora WeltyQ259364American short story writer, novelist and photographer (1909-2001)WriterEnglish1909-04-132001-07-23USAUnited StatesUSA84657.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eudora-Welty-1962.jpeg?width=320
1312Richard SteeleQ33314817th/18th-century Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, and politicianWriterEnglish16711729-09-01IRLIrelandIRL04656.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir%20Richard%20Steele%20by%20Jonathan%20Richardson.jpg?width=320
1312Peter AckroydQ319169English author (born 1949)WriterEnglish1949-10-05GBRUnited KingdomGBR04655.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter%20Ackroyd%20in%202007%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1312Edith SitwellQ259921British poet (1887-1964)WriterEnglish1887-09-071964-12-09GBRUnited KingdomGBR14655.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edith%20Sitwell%20by%20Elliott%20%26%20Fry%20(1929).png?width=320
1312Marianne WilliamsonQ3131983American political activistWriter1952-07-08USAUnited StatesUSA14654.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marianne%20Williamson%20-%2033252886458%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1312Veronica RothQ328212American authorWriter1988-08-19USAUnited StatesUSA14649.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Veronica%20Roth%202024%20(facecrop).jpg?width=320
1367Auguste EscoffierQ313744French chef and culinary writer (1846–1935)WriterFrench1846-10-281935-02-12FRAFranceFRA14574.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Auguste%20Escoffier%2001.jpg?width=320
1367Milena JesenskáQ234893Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator (1896-1944)Writer1896-08-101944-05-17Czechoslovakia; Austria–HungaryCZE04573.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Milena%20Jesensk%C3%A1.jpg?width=320
1367Augusta, Lady GregoryQ239540Irish playwright, poet, folklorist (1852-1932)WriterEnglish1852-03-151932-05-22IRLIrelandIRL04572.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lady%20gregory.jpg?width=320
1367Giambattista BasileQ555291Italian writer (1583-1632)WriterNeapolitan language1566-02-251632-02-23Kingdom of NaplesITA24571.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Giambattista%20Basile%20by%20Nicolaus%20Perrey.jpg?width=320
1367Tibor SekeljQ10716Hungarian author and explorer (1912–1988)WriterEsperanto1912-02-141988-09-20Kingdom of Yugoslavia; Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; Democratic Federal Yugoslavia; CisleithaniaSVK04571.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tibor%20Sekelj%201983.jpg?width=320
1367Petar II Petrović-NjegošQ362081Prince-Bishop of MontenegroWriter1813-11-131851-10-31Prince-Bishopric of MontenegroMNE04571.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Petar%20II%20Petrovi%C4%87-Njego%C5%A1.jpg?width=320
1367Ismail GaspıralıQ335495Crimean Tatar intellectual and politician (1851-1914)Writer1851-03-201914-09-24Russian Empire04570.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ismail%20Gasprinskiy.jpg?width=320
1367BerossusQ3124253rd-century BC Babylonian writer, priest and astronomerWriterAncient Greek-400-300Achaemenid Empire; Seleucid EmpireIRQ04570.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Beroso.png?width=320
1367Hugo BallQ70989German author, poet and one of the leading Dada artists (1886–1927)WriterGerman1886-02-221927-09-14DEUGermanyDEU44570.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hugoball.jpg?width=320
1367TheodoretQ3170295th century Byzantine theologian and bishopWriterAncient Greek03930458TUR64569.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Theodoret%20of%20Cyr%20(in%20A.%20Thevet1584).png?width=320
1367Arthur AdamovQ213582playwright (1908-1970)WriterFrench1908-08-231970-03-15FRAFranceRUS04568.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur%20Adamov%20(1908-1970).jpg?width=320
1367Jerzy KosińskiQ319447Polish-American novelistWriterEnglish1933-06-141991-05-03Poland; United StatesPOL34568.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jerzy%20Kosi%C5%84ski%20(by%20Eric%20Koch%2C%201969).jpg?width=320
1367Al-MutanabbiQ284542Arab poet (c. 915 – 965)Writer09150965-09-28IRQ04568.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al-Mutanabbi%20by%20Kahlil%20Gibran.png?width=320
1367Emma OrczyQ234530Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright (1865-1947)WriterEnglish1865-09-271947-11-12Hungary; United KingdomHUN34568.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baroness%20Emma%20Orczy%20by%20Bassano.jpg?width=320
1367PrudentiusQ347250Roman writerWriterLatin03480413Ancient RomeESP74568.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prudentius.jpg?width=320
1367Johann Peter EckermannQ58018German poet and writer (1792–1854)WriterGerman1792-09-211854-12-03Kingdom of HanoverDEU14568.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johann%20Peter%20Eckermann.jpg?width=320
1367Eleanor H. PorterQ235368American novelist (1868–1920)WriterEnglish1868-12-191920-05-21USAUnited StatesUSA24568.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EleanorH.Porter.jpg?width=320
1367Jean-Claude CarrièreQ551429French screenwriter and actor (1931-2021)WriterFrench1931-09-172021-02-08FRAFranceFRA04567.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CARRIERE%20Jean%20Claude-24x30-2006.jpg?width=320
1367Ernst TollerQ57266German writer, politician and leader of the Munich Soviet Republic (1893-1939)WriterGerman1893-12-011939-05-22DEUGermanyPOL54567.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernst%20Toller%201923.jpg?width=320
1367Mori ŌgaiQ356960Japanese novelist and army physician (1862-1922)Writer1862-02-171922-07-09JPNJapanJPN164567.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E6%A3%AE%20%E9%B7%97%E5%A4%96.jpg?width=320
1367Arnold ZweigQ75868German writer (1887-1968)Writer1887-11-101968-11-26East GermanyPOL14567.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arnold%20Zweig%2C%20Berlin%201956%20(1).jpg?width=320
1367David LodgeQ313001English writer (1935–2025)Writer1935-01-282025-01-01GBRUnited KingdomGBR04567.3
1367Robert SheckleyQ333246American writer (1928–2005)Writer1928-07-162005-12-09USAUnited StatesUSA14566.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Sheckley%20in%20the%20mid-1990s.jpeg?width=320
1367Edogawa RanpoQ347412Japanese writer (1894–1965)WriterJapanese1894-10-211965-07-28JPNJapanJPN44566.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rampo%20Edogawa%2002.jpg?width=320
1367Giovanni PapiniQ529858Italian writer (1881-1956)WriterItalian1881-01-091956-07-08ITAItalyITA14566.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Picture%20of%20Giovanni%20Papini.jpg?width=320
1367Dositej ObradovićQ347659Serbian writerWriter1742-02-171811-04-07Austrian EmpireROU04566.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dositej%20Obradovic.jpg?width=320
1367Li QingzhaoQ464470Chinese Song Dynasty poet, known as "the most talented woman in all ages"WriterChinese1084-03-251155-05-26Song dynastyCHN14565.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Li%20Qingzhao%20statue.JPG?width=320
1367Elsa TrioletQ4137Russian-French writer (1896–1970)WriterFrench; Russian1896-09-241970-06-16FRAFranceRUS14565.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elsa-triolet-1925.jpg?width=320
1367Christine NöstlingerQ93652Austrian children's and young adult's writer (1936-2018)WriterGerman1936-10-132018-06-28AUTAustriaAUT04565.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2012%20Christine%20N%C3%B6stlinger%20(6805938102)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1367Javier MaríasQ299161Spanish writer (1951–2022)WriterSpanish1951-09-202022-09-11ESPSpainESP24565.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Javier%20Mar%C3%ADas%20(Feria%20del%20Libro%20de%20Madrid%2C%2031%20de%20mayo%20de%202008).jpg?width=320
1367Alphonse AllaisQ371905French writer and humorist (1854–1905)WriterFrench1854-10-201905-10-28FRAFranceFRA04565.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alphonse%20Allais%20Late%2019th%20Century%20Posters.jpg?width=320
1367Mehmet Âkif ErsoyQ316443Turkish poet and writer (1873–1936)WriterOttoman Turkish1873-12-201936-12-27TURTurkeyTUR24564.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mehmet%20akif.jpg?width=320
1367André BrinkQ380664South African writer (1935–2015)WriterAfrikaans1935-05-292015-02-06ZAFSouth AfricaZAF14564.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andr%C3%A9%20Brink%20Portrait.jpg?width=320
1367Camilla LäckbergQ231320Swedish crime writerWriter1974-08-30SWESwedenSWE04564.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Camilla%20L%C3%A4ckberg%20by%20Christian%20Ursilva.jpg?width=320
1367Caterina AlbertQ2914475Spanish writer (1869-1966)WriterCatalan1869-09-111966-01-27ESPSpainESP34564.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Caterina%20albert%20i%20paradis%20victor%20catala%20-%20revista%20feminal%20novembre%201917%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1367Pramoedya Ananta ToerQ326935Indonesian writer (1925–2006)Writer1925-02-062006-04-30IDNIndonesiaIDN14564.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pramudya%20Ananta%20Tur%20Kesusastraan%20Modern%20Indonesia%20p226.jpg?width=320
1367Francis JammesQ353873French poet (1868-1938)WriterFrench1868-12-021938-11-01FRAFranceFRA04564.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francis%20Jammes%20en%201917.jpg?width=320
1367Otfried PreußlerQ44647German children's books author (1923–2013)WriterGerman1923-10-202013-02-18DEUGermanyCZE24564.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Otfried%20Preu%C3%9Fler%20Foto%20Markus%20Schlaf%20honorarfrei.jpg?width=320
1367Giovannino GuareschiQ378639Italian journalist, cartoonist and humorist (1908-1968)WriterItalian1908-05-011968-07-22ITAItalyITA14563.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Giovannino%20Guareschi.jpg?width=320
1367Nâmık KemâlQ337500Ottoman writer (1840-1888)WriterOttoman Turkish1840-12-211888-12-02Ottoman EmpireTUR34563.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nam%C4%B1k%20Kemal%201878-1.1R%20V01-1.2.jpg?width=320
1367Yasmina RezaQ297794French actor and writerWriterFrench1959-05-01FRAFranceFRA14563.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yasmina-reza.jpg?width=320
1367Pedro Antonio de AlarcónQ313553nineteenth-century Spanish novelistWriter1833-03-101891-07-19ESPSpainESP04563.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pedro%20Antonio%20de%20Alarc%C3%B3n.jpg?width=320
1367Mikhail ZoshchenkoQ360507Soviet writer (1894–1958)WriterRussian1894-08-091958-07-22Russian Empire; Soviet UnionRUS34563.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mikhail%20Zoshchenko%20Rasskazy.jpg?width=320
1367Leopoldo AlasQ312747Spanish author (1852–1901)WriterSpanish1852-04-251901-06-13ESPSpainESP24563.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LeopoldoAlasClarin.jpg?width=320
1367Carl ZuckmayerQ76820German writer and playwright (1896-1977)Writer1896-12-271977-01-18Switzerland; Germany; United StatesDEU24562.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv%20Bild%20146-2005-0008%2C%20Carl%20Zuckmayer.jpg?width=320
1367Marion Zimmer BradleyQ465179American novelist and editor (1930–1999)Writer1930-06-031999-09-25USAUnited StatesUSA464562.77
1367Mariano José de LarraQ298773Spanish romantic writer (1809-1837)Writer1809-03-241837-02-13ESPSpainESP04562.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mariano%20Jos%C3%A9%20de%20Larra%2C%20por%20Jos%C3%A9%20Gutierrez%20de%20la%20Vega.jpg?width=320
1367Andrey KurkovQ356965Ukrainian writer (born 1961)WriterRussian; Ukrainian1961-04-23UKRUkraineRUS24562.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AndreyKurkov%20EIBF2025%20i464%20cropped.jpg?width=320
1367Berthold AuerbachQ76715German author (1812–1882)WriterGerman1812-02-281882-02-08Kingdom of WürttembergDEU14562.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Berthold%20Auerbach.jpg?width=320
1367Sister NiveditaQ2353846Scots-Irish social worker, author, teacher and disciple of Swami VivekanandaWriterEnglish1867-10-281911-10-13United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR14562.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/S%C5%93ur%20Nivedita.jpg?width=320
1367Alexander FadeyevQ60128Soviet writer and politician (1901-1956)WriterRussian1901-12-241956-05-13Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS14562.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fotothek%20df%20roe-neg%200006329%20003%20Mitglied%20(1).jpg?width=320
1367José-Maria de HerediaQ334970French poet (1842-1905)WriterFrench1842-11-221905-10-03France; SpainCUB14561.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jos%C3%A9-Maria%20de%20Heredia%201896.jpg?width=320
1367Rosario CastellanosQ260862Mexican writer (1925-1974)Writer1925-05-251974-08-07MEXMexicoMEX54561.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rosario%20Castellanos%20conversa%20sentada%20tras%20un%20escritorio%2C%20retrato.png?width=320
1367Vladimir SorokinQ319839Russian writer (born 1955)WriterRussian1955-08-07RUSRussiaRUS04560.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vladimir%20Sorokin%2C%20September%202015.jpg?width=320
1367Colleen HooverQ18348293American authorWriter1979-12-11USAUnited StatesUSA34560.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Colleen%20Hoover%20Video%20Call.png?width=320
1367Yevgeny BaratynskyQ364252Russian poet (1800-1844)WriterRussian1800-03-021844-07-11Russian EmpireRUS04560.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PGRS%202%20008%20Baratynsky%20-%20crop.jpg?width=320
1367Bernard WerberQ12054French writer (born 1961)WriterFrench1961-09-18FRAFranceFRA14560.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernard%20WERBER%20par%20Michel%20Restany.jpg?width=320
1367Jean RhysQ230598British novelist (1890–1979)WriterEnglish1890-08-241979-05-14DMADominicaDMA04560.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean%20Rhys%20circa%201921.webp?width=320
1367Amy Lawrence LowellQ265841US writer (1874-1925)WriterEnglish1874-02-091925-05-12USAUnited StatesUSA04559.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amy%20Lowell%20Time%20magazine%20cover%201925.jpg?width=320
1367Rokeya Sakhawat HossainQ467083Bengali feminist writer and social reformer (1880-1932)WriterBangla1880-12-091932-12-09British RajBGD24559.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Begum%20Rokeya.jpg?width=320
1367Edith NesbitQ231708English author and poet (1858–1924)WriterEnglish1858-08-151924-05-04GBRUnited KingdomGBR14559.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nesbit.jpg?width=320
1367H.D.Q236469American Imagist poet (1886–1961)WriterEnglish1886-09-101961-09-27USAUnited StatesUSA04559.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hilda%20'H.D.'%20Doolittle.jpg?width=320
1367Rupert BrookeQ366086English poet (1887–1915)WriterEnglish1887-08-031915-04-23United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR14558.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rupert%20Brooke%20Q%2071073.jpg?width=320
1367Kim Stanley RobinsonQ130779American science fiction writer (born 1952)WriterEnglish1952-03-23USAUnited StatesUSA44558.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kim%20Stanley%20Robinson.jpg?width=320
1367Elizabeth BowenQ235308Anglo-Irish novelist and diarist (1899–1973)Writer1899-06-071973-02-22IRLIrelandIRL54557.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elizabeth%20Bowen%20(cropped).png?width=320
1367Ruth WestheimerQ77688German-American sex therapistWriterEnglish1928-06-042024-07-12Germany; United StatesDEU04557.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruth%20Westheimer%20(10877).jpg?width=320
1367Camille PagliaQ255463American feminist academic and critic (born 1947)WriterEnglish1947-04-02USAUnited StatesUSA14557.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Camille%20Paglia.jpg?width=320
1367Jeanette WintersonQ233584English writerWriter1959-08-27GBRUnited KingdomGBR104555.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeanette%20Winterson%20closeup%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1367Serhiy ZhadanQ458209Ukrainian poetWriterUkrainian1974-08-23UKRUkraineUKR04554.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Serhiy%20Zhadan%20Toronto%202019.jpg?width=320
1367Gwendolyn BrooksQ270715American writer (1917–2000)WriterEnglish1917-06-072000-12-03USAUnited StatesUSA14553.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gwendolyn%20Brooks%20ACME%201950.jpg?width=320
1367Edward AbbeyQ937610American author and essayist (1927-1989)WriterEnglish1927-01-291989-03-14USAUnited StatesUSA24553.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%22Desert%20Solitaire%22%2C%20by%20Edward%20Abbey%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1367David MitchellQ40479English novelist (b. 1969)WriterEnglish1969-01-12GBRUnited KingdomGBR54552.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David%20Mitchell%20by%20Kubik.JPG?width=320
1439Héloïse d’ArgenteuilQ565612th-century French nun, philosopher and writerWritermedieval Latin11011164-05-22Kingdom of FranceFRA24475.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/H%C3%A9lo%C3%AFse%20(chapelle%20de%20lHumanit%C3%A9%20%C3%A0%20Paris)%20(3927771867)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1439LuqmanQ1729394Islamic figureWriter-11001769SDN04474.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hakim%20Luqman%20Name.svg?width=320
1439Luo GuanzhongQ26451714th-century Chinese writerWriter13301400Yuan dynastyCHN14472.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E7%BD%97%E8%B4%AF%E4%B8%AD.jpg?width=320
1439FrontinusQ297377Roman civil engineer, author, soldier and senator (c. 30 – 103 AD)WriterLatin00300103Ancient RomeFRA24471.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sextus%20Iulius%20Frontinus%201788%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1439Gaius Julius HyginusQ298376Roman freedman and writer (c. 64 BC – AD 17)WriterLatin-630017Ancient RomeESP04471.89
1439Hermann BrochQ84150Austrian writer (1886-1951)WriterGerman1886-11-011951-05-30United States; AustriaAUT14471.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hermann%20Broch%20portrait%20photograph%2C%201909.jpg?width=320
1439Ze'ev JabotinskyQ319896Russian Jewish poet, founder of Revisionist Zionist movement (1880–1940)WriterRussian; Hebrew1880-10-211940-08-03Mandatory Palestine; Russian EmpireUKR44471https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zeev%20Jabotinsky%20portrait.png?width=320
1439Gaius Valerius FlaccusQ3160901st-century Roman poet and writerWriterLatin00450095Ancient RomeITA04470.97
1439Matthew Gregory LewisQ121060English novelist and dramatist (1775–1818)WriterEnglish1775-07-091818-05-14GBRUnited KingdomGBR14470.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matthew%20Gregory%20Lewis%20by%20Henry%20William%20Pickersgill.jpg?width=320
1439Pavel Jozef ŠafárikQ158354Slovak poet, linguist, literature historian, publicist, educator, publicist, translator, writer and science writer (1795–1861)WriterGerman1795-05-131861-06-26Austrian EmpireSVK04470.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pavel%20Jozef%20Safarik.jpg?width=320
1439Bar HebraeusQ380295Primate of Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch (1226–1286)WriterSyriac; Arabic12261286-08-06TUR34469.57
1439Eugène ScribeQ319261French dramatist and librettist (1791-1861)WriterFrench1791-12-241861-02-20FRAFranceFRA04469.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eug%C3%A8ne%20Scribe%20par%20Nadar.png?width=320
1439MacKenzie ScottQ10322797American philanthropist and novelistWriter1970-04-07USAUnited StatesUSA14468.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MacKenzie%20Scott.jpg?width=320
1439Daniel KeyesQ185714American authorWriterEnglish1927-08-092014-06-15USAUnited StatesUSA14468.51
1439Victorien SardouQ354828French dramatist (1831-1908)WriterFrench1831-09-051908-11-08FRAFranceFRA04468.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VictorienSardou%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1439Charles De CosterQ315176Belgian novelist (1827–1879)WriterFrench1827-08-271879-05-07BELBelgiumDEU04467.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20De%20Coster%2C%20print%20by%20Albert%20Van%20Dyck%2C%201927%2C%20Print%20cabinet%20of%20the%20Royal%20Library%20of%20Belgium%20(KBR)%2C%20S.III%2077616.jpg?width=320
1439Adalbert StifterQ168542Austrian painter, pacifist and writer (1805-1868)WriterGerman1805-10-231868-01-28Cisleithania; Austrian EmpireCZE34467.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/StifterGrandauer1862.jpg?width=320
1439W. G. SebaldQ76952German writer and academic (1944-2001)WriterGerman1944-05-182001-12-14DEUGermanyDEU54467.69
1439Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-AdamQ366285French writer (1838–1889)WriterFrench1838-11-071889-08-19FRAFranceFRA04467.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Auguste%20de%20Villers%20de%20L'Isle-Adam.jpg?width=320
1439Irving StoneQ337103American writer (1903–1989)Writer1903-07-141989-08-26USAUnited StatesUSA14467.17
1439Henri MichauxQ160780French painter, poet and writer (1899–1984)WriterFrench1899-05-241984-10-19France; BelgiumBEL04467.14
1439Cosmas of PragueQ317916Bohemian priest (c.1045–1125)Writermedieval Latin; Czech10451125-10-21Kingdom of BohemiaCZE04467.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kosmas.jpg?width=320
1439Rex StoutQ337351American writer (1886-1975)WriterEnglish1886-12-011975-10-27USAUnited StatesUSA04466.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rex%20Stout%201973.jpg?width=320
1439Qiu JinQ465324Chinese revolutionary, feminist, and writer (1875-1907)Writer18791907-07-15Qing dynastyCHN04465.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Qiu%20jin.jpg?width=320
1439Ignazio SiloneQ168431Italian writer and politician (1900-1978)WriterItalian; German1900-05-011978-08-22ITAItalyITA04465.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ignazio%20Silone%2C%201940s%20(2).jpg?width=320
1439Dan SimmonsQ297538American novelist (1948–2026)Writer1948-04-042026-02-21USAUnited StatesUSA24465.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan%20Simmons.jpg?width=320
1439Henrik WergelandQ351705Norwegian writer (1808–1845)Writer1808-06-171845-07-12NORNorwayNOR04465.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wergeland%20daguerreotype.jpg?width=320
1439B. K. S. IyengarQ557185Indian yoga teacher and scholar (1918–2014)Writer1918-12-142014-08-20INDIndiaIND04465.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BKS%20Iyengar.jpg?width=320
1439Robert BlochQ355879American fiction writer (1917–1994)WriterEnglish1917-04-051994-09-23USAUnited StatesUSA14465.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Bloch%20with%20His%20Hall%20of%20Fame%20Award%2C%205%20December%201976%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1439Edmond François Valentin AboutQ361004French writer and critic (1828-1885)WriterFrench1828-02-141885-01-16FRAFranceFRA04465.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Edmond%20About%20mg%200112.jpg?width=320
1439Sabino AranaQ332663Basque nationalist, writer and politician (1865–1903)Writer1865-01-251903-11-25ESPSpainESP04465.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sabino-arana-olerkijak.jpg?width=320
1439Eileen ChangQ197155Chinese-born American essayist, novelist, and screenwriter (1920–1995)WriterChinese1920-09-201995-09-08People's Republic of China; Taiwan; United StatesCHN14464.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1944%E5%B9%B4%E7%9A%84%E5%BC%A0%E7%88%B1%E7%8E%B2.jpg?width=320
1439Robert JordanQ166351American fantasy writer (1948–2007)WriterEnglish1948-10-172007-09-16USAUnited StatesUSA14464.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Jordan.jpg?width=320
1439Ira LevinQ317631American novelist, playwright (1929–2007)Writer1929-08-272007-11-12USAUnited StatesUSA24464.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20photograph%20of%20Ira%20Levin%20by%20Inge%20Morath%2C%20c.%201967.jpg?width=320
1439Michael MoorcockQ316138English writer, editor, critic (born 1939)Writer1939-12-18GBRUnited KingdomGBR34464.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael%20Moorcock%202012.jpg?width=320
1439Malcolm LowryQ357120British writer (1909–1957)WriterEnglish1909-07-281957-06-26GBRUnited KingdomGBR14464.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Malcolm%20Lowry%20(June%201957).jpg?width=320
1439Patricia CornwellQ231467American novelist, journalist, biographerWriter1956-06-09USAUnited StatesUSA164464.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Patricia%20Cornwell%202011%20b.jpg?width=320
1439Väinö LinnaQ311037Finnish writerWriterFinnish1920-12-201992-04-21FINFinlandFIN24464.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vaino%20Linna%20color.jpg?width=320
1439Arne GarborgQ467497Norwegian writer (1851–1924)WriterNorwegian; Nynorsk1851-01-251924-01-14NORNorwayNOR04464.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Garborg%20portrett.jpg?width=320
1439Minna CanthQ298027Finnish writer, editor (1844-1897)WriterFinnish1844-03-191897-05-12Grand Duchy of FinlandFIN04464.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MinnaCanth.jpg?width=320
1439Shirley JacksonQ239910American writer (1916-1965)WriterEnglish1916-12-141965-09-08USAUnited StatesUSA04463.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shirley%20Jackson%201940s.png?width=320
1439Alejandra PizarnikQ272441Argentinian poet (1936-1972)WriterSpanish1936-04-291972-09-25ARGArgentinaARG04463.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alejandra%20Pizarnik-C123.jpg?width=320
1439Paul MorandQ272French writer (1888-1976)WriterFrench1888-03-131976-07-23FRAFranceFRA54463.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul%20Morand.jpg?width=320
1439Péter EsterházyQ164106Hungarian writer (1950–2016)WriterHungarian1950-04-142016-07-14HUNHungaryHUN14463.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter%20Esterhazy%20by%20Kubik%2002.jpg?width=320
1439Ivana Brlić-MažuranićQ254383Croatian writer (1874–1938)WriterCroatian1874-04-181938-09-21HUNHungaryAUT34462.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ivana%20brlic%20mazuranic%20II.jpg?width=320
1439Edward YoungQ507699English poet (1683–1765)WriterEnglish1683-07-031765-04-05Kingdom of Great BritainGBR04462.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph%20Highmore%20(1692-1780)%20-%20Edward%20Young%20(1683%E2%80%931765)%20-%20ASC-132%20-%20All%20Souls%20College.jpg?width=320
1439A. H. TammsaareQ353637Estonian writer (1878–1940)WriterEstonian1878-01-301940-03-01ESTEstoniaEST44462.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anton%20Hansen%20Tammsaare%2C%20000290.jpg?width=320
1439Thomas WyattQ314325English poet and diplomat (1503-1542)WriterEnglish15031542-10-21Kingdom of EnglandGBR04462.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir%20Thomas%20Wyatt%20by%20Hans%20Holbein%20the%20Younger.jpg?width=320
1439Vasily AksyonovQ315185Soviet-Russian writer (1932-2009)WriterRussian1932-08-202009-07-06RUSRussiaRUS04462.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vasily%20Aksyonov%2C%20Russian%20author%201980%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1439Samuil MarshakQ435584Russian and Soviet poet, playwright, translator, literary critic, screenwriter, author of popular children's books (1887–1964)WriterRussian1887-11-031964-07-04Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS04462https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuil%20Marshak%20by%20Sergei%20Strunnikov.jpg?width=320
1439Umberto SabaQ451312Italian poet and novelist (1883-1957)WriterItalian1883-03-091957-08-25ITAItalyITA04461.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photo%20Portrait%20of%20the%20Italian%20poet%20Umberto%20Saba%20while%20watching%20birds%20in%20aviaries%2C%201950%20-%20Touring%20Club%20Italiano%2011%205508.jpg?width=320
1439Vasile AlecsandriQ352004Romanian poet, playwright, politician, and diplomatWriterFrench; Romanian1821-08-021890-09-03Principality of Moldavia; Kingdom of Romania; United Principalities of Moldavia and WallachiaROU04461.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Constantin%20Daniel%20Stahi%20-%20Portretul%20lui%20Vasile%20Alecsandri.jpg?width=320
1439John WyndhamQ313673English science fiction author (1903–1969)Writer1903-07-101969-03-11GBRUnited KingdomGBR04461.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20B%20Harris%20WS%203105.jpg?width=320
1439Vazha-PshavelaQ317040Georgian writer, poet, noble (1861-1915)Writer1861-07-261915-07-10Russian EmpireGEO14461.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vazha-Pshavela.jpg?width=320
1439Siegfried SassoonQ363729English war poet and writer (1886-1967)WriterEnglish1886-09-081967-09-01GBRUnited KingdomGBR14460.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Siegfried%20Sassoon%20by%20George%20Charles%20Beresford%20(1915).jpg?width=320
1439Susanna TamaroQ234621Italian writer (1957-)WriterItalian1957-12-12ITAItalyITA14459.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Susanna%20Tamaro.jpg?width=320
1439Lillian HellmanQ233701American dramatist and screenwriter (1905-1984)WriterEnglish1905-06-201984-06-30USAUnited StatesUSA04459.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lillian-Hellman-1939.jpg?width=320
1439Sue GraftonQ234865American writer from Kentucky (1940-2017)WriterEnglish1940-04-242017-12-28USAUnited StatesUSA244456.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SueGrafton.jpg?width=320
1439Helen FieldingQ232359English novelist and screenwriter (born 1958)Writer1958-02-19GBRUnited KingdomGBR14456.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HF-purple-with-chair.jpg?width=320
1439Gillian FlynnQ311755American author and criticWriterEnglish1971-02-24USAUnited StatesUSA24451.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gillian%20Flynn%202014%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1439Leïla SlimaniQ18173445French-Moroccan writer and journalistWriterFrench1981-10-03Morocco; FranceMAR24450.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Le%C3%AFla%20Slimani%20at%20the%202025%20Cannes%20Film%20Festival%2014.jpg?width=320
1439Cecelia AhernQ229403Irish novelistWriterEnglish1981-09-30IRLIrelandIRL54450.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cecelia%20Ahern%20-%20Buchmesse%20Wien%202022%20(a).JPG?width=320
1439Anne EnrightQ73176Irish writer (born 1962)WriterEnglish1962-10-11IRLIrelandIRL14449.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Enright%20Anne%20koeln%20literaturhaus%20181108.jpg?width=320
1502Henri CharrièreQ315020French convict and author (1906-1973)WriterFrench1906-11-161973-07-29FRAFranceFRA14375.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henri%20Charriere%20(1971)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1502Dio ChrysostomQ334457Greek orator, writer, philosopher and historian (c. 40 – c. 115)WriterAncient Greek00400120Ancient RomeTUR14370.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dio%20Chrysostomus.jpg?width=320
1502Andrea CamilleriQ334219Italian writer (1925–2019)WriterItalian1925-09-062019-07-17ITAItalyITA14369.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrea%20Camilleri%2C%20Premio%20Chiara%202010.jpg?width=320
1502Miep GiesQ7335Dutch citizen who hid Anne Frank (1909–2010)Writer1909-02-152010-01-11NLDKingdom of the NetherlandsAUT04368.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miep%20Gies%20(1987).jpg?width=320
1502Dobrica ĆosićQ369612Serbian politician and writer (1921-2014)Writer1921-12-292014-05-18SRBSerbiaSRB64368.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/S.Kragujevic%2C%20Dobrica%20Cosic%201961.JPG?width=320
1502Władysław TarnowskiQ93817Polish composer (1836–1878)WriterPolish1836-06-041878-04-19Austria–HungaryUKR04368.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw%20Tarnowski%20by%20Maurycy%20Gottlieb.jpg?width=320
1502Marie d'AgoultQ253453Franco-German romantic author and historian (1805-1876)WriterFrench1805-12-311876-03-05FRAFranceDEU34368.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marie%20d%E2%80%99Agoult%20by%20Henri%20Lehmann.jpg?width=320
1502John FanteQ3197461909–1983; American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Italian descentWriterEnglish1909-04-081983-05-08USAUnited StatesUSA94368.41
1502Ouyang XiuQ334323Chinese poet, historian and statesman (1007–1072)WriterTraditional Chinese1007-08-061072-09-22Northern Song dynastyCHN54368.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E5%AE%8B%E5%8F%82%E6%94%BF%E6%AC%A7%E9%98%B3%E6%96%87%E5%BF%A0%E5%85%AC%E4%BF%AE.jpg?width=320
1502Thomas MaloryQ309907English writer, author of Le Morte d'Arthur (1405–1471)Writer14051471-03-23Kingdom of EnglandGBR14367.91
1502Alfred BrehmQ155112German naturalist (1829-1884)WriterGerman1829-02-021884-11-11Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-EisenachDEU34367.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alfred%20Edmund%20Brehm%20from%20Familj-Journalen1885.png?width=320
1502MimnermusQ316129ancient Greek poetWriterAncient Greek-669-600TUR04367.56
1502B. TravenQ55072099German novelistWriter1882-10-091969-03-26Germany; MexicoPOL124367.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/B.%20Traven%20aka%20Red%20Marut%20arrest%20photo%20in%20London%201923%20(front).jpg?width=320
1502HerodianQ313056Greco-Roman official and historian (c.170–c.240)WriterAncient Greek01700250Ancient RomeSYR14367.46
1502António Lobo AntunesQ333849Portuguese writer (1942-2026)WriterPortuguese1942-09-012026-03-05PRTPortugalPRT64367.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ant%C3%B3nio%20Lobo%20Antunes%20(2010).jpg?width=320
1502Irwin ShawQ315380American writer (1913–1984)WriterEnglish1913-02-271984-05-16USAUnited StatesUSA24366.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irwin%20Shaw%20(1948).jpg?width=320
1502Tahar Ben JellounQ334989Moroccan naturalized French writerWriterFrench1947-12-01France; MoroccoMAR24366.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tahar%20Ben%20Jelloun%20par%20Claude%20Truong-Ngoc%20sept%202013.jpg?width=320
1502Alfred Thayer MaanQ142988United States Navy admiral and historian (1840–1914)WriterEnglish1840-09-271914-12-01USAUnited StatesUSA04366.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alfred%20thayer%20mahan.jpg?width=320
1502Hugo GernsbackQ312242American inventor, writer, editor and publisher (1884–1967)WriterEnglish1884-08-161967-08-19United States; LuxembourgLUX04366.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hugo%20Gernsback.jpg?width=320
1502James EllroyQ318487American novelist, short story writer, essayist, memoirist (born 1948)Writer1948-03-04USAUnited StatesUSA34366.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Ellroy%20in%20Toulouse%209023%20-%20January%202011.jpg?width=320
1502Jakob WassermannQ60369German writer (1873-1934)WriterGerman1873-03-101934-01-01DEUGermanyDEU04365.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jakob%20Wassermann%201934.jpg?width=320
1502Matteo Maria BoiardoQ319557Italian writerWriterItalian14411494-12-28ITA24365.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matteo%20Maria%20Boiardo%2C%20ritratto%201.jpg?width=320
1502Adamantios KoraisQ319635Greek humanist scholar (1748–1833)WriterModern Greek1748-04-271833-04-06FRAFranceTUR14365.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adamantios%20Korais.jpg?width=320
1502Jeppe AakjærQ211039Danish poet and novelist (1866–1930)Writer1866-09-101930-04-22Kingdom of DenmarkDNK24365.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeppe%20Aakjaer.jpg?width=320
1502Thomas ChattertonQ380509English poet and forger (1752-1770)WriterEnglish1752-11-201770-08-24Kingdom of Great BritainGBR04364.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Chatterton.jpg?width=320
1502Harlan CobenQ318099American writerWriterEnglish1962-01-04USAUnited StatesUSA14364.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HarlanCoben.jpg?width=320
1502Robert HarrisQ313981English novelist (born 1957)WriterEnglish1957-03-07GBRUnited KingdomGBR24364.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Harris%20-%20Buch%20Wien%202024.JPG?width=320
1502Fernando ArrabalQ309768Spanish writer and actor resident in France (born 1932)WriterFrench; Spanish1932-08-11Spain; FranceESP34364.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fernando%20Arrabal%2C%202012.JPG?width=320
1502Julien GracqQ298051French writer (1910-2007)WriterFrench1910-07-272007-12-22FRAFranceFRA14364.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Julien%20Gracq%20(1951)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1502Adam ZagajewskiQ351222Polish poet (1945-2021)WriterPolish1945-06-212021-03-21POLPolandUKR04364https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adam%20Zagajewski%202014%20in%20Stockholm.jpg?width=320
1502Juan Carlos OnettiQ16873Uruguayan novelist (1909-1994)WriterSpanish1909-07-011994-05-30Spain; UruguayURY04363.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juan%20Carlos%20Onetti%201981.jpg?width=320
1502Alexandre BenoisQ319861Russian artist (1870–1960)Writer1870-05-031960-02-09FRAFranceRUS04363.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander%20Benua%20par%20L%C3%A9on%20Bakst%20(1898).jpg?width=320
1502Erle Stanley GardnerQ357065American writer and lawyer (1889–1970)WriterEnglish1889-07-171970-03-11USAUnited StatesUSA24363.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erle-Stanley-Gardner-1966.jpg?width=320
1502Masaoka ShikiQ315152Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan (1867-1902)Writer1867-10-141902-09-19JPNJapanJPN34363.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shiki%20Masaoka.jpg?width=320
1502John BarthQ315683American writer (1930–2024)Writer1930-05-272024-04-02USAUnited StatesUSA04363.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Author%20John%20Barth%20(46716317801).jpg?width=320
1502Savitri DeviQ270337Greek-French writer (1905-1982)Writer1905-09-301982-10-22Greece; FranceFRA04363.29
1502Marceline Desbordes-ValmoreQ466987French poet and novelistWriterFrench1786-06-201859-07-23FRAFranceFRA04362.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20de%20Marceline%20Desbordes%20par%20Constant%20Joseph%20Desbordes.jpg?width=320
1502Robin SharmaQ2604952Canadian self-help writerWriter1964-06-16Mauritius; CanadaCAN24362.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robin%20Sharma.jpg?width=320
1502Terry EagletonQ315349British writer, academic and educatorWriterEnglish1943-02-22GBRUnited KingdomGBR04362.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Culture%20Wars%20-%20Kulturkriege.%20Luxemburg%20Lecture%20mit%20Terry%20Eagleton%20(8720387921).jpg?width=320
1502Ilse AichingerQ93514Austrian writer (1921–2016)WriterGerman1921-11-012016-11-11AUTAustriaAUT34362.46
1502Lawrence FerlinghettiQ314269American artist, writer and activist (1919–2021)Writer1919-03-242021-02-22USAUnited StatesUSA04362.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lawrence-ferlinghetti-by-elsa-dorfman%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1502Esaias TegnérQ366765Swedish poet, professor and bishop (1782–1846)WriterSwedish1782-11-131846-11-02SWESwedenSWE14362https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Esaias%20Tegn%C3%A9r%20from%20Svenska%20Familj-Journalen%201870.png?width=320
1502Vasil BykaŭQ335794Belarusian writer (1924–2003)WriterRussian; Belarusian1924-06-192003-06-22BLRBelarusBLR04361.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vasil%20Bykov%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1502Mariama BâQ464389Senegalese writer (1929–1981)Writer1929-04-171981-08-17SENSenegalSEN24361.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mariama%20B%C3%A2%20vers%201958%20Unesco%20Domaine%20public.jpg?width=320
1502Fyodor SologubQ380728Russian writer (1863–1927)WriterFrench; Russian1863-03-011927-12-05Russian Empire; Soviet UnionRUS14361.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sologub-1909.jpg?width=320
1502María Elena WalshQ188848Argentine author and composerWriter1930-02-012011-01-10ARGArgentinaARG14361.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mar%C3%ADa%20Elena%20Walsh%20by%20Anatole%20Saderman%2C%201963.jpg?width=320
1502Tadeusz RóżewiczQ327275Polish poet, dramatist and writer (1921–2014)WriterPolish1921-10-092014-04-24POLPolandPOL04361.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/R%C3%B3%C5%BCewicz%20cropped.JPG?width=320
1502J. B. PriestleyQ443528English writer (1894–1984)Writer1894-09-131984-08-14GBRUnited KingdomGBR04361.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J.%20B.%20Priestley%20arrives%20in%20New%20York%2C%201931%2C%20Associated%20Press.png?width=320
1502Neil PostmanQ436131American writer and academic (1931-2003)Writer1931-03-082003-10-05USAUnited StatesUSA04360.95
1502John WebsterQ225904English dramatist (1578-1634)WriterEnglish15781634United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR24360.88
1502Fazil IskanderQ181573Soviet and Russian writer (1929–2016)WriterRussian1929-03-062016-07-31RUSRussia04360.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fazil%20Iskander%20in%202010.jpg?width=320
1502Silvio PellicoQ435151Italian writer and poetWriter1789-06-241854-01-31Kingdom of SardiniaITA114360.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Silvio%20Pellico.jpg?width=320
1502Jean RichepinQ551744French poet, novelist and dramatist (1849-1926)WriterFrench1849-02-041926-12-12FRAFranceFRA14360.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean%20Richepin.png?width=320
1502Olaudah EquianoQ379887Black British abolitionist and writer (c. 1745 – 1797)Writer17451797-03-31NGA14359.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Olaudah%20Equiano%20-%20Project%20Gutenberg%20eText%2015399.png?width=320
1502Charlie KaufmanQ312751American filmmaker and novelistWriter1958-11-19USAUnited StatesUSA04359.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charlie%20Kaufman%20Fantastic%20Fest%202015-0257%20(27441349145)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1502Ian RankinQ318431Scottish writerWriter1960-04-28GBRUnited KingdomGBR94358.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ian%20Rankin%20at%20STABF%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1502Sara TeasdaleQ276013American writer and poet (1884–1933)WriterEnglish1884-08-081933-01-29USAUnited StatesUSA04358.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sara%20Teasdale.%20Photograph%20by%20Gerhard%20Sisters%2C%20ca.%201910%20Missouri%20History%20Museum%20Photograph%20and%20Print%20Collection.%20Portraits%20n21492.jpg?width=320
1502W. S. GilbertQ348513English dramatist, poet and illustrator (1836–1911)WriterEnglish1836-11-181911-05-29United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR04358.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elliott%20%26%20Fry%20-%20photograph%20W.%20S.%20Gilbert.jpg?width=320
1502You XieQ1649544Chinese-German politician and writerWriter1958-10-01DEUGermanyCHN04357.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CSU%20YouXie.jpg?width=320
1502James ThurberQ124527American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright (1894–1961)WriterEnglish1894-12-081961-11-02USAUnited StatesUSA44357.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Thurber%20NYWTS.jpg?width=320
1502Gerard Manley HopkinsQ313693English poet (1844–1889)WriterEnglish1844-07-281889-06-08GBRUnited KingdomGBR14357.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GerardManleyHopkins.jpg?width=320
1502Anita BrooknerQ237687English novelist and art historian (1928–2016)Writer1928-07-162016-03-10GBRUnited KingdomGBR14356.99
1502Anne BradstreetQ242332Anglo-American poet (1612–1672)WriterEnglish1612-03-201672-09-16Kingdom of EnglandGBR04356.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frontispiece%20for%20An%20Account%20of%20Anne%20Bradstreet%20The%20Puritan%20Poetess%2C%20and%20Kindred%20Topics%2C%20edited%20by%20Colonel%20Luther%20Caldwell%20(Boston%2C%201898)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1502Alfred Edward HousmanQ351410British classical scholar and poet (1859-1936)WriterEnglish1859-03-261936-04-30GBRUnited KingdomGBR14355.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alfred%20Edward%20Housman%201894.jpg?width=320
1502George ChapmanQ34272016th/17th-century English dramatist, poet, and translatorWriterEnglish15591634-05-12United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR14354.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George%20Chapman.jpg?width=320
1502Sarah WatersQ237555Welsh novelist (1966-)WriterEnglish1966-07-21GBRUnited KingdomGBR24352.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sarah%20Waters.jpg?width=320
1502Henry Ward BeecherQ1607404American clergyman and activist (1813–1887)WriterEnglish1813-06-241887-03-08USAUnited StatesUSA04352.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry%20Ward%20Beecher%20-%20Brady-Handy.jpg?width=320
1502Masih AlinejadQ6783266Iranian-born journalistWriter1976-09-11United States; Iran; United KingdomIRN04351.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Masih%20Alinejad%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1502Daniel HandlerQ1060636American novelist, also known by the pseudonym Lemony Snicket (born 1970)WriterEnglish1970-02-28USAUnited StatesUSA44348.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daniel%20Handler%20calling%20Lemony%20Snicket%202006-10-28.jpg?width=320
1571Savitribai PhuleQ2645692Indian social reformer (1831-1897)Writer1831-01-031897-03-10British RajIND04273.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Savitribai%20Phule%20statue%2C%20Maharashtra%20sadan%2C%20New%20Delhi.jpg?width=320
1571Marie-Antoine CarêmeQ355751French chefWriter1784-06-081833-01-12FRAFranceFRA04272.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20d'Antonin%20Car%C3%AAme.png?width=320
1571NasimiQ982506Azerbaijani poet, c. 1369–1419WriterPersian; Azerbaijani; Arabic13691419AZE24271.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Nasimi.jpg?width=320
1571LongusQ314949ancient Greek writerWriterAncient Greek01100200GRC04270.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daphnis-chloe-cover.jpg?width=320
1571Gregory of NarekQ969758Armenian monkWriterClassical Armenian09511003TUR04270.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Grigor%20Narekatsi%201.jpg?width=320
1571Epicharmus of KosQ312410late 6th/early 5th century BC Greek dramatist and philosopherWriterAncient Greek-539-447ITA04270.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pictorial%20history%20of%20Epicarmo%2Cpoet%20and%20writer.jpg?width=320
1571Aelia EudociaQ229307Greek Eastern Roman Empress by marriage to Byzantine emperor Theodosius II (c.401-460)Writer04010460-10-21Byzantine EmpireGRC14269.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hagia%20Eudokia.jpg?width=320
1571StesichorusQ3327976th-century BCE Greek lyric poetWriterAncient Greek-629-554ITAMetauronITA14269.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stesichorus%20(detailed).jpg?width=320
1571Johann Ludwig BurckhardtQ39691Swiss traveller and writer (1784-1817)WriterEnglish; French1784-11-241817-10-15CHESwitzerlandCHE04268.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bildnis%20Johann%20Ludwig%20Burckhardt%20HMB%201947-221.jpg?width=320
1571Samuel ButlerQ258766English poet and satirist (1613–1680)WriterEnglish1612-02-031680-09-25GBRUnited KingdomGBR04268.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel%20Butler%20by%20Pieter%20Borsseler.jpg?width=320
1571Panait IstratiQ344179Romanian writer (1884–1935)WriterFrench; Romanian1884-08-101935-04-16ROURomaniaROU04268.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Panait%20Istrati.jpg?width=320
1571Jean-François MarmontelQ379923French historian and writer, a member of the Encyclopediste movement (1723-1799)WriterFrench1723-07-111799-12-31FRAFranceFRA04267.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois%20Marmontel.jpg?width=320
1571Nordahl GriegQ381734Norwegian author (1902–1943)WriterNorwegian1902-11-011943-12-02NORNorwayNOR14267.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nordahl%20Grieg.jpg?width=320
1571Zachris TopeliusQ139549Finnish-Swedish author, poet, historian, professor and rector of Helsinki University (1818–1898)WriterSwedish1818-01-141898-03-12Grand Duchy of Finland; Russian EmpireFIN34267.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zacharias%20Topelius%20by%20Edelfelt.jpeg?width=320
1571Michael ConnellyQ313193American novelist, journalist, crime fiction writer, and screenwriter (born 1956)WriterAmerican English; English1956-07-21USAUnited StatesUSA34266.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MConnelly.jpg?width=320
1571Rigas VelestinlisQ319684Greek philosopher (1757-1798)WriterModern Greek17571798-06-24Ottoman EmpireGRC14266.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rigas%20Feraios%2001.jpg?width=320
1571Nadezhda MandelstamQ234765Russian writer and educatorWriterRussian1899-10-301980-12-29Russian Empire; Soviet UnionRUS14266.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%CC%81%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%20%D0%AF%CC%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%CC%81%D0%BC.jpg?width=320
1571Wilhelm MüllerQ57879German poet (1794-1827)WriterGerman1794-10-071827-09-30Anhalt-DessauDEU24266.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilhelm%20M%C3%BCller%20by%20Schr%C3%B6ter.jpg?width=320
1571Friedrich Maximilian KlingerQ213549German dramatist and novelist (1752-1831)WriterGerman1752-02-171831-02-25Free City of FrankfurtDEU04266.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Friedrich%20Maximilian%20von%20Klinger.jpg?width=320
1571Alexander AfanasyevQ325004Russian folklorist, collector of folk tales (1826-1871)WriterRussian1826-07-231871-10-05Russian EmpireRUS24265.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Afanasev.jpg?width=320
1571Lee ChildQ333719British thriller writer (born 1954)WriterEnglish1954-10-29GBRUnited KingdomGBR174265.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lee%20Child%2C%20Bouchercon%202010.jpg?width=320
1571Alistair MacLeanQ333713Scottish novelist (1922–1987)Writer1922-04-211987-02-02GBRUnited KingdomGBR14265.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alistair%20Maclean%20in%201967%20(NPG%20scan)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1571Hugo ClausQ117783Belgian author (1929–2008)WriterDutch1929-04-052008-03-19BELBelgiumBEL34265.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hugo%20Claus.jpg?width=320
1571Sheridan Le FanuQ326467Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels (1814–1873)WriterEnglish1814-08-281873-02-07British Empire; United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandIRL34264.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sheridan%20Le%20Fanu%20002.png?width=320
1571Vita Sackville-WestQ235505English writer, poet, and gardener (1892–1962)WriterEnglish1892-03-091962-06-02GBRUnited KingdomGBR44264.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vita%20as%20a%20married%20woman.jpg?width=320
1571Jack VanceQ312632American mystery and speculative fiction writer (1916–2013)WriterEnglish1916-08-282013-05-26USAUnited StatesUSA34264.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack%20Vance%20Boat%20Skipper.jpg?width=320
1571Emilia Pardo BazánQ275929Spanish author, editor (1851–1922)WriterSpanish1851-09-161921-05-12ESPSpainESP84263.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emilia%20Pardo%20Baz%C3%A1n%20por%20Luis%20Sellier%201885.jpg?width=320
1571Conrad Ferdinand MeyerQ123261Swiss historical novelist and poet (1825-1898)WriterGerman1825-10-111898-11-28CHESwitzerlandCHE14263.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl%20Stauffer-Bern%20Conrad%20Ferdinand%20Meyer%201887.jpg?width=320
1571Sarat Chandra ChattopadhyayQ404622Bengali novelist and short story writer (1876-1938)WriterBangla1876-09-151938-01-16British RajIND114262.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sarat%20Chandra%20Chattopadhyay%20portrait.jpg?width=320
1571John Kennedy TooleQ313739American novelist (1937–1969)Writer1937-12-171969-03-26USAUnited StatesUSA14262.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1954%20Yearbook%20photo%20of%20John%20Kennedy%20Toole.jpg?width=320
1571Miguel DelibesQ157326Spanish writer (1920–2010)WriterSpanish1920-10-172010-03-12ESPSpainESP44262.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%22Retrat%20de%20l'escriptor%20Miguel%20Delibes%20(1920-2010)%22.png?width=320
1571Dacia MarainiQ286600Italian writer (1936)WriterItalian1936-11-13ITAItalyITA04262.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dacia%20Maraini%20-%20Buch%20Wien%202025.JPG?width=320
1571Fernando de RojasQ353841Spanish author and playwrightWriter14651541-04Kingdom of CastileESP14262.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fernando-de-Rojas.jpg?width=320
1571Richard BrautiganQ357114American novelist, poet, and short story writer (1935–1984)Writer1935-01-301984-10-25USAUnited StatesUSA44262.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Brautigan.jpg?width=320
1571Musa CälilQ326766Soviet poetWriterTatar1906-02-151944-08-25Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic; Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS04262.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Musa%20Dzhalil%2C%201930s.jpg?width=320
1571Ana BlandianaQ237033Romanian poet, essayist, and political figureWriter1942-03-25ROURomaniaROU04262.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RK1907%20MG%207507-Edit%20Ana%20Blandiana.jpg?width=320
1571Silva KaputikyanQ2417449Armenian poet, writer and political activist (1919–2006)WriterArmenian1919-01-202006-08-25ARMArmeniaARM04262.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Silva%20Kaputikyan.JPG?width=320
1571Theodore SturgeonQ240253American speculative fiction writer (1918–1985)WriterEnglish1918-02-261985-05-08USAUnited StatesUSA44261.94
1571Fritz LeiberQ313185American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction (1910–1992)Writer1910-12-241992-09-05USAUnited StatesUSA14261.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fritz%20Leiber%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1571Dezső KosztolányiQ27610Hungarian poet, writer and translator (1885–1936)WriterHungarian1885-03-291936-11-03HUNHungaryAUT04261.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kosztol%C3%A1nyi%20Dezs%C5%91%20portr%C3%A9ja%20(Sz%C3%A9kely%20Alad%C3%A1r%2C%201935)%20%E2%80%93%20crop.jpg?width=320
1571Martin WalserQ57387German writer (1927–2023)Writer1927-03-242023-07-26Bavaria; GermanyDEU24261.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martin%20walser%2001.jpg?width=320
1571Mihály VörösmartyQ332484Hungarian writer (1800-1855)WriterHungarian1800-12-011855-11-19HUNHungaryHUN04260.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barabas-vorosmarty.jpg?width=320
1571Antoine de RivarolQ203952French writer (1753-1801)WriterFrench1753-06-261801-04-11FRAFranceFRA14260.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rivarol%20Antoine1.jpg?width=320
1571William GoldmanQ506885American novelist, screenwriter and playwright (1931-2018)WriterEnglish1931-08-122018-11-16USAUnited StatesUSA14258.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Goldman.jpg?width=320
1571Etgar KeretQ378882Israeli writer and screenwriterWriter1967-08-20Israel; PolandISR14258.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Etgar%20Keret%20(2022).jpg?width=320
1571David BrinQ315069American scientist and science fiction author (born 1950)Writer1950-10-06USAUnited StatesUSA34258.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David%20Brin%20at%20ACM%20CFP%202005dsc278c.jpg?width=320
1571Jaroslav VrchlickýQ461104Czech lyrical poet (1853–1912)WriterCzech; French1853-02-171912-09-09Kingdom of BohemiaCZE24258.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vrchlicky%2001.jpg?width=320
1571Marc LevyQ176246French writer (born 1961)Writer1961-10-16FRAFranceFRA24257.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marc%20Levy%202013-04-11%20B.jpg?width=320
1571Hart CraneQ380723American writer (1899–1932)WriterEnglish1899-07-211932-04-27USAUnited StatesUSA14257.6
1571Walter Savage LandorQ645138English writer, poet, and activist (1775–1864)WriterEnglish1775-01-301864-09-17GBREnglandGBR04257.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter%20Savage%20Landor%20by%20William%20Fisher-2.jpg?width=320
1571Virginie DespentesQ295015French writer and film directorWriterFrench1969-06-13FRAFranceFRA14256.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Virginie%20Despentes%202012.jpg?width=320
1571Anita LoosQ272088American actress and writer (1888–1981)WriterEnglish1889-04-261981-08-18USAUnited StatesUSA14256.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anita%20Loos%20-%20Apr%20May%201920%20MP.jpg?width=320
1571Mary OliverQ454836American poet (1935–2019)Writer1935-09-102019-01-17USAUnited StatesUSA34255.94
1571Dmitry GlukhovskyQ283408Russian writer and journalistWriterRussian1979-06-12Israel; RussiaRUS44255.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dmitry%20Glukhovsky.jpg?width=320
1571Alain de BottonQ123273Swiss-born British philosopher and writerWriter1969-12-20United Kingdom; SwitzerlandCHE14254.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alain%20de%20Botton.jpg?width=320
1571Maeve BinchyQ152690Irish novelistWriterEnglish1939-05-282012-07-30IRLIrelandIRL144254.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Binchy33%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1571Stephen LeacockQ508029Canadian writer and economist (1869–1944)WriterEnglish1869-12-301944-03-28CANCanadaGBR04253.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stephen%20Leacock.jpg?width=320
1571Madeleine L'EngleQ257261American writer (1918–2007)WriterEnglish1918-11-292007-09-06USAUnited StatesUSA14253.72
1571Naomi WolfQ237875American feminist and journalist (born 1962)Writer1962-11-12USAUnited StatesUSA24252.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Naomi%20Wolf%20speaking%20at%20a%20press%20conference%20in%20New%20York's%20Foley%20Square%20on%20March%2028%2C%202012.jpg?width=320
1571Jonathan Safran FoerQ359548American novelist (born 1977)Writer1977-02-21USAUnited StatesUSA24252.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jonathan%20Safran%20Foer.jpg?width=320
1571Mulk Raj AnandQ732434Indian English writer (1905–2004)WriterEnglish1905-12-122004-09-28INDIndiaPAK14251.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mulk%20Raj%20Anand.jpg?width=320
1632Paula HitlerQ84328younger sister of Adolf Hitler (1896–1960)Writer1896-01-211960-06-01AUTAustriaAUT04173.71
1632Jim CorbettQ468312British hunter, tracker, naturalist and author (1875-1955)WriterEnglish1875-07-251955-04-19GBRUnited KingdomIND04173.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim%20Corbett%2C%20c.%201907.png?width=320
1632Khoja Akhmet YassawiQ401543Sufi PoetWriterKarakhanid11001166Karakhanid KhanateKAZ04173.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ahmad%20Yasawi%20miniature.png?width=320
1632Antoine GallandQ319399French orientalist, numismatist and translator (1646–1715)WriterRomanian1646-04-041715-02-17Kingdom of FranceFRA14170.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/QT%20-%20Antoine%20Galland.PNG?width=320
1632Dionysius ThraxQ344124ancient Greek grammarianWriterAncient Greek-169-89EGY14169.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%94%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%96%D0%B9%20%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96.jpg?width=320
1632Daniel GolemanQ351701American psychologist and journalistWriter1946-03-07USAUnited StatesUSA04169.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daniel%20Goleman%20-%20World%20Economic%20Forum%20Annual%20Meeting%202011.jpg?width=320
1632IbycusQ3328026th century BC Greek lyric poetWriterAncient Greek-600-600ITA04169.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Reggio%20calabria%20monumento%20ibico.jpg?width=320
1632Bernard de VentadourQ450112th-century troubadorWriterOld Occitan11351190Kingdom of FranceFRA14169.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BnF%20ms.%2012473%20fol.%2015v%20-%20Bernart%20de%20Ventadour%20(1).jpg?width=320
1632John Jacob Astor IVQ430672American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel (1864–1912)Writer1864-07-131912-04-15USAUnited StatesUSA04168.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Jacob%20Astor%20IVb.jpg?width=320
1632Venantius FortunatusQ44934Italian saint-bishop, poet and hymnwriter (c. 530-c. 600/609)Writermedieval Latin05300609ITA64168.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Venantius%20Fortunatus%20miniature.JPG?width=320
1632Sergio Badilla CastilloQ193035Chilean poetWriter1947-11-30SWESwedenCHL04167.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Badilla%2C%20Sergio%20-FILSA%2020181105%20fRF11.jpg?width=320
1632D. T. SuzukiQ44847Japanese Buddhist scholar, Doctor of Letters (1870–1966)WriterEnglish1870-10-181966-06-12JPNJapanJPN14167.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daisetsu%20Teitar%C5%8D%20Suzuki%20photographed%20by%20Shigeru%20Tamura.jpg?width=320
1632Martin Andersen NexøQ168569Danish writer (1869–1954)Writer1869-06-261954-06-01Kingdom of DenmarkDNK34167.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fotothek%20df%20ps%200000061%20Bildnisse%20-%20Portr%C3%A4ts%20%5E%20K%C3%BCnstlerbildnisse%20-%20K%C3%BCnstlerportr%C3%A4.jpg?width=320
1632StobaeusQ4440795th-century Greek anthologistWriterAncient Greek04010401Byzantine EmpireMKD14167.32
1632Chiara LubichQ168479Italian founder of the Focolare Movement (1920–2008)WriterItalian1920-01-222008-03-14ITAItalyITA04167.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chiara%20Lubich.JPG?width=320
1632Ahmed DeedatQ332566South African writer and orator (1918–2005)Writer1918-07-012005-08-08South Africa; IndiaIND14166.85
1632James ClavellQ316802American novelist (1921-1994)Writer1921-10-101994-09-07United States; AustraliaAUS24166.82
1632Max NordauQ472270Hungarian Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic (1849–1923)Writer1849-07-291923-01-23HUNHungaryHUN14166.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Max%20Nordau.jpg?width=320
1632Léon BloyQ462666French writer, poet and essayist (1846–1917)WriterFrench1846-07-111917-11-03FRAFranceFRA44166.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L%C3%A9on%20Bloy%20-%20Dornac.jpg?width=320
1632Pierre Drieu La RochelleQ325974French writerWriterFrench1893-01-031945-03-15FRAFranceFRA14166.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/M.%20Drieu%20La%20Rochelle%20en%201930.jpg?width=320
1632Madame d'AulnoyQ260006French writerWriterFrench16521705-01-14Kingdom of FranceFRA94166.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/D'Aulnoy.jpg?width=320
1632Georges RodenbachQ378240Belgian Symbolist poet and novelist (1855-1898)WriterFrench1855-07-161898-12-25BELBelgiumBEL14166.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georges%20Rodenbach%2C%20portrait.jpg?width=320
1632Ono no KomachiQ198984Japanese poetWriterEarly Middle Japanese08250900JPNJapanJPN24166.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Suzuki%20Harunobu%20-%20The%20Poetess%20Ono%20no%20Komachi%20-%201925.2046%20-%20Art%20Institute%20of%20Chicago.jpg?width=320
1632Robert MerleQ315949French writerWriterFrench1908-08-292004-03-27FRAFranceDZA14166.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Merle%20(1964).JPG?width=320
1632Adam OehlenschlägerQ168356Danish poet and playwright (1779–1850)WriterDanish1779-11-141850-01-20Kingdom of DenmarkDNK34166.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A%20Oelenschlager.jpg?width=320
1632Imru' al-QaisQ1051776Arab king and poet (501–544)WriterArabic05010544SAU14166.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Imru%20al-Qays.png?width=320
1632Paul ScarronQ551725French poet and dramatist (1610–1660)WriterFrench1610-07-041660-10-06FRAFranceFRA14166https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul%20Scarron%202.jpg?width=320
1632Kenji MiyazawaQ55993Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896–1933)WriterJapanese; Esperanto1896-08-271933-09-21JPNJapanJPN354165.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miyazawa%20Kenji.jpg?width=320
1632Daniel PennacQ332689French authorWriterFrench1944-12-01FRAFranceMAR04165.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paris%20-%20Salon%20du%20livre%20de%20Paris%202017%20-%20Daniel%20Pennac%20-%20003.jpg?width=320
1632Joseph NeedhamQ318054British biochemist, historian and sinologist (1900–1995)WriterEnglish1900-12-091995-03-24GBRUnited KingdomGBR04164.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph%20Needham%20in%20Cambridge%201965%2004.jpg?width=320
1632Arnaldur IndriðasonQ215665Icelandic crime writer, former journalist and film criticWriterIcelandic1961-01-28ISLIcelandISL84164.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arnaldur%20Indridason%20(18108659022).jpg?width=320
1632Mahadevi VarmaQ466337Indian Hindi writer and poet (1907-1987)WriterHindi1907-03-261987-09-11INDIndiaIND14164.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stamp%20of%20India%20-%201991%20-%20Colnect%20164196%20-%20Mahadevi%20Verma%20Poetess%20and%20-%20Varsha.jpeg?width=320
1632Rafael SabatiniQ345104Italian–English writer (1875–1950)WriterEnglish1875-04-291950-02-13Italy; United KingdomITA44164.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Good%20Housekeeping-Vol.%2078-578.jpg?width=320
1632Mário de AndradeQ203623Brazilian writer, musicologist and photographer (1893–1945)Writer1893-10-091945-02-25BRABrazilBRA14164.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mario%20de%20andrade%201928b.png?width=320
1632Pierre ReverdyQ379931French poet (1889-1960)WriterFrench1889-09-131960-06-21FRAFranceFRA04163.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PIERRE%20REVERDY%201889%20POETA%20Y%20ESCRITOR%20FRANCES%20(13451270843).jpg?width=320
1632Miguel HernándezQ332088Spanish poet (1910–1942)WriterSpanish1910-10-301942-03-28ESPSpainESP84163.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miguel%20hernandez.jpg?width=320
1632José ZorrillaQ331863Spanish poet, writer, fighter (1817–1893)Writer1817-02-211893-01-23Spain; MexicoESP14163.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jose%20zorrilla.jpg?width=320
1632Sabahattin AliQ982838Turkish novelist (1907–1948)WriterOttoman Turkish1907-02-251948-04-02TURTurkeyBGR54163https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sabahattin%20Ali%2C%20date%20and%20location%20unknown.jpg?width=320
1632Zbigniew HerbertQ161363Polish writer and poet (1924–1998)WriterPolish1924-10-291998-07-28POLPolandUKR04162.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zbigniew%20Herbert.jpg?width=320
1632Li YuQ310898Chinese writer（1611–1680）Writer16101680Qing dynasty; Ming dynastyCHN44162.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Li%20Yu%20(cropped).png?width=320
1632Christian Fürchtegott GellertQ60584German poetWriterGerman1715-07-041769-12-13Electorate of SaxonyDEU54162.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christian%20F%C3%BCrchtegott%20Gellert.jpg?width=320
1632Carl Jonas Love AlmqvistQ316381Swedish romantic poet, early feminist, realist, composer, social critic and traveller (1793-1866)WriterSwedish1793-11-281866-09-26SWESwedenSWE14161.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mazer-Almqvist.jpg?width=320
1632Ivan YefremovQ54828Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker (1908–1972)WriterRussian1908-04-231972-10-05Russian Empire; Soviet UnionRUS44161.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%20%D0%95%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%201925%20cropped.jpg?width=320
1632Jean d'OrmessonQ353866French novelist (1925–2017)WriterFrench1925-06-162017-12-05FRAFranceFRA14161.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JeanDOrmesson-StudioHarcourt-1981.png?width=320
1632Valentin KataevQ333873Soviet writer, playwright, screenwriter, poet (1897–1986)WriterRussian1897-01-281986-04-12Soviet Union; Russian EmpireUKR04161.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valentin%20Kataev.jpg?width=320
1632Michael BondQ122127British writer (1926–2017)WriterEnglish1926-01-132017-06-27GBRUnited KingdomGBR14160.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael%20Bond%2C%20Saint%20Mary's%20Square%2C%20Paddington.jpg?width=320
1632Shulamith FirestoneQ271551Canadian born US feminist scholar, activist and writer (1945-2012)Writer1945-01-072012-08-28CANCanadaCAN14160.62
1632Dmitry PisarevQ378753Russian journalist (1840–1868)Writer1840-10-141868-07-16Russian EmpireRUS04160.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dimitri%20Pisarev.jpg?width=320
1632Leonid LeonovQ471664Russian writer (1899–1994)WriterRussian1899-05-311994-08-08RUSRussiaRUS04160.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%20%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B4%20%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg?width=320
1632Anne McCaffreyQ233046American-Irish novelist (1926–2011)Writer1926-04-012011-11-21United States; IrelandUSA44160.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anne%20McCaffrey%202005.JPG?width=320
1632Mihály BabitsQ332482Hungarian poet, translator (1883-1941)WriterHungarian1883-11-261941-08-04HUNHungaryHUN04159.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Babits%20Mihaly%20-%20Radio%201935.jpg?width=320
1632Ahmad ShamlooQ366521Iranian Persian poet, writer, and journalist (1925-2000)WriterPersian1925-12-122000-07-24IRNIranIRN14159.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ahmad%20Shamlou.jpg?width=320
1632Penelope FitzgeraldQ267748British writer and poet (1916–2000)WriterEnglish1916-12-172000-04-28GBRUnited KingdomGBR24158.79
1632Peter RoseggerQ93841Austrian poet and writer (1843-1918)WriterGerman1843-07-311918-06-26AUT04158.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rosegger3.jpg?width=320
1632Voltairine de CleyreQ235361American anarchist writer and feministWriterEnglish1866-11-171912-06-19USAUnited StatesUSA04158.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VoltairinedeCleyre.jpg?width=320
1632Richard HammondQ297265English motoring journalist and broadcasterWriter1969-12-19GBRUnited KingdomGBR24158.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Hammond%20in%20Toronto%20-%202024%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1632Olive SchreinerQ151180South African author and pacifist (1855-1920)WriterEnglish1855-03-241920-12-11ZAFSouth AfricaLSO14157.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Olive%20Schreiner00.jpg?width=320
1632Colm TóibínQ470758Irish novelist and writer (born 1955)WriterEnglish1955-05-30IRLIrelandIRL74157.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Colm%20toibin%202006.jpg?width=320
1632David MametQ269927American playwright, filmmaker and author (born 1947)WriterEnglish1947-11-30USAUnited StatesUSA34156.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David%20Mamet%202%20by%20David%20Shankbone.JPG?width=320
1632Zane GreyQ146763American novelist (1872–1939)WriterEnglish1872-01-311939-10-23USAUnited StatesUSA14156.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zane%20Grey.jpg?width=320
1632Hanif KureishiQ325936English writer (born 1954)WriterEnglish1954-12-05GBRUnited KingdomGBR04156.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hanif%20Kureishi.jpg?width=320
1632John Greenleaf WhittierQ458372American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery (1807-1892)WriterEnglish1807-12-171892-09-07USAUnited StatesUSA164154.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Greenleaf%20Whittier%20November%2025%201885.jpg?width=320
1632Michael ShermerQ126225American science writerWriter1954-09-08USAUnited StatesUSA04153.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael%20Shermer%20wiki%20portrait4.jpg?width=320
1632Daniel KehlmannQ57477German-language novelist (born 1975)WriterGerman1975-01-13Austria; GermanyDEU44153https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daniel%20Kehlmann%2C%20Frankfurter%20Buchmesse%202023%20Ausschnitt.jpg?width=320
1632David BenioffQ503997American writer and producer (born 1970)WriterEnglish1970-09-25USAUnited StatesUSA04152.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David%20Benioff%20by%20Gage%20Skidmore.jpg?width=320
1632George SaundersQ1251926American writer (born 1958)WriterEnglish1958-12-02USAUnited StatesUSA04152.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George%20Saunders%20in%202024%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1632Malcolm GladwellQ318429Canadian journalist and science writerWriterEnglish1963-09-03GBRUnited KingdomGBR74150.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Malcolm%20Gladwell%202014%20(cropped)%20-2.jpg?width=320
1632Anderson CooperQ316997American journalist (born 1967)WriterEnglish1967-06-03USAUnited StatesUSA04149.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anderson%20Cooper%20crop.jpg?width=320
1632Sofia AndrukhovychQ3487185Ukrainian writer/translatorWriterUkrainian1982-11-17UKRUkraineUKR04145.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sofija%20Andruchowytsch%20-%20Buch%20Wien%202024.JPG?width=320
1701Fausto CercignaniQ465664Italian scholar, essayist and poetWriter1941-03-21ITAItalyITA04073.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fausto%20Cercignani%202%20-%20Full%20resolution.JPG?width=320
1701Vittoria ColonnaQ255368Italian poet and noble (1492-1547)WriterItalian14921547-03-07ITA04070.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sebastiano%20del%20Piombo%20-%20Vittoria%20Colonna%20(%3F)%20-%20Google%20Art%20Project.jpg?width=320
1701William BeckfordQ361026English slaver, art collector, and novelist (1760–1844)WriterFrench; English1760-10-011844-05-02Kingdom of Great Britain; United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR14069.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20(Thomas)%20Beckford.jpg?width=320
1701Marilyn vos SavantQ234122American magazine columnist, author and lecturerWriterEnglish1946-08-11USAUnited StatesUSA04069.58
1701Pope Dionysius of AlexandriaQ328736Head of the Church in Alexandria from 248 to 264WriterAncient Greek01900264-03-08Ancient RomeEGY14069.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dionisii%20alek.jpg?width=320
1701HrotsvithaQ170248German secular canoness, dramatist, and poetWritermedieval Latin09350968East FranciaDEU204068.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roswitha%20of%20Gandersheim.jpg?width=320
1701George GissingQ369790English novelist (1857–1903)WriterEnglish1857-11-221903-12-28United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR74068.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George%20Gissing.jpg?width=320
1701Hartmann von AueQ75852leading poet of the Middle High German periodWriterMiddle High German11601210DEUGermanyDEU74068.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Codex%20Manesse%20Hartmann%20von%20Aue.jpg?width=320
1701Brian O'NolanQ469093Irish writer (1911-1966)WriterIrish1911-10-051966-04-01IRLIrelandGBR54067.71
1701Ljudevit GajQ352617Croatian academic, writer and politician (1809–1872)Writer1809-07-081872-04-20HUNHungaryHRV74066.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ljudevit%20Gaj%20(Knji%C5%BEnica%20Gajeva%201875).png?width=320
1701Eiji YoshikawaQ221957Japanese historical novelist (1892–1962)WriterJapanese1892-08-111962-09-07JPNJapanJPN14066.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eiji%20Yoshikawa.jpg?width=320
1701Ivan GundulićQ317588Croatian baroque poet from the Republic of RagusaWriter1589-01-081638-12-08Republic of RagusaHRV94066.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/De%20Gondola.jpg?width=320
1701Pierre LarousseQ313709French grammarian, lexicographer and encyclopaedistWriterFrench1817-10-231875-01-03FRAFranceFRA24066.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre%20Larousse.jpg?width=320
1701Reinaldo ArenasQ315024Cuban poet/novelist/playwright (1943–1990)WriterSpanish1943-07-161990-12-07CUBCubaBRA14066.37
1701Arthur HaileyQ249544British-Canadian writerWriterEnglish1920-04-052004-11-24Canada; United KingdomGBR24066.33
1701Abu TammamQ1750054Muslim Arab poet of Abbasid era (died 850)WriterArabic08050846-09-02SYR34066.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abu%20Tammam%20portrait.jpg?width=320
1701Boris PahorQ378747Slovenian writer (1913–2022)WriterSlovene1913-08-262022-05-30ITAItalyITA14065.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boris%20Pahor%20par%20Claude%20Truong-Ngoc%20juin%202015.jpg?width=320
1701Ihara SaikakuQ352561Japanese writerWriterJapanese16421693-09-09JPNJapanJPN84065.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ihara-Saikaku-Portrait.png?width=320
1701Claudio MagrisQ274404Italian scholar, translator and writer (1939)Writer1939-04-10ITAItalyITA14065.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Friedenspreis-ffm-2009-magris-012-a.jpg?width=320
1701Jules de GoncourtQ1234248French writer (1830–1870)WriterFrench1830-12-171870-06-20FRAFranceFRA04065.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jules%20de%20Goncourt.jpg?width=320
1701Erich SegalQ315343American writer (1937-2010)WriterEnglish1937-06-162010-01-17USAUnited StatesUSA14065.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erich%20Segal%201965.jpg?width=320
1701Robert DesnosQ170095French writerWriterFrench1900-07-041945-06-08FRAFranceFRA04064.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Desnos.jpg?width=320
1701Ahmed ShawqiQ401491Egyptian poet (1868–1932)Writer18681932-10-23EGYEgyptEGY24064.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ahmad%20shawqy.jpg?width=320
1701Ryū MurakamiQ380265Japanese writer and filmmakerWriter1952-02-19JPNJapanJPN04064.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ryu%20Murakami.jpg?width=320
1701James ConnollyQ294321American triple jumper (1868-1957)Writer1868-10-281957-01-20USAUnited StatesUSA04064.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Brendan%20Connolly%2C%201906%201.JPG?width=320
1701José Carlos MariáteguiQ335544Peruvian writer and academic (1894–1930)Writer1894-06-141930-04-16PERPeruPER04064.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jos%C3%A9%20Carlos%20Mari%C3%A1tegui%20in%201929.jpg?width=320
1701Philip José FarmerQ296256American writer (1918–2009)Writer1918-01-262009-02-25USAUnited StatesUSA14063.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philip-jos-farmer.jpg?width=320
1701Émile AugierQ256991French writer (1820-1889)WriterFrench1820-09-171889-10-25FRAFranceFRA14063.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Augier.jpg?width=320
1701Fred VargasQ237087French writer, archaeologist and historianWriterFrench1957-06-07FRAFranceFRA04063.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fred%20Vargas%202009.jpg?width=320
1701Vasyl StusQ426509Ukrainian poet, publicist and dissident (1938–1985)WriterUkrainian1938-01-061985-09-04Soviet UnionUKR04063.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stus%20KGB%20photo%201980%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1701Vladimir Nemirovich-DanchenkoQ203860Russian theatre director (1858-1943)WriterRussian1858-12-231943-04-25Russian Empire; Soviet UnionGEO04062.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vladimir%20Nemirovich-Danchenko%201937.jpg?width=320
1701Dionysios SolomosQ166172Greek poet (1798–1857)Writer1798-04-081857-02-09GRCGreeceGRC34062.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Solomos%20portrait%204.jpg?width=320
1701Horacio QuirogaQ16864Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer (1878–1937)WriterSpanish1878-12-311937-02-19URYUruguayURY04062.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Horacio%20Quiroga.jpg?width=320
1701August von Platen-HallermündeQ62432German poet (1796-1835)WriterGerman1796-10-241835-12-05Kingdom of BavariaDEU04061.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/August%20von%20Platen%20by%20Moritz%20Rugendas.jpg?width=320
1701Pascal QuignardQ423298French writerWriter1948-04-23FRAFranceFRA14061.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pascal%20Quignard%20le%205%20avril%202013.jpg?width=320
1701Terence McKennaQ380558American ethnobotanist and mystic (1946–2000)Writer1946-11-162000-04-03USAUnited StatesUSA04061.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mckenna1.jpg?width=320
1701Jean-Baptiste Henri LacordaireQ605534French preacher and journalist (1802-1861)WriterFrench1802-05-121861-11-21FRAFranceFRA04061.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Dominique%20Lacordaire.jpg?width=320
1701Ignacy KrasickiQ380545Polish writer and poet, Catholic archbishopWriterPolish1735-02-031801-03-14Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthPOL34061.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Krafft%20the%20Elder%20Ignacy%20Krasicki.jpg?width=320
1701William L. ShirerQ327287American journalist (1904–1993)Writer1904-02-231993-12-28USAUnited StatesUSA14060.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shirer.jpg?width=320
1701Harold RobbinsQ531563American novelist (1916–1997)Writer1916-05-211997-10-14USAUnited StatesUSA04060.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harold%20Robbins%20(1979).jpg?width=320
1701Vera BrittainQ450802English writer (1893-1970)WriterEnglish1893-12-291970-03-29GBRUnited KingdomGBR14060.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vera%20Brittain.jpg?width=320
1701Vyacheslav IvanovQ361318Russian poet, playwright, theatre theorist, translator (1866–1949)WriterRussian1866-02-281949-07-16ITAItalyRUS04060.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vyacheslav%20Ivanov%2C%201900%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1701Carl BernsteinQ319967American journalist (born 1944)WriterEnglish1944-02-14USAUnited StatesUSA04060.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl%20bernstein%202007.jpg?width=320
1701Maximilian VoloshinQ358885Ukrainian poet (1877-1932)WriterRussian1877-05-281932-08-11Soviet Union; Russian EmpireUKR04060.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maximilian%20Voloshin.jpg?width=320
1701Georg HerweghQ57945poet and politician (1817–1875)WriterGerman1817-05-311875-04-07CHESwitzerlandDEU04060.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herwegh%2C%20Georg.jpg?width=320
1701Yasmina KhadraQ313182Algerian writer (born 1955)WriterFrench1955-01-10DZAAlgeriaDZA84060.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yasmina%20Khadra%202014.jpg?width=320
1701José de AlencarQ455703Brazilian writer (1829–1877)WriterPortuguese1829-05-011877-12-12BRABrazilBRA34060.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jose%20de%20Alencar.png?width=320
1701Richard CurtisQ355300British screenwriter (born 1956)Writer1956-11-08NZLNew ZealandNZL04060.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Curtis%20MFF%202016.jpg?width=320
1701Géza GárdonyiQ221903Hungarian writer (1863–1922)WriterHungarian1863-08-031922-10-30HUNHungaryHUN34059.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Geza%20gardonyi.jpg?width=320
1701Andrew LangQ505827Scottish poet, novelist and literary critic (1844–1912)WriterEnglish1844-03-311912-07-20United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR14059.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrew%20Lang.jpg?width=320
1701Valentin RasputinQ529309Soviet and Russian writer (1937-2015)WriterRussian1937-03-152015-03-14RUSRussiaRUS14059.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%20%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD.jpg?width=320
1701Ford Madox FordQ537112English writer and publisher (1873-1939)WriterEnglish1873-12-171939-06-26GBRUnited KingdomGBR04059.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ford%20Madox%20Ford.jpg?width=320
1701Karl Ove KnausgårdQ609317Norwegian authorWriter1968-12-06NORNorwayNOR14059.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl%20Ove%20Knausg%C3%A5rd%202010-09-17.JPG?width=320
1701Jojo MoyesQ4299894British novelist and journalistWriter1969-08-04GBRUnited KingdomGBR14059.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paris%20-%20Salon%20du%20livre%20de%20Paris%202017%20-%20Jojo%20Moyes%20-%20001%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1701Jonathan LittellQ314969American-French writerWriterFrench1967-10-10United States; FranceUSA14059.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jonathan%20Littell%20P1200584.jpg?width=320
1701Nevil ShuteQ356639British writer and engineer (1899–1960)WriterEnglish1899-01-171960-01-12GBRUnited KingdomGBR14058.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Neville%20Shute%20AWW%201949.jpg?width=320
1701Gary SnyderQ315963American poet (born 1930)WriterEnglish1930-05-08USAUnited StatesUSA14058.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gary%20Snyder%2C%202007%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1701Norman Vincent PealeQ708251American writer and minister (1898-1993)Writer1898-05-311993-12-24USAUnited StatesUSA04058.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Norman%20Vincent%20Peale%20NYWTS.jpg?width=320
1701Nancy MitfordQ260026British writerWriterEnglish1904-11-281973-06-30GBRUnited KingdomGBR24058.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nancy-Mitford.jpg?width=320
1701Elizabeth StroutQ262712American novelist (born 1956)WriterEnglish1956-01-06USAUnited StatesUSA14058.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elizabeth%20Strout%202015.jpg?width=320
1701Joseba SarrionandiaQ237039Basque writerWriter1958-04-13ESPSpainESP04058.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseba%20Sarrionandia%20-%202016.jpg?width=320
1701Kathy AckerQ270641American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (1947–1997)Writer1947-04-181997-11-30USAUnited StatesUSA14056.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1996%20Kathy%20Acker%20004.jpg?width=320
1701Peter CareyQ313254Australian novelist (born 1943)WriterEnglish1943-05-07AUSAustraliaAUS24056.92
1701Shel SilversteinQ361257American poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and children's writer (1930–1999)WriterEnglish1930-09-251999-05-10USAUnited StatesUSA84056.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Shel%20Silverstein%20in%20c.%201964%20by%20Jerry%20Yulsman.jpg?width=320
1701Eleanor FarjeonQ258669English children's writerWriterEnglish1881-02-131965-06-05GBRUnited KingdomGBR14056.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eleanor%20Farjeon%20(%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80%20%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD).jpg?width=320
1701John BoyneQ372533Irish novelist (born 1971)WriterEnglish1971-04-30IRLIrelandIRL24056.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Boyne%20in%20Dublin%20(cropped).JPG?width=320
1701Neal StephensonQ312853American science fiction writer (born 1959)Writer1959-10-31USAUnited StatesUSA04055.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Neal%20Stephenson%20in%202019%20A%20021.jpg?width=320
1701Sarah KaneQ231141English playwright (1971-1999)WriterEnglish1971-02-031999-02-20GBRUnited KingdomGBR34055.53
1701Louis L'AmourQ379895American novelist and short story writer (1908–1988)WriterEnglish1908-03-221988-06-10USAUnited StatesUSA04055.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louis%20L'Amour%201970%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1701Jenny ErpenbeckQ85361German opera director and writer (born 1967)WriterGerman1967-03-12DEUGermanyDEU24055.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jenny%20Erpenbeck%20-%20November%202021.jpg?width=320
1701Helen ThomasQ253364American author and journalistWriter1920-08-042013-07-20USAUnited StatesUSA04054.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bushandhelenthomas.jpg?width=320
1701Daniel TammetQ12857British writer, mathematician, essayist and autistic savantWriter1979-01-31GBRUnited KingdomGBR34054.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daniel%20Tammet%20Paris%20portrait.jpg?width=320
1701Sergey LukyanenkoQ52224Russian science fiction writerWriterRussian1968-04-11RUSRussiaKAZ34054.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sergey%20Lukyanenko%20MOW%2003-2011.jpg?width=320
1701John MasefieldQ471413English poet and writer (1878–1967)WriterEnglish1878-06-011967-05-12GBRUnited KingdomGBR04053.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Edward%20Masefield%20in%201916.jpg?width=320
1701Amiri BarakaQ354783African-American writer (1934–2014)WriterEnglish1934-10-072014-01-09USAUnited StatesUSA34053.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amiri%20Baraka%202013.jpg?width=320
1701Conrad AikenQ380645American novelist and poet (1889–1973)WriterEnglish1889-08-051973-08-17USAUnited StatesUSA04052.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Conrad%20Aiken%20poet.jpg?width=320
1701Ali SmithQ468523British author and journalistWriterEnglish1962-08-24GBRUnited KingdomGBR14052.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AliSmith2011.png?width=320
1701Marie NDiayeQ237106French novelist and playwrightWriter1967-06-04FRAFranceFRA24051.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marie%20Ndiaye%2001.jpg?width=320
1701Nigella LawsonQ264724English food writer and television cook (born 1960)Writer1960-01-06GBRUnited KingdomGBR04051.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nigella%20Lawson%20booksigning.jpg?width=320
1701N. K. JemisinQ2427544American science fiction and fantasy writerWriterEnglish1972-09-19USAUnited StatesUSA24048.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/N.%20K.%20Jemisin.jpg?width=320
1701Hiba Abu NadaQ123139628Palestinian poet and novelistWriter1991-06-242023-10-20PSEPalestineSAU14048.09
1701Seth MeyersQ14536American comedian, television host and actorWriter1973-12-28USAUnited StatesUSA04046.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Seth%20Meyers%20by%20Gage%20Skidmore.jpg?width=320
1701Junot DíazQ402664authorWriterEnglish1968-12-31Dominican Republic; United StatesDOM04046.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Junot%20D%C3%ADaz%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1784ArionQ312422kitharode in ancient Greece, a Dionysiac poetWriterAncient Greek-700-660GRC03975.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Parc%20de%20Versailles%2C%20Bosquet%20des%20D%C3%B4mes%2C%20Arion%2C%20Jean-Melchior%20Raon%2001.jpg?width=320
1784KassiaQ263592Byzantine abbess, poet, composer, and hymnographerWritermedieval Greek08100865Byzantine EmpireTUR03970.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kassia.jpg?width=320
1784Aristarchus of SamothraceQ312114Greek grammarian and scholar (c.220–c.143 BC)WriterAncient Greek-216-143EGYAlexandriaGRC03970.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aristarchus%20of%20Samothrace.JPG?width=320
1784Ban GuQ439681Chinese historian, politician and poet (AD 32–92)Writer00320092Eastern HanCHN13969.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ban%20Gu.jpg?width=320
1784Heliodorus of EmesaQ3130113rd/4th century Greco-Roman writerWriterAncient Greek02500400SYR13969.89
1784Otto of FreisingQ435942Austrian medieval chronicler (1112 ca. – 1158)Writermedieval Latin11111158-09-29DEUGermanyAUT23969.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bischof%20Otto%20von%20Freising.jpg?width=320
1784Theodore BezaQ314981French Reformed Protestant theologian, reformer and scholar (1519-1605)WriterLatin; Middle French1519-07-041605-10-23France; SwitzerlandFRA13969.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Theodore-de-Beze-2.jpg?width=320
1784Jin YongQ180626Hong Kong writer (1924-2018)WriterChinese1924-03-102018-10-30CHNPeople's Republic of ChinaCHN43969.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jin%20Yong%2C%20July%202007.jpg?width=320
1784Jonas LieQ469681Norwegian novelist (1833–1908)WriterNorwegian1833-11-061908-07-05NORNorwayNOR03969.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrett%20av%20Jonas%20Lie%2C%201904%20-%20no-nb%20digifoto%2020160308%2000031%20blds%2004695%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1784Gaius LuciliusQ2987292nd-century BC Roman satiristWriterLatin-179-101Ancient RomeITA13969.05
1784Thomas HarrisQ313377American author and screenwriterWriterEnglish1940-04-11USAUnited StatesUSA43968.96
1784Pu SonglingQ318406Chinese writer (1640–1715)Writer1640-06-051715-08-14Qing dynasty; Ming dynastyCHN13968.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pu%20Songling.jpg?width=320
1784Eleanor MarxQ61412English writer, translator, activist, and daughter of Karl Marx (1855–1898)WriterEnglish1855-01-161898-03-31United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR03968.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mrs%20Eleanor%20Marx%20Aveling%2C%20daughter%20of%20Karl%20Marx.jpg?width=320
1784Kurt EisnerQ76440German politician and journalist (1867-1919)WriterGerman1867-05-141919-02-21DEUGermanyDEU03968.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KurtEisner1919.jpg?width=320
1784Abu'l-Fazl ibn MubarakQ334752Grand vizier of Mughal emperor Akbar from 1579 to 1602WriterPersian1551-01-241602-08-12Mughal EmpireIND13968.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abul%20Fazl%20cropped.png?width=320
1784Percy FawcettQ370705British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)Writer1867-08-181925United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR03968.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PercyFawcett.jpg?width=320
1784Meša SelimovićQ315677Yugoslavian writerWriterSerbo-Croatian1910-04-261982-07-11Austria–Hungary; YugoslaviaBIH23967.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MesaSelimovic%20Serbian%20Literature%20Great%20Men%20Stamps.jpg?width=320
1784Leigh HuntQ655213British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)WriterEnglish1784-10-191859-08-28Kingdom of Great Britain; United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR03967.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Henry%20Leigh%20Hunt%20by%20Samuel%20Laurence.jpg?width=320
1784Emil LudwigQ58836German writer (1881-1948)Writer1881-01-251948-09-17Germany; SwitzerlandPOL03967.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv%20Bild%20183-R09134%2C%20Emil%20Ludwig%20(eigtl.%20Cohn).jpg?width=320
1784Sophia TolstayaQ271934Russian writer (1844–1919)WriterRussian1844-09-031919-11-04Russian Empire; Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic; Russian RepublicRUS03967.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/S%20A%20Tolstaya.jpg?width=320
1784Joanot MartorellQ363836Valencian knightWriterOld Catalan14101465-04Kingdom of ValenciaESP23967.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joanot%20Martorell%20a%20Muro.jpg?width=320
1784Jan DługoszQ326493Polish archbishop and historianWriter1415-12-101480-05-28Crown of the Kingdom of PolandPOL33966.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan%20Dlugosz%20(92089616).jpg?width=320
1784Hayim Nahman BialikQ359705Hebrew poet, author, and editor (1873–1934)WriterYiddish; Hebrew1873-01-181934-07-04Mandatory Palestine; Russian EmpireUKR63966.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hayyim%20Nahman%20Bialik%201923.jpg?width=320
1784Rudolf Erich RaspeQ213543German author and scientist (1736–1794)WriterGerman1736-031794-11-01Holy Roman EmpireDEU03966.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rudolf%20Erich%20Raspe.jpg?width=320
1784Fredric BrownQ363227American novelist, short story author (1906–1972)Writer1906-10-291972-03-11USAUnited StatesUSA23966
1784Jaan KrossQ161842Estonian writer (1920–2007)WriterEstonian1920-02-192007-12-27ESTEstoniaEST103965.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jaan%20Kross%20(1987)%20by%20Guenter%20Prust.jpg?width=320
1784Péter NádasQ336698Hungarian writer and photographer (1942–2026)WriterHungarian1942-10-142026-08-26HUNHungaryHUN03965.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/P%C3%A9ter%20N%C3%A1das%20-%20Festivaletteratura%202012.JPG?width=320
1784Du MuQ334095Chinese calligrapher, poet and politician (803–852)Writer08030852Tang dynastyCHN03965.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Du%20Mu.jpg?width=320
1784Magda SzabóQ231948Hungarian writer, poet and translator (1917–2007)WriterHungarian1917-10-052007-11-19HUNHungaryHUN03965.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Szab%C3%B3%20Magda%20(Bahget%20Iskander).jpg?width=320
1784Viktor SuvorovQ130786Soviet and Russian writerWriterRussian1947-04-20GBRUnited KingdomRUS33965.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Suworow%20Wiktor.jpg?width=320
1784Ichiyō HiguchiQ237948Japanese writerWriterJapanese1872-05-021896-11-23JPNJapanJPN23965.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Higuchi%20Ichiyou.png?width=320
1784Jules LaforgueQ380275Franco-Uruguayan poet (1860–1887)WriterFrench1860-08-161887-08-20Uruguay; FranceURY03965.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photo%20de%20Jules%20Laforgue.JPG?width=320
1784Per Olov EnquistQ311476Swedish writer (1934–2020)WriterSwedish1934-09-232020-04-25SWESwedenSWE23965.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PO%20Enquist.jpg?width=320
1784Hermann BahrQ94034Austrian dramatic, publicist and writer (1863–1934)WriterGerman1863-07-191934-01-15AUTAustriaAUT03964.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hermann%20Bahr%201891.jpg?width=320
1784Jørgen MoeQ470002Norwegian folklorist, poet and bishop (1813–1882)WriterNorwegian1813-04-221882-03-27NORNorwayNOR03964.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J%C3%B8rgen%20Moe%20(Frederik%20Klem).jpg?width=320
1784Boualem SansalQ894948Algerian and French writerWriterFrench1944-10-15France; AlgeriaDZA43964.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boualem%20Sansal%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1784Robert SilverbergQ314553American speculative fiction writer and editor (born 1935)WriterEnglish1935-01-15USAUnited StatesUSA33964.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Silverberg%20in%202009.jpg?width=320
1784Mao DunQ358494Chinese writer (1896-1981)WriterChinese1896-07-041981-03-27CHNPeople's Republic of ChinaCHN03964.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E8%8C%85%E7%9B%BE%E6%B2%88%E9%9B%81%E5%86%B0.jpg?width=320
1784Andreas GryphiusQ77214German poet and dramatist (1616–1664)WriterGerman1616-10-021664-07-16DEUGermanyPOL53964.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andreas%20Gryphius.jpg?width=320
1784Edwin Abbott AbbottQ531606British theologian and author (1838-1926)WriterEnglish1838-12-201926-10-12United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR33964.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edwin%20A.%20Abbott.png?width=320
1784Silvina OcampoQ442829Argentine writer (1903–1993)WriterSpanish1903-07-281993-12-14ARGArgentinaARG03964.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Silvina-tomado-por-Bioy-Casares-en-Posadas-1959.jpg?width=320
1784Junji ItōQ744237Japanese horror writer and mangakaWriter1963-07-31JPNJapanJPN03964.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Junji%20Ito%20-%20Lucca%20Comics%20%26%20Games%202018%2002.jpg?width=320
1784Tristan CorbièreQ316536French poetWriterFrench1845-07-181875-03-01FRAFranceFRA03963.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tristan%20Corbiere%20portrait.jpg?width=320
1784Arthur MachenQ540166Welsh author and mystic (1863–1947)WriterEnglish1863-03-031947-12-15GBRUnited KingdomGBR13963.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur%20Machen%20-%20ImgID14891187.jpg?width=320
1784Juhani AhoQ348623Finnish author and journalist (1861–1921)Writer1861-09-111921-08-08FINFinlandFIN03963.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juhani%20Aho%201886.jpg?width=320
1784Hendrik ConscienceQ378133Belgian author (1812-1883)WriterDutch1812-12-031883-09-10BELBelgiumBEL13963.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hendrik%20Conscience.jpg?width=320
1784Juan GoytisoloQ353762Spanish writer (1931-2017)Writer1931-01-052017-06-04ESPSpainESP13963.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juan-goytisolo.jpg?width=320
1784Mirza Shafi VazehQ973869Azerbaijani poet (1794–1852)WriterAzerbaijani; Persian17941852-11-16Ganja khanate; Russian EmpireAZE03963.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mirza%20Shafi%20Vazeh%201850.png?width=320
1784Jeremias GotthelfQ122358Swiss novelist (1797–1854)WriterGerman1797-10-041854-10-22CHESwitzerlandCHE113963.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JeremiasGotthelf.jpg?width=320
1784Reşat Nuri GüntekinQ379595Turkish writer (1889–1956)WriterOttoman Turkish; Turkish1889-11-251956-12-07TURTurkeyTUR13963.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Re%C5%9Fat%20Nuri%20G%C3%BCntekin%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1784Wolfgang BorchertQ58799German playwright, and short story writer (1921–1947)WriterGerman1921-05-201947-11-20DEUGermanyDEU43962.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wolfgang%20Borchert%20-%20Letztes%20Foto%20als%20Zivilist%20im%20Sommer%201941.jpg?width=320
1784Albert CohenQ123553Swiss writer (1895-1981)WriterFrench1895-08-161981-10-17CHESwitzerlandGRC03962.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AlbertCohen-Lyc%C3%A9e%20Thiers%20Marseille%201909.jpg?width=320
1784Guimarães RosaQ13012Brazilian novelist (1908-1967)WriterPortuguese1908-06-271967-11-19BRABrazilBRA13962.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guimar%C3%A3es%20Rosa%2C%20anos%201960.jpg?width=320
1784Georg HeymQ61601German writer (1887-1912)WriterGerman1887-10-301912-01-16Kingdom of PrussiaPOL23962.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georg%20Heym.jpg?width=320
1784Ana María MatuteQ235403Spanish writerWriterSpanish1925-07-262014-06-25ESPSpainESP33962.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ana%20Mar%C3%ADa%20Matute.jpg?width=320
1784Edward FitzGeraldQ532457English poet and translator (1809–1883)WriterEnglish1809-03-311883-06-14GBRUnited KingdomGBR03962.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward%20FitzGerald.jpg?width=320
1784Alfred BesterQ286116American author (1913–1987)WriterEnglish1913-12-181987-09-30USAUnited StatesUSA23962.29
1784Evelyn Beatrice HallQ263067English writerWriter1868-09-281956-04-13GBRUnited KingdomGBR13962.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1896%20Alfred-Pierre%20Agache%20-%20The%20Sword.jpg?width=320
1784Lydia DavisQ1280035American writer (born 1947)WriterEnglish1947-07-15USAUnited StatesUSA03962.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lydia%20Davis%20at%20Kelly%20Writers%20House%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1784Akaki TsereteliQ379612Georgian writer (1840-1915)WriterGeorgian1840-06-211915-02-08Russian EmpireGEO33962.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Akaki%20Tsereteli%20in%201900s.png?width=320
1784Valery LarbaudQ135640French writer and poet (1881-1957)WriterFrench1881-08-291957-02-02FRAFranceFRA13962.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valery%20Larbaud.jpg?width=320
1784Eugène LabicheQ379929French dramatist (1815–1888)WriterFrench1815-05-051888-01-23FRAFranceFRA23961.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eugene%20Labiche%20par%20Desboutin.jpg?width=320
1784Indro MontanelliQ327914italian journalist, essayist and writer (1909-2001)WriterItalian1909-04-222001-07-22ITAItalyITA13961.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Indro%20Montanelli%202.jpg?width=320
1784Cyprian NorwidQ340122Polish poet (1821–1883)WriterPolish1821-09-241883-05-23France; PolandPOL03961.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cyprian%20Kamil%20Norwid%20foto.jpg?width=320
1784William Peter BlattyQ540784American writer and filmmaker (1928-2017)WriterEnglish1928-01-072017-01-12USAUnited StatesUSA23961.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William-Peter-Blatty-2009.jpg?width=320
1784Jorge GuillénQ59837Spanish poet (1893–1984)WriterSpanish1893-01-181984-02-06ESPSpainESP03961.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1929-01-23%2C%20La%20Libertad%2C%20Jorge%20Guill%C3%A9n%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1784Nikoloz BaratashviliQ560238Georgian poet (1817-1844)WriterGeorgian1817-12-041845-10-21Russian EmpireGEO23961.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lado%20Gudiashvili%20-%20Nikoloz%20Baratashvili.jpg?width=320
1784Andy WeirQ18590295American writer (born 1972)Writer1972-06-16USAUnited StatesUSA53961.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andy%20Weir%20by%20Gage%20Skidmore.jpg?width=320
1784José María ArguedasQ266816Peruvian writer (1911–1969)WriterSpanish1911-01-181969-12-02PERPeruPER43961.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jos%C3%A9%20Mar%C3%ADa%20Arguedas%20en%20Chaclacayo%2C%20Lima%2C%20Per%C3%BA.jpg?width=320
1784Luis CernudaQ439578Spanish poet (1902–1963)Writer1902-09-211963-11-05ESPSpainESP13961https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luis%20Cernuda.jpg?width=320
1784Sait Faik AbasıyanıkQ319461Turkish writer of short stories and poetry (1906-1954)Writer1906-11-231954-05-11TURTurkeyTUR23960.96
1784Jules VallèsQ551597French journalist and author (1832-1885)WriterFrench1832-06-111885-02-14FRAFranceFRA33960.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jules%20Vall%C3%A8s%20(2).jpg?width=320
1784John AshberyQ29418poet from the United States of America (1927–2017)WriterEnglish1927-07-282017-09-03USAUnited StatesUSA83960.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ashbery-2010-09-12.jpg?width=320
1784Mickey SpillaneQ336081American crime novelist (1918–2006)Writer1918-03-092006-07-17USAUnited StatesUSA13960.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mickey%20Spillane%20Columbo%201974.JPG?width=320
1784Dodie SmithQ449085English children's novelist and playwright (1896–1990)Writer1896-05-031990-11-24GBRUnited KingdomGBR53960.13
1784Breyten BreytenbachQ364207South African writer and painter (1939–2024)WriterAfrikaans1939-09-162024-11-24France; South AfricaZAF03960.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/9.13.09BreytenBreytenbachByLuigiNovi1.jpg?width=320
1784Aleksandr TvardovskyQ362828Soviet poet (1910–1971)WriterRussian1910-06-211971-12-18Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic; Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS03960.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tvardovsky%20with%20book.jpg?width=320
1784Jackie CollinsQ1837775British-American writer and actress (1937–2015)WriterEnglish1937-10-042015-09-19United Kingdom; United StatesGBR23959.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jackie%20Collins%20-%20The%20Power%20Trip%20cropped.jpg?width=320
1784Harold RussellQ457279film and television actor (1914-2002)Writer1914-01-142002-01-29Canada; United StatesCAN03959.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harold%20Russell%20still.jpg?width=320
1784Alan SillitoeQ216398British writer (1928-2010)WriterEnglish1928-03-042010-04-25GBRUnited KingdomGBR13959.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alan%20sillitoe-10%2005%2009.jpg?width=320
1784Yury OleshaQ380000Russian writer (1899-1960)WriterRussian1899-03-031960-05-10Russian Empire; Soviet UnionUKR23959.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yury%20Olesha.jpg?width=320
1784Tristan BernardQ379949French playwright (1866–1947)WriterFrench1866-09-071947-12-07FRAFranceFRA03959.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tristan%20Bernard%201929.jpg?width=320
1784Gabriela ZapolskaQ454870Polish novelist, prose writer, publicist, feuilletonist, theatre critic, stage actress (1857–1921)Writer1857-03-301921-12-17POLPolandUKR13958.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gabriela%20Zapolska%20-%20portret%20z%20tygodnika%20Wis%C5%82a%20(1912).png?width=320
1784Francis Scott KeyQ320633American lawyer and poet who wrote The Star-Spangled Banner (1779-1843)WriterEnglish1779-08-011843-01-11USAUnited StatesUSA23958.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francis%20Scott%20Key%20by%20Joseph%20Wood%20c1825.jpg?width=320
1784Chairil AnwarQ559017Indonesian poet (1922–1949)Writer1922-07-261949-04-28IDN33958.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chairil%20Anwar.jpg?width=320
1784Dennis LehaneQ311744American novelist (born 1965)WriterEnglish1965-08-04USAUnited StatesUSA03958.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dennis%20Lehane%20BBF%202010%20Shankbone%20crop.jpg?width=320
1784Jiří WolkerQ158379Czech poet, journalist and playwright (1900–1924)WriterCzech1900-03-291924-01-03CzechoslovakiaCZE23958.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD%20Wolker%2C%20poet.jpg?width=320
1784Greg BearQ317491American writer best known for science fiction (1951–2022)WriterEnglish1951-08-202022-11-19USAUnited StatesUSA13958.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Greg%20Bear.jpg?width=320
1784Mary SeacoleQ963703British-Jamaican businesswoman and nurseWriter18051881-05-14United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandJAM03958.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Seacole%20-%20Challen.jpg?width=320
1784Zofia NałkowskaQ218319Polish prose writer, journalist & dramatist (1884-1954)WriterPolish1884-11-101954-12-17POLPolandPOL13958.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zofia%20Na%C5%82kowska%201.jpg?width=320
1784Emma LazarusQ240959American poet (1849–1887)WriterEnglish1849-07-221887-11-19USAUnited StatesUSA23957.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emmalazarusengraving.jpg?width=320
1784Nuruddin FarahQ323344Somali writerWriter1945-11-24SOMSomaliaSOM13957.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/3Nuruddin%20Farah.jpg?width=320
1784CorinnaQ241132ancient Greek poet whose lifetime is unclear and controversialWriterAncient Greek-501-501GRCTanagraGRC03957.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Statue%20of%20Corinna%20(Revue%20arch%C3%A9ologique%201900%2036%2CII).jpg?width=320
1784Art BuchwaldQ319342journalist, humorist, United States Marine (1925–2007)Writer1925-10-202007-01-17USAUnited StatesUSA03957.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Art-Buchwald-1953.jpg?width=320
1784Aleksey KoltsovQ444969Russian poet (1809–1842)WriterRussian1809-10-151842-11-10Russian EmpireRUS03956.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kirill%20Gorbunov%2C%20Aleksey%20Koltsov%2C%201838%2C%20Pushkin%20Museums%2C%20St.%20Petersburg%20%D0%A0-442%3B%20from%20goskatalog.ru.jpg?width=320
1784Mary McCarthyQ268147American writer (1912–1989)Writer1912-06-211989-10-25USAUnited StatesUSA13956.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary%20Therese%20McCarthy%20NYWTS.jpg?width=320
1784Max BeerbohmQ472071English writer (1872-1956)WriterEnglish1872-08-241956-05-20GBRUnited KingdomGBR03956.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Max%20Beerbohm%201901%20retouched.jpg?width=320
1784Erlend LoeQ278285Norwegian writer (born 1969)Writer1969-05-24NORNorwayNOR13956.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erlend%20Loe%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1784Rod SerlingQ435920American screenwriter (1924–1975)Writer1924-12-251975-06-28USAUnited StatesUSA33955.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rod%20Serling%20photo%20portrait%201959.JPG?width=320
1784Jeffrey Kent EugenidesQ357108novelist, short story writer, academicWriter1960-03-08USAUnited StatesUSA03955.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eugenides%2C%20Jeffrey.jpg?width=320
1784Yurii AndrukhovychQ452371Ukrainian writer, poet, essayist and translatorWriter1960-03-13UKRUkraineUKR03955.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jurij%20Andruchowytsch%20-%20Buch%20Wien%202025.JPG?width=320
1784Robin MorganQ450796American poet, writer, and feminist; co-founder (1941–2026)WriterEnglish1941-01-292026-09-05USAUnited StatesUSA13954.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RobinMorgan%20profile.jpg?width=320
1784Robert ChristgauQ314382American music journalist (born 1942)WriterEnglish1942-04-18USAUnited StatesUSA03954.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Christgau%20-%20Pop%20Conference%202016%20-%2002%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1784Steven MoffatQ461003Scottish television writer and producerWriter1961-11-18GBRUnited KingdomGBR13954.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steven%20Moffat%20by%20Gage%20Skidmore%202.jpg?width=320
1784Louise ErdrichQ442679American-Ojibwe poet, novelist, and children's writer (born 1954)Writer1954-06-07USAUnited StatesUSA83953.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louise%20Erdrich%20(19303274788).jpg?width=320
1784Bill O'ReillyQ310953American political commentator, television host and writerWriter1949-09-10USAUnited StatesUSA93953.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rsz%20billoreilly.jpg?width=320
1784William Cullen BryantQ454840American romantic poet and journalist (1794-1878)WriterEnglish1794-11-031878-06-12USAUnited StatesUSA43953.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William-Cullen-Bryant.jpeg?width=320
1784Susanna ClarkeQ232772British author (1959-)WriterEnglish1959-11-01GBRUnited KingdomGBR13953.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Susanna%20Clarke%20March%202006.jpg?width=320
1784Jacqueline WilsonQ240647English novelistWriterEnglish1945-12-17GBRUnited KingdomGBR33952.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacqueline%20Wilson%2020191205.jpg?width=320
1784Fredrik BackmanQ14155798Swedish writerWriterSwedish1981-06-02SWESwedenSWE03952.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fredrik%20Backman%2C%20Bokm%C3%A4ssan%202014%201%20(crop).jpg?width=320
1784Archibald MacLeishQ633354American poet and Librarian of Congress (1892-1982)WriterEnglish1892-05-071982-04-20USAUnited StatesUSA13952.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Archibaldmacleish.jpeg?width=320
1784China MiévilleQ319196English writer, critic, and activist (born 1972)WriterEnglish1972-09-06GBRUnited KingdomGBR13950.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/China%20Mi%C3%A9ville%20side.jpg?width=320
1784Zakhar PrilepinQ1530559Russian writer and politician (born 1975)WriterRussian1975-07-07RUSRussiaRUS23950.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zahar-Prilepin%20(1).jpg?width=320
1784Glenn GreenwaldQ5568842American journalist, lawyer and writer (born 1967)WriterEnglish1967-03-06USAUnited StatesUSA33950.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Glenn%20Greenwald%202014-01-20%20001.jpg?width=320
1784Raif BadawiQ12212836Saudi Arabian writer, activist, and creator of the website Free Saudi LiberalsWriter1984-01-13SAUSaudi ArabiaSAU03950.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Raif%20Badawi%20cropped.jpg?width=320
1784Colson WhiteheadQ509662American novelist (born 1969)WriterEnglish1969-11-06USAUnited StatesUSA43948.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Colson%20Whitehead%20BBF%202011%20Shankbone.JPG?width=320
1784Nadya TolokonnikovaQ288956Russian political activist and musicianWriter1989-11-07RUSRussiaRUS03946.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nadezhda%20Tolokonnikova%20w%C3%A4hrend%20einer%20Paneldisskusion%20auf%20der%20republica%202015-cropped.jpg?width=320
1784Irshad ManjiQ242051Canadian educator (born 1968)Writer1968Uganda; CanadaUGA23945.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irshad%20Manji%202012%20(cropped).png?width=320
1784Sushmita BanerjeeQ14832675writer, memoirist, women's rights activistWriterBangla19642013-09-04INDIndiaIND03942.79
1784Eleanor CattonQ3050522New Zealand writerWriterEnglish1985-09-24Canada; New ZealandCAN13940.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eleanor%20Catton.jpg?width=320
1904James HiltonQ43227British novelist and screenwriter (1900–1954)Writer1900-09-091954-12-20GBRUnited KingdomGBR23872.02
1904Theodore the StuditeQ361405Byzantine saintWritermedieval Greek07590826-11-15Byzantine EmpireTUR03870.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Studite.jpg?width=320
1904Ibn HawqalQ36733010th century Arab writer and geographerWriterArabic09430978TUR13870.03
1904ServiusQ355350late 4th/early 5th century Roman grammarianWriterLatin03630301Ancient RomeITA03869.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Servius.jpg?width=320
1904Ernest Thompson SetonQ505017British/American author, artist and naturalist, and one of the founders of the scouting movement (1860–1946)WriterEnglish1860-08-141946-10-23Canada; United StatesGBR43868.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernest%20Thompson%20Seton.jpg?width=320
1904Lucius AcciusQ311287Roman poet and literary scholar (170–c.86 BC)WriterLatin-169-83Ancient RomeITA143868.47
1904Sonia RykielQ237944French fashion designer (1930-2016)Writer1930-05-252016-08-25FRAFranceFRA03868.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sonia%20Rykiel%20.jpg?width=320
1904Bruce ChatwinQ348916English novelist (1940–1989)WriterEnglish1940-05-131989-01-18GBRUnited KingdomGBR03868.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bruce%20Chatwin%205.jpg?width=320
1904Gottfried von StrassburgQ326403medieval German poetWriterGerman11801215DEUGermanyFRA23867.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Codex%20Manesse%20Gottfried%20von%20Stra%C3%9Fburg.jpg?width=320
1904Sulpicius SeverusQ336704Christian writer and historian and native of Aquitania (c. 363 – c. 425)WriterLatin; Late Latin03600420Ancient Rome43867.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sano%20di%20Pietro%20-%20Scenes%20from%20the%20Life%20of%20St%20Jerome%20-%20WGA20779.jpg?width=320
1904James ThomsonQ555029Scottish writer (1700–1748)WriterEnglish1700-09-221748-09-07Kingdom of Great BritainGBR23867.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Thomson%20(Scottish%20poet).jpg?width=320
1904Tony BuzanQ324925English author and educational consultant (1942–2019)Writer1942-06-022019-04-13GBRUnited KingdomGBR03867.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tonybuzan1.jpg?width=320
1904Len DeightonQ505274English writer (1929–2026)Writer1929-02-182026-03-15GBRUnited KingdomGBR23867.44
1904Jean MoréasQ353857Greek writer (1856–1910)WriterFrench1856-04-151910-04-30Greece; FranceGRC03867.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean%20Mor%C3%A9as%201910.jpg?width=320
1904Marcus Minucius FelixQ319423Latin-language writerWriterLatin01100260Ancient RomeDZA13867.16
1904John William PolidoriQ364264English writer and physician (1795–1821)WriterEnglish1795-09-071821-08-24United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR13866.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20William%20Polidori%20by%20F.G.%20Gainsford.jpg?width=320
1904Dag SolstadQ469966Norwegian writer (1941–2025)Writer1941-07-162025-03-14NORNorwayNOR03866.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dag%20Solstad.jpg?width=320
1904Hans Urs von BalthasarQ122976Swiss Catholic theologian (1905–1988)Writer1905-08-121988-06-26CHESwitzerlandCHE03866.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HUvB-microphone.jpg?width=320
1904Jeanne Marie Leprince de BeaumontQ466788French author (1711–1776)WriterFrench1711-04-261776-12-06FRAFranceFRA23865.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeanne-Marie%20Leprince%20de%20Beaumont.jpg?width=320
1904Clive CusslerQ366266American novelist (1931–2020)Writer1931-07-152020-02-24USAUnited StatesUSA03865.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clive%20Cussler%202004.jpg?width=320
1904WaceQ538212th-century Norman poet and chroniclerWriterNorman; Old French11001174Duchy of NormandyJEY73865.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wace%20John%20Everett%20Millais.jpg?width=320
1904A. E. van VogtQ315059Canadian-American science fiction writer (1912–2000)Writer1912-04-262000-01-26United States; CanadaCAN33865.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A.%20E.%20Van%20Vogt%20(1962).jpg?width=320
1904Jean François Paul de GondiQ353879French Catholic cardinal (1613–1679)WriterFrench1613-09-291679-08-24FRAFranceFRA03865.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacob%20Ferdinand%20Voet%20-%20Cardinal%20de%20Retz.jpg?width=320
1904Robin HobbQ234403American fiction writer (pseudonym) (born 1952)Writer1952-03-05USAUnited StatesUSA33865.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robin%20Hobb%20by%20Gage%20Skidmore.jpg?width=320
1904Mukhtar AuezovQ557348Kazakh writer (1897–1961)WriterKazakh1897-09-281961-06-27Russian Empire; Soviet UnionKAZ03865.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Auezov%20Mukhtar.jpg?width=320
1904HipponaxQ367377ancient Greek poetWriterAncient Greek-600-600TUR03865.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hipponax%20of%20Ephesus.jpg?width=320
1904Manuel PuigQ284560Argentine writer (1932-1990)WriterSpanish1932-12-281990-07-22ARGArgentinaARG03865.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manuel%20Puig%2C%201979.jpg?width=320
1904Catherine of BolognaQ455252Italian cloistered nun (1413-1463)Writer1413-09-171463-03-18Lordship of BolognaITA23864.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guglielmo%20Giraldi%20(Italian%2C%20active%201445%20-%201489)%20-%20Saint%20Catherine%20of%20Bologna%20-%20Google%20Art%20Project%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1904Gil VicenteQ360383Portuguese writer (1465–1536)Writer14651536Kingdom of PortugalPRT53864.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gil%20Vicente.jpg?width=320
1904Ivan KlímaQ506582Czech playwright, author, publicist, and university educator (1931–2025)WriterCzech1931-09-142025-10-04CZECzech RepublicCZE03864.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ivan%20Kl%C3%ADma%202015.JPG?width=320
1904Álvaro MutisQ251123Colombian novelist (1923-2013)Writer1923-08-252013-09-22COLColombiaCOL23863.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C3%81lvaro%20Mutis%20-%20A%20Pobra%20do%20Carami%C3%B1al%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1904Peter ShafferQ318188English playwright and screenwriter (1926-2016)WriterEnglish1926-05-152016-06-06GBRUnited KingdomGBR13863.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter%20Shaffer%2C%201966.jpg?width=320
1904Luis de LeónQ450246Spanish poet and Augustinian friar (1527-1591)WriterSpanish15271591-08-23ESPSpainESP03863.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Retrato%20de%20Fray%20Luis%20de%20Le%C3%B3n.jpg?width=320
1904Nicolás GuillénQ334118Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer (1902–1989)WriterSpanish1902-07-101989-07-16CUBCubaCUB03863.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicol%C3%A1sGuill%C3%A9n-1942.jpg?width=320
1904Victoria OcampoQ72790Argentine writer and translator (1890-1979)WriterSpanish; French1890-04-071979-01-27ARGArgentinaARG03863.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Victoria%20Ocampo%20por%20Gis%C3%A8le%20Freund%20crop.jpg?width=320
1904Yehuda AmichaiQ58612Israeli poet (1924-2000)Writer1924-05-032000-09-22Germany; IsraelDEU03863.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%97%D7%99%20%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%90%20%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9C.jpg?width=320
1904Jane JacobsQ234335American–Canadian journalist, author, and activist (1916–2006)WriterEnglish1916-05-042006-04-25United States; CanadaUSA13863.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jane%20Jacobs%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1904Stanisław PrzybyszewskiQ921405Polish writer, playwright and journalist (1868–1927)WriterGerman; Polish1868-05-071927-11-23POLPolandPOL33862.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stanis%C5%82aw%20Przybyszewski.PNG?width=320
1904Marjorie BoultonQ442848British writer (1924–2017)WriterEsperanto1924-05-072017-08-30GBRUnited KingdomGBR03862.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marjorie%20Boulton%20en%201999.jpg?width=320
1904Elena PoniatowskaQ261397French-born Mexican journalist and authorWriter1932-05-19Mexico; FranceFRA13862.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elena%20Poniatowska%202017%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1904Ding LingQ255500Chinese writer (1904-1986)WriterChinese1904-10-121986-03-14CHNPeople's Republic of ChinaCHN13862.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ding%20Ling.jpg?width=320
1904Jaan KaplinskiQ467482Estonian poet, philosopher, translator, politician and culture critic (1941–2021)WriterEstonian; Russian; English1941-01-222021-08-08ESTEstoniaEST73862.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kaplinski%2C%20Jaan.IMG%209426%20(cropped).JPG?width=320
1904al-Tayyib SalihQ561434Sudanese novelist and short story writer (1929–2009)WriterArabic1929-07-132009-02-19SDNSudanSDN23862.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tayeb%20saleh.jpg?width=320
1904Mary AstellQ2359434English feminist writer (1666-1731)Writer1666-11-121731-05-11Kingdom of Great BritainGBR03862.18
1904Pavel KohoutQ163557Czech poet, playwright, exil writer, film director, politic writer and bookwriter (born 1928)WriterCzech1928-07-20CZECzech RepublicCZE03861.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pavel%20Kohout%202019%20portrait%20crop.jpg?width=320
1904Delmira AgustiniQ239458Uruguayan modernist poetWriterSpanish1886-10-241914-07-06URYUruguayURY33861.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Delmira%20Agustini.png?width=320
1904Alois JirásekQ161368Czech writer (1851–1930)Writer1851-08-231930-03-12Austria–Hungary; CzechoslovakiaCZE33861.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alois%20Jir%C3%A1sek%20by%20Agence%20Rol.jpg?width=320
1904Pavlo TychynaQ2628029Soviet Ukrainian poet, translator, publicist, public activist, academician, and statesman (1891-1967)WriterUkrainian1891-01-231967-09-16Russian Empire; Soviet UnionUKR03861.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pavlo%20Tychyna.png?width=320
1904Henry van DykeQ950959American diplomat (1852–1933)WriterEnglish1852-11-101933-04-10USAUnited StatesUSA03861.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Henry%20van%20Dyke.jpg?width=320
1904Francisco AyalaQ311167Spanish novelistWriter1906-03-162009-11-03ESPSpainESP03861.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francisco%20Ayala%20inicio.jpg?width=320
1904Ben HechtQ267441American writer, director, and producer (1894–1964)Writer1894-02-281964-04-18USAUnited StatesUSA03860.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben%20Hecht.jpg?width=320
1904Na Hye-sokQ466477writer and painter from Korea (1896-1948)WriterKorean1896-04-181948-12-10KORSouth KoreaKOR03860.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%EB%82%98%ED%98%9C%EC%84%9D-Na%20Hye-seok.jpg?width=320
1904Elio VittoriniQ468658Italian writer and novelist (1908–1966)Writer1908-07-231966-02-12ITAItalyITA03860.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elio%20Vittorini%201949.jpg?width=320
1904May ZiadehQ2919042Lebanese-Palestinian writer (1886-1941)WriterArabic; French1886-02-111941-10-17Sultanate of Egypt; Kingdom of Egypt; Ottoman EmpireISR23860.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/May%20Ziadeh.jpg?width=320
1904Bruce SterlingQ312995American author, speaker and futurist (born 1954)WriterEnglish1954-04-14USAUnited StatesUSA03860.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bruce%20Sterling%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1904Francis BeaumontQ313932English playwright (1584–1616)WriterEnglish15841616-03-06United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR03860.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francis%20Beaumont.jpg?width=320
1904Avetik IsahakyanQ254988Soviet Armenian poet (1875-1957)WriterArmenian1875-10-301957-10-17Soviet Union; Russian EmpireARM13860.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stamp%20of%20Armenia%20m194.jpg?width=320
1904Walter PaterQ352528English writer, critic and essayist (1839–1894)WriterEnglish1839-08-041894-07-30United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR13860.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter-pater-1.jpg?width=320
1904Howard FastQ380202American novelist (1914–2003)WriterEnglish1914-11-112003-03-12USAUnited StatesUSA03860.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Howard%20Fast%20age%2029.jpg?width=320
1904Kostis PalamasQ317967Greek poetWriter1859-01-131943-02-27GRCGreeceGRC03860.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%CE%9A%CF%89%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%82%20%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%82.jpg?width=320
1904Edwin ArnoldQ115371English poet and journalist (1832–1904)WriterEnglish1832-06-101904-03-24United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR13859.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EdwinArnold.jpeg?width=320
1904Erich FriedQ84393Austrian writer (1921–1988)Writer1921-05-061988-11-22United Kingdom; Germany; AustriaAUT13859.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erich%20Fried.jpg?width=320
1904Tudor ArgheziQ435755Romanian writer and political figure (1880–1967)Writer1880-05-211967-07-14ROURomaniaROU03859.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tudor%20Arghezi.jpg?width=320
1904Yu HuaQ379520Chinese writer (1960–)WriterChinese1960-04-03CHNPeople's Republic of ChinaCHN73858.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yu%20Hua%2C%202016%20(cropped).webp?width=320
1904Andreï MakineQ380214Russian and French novelist (born 1957)WriterFrench1957-09-10Russia; FranceRUS33858.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrei%20Makine.jpg?width=320
1904Ilya IlfQ471443Soviet writer and journalist (1897–1937)WriterRussian1897-10-151937-04-13Russian Empire; Soviet UnionUKR23858.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ilya%20Ilf.jpg?width=320
1904Emanuel GeibelQ77333German poet and playwright (1815–1884)WriterGerman1815-10-171884-04-06DEULübeckDEU23857.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emanuel%20Geibel..jpg?width=320
1904Pauline KaelQ436910American film critic (1919-2001)Writer1919-06-192001-09-03USAUnited StatesUSA03857.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pauline%20Kael%20(1968).jpg?width=320
1904José Eduardo AgualusaQ363927Angolan journalist, writerWriterPortuguese1960-12-13AGOAngolaAGO43856.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JE%20Agualusa.jpg?width=320
1904Muriel BarberyQ235731French writerWriter1969-05-28FRAFranceMAR03856.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Muriel%20Barbery%20cropped.jpg?width=320
1904Alex GarlandQ542634British writer, scriptwriter and film director (born 1970)Writer1970-05-26GBRUnited KingdomGBR03855.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2024-03-14%20Alex%20Garland%20SXSW%20Civil-War%203%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1904Paula HawkinsQ20732317British writerWriterEnglish1972-08-26GBRUnited KingdomZWE23855.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paula%20Hawkins%20G%C3%B6teborg%20Book%20Fair%202015.jpg?width=320
1904Pat BarkerQ61198British writerWriterEnglish1943-05-08GBRUnited KingdomGBR93854.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pat%20Barker.jpg?width=320
1904Marie KondōQ11638963Japanese organizing consultant, author and television show host (1984-)WriterJapanese1984-10-09JPNJapanJPN13853.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marie%20Kond%C5%8D%2C%202016%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1904Douglas CouplandQ322060Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and graphic designer (born 1961)WriterEnglish1961-12-30CANCanadaDEU23852.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Douglas%20Coupland.2022.jpg?width=320
1904Simon Sebag MontefioreQ315262British historianWriterEnglish1965-06-27GBRUnited KingdomGBR03851.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon%20Jonathan%20Sebag%20Montefiore.jpg?width=320
1904Howard JacobsonQ357929British author and journalistWriterEnglish1942-08-25GBRUnited KingdomGBR03851.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Howard%20Jacobson%20speaking%20at%20British%20Library%20in%202022.jpg?width=320
1904Anthony DoerrQ2754186American writerWriterEnglish1973-10-27USAUnited StatesUSA23848.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anthony%20Doerr%20(2015).jpg?width=320
1904Carol Ann DuffyQ237994Scottish poet and playwright (born 1955)Writer1955-12-23GBRUnited KingdomGBR13847.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carol%20Ann%20Duffy%20at%20Humber%20Mouth%202009%20(3646825708).jpg?width=320
1904Jennifer EganQ264283American novelist, short story writerWriter1962-09-07USAUnited StatesUSA13847.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jennifer%20Egan%20Occupy%20Wall%20Street%202011%20Shankbone.JPG?width=320
1904Polina ZherebtsovaQ4179607Russian writerWriterRussian1985-03-20RUSRussiaRUS03843.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%96%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%20%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D0%B2%20%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B5.JPG?width=320
1985Khaled AsaadQ20830260Syrian archeologistWriter1932-01-012015-08-18SYRSyriaSYR03771.78
1985Magtymguly PyragyQ2355095Turkmen spiritual leader and philosophical poetWriterTurkmen17331782Qajar dynasty; Zand Iran; Safavid Iran; Afsharid dynastyIRN03770.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1959%20CPA%202364.jpg?width=320
1985Gerald GardnerQ350708British Wiccan leader (1884–1964)Writer1884-06-131964-02-12GBRUnited KingdomGBR13770.79
1985William F. Buckley Jr.Q378098American public intellectual, conservative author and political commentator (1925–2008)WriterEnglish1925-11-242008-02-27USAUnited StatesUSA03770.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20F.%20Buckley%2C%20Jr.%201985.jpg?width=320
1985Evan HunterQ369632American author and screenwriter (1926-2005)Writer1926-10-152005-07-06USAUnited StatesUSA13770.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EvanHunter.jpg?width=320
1985Jan PotockiQ367109Polish nobleman, writer (creating in French), traveler, politician and historian (1761-1815)WriterFrench; Polish1761-03-081815Russian Empire; Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthPOL03769.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan%20Potocki.PNG?width=320
1985Ibn al-Muqaffa'Q10606378th-century Persian author and translatorWriter07240840Abbasid Caliphate; Umayyad CaliphateIRN03768.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ibn%20al-Muqaffa'%20by%20Khalil%20Gibran.png?width=320
1985Colmar Freiherr von der GoltzQ57760Field marshal and military writer (1843-1916)Writer1843-08-121916-04-19Ottoman EmpireRUS03768.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Goltz-portrait.jpg?width=320
1985James MayQ314504English television presenter and journalistWriter1963-01-16GBRUnited KingdomGBR23768.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20May%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1985Ida TarbellQ271712American journalist (1857-1944)WriterEnglish1857-11-051944-01-06USAUnited StatesUSA13768.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ida%20M.%20Tarbell%20crop.jpg?width=320
1985PhilostratusQ22749483rd century Greco-Roman sophistWriterAncient Greek01700245Ancient RomeGRC33768.5
1985Virginia SatirQ237979American psychotherapist & non-fiction authorWriter1916-06-261988-09-10USAUnited StatesUSA03768.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VirginiaSatir.jpg?width=320
1985Juliette RécamierQ236442French salon-holder (1777-1849)Writer1777-12-031849-05-11FRAFranceFRA03768.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fran%C3%A7ois%20G%C3%A9rard%20Portrait%20de%20Mme%20R%C3%A9camier%201805.jpg?width=320
1985BasavaQ77168612th-century Hindu philosopher, statesman, Kannada Bhakti poet of LingayatismWriter11341196IND03768.27
1985AgathonQ380482Athenian tragic poet (c.448–c.400 BC)WriterAncient Greek-444-399GRCClassical AthensGRC03768.16
1985Marko MarulićQ336571Croatian national poet and European humanistWriterLatin; Croatian; Italian1450-08-271524-01-15Republic of VeniceHRV183767.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Croatia-01216%20-%20Marko%20Maruli%C4%87%20(9548667523).jpg?width=320
1985Tavo BuratQ3915746Italian journalist and writer (1932–2009)WriterPiedmontese1932-05-222009-12-08ITAItalyITA13767.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tavo%20Burat.jpg?width=320
1985Antarah ibn ShaddadQ771877Arabian warrior and poetWriter05250608SAU03767.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Antarah%20on%20horse.jpg?width=320
1985Friedrich de la Motte FouquéQ77371German writer (1777-1843)WriterGerman1777-02-121843-01-23Kingdom of PrussiaDEU13767.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Friedrich%20de%20la%20Motte-Fouqu%C3%A9%20in%20Husarenuniform.jpg?width=320
1985Vladimir BartolQ351683Slovenian writer (1903-1967)Writer1903-02-241967-09-12Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia; Free Territory of Trieste; Kingdom of Italy; CisleithaniaITA03767.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vladimir%20Bartol%201953.jpg?width=320
1985Matteo BandelloQ19054Italian writerWriter14851561FRAFranceITA03766.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ritratto%20di%20Matteo%20Bandello%2C%20ante%201829%20-%20Accademia%20delle%20Scienze%20di%20Torino%20-%20Ritratti%200007%20B.jpg?width=320
1985Lu YouQ1069914Chinese historian and poet (1125–1210)Writer1125-11-271210-02-09Southern Song dynastyCHN03766.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E9%99%B8%E6%B8%B8%20%E8%82%96%E5%83%8F.jpg?width=320
1985Jan GuillouQ315773Swedish author and journalistWriterSwedish1944-01-17France; SwedenSWE03766.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan%20Guillou%20by%20Christian%20Ursilva.jpg?width=320
1985Meng HaoranQ455589poet from the Tang DynastyWriterClassical Chinese06900740Tang dynastyCHN13766.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%20%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BE-%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C.jpg?width=320
1985Annette KellermannQ274172Australian swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress and writer (1887–1975)Writer1886-07-061975-11-06AUSAustraliaAUS03766.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Annette%20Kellerman1.jpg?width=320
1985Émile GaboriauQ463513French writer (1832-1873)WriterFrench1832-11-091873-09-29FRAFranceFRA43766.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emile%20Gaboriau%20(coll.%20Sirot).png?width=320
1985Chikamatsu MonzaemonQ324986Japanese playwrightWriterJapanese16531725-01-06JPNJapanJPN83766.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chikamatsu2.jpg?width=320
1985Rosika SchwimmerQ853932Hungarian activist, editor (1877-1948)Writer1877-09-111948-08-03Kingdom of HungaryHUN03765.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Schwimmer%2C%20Rosika%20Bc.1910%20(22475434393).jpg?width=320
1985Manuel Vázquez MontalbánQ316884Spanish writer (1939-2003)WriterSpanish1939-06-142003-10-18ESPSpainESP03765.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manuel%20V%C3%A1zquez%20Montalb%C3%A1n.jpg?width=320
1985Victor SergeQ362009Russian revolutionary and writer (1890-1947)WriterFrench1890-12-301947-11-17Soviet UnionBEL03765.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Victor%20serge.jpg?width=320
1985Régis DebrayQ378116intellectual, journalist, official, professorWriterFrench1940-09-02FRAFranceFRA13765.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/R%C3%A9gis%20Debray.jpg?width=320
1985Georgi MarkovQ312925Bulgarian dissident writer (1929-1978)Writer1929-03-011978-09-11People's Republic of BulgariaBGR03765.15
1985al-KhansāʼQ2420369Arab poetWriterArabic05750645SAU03764.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al-Khansa.jpg?width=320
1985Nikola VII ZrinskiQ329803Croatian military commander (1620-1664)Writer1620-05-031664-11-18HUNHungaryHUN03764.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan%20Thomas%20Portrait%20of%20Mikl%C3%B3s%20Zr%C3%ADnyi.jpg?width=320
1985Giorgio BassaniQ318309Italian writerWriterItalian1916-03-042000-04-13ITAItalyITA03764.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Giorgio%20Bassani%20(1974).jpg?width=320
1985Jacopone da TodiQ317267Italian Franciscan mysticWriter12361307-01-02ITA03764.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paolo%20Uccello%20040.jpg?width=320
1985Liu ZongyuanQ337773Chinese writer (773-819)WriterClassical Chinese07730819Tang dynastyCHN03764.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Liu%20Zongyuan.jpg?width=320
1985Eustathius of ThessalonicaQ45346512th-century Byzantine scholar and bishopWritermedieval Greek11151195Byzantine EmpireTUR33764.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%95%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9.jpg?width=320
1985Lilya BrikQ260537muse of Vladimir MayakovskyWriter1891-11-111978-08-04Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS03763.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1928%20LYuB%20editing%20film.jpg?width=320
1985Richard FordQ547794American novelist and short story writerWriterEnglish1944-02-16USAUnited StatesUSA33763.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Ford%20at%20G%C3%B6teborg%20Book%20Fair%202013%2002.jpg?width=320
1985Jacint VerdaguerQ379290Catalan writer and poet (1845-1902)WriterCatalan1845-05-171902-06-10ESPSpainESP23763.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacint%20Verdaguer%20140x190.jpg?width=320
1985Paul GerhardtQ76331German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer (1607-1676)WriterGerman1607-03-121676-05-27Holy Roman EmpireDEU03763.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul%20Gerhardt.jpg?width=320
1985Jean PaulhanQ470557French writer (1884–1968)WriterFrench1884-12-021968-10-09FRAFranceFRA23763.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20de%20Jean%20Paulhan%20en%201938.jpg?width=320
1985Mikhail ArtsybashevQ448143Russian writer and playwright (1878–1927)WriterRussian1878-11-051927-03-03Russian EmpireUKR03763.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mikhail%20Petrovich%20Artsybashev.jpg?width=320
1985Thomas KydQ337082English dramatistWriterEnglish15581594-07-16GBRUnited KingdomGBR13763.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kyd-SpanishTragedie-title.JPG?width=320
1985Jean BrullerQ462634French author and illustrator (1902–1991)Writer1902-02-261991-06-10FRAFranceFRA03763.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photo%20de%20Vercors%20-%201970.jpg?width=320
1985Bálint BalassiQ379599Hungarian poet, writer, soldierWriter1554-10-201594-05-30HUNHungarySVK03763.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Balassi%20B%C3%A1lint%20k%C3%B6lt%C5%91.jpg?width=320
1985Konstantin UshinskyQ2622325Russian teacher and writer (1823–1870)Writer1823-03-031871-01-03Russian EmpireRUS03763.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Konstantin%20Dmitrievich%20Ushinskii.jpg?width=320
1985Yoshida KenkōQ372772Japanese writerWriter12831350JPNJapanJPN13762.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yoshida%20Kenko.jpg?width=320
1985Kâtip ÇelebiQ390123Ottoman bibliographer, historian and geographerWriterOttoman Turkish; Arabic16091657-10-06Ottoman EmpireTUR13762.9
1985John W. CampbellQ435056American science fiction writer (1910–1971)WriterEnglish1910-06-081971-07-11USAUnited StatesUSA03762.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/14th%20WSFS%20008%20-%201956%20John%20Campbell%20cropped.jpg?width=320
1985Luigi PulciQ631635Italian poet (1432-1484)WriterItalian1432-08-241484-11-20ITA53762.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pulci.jpg?width=320
1985Jorge ManriqueQ389233Spanish poet (1440–1479)WriterOld Spanish14401479-05-03Crown of CastileESP23762.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jorge%20Manrique%20portrait.jpg?width=320
1985Fujiwara no TeikaQ378425poet and court noble (1162–1241)Writer11621241-10-03JPNJapanJPN13762.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Teika(3).jpg?width=320
1985Orderic VitalisQ356298English monk and historian (1075 – c. 1142)Writermedieval Latin1075-02-221142Kingdom of England; Duchy of NormandyGBR13762.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/M%C3%A9daillon%20m%C3%A9morial%20d'Orderic%20Vital.JPG?width=320
1985Hervé BazinQ358479French writer (1911–1996)WriterFrench1911-04-171996-02-17FRAFranceFRA03762.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herv%C3%A9%20Bazin%20%C3%A0%20Cunault%20en%201993.jpg?width=320
1985Vítězslav NezvalQ471184Czech poet, writer and translator (1900–1958)WriterCzech1900-05-261958-04-06CzechoslovakiaCZE13762.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/V%C3%ADt%C4%9BzslavNezval.png?width=320
1985Arnold WeskerQ202385British dramatist (1932-2016)Writer1932-05-242016-04-12GBRUnited KingdomGBR13761.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arnold%20Wesker.jpg?width=320
1985Lytton StracheyQ540427English writer (1880–1932)WriterEnglish1880-03-011932-01-21GBRUnited KingdomGBR03761.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carrington%20-%20Strachey.jpg?width=320
1985Karel Hynek MáchaQ361265Czech poet, traveller, playwright, lawyer and writer (1810–1836)WriterCzech1810-11-161836-11-06Kingdom of Bohemia; Austrian EmpireCZE13761.87https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karel%20Hynek%20M%C3%A1cha%20%E2%80%93%20Jan%20Vil%C3%ADmek%20%E2%80%93%20%C4%8Cesk%C3%A9%20album.jpg?width=320
1985Jack WilliamsonQ316788American science fiction writer (1908–2006)WriterEnglish1908-04-292006-11-10USAUnited StatesUSA33761.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack%20Williamson%20AWS%202911.jpg?width=320
1985David CrystalQ471550British linguist and writer (born 1941)Writer1941-07-06GBRUnited KingdomGBR03761.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David%20Crystal%202017.jpg?width=320
1985Louis CouperusQ437798Dutch novelist and poet (1863–1923)WriterDutch1863-06-101923-07-16NLDKingdom of the NetherlandsNLD13761.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CouperusGoldsmid.jpg?width=320
1985Rose AusländerQ60873Jewish poet from the Bukowina writing in German and English (1901-1988)WriterGerman1901-05-111988-01-03Romania; Germany; United States; AustriaUKR03761.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rose%20Ausl%C3%A4nder.jpg?width=320
1985Sophie Rostopchine, Comtesse de SégurQ465681French writer of Russian birth (1799–1874)WriterFrench1799-08-011874-02-09FRAFranceRUS183760.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sophie%20Rostopchine%20by%20Louis-Gaston%20de%20Segur.png?width=320
1985Bernardo AtxagaQ221771Basque-language writer from Gipuzkoa, SpainWriterBasque1951-07-27ESPSpainESP03760.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernardo%20Atxaga%20-%2001.jpg?width=320
1985Carlo Emilio GaddaQ378645Italian writer (1893-1973)WriterItalian1893-11-141973-05-21ITAItalyITA03760.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gadda%201921.jpg?width=320
1985Nguyễn DuQ313322Vietnamese poet (1765-1820)Writer1766-01-031820-08-10VNMVietnamVNM13760.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/T%C6%B0%E1%BB%A3ng%20%C4%91%C3%A0i%20c%E1%BB%A5%20Nguy%E1%BB%85n%20Du.jpg?width=320
1985T. H. WhiteQ453410English author (1906–1964)WriterEnglish1906-05-291964-01-17GBRUnited KingdomIND13760.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/White-in-Boston-CollegeII.jpg?width=320
1985Maksim BahdanovičQ471207Belarusian writer (1891–1917)WriterBelarusian1891-12-091917-05-25Russian EmpireBLR03760.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bagdanovich%20M%202.jpg?width=320
1985Venedikt YerofeyevQ366503Russian writer (1938–1990)WriterRussian1938-10-241990-05-11Soviet UnionRUS13760.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%20%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8F%20%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0%20%D0%95%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%20(cropped).JPG?width=320
1985Gregory BenfordQ358312science fiction author and astrophysicistWriter1941-01-30USAUnited StatesUSA23760.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Greg%20Benford%20Eaton%202008-05-17.png?width=320
1985Leon UrisQ269129American author (1924–2003)WriterEnglish1924-08-032003-06-21USAUnited StatesUSA33760.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leon%20Uris%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1985Dámaso AlonsoQ312945Spanish poet, philologist, and literary criticWriterSpanish1899-10-221990-01-25ESPSpainESP03759.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/D%C3%A1maso%20Alonso.jpg?width=320
1985Robert M. PirsigQ366575American writer and philosopher (1928–2017)Writer1928-09-062017-04-24USAUnited StatesUSA23759.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pirsig2005.jpg?width=320
1985Gabrielle RoyQ294999French Canadian fiction writerWriterFrench1909-03-221983-07-13CANCanadaCAN43759.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gabrielle%20Roy%2C%20vers%201935.jpg?width=320
1985Anthony HorowitzQ279305English novelist and screenwriter (born 1955)WriterEnglish1955-04-05GBRUnited KingdomGBR33759.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anthony%20Horowitz%2020221130.jpg?width=320
1985Kálmán MikszáthQ350552Hungarian writer and politician (1847–1910)WriterHungarian1847-01-161910-05-28HUNHungarySVK43759.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bencz%C3%BAr%20Gyula%20Miksz%C3%A1th%20K%C3%A1lm%C3%A1n.jpg?width=320
1985Lois LowryQ238124American writerWriterEnglish1937-03-20USAUnited StatesUSA33759.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lois%20Lowry%202016.jpg?width=320
1985Mikhail PrishvinQ700323Russian writer (1873–1954)WriterRussian1873-02-041954-01-16Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS03758.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1973%20CPA%204215.jpg?width=320
1985Anthony HopeQ457287English novelist (1863–1933)WriterEnglish1863-02-091933-07-08GBRUnited KingdomGBR03758.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anthony%20Hope%20Hawkins%20by%20Alfred%20Ellis%20%26%20Walery.jpg?width=320
1985Faiz Ahmad FaizQ381296Pakistani Urdu poet and author (1911–1984)WriterPunjabi1911-02-131984-11-20PAKPakistanPAK13757.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Faiz%20Ahmed%20Faiz%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1985Arthur RansomeQ515845English author and journalist (1884–1967)WriterEnglish1884-01-181967-06-03GBRUnited KingdomGBR13757.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur%20Ransome%20in%20uniform.jpg?width=320
1985Julia Ward HoweQ241299American abolitionist, social activist, and poetWriterEnglish1819-05-271910-10-17USAUnited StatesUSA13756.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Julia%20Ward%20Howe%202.png?width=320
1985Miles FranklinQ984Australian writer and feminist (1879–1954)WriterEnglish1879-10-141954-09-19AUSAustraliaAUS03755.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miles%20franklin.jpg?width=320
1985Zig ZiglarQ373830American motivational speaker (1926-2012)Writer1926-11-062012-11-28USAUnited StatesUSA03755.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zig%20Ziglar%20at%20Get%20Motivated%20Seminar%2C%20Cow%20Palace%202009-3-24%203.JPG?width=320
1985Tony KushnerQ704433American playwright and screenwriter (born 1956)Writer1956-07-16USAUnited StatesUSA03753.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tony%20Kushner%20and%20Angels%20in%20America's%2020th%20Anniversary.jpg?width=320
1985Tom BrokawQ919527American broadcast journalist and author (born 1940)Writer1940-02-06USAUnited StatesUSA03752.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom%20Brokaw%20by%20David%20Shankbone.jpg?width=320
1985Bernardine EvaristoQ4893827British author and academic (1959-)Writer1959-05-28GBRUnited KingdomGBR03749.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernardine%20Evaristo%20Photo%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
1985Douglas MurrayQ1252408British author and political commentator (born 1979)Writer1979-07-16GBRUnited KingdomGBR43744.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DouglasMurray2019%20crop.jpg?width=320
2075Jerry FalwellQ313896American evangelical pastor, televangelist, and conservative political commentatorWriter1933-08-112007-05-15USAUnited StatesGRC03670.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jerry%20Falwell%20portrait.jpg?width=320
2075Louise HayQ255945American writerWriter1926-10-082017-08-30USAUnited StatesUSA13670.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LouiseHay.JPG?width=320
2075Gerard of CremonaQ367240Italian translator and astrologer (c. 1114 – 1187)Writermedieval Latin11141187Kingdom of ItalyITA43669.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al-RaziInGerardusCremonensis1250.JPG?width=320
2075Al-ZamakhshariQ482451Persian scholarWriter10751144-06-19Abbasid CaliphateTKM53669.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abu'l%20Qasim%20Mahmud%20ibn%20'Umar%20al-Zamakhshri%20(d.1144)%3B%20Al-Mufassal%2C%20Near%20East%2C%20Wednesday%2013%20August%201253.jpg?width=320
2075Thietmar of MerseburgQ275425German bishop and historian (975–1018)WriterLatin0975-07-301019-12-07DEUGermanyDEU13668.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tafel%201009%20Bischof%20Thietmar%20v.%20Merseburg.jpg?width=320
2075ZenodotusQ1897183rd century BC Greek grammarian, literary critic and scholar; first librarian of the Library of Alexandria (c. 280 BCE); pioneer of textual criticism and editorial philology; the Zenodo research repository is named after himWriterAncient Greek-329-259TUR03668.83
2075André BazinQ362544French film critic and theorist (1918–1958)Writer1918-04-181958-11-11FRAFranceFRA03668.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andr%C3%A9%20Bazin%20photo%20from%20medical%20certificate%20(c.%201942).jpg?width=320
2075Johannes TaulerQ60281mystic, authorWriter13001361-06-16Free Imperial City of StrasbourgFRA03667.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St-Pierre-le-Jeune%20protestant-Tauler%20(2).jpg?width=320
2075Jeff LindsayQ313038American playwright and crime novelist (born 1952)Writer1952-07-14USAUnited StatesUSA13667.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeff%20lindsay%202013.jpg?width=320
2075Charles SimicQ722555Serbian born American poet (1938-2023)WriterEnglish1938-05-092023-01-09Serbia; United StatesSRB03667.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20simic%206693.JPG?width=320
2075Sami FrashëriQ331896Albanian writer, philosopher, playwright and activist (1850–1904)WriterAlbanian; Turkish; Ottoman Turkish1850-06-011904-06-18Ottoman EmpireALB03667.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sami%20Frash%C3%ABri%20(i%20ri).jpg?width=320
2075Donna LeonQ237420American crime novelist (born 1942)WriterEnglish1942-09-28United States; SwitzerlandUSA53667.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donna%20Leon.jpg?width=320
2075Karim FindiQ2914179author, writer, journalistWriterKurdish language; English; Arabic1946-02-22IRQIraqIRQ03666.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kerim-Findi.jpg?width=320
2075Ulrich von Wilamowitz-MoellendorffQ61863German classical philologist (1848-1931)WriterGerman1848-12-221931-09-25DEUGermanyPOL03666.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Professor%20Dr.%20Ulrich%20von%20Wilamowitz-Moellendorf.jpg?width=320
2075John TzetzesQ530515Byzantine poet and writer (c.1110–1180)Writermedieval Greek11101180Byzantine EmpireTUR23666.58
2075Rodolphe TöpfferQ4247Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricature artist (1799-1846)WriterFrench1799-01-311846-06-08Switzerland; FranceCHE03666.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rodolfe%20Toepffer.png?width=320
2075Anton PraetoriusQ57337German pastorWriterGerman15601613-12-06DEUGermanyDEU03666.51
2075PolyaenusQ5377552nd-century Greek author and rhetoricianWriterAncient Greek01010180Ancient Rome13666.22
2075Henri MurgerQ31258novelist and poet from FranceWriterFrench1822-03-271861-01-28FRAFranceFRA03666.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry%20Murger%20in%201854.jpg?width=320
2075Karl Heinrich UlrichsQ60318German jurist, writer and gay rights activist (1825–1895)WriterGerman1825-08-281895-07-14Kingdom of HanoverDEU13665.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl%20Heinrich%20Ulrichs%20(from%20Kennedy).jpg?width=320
2075Honoré d'UrféQ358491French writer (1568-1625)WriterFrench1568-02-211625-06-01FRAFranceFRA13665.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Honor%C3%A9%20d'Urf%C3%A9%2001.jpg?width=320
2075Wilhelm WeitlingQ215808German-American socialist (1808–1871)WriterGerman1808-10-051871-01-25USAUnited StatesDEU03665.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilhelmWeitling.jpg?width=320
2075Philippe SoupaultQ336467French writer (1897–1990)WriterFrench1897-08-021990-03-12FRAFranceFRA13665.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Delaunay%20-%20le%20po%C3%A8te%20Philippe%20Soupault.jpg?width=320
2075Francesco Maria PiaveQ334205Italian librettist (1810–1876)WriterVenetian; Italian1810-05-181876-03-05Kingdom of ItalyITA03665.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francesco%20Maria%20Piave.jpg?width=320
2075J. Michael StraczynskiQ126941American writer and filmmaker (born 1954)WriterEnglish1954-07-17USAUnited StatesUSA03665.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J.%20Michael%20Straczynski.png?width=320
2075Kristijonas DonelaitisQ467490Prussian Lithuanian poet and Lutheran pastor (1714–1780)WriterLithuanian1714-01-011780-02-18Kingdom of PrussiaRUS13665.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donelajtis%20podgl%C4%85d.jpg?width=320
2075Clarissa Pinkola EstésQ2565830American psychoanalyst and writerWriter1945-01-27USAUnited StatesUSA03665.03
2075Martin OpitzQ60946German poetWriterGerman1597-12-231639-08-20DEUGermanyPOL13664.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Painting%20of%20Martin%20Opitz%20by%20Bartholom%C3%A4us%20Strobel.jpg?width=320
2075A. B. YehoshuaQ329758Israeli writer (1936–2022)Writer1936-12-092022-06-14ISRIsraelISR43664.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A%20B%20Yehoshua%20DSC0153.jpg?width=320
2075Ken WilberQ309829American writer and public speakerWriter1949-01-31USAUnited StatesUSA13664.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken%20Wilber%2010.JPG?width=320
2075Jacopo SannazaroQ510621Italian writer (1457–1530)WriterLatin; Italian1457-08-061530-05-07Kingdom of NaplesITA03664.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TITIAN%3B%20Portrait%20of%20Jacopo%20Sannazaro%20(1514-18).JPG?width=320
2075Mateo AlemánQ316616novelist, writerWriterSpanish1547-09-281614ESPSpainESP13664.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Retrato%20de%20Mateo%20Alem%C3%A1n.jpg?width=320
2075MoschusQ957548ancient Greek poetWriterAncient Greek-200-200ITASyracuseITA23664.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mosco%20di%20Siracusa.png?width=320
2075Menander ProtectorQ336070Byzantine historianWriterAncient Greek0550Byzantine EmpireTUR13664.09
2075Jeanette JeromeQ243011American-born British mother of Winston Churchill (1854–1921)WriterEnglish1854-01-091921-06-29USAUnited StatesUSA03664.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lady%20Jennie%20Spencer-Churchill%20(1854-1921)%20(A).jpg?width=320
2075Renée VivienQ275628British poet who wrote in FrenchWriterFrench1877-06-111909-11-18United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR03663.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ren%C3%A9e%20Vivien%201.png?width=320
2075Jonas MekasQ699702Lithuanian filmmaker (1922–2019)Writer1922-12-242019-01-23United States; LithuaniaLTU03663.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jonas%20Mekas.jpg?width=320
2075Arseny TarkovskyQ777997Soviet poet and translator (1907–1989)WriterRussian1907-06-251989-05-27Russian Empire; Soviet UnionUKR03663.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9.jpg?width=320
2075Maria ShriverQ230654First Lady of California from 2003 to 2011WriterEnglish1955-11-06USAUnited StatesUSA03663.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maria%20Shriver%20by%20Gage%20Skidmore.jpg?width=320
2075Almeida GarrettQ316806Portuguese writer and politician (1799–1854)WriterPortuguese1799-02-041854-12-09Kingdom of PortugalPRT33663.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Almeida%20Garrett%20por%20Guglielmi.jpg?width=320
2075Bion of SmyrnaQ4633641st century BC Greek bucolic poetWriterAncient Greek-119-56Kingdom of PergamonTUR03663.2
2075Desanka MaksimovićQ1280792Serbian writer (1898-1993)Writer1898-05-161993-02-11Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; Kingdom of Yugoslavia; Kingdom of SerbiaSRB03663.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Desanka%20Maksimovi%C4%87%201969.jpg?width=320
2075Marko VovchokQ2421158Ukrainian writer (1833–1907)WriterRussian1833-12-221907-08-10Russian EmpireRUS03663.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marko%20Vovchok.jpg?width=320
2075Guido GezelleQ336977Belgian poet, journalist, teacher, monastery director and priest (1830–1899)WriterFrench; West Flemish1830-05-011899-11-27BELBelgiumBEL203663.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guido%20Gezelle.jpg?width=320
2075Tin UjevićQ347643Croatian poet (1891–1955)WriterCroatian1891-07-051955-11-12Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; Kingdom of Yugoslavia; CisleithaniaHRV03662.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tin%20Ujevi%C4%87%202.jpg?width=320
2075Philippe SollersQ324944French philosopher (1936–2023)WriterFrench1936-11-282023-05-05FRAFranceFRA03662.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sollers%20IMG%205928.jpg?width=320
2075Cesare ZavattiniQ469164Italian screenwriter (1902–1989)Writer1902-09-201989-10-13ITAItalyITA03662.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paolo%20Monti%20-%20Servizio%20fotografico%20-%20BEIC%206341413.jpg?width=320
2075Pierre GamarraQ379958French writer (1919–2009)WriterFrench1919-07-102009-05-20FRAFranceFRA03662.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre%20Gamarra%201953%2C%20Paris.jpg?width=320
2075Arkady GaidarQ202537Soviet children's writer (1904–1941)WriterRussian1904-01-221941-10-26Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS23662.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%2C%20%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%20001.png?width=320
2075Nina BerberovaQ275935Russian novelist and short story writer (1901–1993)WriterRussian1901-08-081993-09-26France; Russia; United StatesRUS03662.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hodasevich%20Berberova.jpg?width=320
2075Eduardo Mendoza GarrigaQ72541Spanish writerWriterSpanish; Catalan1943-01-11ESPSpainESP113662.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eduardo%20Mendoza%20(Feria%20del%20Libro%20de%20Madrid%2C%206%20de%20junio%20de%202008).jpg?width=320
2075Johann Peter HebelQ62512German short story writer and dialectal poet (1760–1826)WriterGerman1760-05-101826-09-22Grand Duchy of BadenCHE13662.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J.%20P.%20Hebel.jpg?width=320
2075OuidaQ258001British novelist (1839–1908)WriterEnglish1839-01-011908-01-25GBRUnited KingdomGBR03662.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ouida%20photo.jpg?width=320
2075Guillermo Cabrera InfanteQ302675Cuban writerWriterSpanish1929-04-222005-02-21Cuba; Spain; United KingdomCUB13662.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guillermo%20cabrera%20infante.png?width=320
2075Peter Wessel ZapffeQ958535Norwegian philosopher, mountaineer, and author (1899–1990)Writer1899-12-181990-10-12NORNorwayNOR43662.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Troms%C3%B8%201930.jpg?width=320
2075Karl GutzkowQ76755German writer (1811-1878)WriterGerman1811-03-171878-12-16Kingdom of PrussiaDEU03662.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl%20Gutzkow%2019c.jpg?width=320
2075Sibilla AleramoQ287741Italian writer and feminist, editor (1876-1960)WriterItalian1876-08-141960-01-13ITAItalyITA03661.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sibilla%20Aleramo%2004.jpg?width=320
2075Ceija StojkaQ546337Austrian-Romani writer, painter, activist, and musician, and survivor of the Holocaust (1933-2013)Writer1933-05-232013-01-28AUTAustriaAUT03661.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ceija%20Stojka%20Wien2008.jpg?width=320
2075Wayne DyerQ545901American writer (1940-2015)WriterEnglish1940-05-102015-08-29USAUnited StatesUSA13661.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WayneDyerByPhilKonstantin.jpg?width=320
2075Seymour HershQ435792American investigative journalist (born 1937)Writer1937-04-08USAUnited StatesUSA13661.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Seymour%20Hersh%20(3413572451)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2075Frigyes KarinthyQ366325Hungarian writer (1887–1938)Writer1887-06-251938-08-29HUNHungaryHUN33661.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karinthy%20Frigyes%20c%201930.jpeg?width=320
2075Yu Kil-chunQ486303Korean independence activist (1856–1914)Writer1856-10-241914-09-30Korean Empire; Joseon; Empire of JapanKOR13661.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yu%20Kil-chun.jpg?width=320
2075Vladimir VoinovichQ454630Soviet Russian writer and dissident (1932–2018)WriterRussian1932-09-262018-07-27Germany; RussiaTJK23661.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vladimir%20Voinovich%2C%20Russian%20author%2C%20in%20New%20York.jpg?width=320
2075Ion CreangăQ204810Romanian writer, raconteur and schoolteacher (1837–1889)WriterRomanian1837-03-011889-12-31Kingdom of Romania; Principality of Moldavia; United Principalities of Moldavia and WallachiaROU13661https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ion%20Creanga-Foto03.jpg?width=320
2075Mihail SadoveanuQ526518Romanian writer, journalist and politician (1880–1961)Writer1880-11-051961-10-19ROURomaniaROU13660.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mihail%20Sadoveanu.jpg?width=320
2075John EvelynQ342712writer, gardener and diarist (1620-1706)WriterEnglish1620-10-311706-02-27Kingdom of EnglandGBR03660.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnEvelyn1687.jpg?width=320
2075Adam MichnikQ163714Polish essayist and publicist (born 1946)Writer1946-10-17POLPolandPOL23660.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adam%20Michnik%202018.jpg?width=320
2075Eric CarleQ606557American author and illustrator for children (1929–2021)WriterEnglish1929-06-252021-05-23Germany; United StatesUSA43660.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eric%20Carle%20kinderboekenschrijver%2C%201988%20-%2028.jpg?width=320
2075José Martínez RuizQ443403Spanish novelist, essayist and literary critic (1873–1967)Writer1874-06-111967-03-03ESPSpainESP03660.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1914-04-25%2C%20La%20Esfera%2C%20Jos%C3%A9%20Mart%C3%ADnez%20Ruiz%20%22Azor%C3%ADn%22%2C%20Gamonal.jpg?width=320
2075Miklós RadnótiQ442801Hungarian Jewish Christian poet (1909–1944)WriterHungarian1909-05-051944-11-06HUNHungaryHUN03660.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Radn%C3%B3ti%20Mikl%C3%B3s%20(1930).jpg?width=320
2075Edgar Lee MastersQ468247American writer (1868–1950)WriterEnglish1868-08-231950-03-05USAUnited StatesUSA13660.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Young%20Edgar%20Lee%20Masters%202.png?width=320
2075Fatma Aliye TopuzQ1136761Turkish writer and self-described feminist (1862–1936)WriterOttoman Turkish1862-10-091936-07-13TURTurkeyTUR03660.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fatma%20Aliye%20Portrait%20(cropped).png?width=320
2075John ClelandQ460861British writer (1709-1789)WriterEnglish1709-09-241789-01-23Kingdom of Great BritainGBR03660.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Cleland.jpg?width=320
2075R. A. SalvatoreQ316431American writerWriter1959-01-20USAUnited StatesUSA13660.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rasalvatore.jpg?width=320
2075John AubreyQ356317English writer and antiquarian (1626-1697)WriterEnglish1626-03-221697-06-17Kingdom of EnglandGBR03660.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Aubrey.jpg?width=320
2075Carl Robert JakobsonQ725191Estonian writer, politician and teacher (1841-1882)Writer1841-07-261882-03-18Russian EmpireEST03660.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl%20Robert%20Jakobson.jpg?width=320
2075Karel Havlíček BorovskýQ452084Czech journalist and writer (1821–1856)Writer1821-10-311856-07-29Austrian EmpireCZE03660.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karel%20Havl%C3%AD%C4%8Dek%20Borovsk%C3%BD%20%E2%80%93%20Jan%20Vil%C3%ADmek%20%E2%80%93%20%C4%8Cesk%C3%A9%20album%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2075Claribel AlegríaQ270601Nicaraguan writer (1924-2018)Writer1924-05-122018-01-25Nicaragua; El SalvadorNIC03660.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claribel%20Alegria.jpg?width=320
2075Fernán CaballeroQ291397Spanish women novelist (1796-1877)WriterSpanish; German; French1796-12-241877-04-07ESPSpainCHE13659.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fern%C3%A1n-Caballero-Cecilia-Bohl.jpg?width=320
2075Juana de IbarbourouQ237914Uruguayan writer (1892–1979)WriterSpanish1892-03-081979-07-15URYUruguayURY03659.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juana%20de%20Ibarbourou.jpg?width=320
2075Émile FaguetQ551543French literary critic (1847–1916)WriterFrench1847-12-171916-06-07FRAFranceFRA03659.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CFP-2%20Faguet%20(2).jpg?width=320
2075Nataliya KobrynskaQ4225202Ukrainian writer, editor (1855-1920)Writer1855-06-081920-01-22Austria–Hungary; West Ukrainian People's RepublicUKR03659.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nataliya%20Kobrynska.jpg?width=320
2075Mia CoutoQ382101Mozambican writerWriterPortuguese1955-07-05MOZMozambiqueMOZ03659.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mia%20Couto%20cropped.jpg?width=320
2075Niccolò TommaseoQ558177Italian linguist (1802-1874)Writer1802-10-091874-04-30Kingdom of ItalyHRV03659.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Niccolo%20Tommaseo.png?width=320
2075Lyudmila PetrushevskayaQ183382Russian writerWriterRussian1938-05-26RUSRussiaRUS03659.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ludmilla%20Petrushevskaya%20seven%202009%20Shankbone%20NYC.jpg?width=320
2075Guzal SitdikovaQ2004200Bashkir writer (born 1952)Writer1952-06-10RUSRussiaRUS03659.32
2075Nima YushijQ425731Iranian poet (1895–1960)WriterMazanderani; Persian1895-11-121960-01-04Qajar Iran; Pahlavi IranIRN03659.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nima%20Yushij%20-%20Original.jpg?width=320
2075Henry BecqueQ1153820French dramatist (1837-1899)WriterFrench1837-04-181899-05-12FRAFranceFRA03658.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry%20Becque%20by%20Nadar.jpg?width=320
2075Georgette HeyerQ272706British historical romance and detective fiction novelist (1902–1974)WriterEnglish1902-08-161974-07-04GBRUnited KingdomGBR13658.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georgette%20Heyer%20(New%20York%20Herald%2C%201921).jpg?width=320
2075Katherine PatersonQ236321American children's writer born and mainly raised in ChinaWriterEnglish1932-10-31USAUnited StatesCHN53658.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Katherine%20Paterson--%20Flint%20Heart%20(Children's%20and%20Teens'%20Department)%20(6191952393)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2075Israel ZangwillQ113681British Zionist author (1864–1926)WriterEnglish1864-01-211926-08-01United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR13658.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Israel%20Zangwill.jpg?width=320
2075Moa MartinsonQ275893Swedish writer (1890–1964)WriterSwedish1890-11-021964-08-05SWESwedenSWE03658.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Moa%20Martinson%2C%201957.jpg?width=320
2075Simin BehbahaniQ466672Iranian poet (1927-2014)WriterPersian1927-07-202014-08-19IRNIranIRN03657.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%20%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%20-%20Simin%20Behbahani.jpg?width=320
2075C. J. CherryhQ234030United States science fiction and fantasy authorWriterEnglish1942-09-01USAUnited StatesUSA33656.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carolyn%20Janice%20Cherry.jpg?width=320
2075Ayşe KulinQ465181Turkish novelist (born 1941)Writer1941-08-26TURTurkeyTUR13656.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aysekulin%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2075Leszek EngelkingQ157959Polish writer and translator (1955-2022)WriterPolish1955-02-022022-10-22POLPolandPOL03656.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leszek%20Engelking%20Literatura%20na%20Swiecie%20Prize%20June%2025%202009%20Fot%20Mariusz%20Kubik%2001.JPG?width=320
2075Nathanael WestQ370521American writer and screenwriter (1903–1940)WriterEnglish1903-10-171940-12-22USAUnited StatesUSA23656.49
2075Joanna RussQ265270American author (1937-2011)Writer1937-02-222011-04-29USAUnited StatesUSA73656.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joanna%20russ.jpg?width=320
2075Elaine MayQ454156American screenwriter, film director, actress, and comedian (b. 1932)WriterEnglish1932-04-21USAUnited StatesUSA03656.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elaine%20May%20-%20publicity1.jpg?width=320
2075Quentin CrispQ920513English writer, humorist and actor (1908-1999)WriterEnglish1908-12-251999-11-21United Kingdom; United StatesGBR13656.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/QuentinCrisp-RossBennettLewisPHOTO.jpg?width=320
2075Robert LowellQ981448American poet (1917–1977)Writer1917-03-011977-09-12USAUnited StatesUSA33655.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert-lowell-by-elsa-dorfman.jpg?width=320
2075Stephen SpenderQ448764English poet and man of letters (1909–1995)Writer1909-02-281995-07-16GBRUnited KingdomGBR03655.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stephen%20Spender.jpg?width=320
2075Lukas MoodyssonQ319849Swedish writer and film director (born 1969)WriterSwedish1969-01-17SWESwedenSWE03655.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lukas%20Moodysson.jpg?width=320
2075Park Yeon-miQ18437771North Korean defector and conservative activistWriter1993-10-04United States; South Korea; North KoreaPRK03654.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yeonmi%20Park%20(53065489343)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2075Lydia Maria ChildQ443132American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist (1802-1880)WriterEnglish1802-02-111880-10-20USAUnited StatesUSA23654.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lydia%20Maria%20Child%20engraving.jpg?width=320
2075Hanya YanagiharaQ20902324American novelist and travel writer (1974-)WriterEnglish1974-09-20USAUnited StatesUSA33653.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Image%20Credit-%20Wirasathya%20Darmaja.%20Hanya%20Yanagihara-%20A%20Little%20Life.%20Neka%20Museum.%20-%2030675717626%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2075James DashnerQ6132354American authorWriterEnglish1972-11-26USAUnited StatesUSA23653.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Dashner%20(14595088277).jpg?width=320
2075Markus ZusakQ61522Australian author (born 1975)Writer1975-06-23AUSAustraliaAUS63653.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Markus%20Zusak%202019%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2075Katie CouricQ230739American journalist, presenter, producer, and authorWriter1957-01-07USAUnited StatesUSA53651.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KatieCouric-byPhilipRomano.jpg?width=320
2075Meg CabotQ231841American novelist and writerWriterEnglish1967-02-01USAUnited StatesUSA23651.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meg%20Cabot%208220012.jpg?width=320
2075Kamel DaoudQ3192364Algerian writerWriterFrench1970-06-17France; Algeria33650.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kamel%20Daoud%20par%20Claude%20Truong-Ngoc%20f%C3%A9vrier%202015.jpg?width=320
2075Thomas HoodQ722533British writer; (1799-1845)WriterEnglish1799-05-231845-05-03Kingdom of Great Britain; United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR03650.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Hood%20-%20Project%20Gutenberg%20eText%2016786.jpg?width=320
2075SjónQ362531Icelandic writer (1962-)WriterEnglish1962-08-27ISLIcelandISL23649.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SjonFreeLicence.jpg?width=320
2075Studs TerkelQ529276American author, historian and broadcaster (1912-2008)WriterEnglish1912-05-162008-10-31USAUnited StatesUSA03649.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Studs%20Terkel%20-%201979-1.jpg?width=320
2075Ogden NashQ719228American poet (1902–1971)WriterEnglish1902-08-191971-05-19USAUnited StatesUSA13648.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ogden%20Nash%20Dagmar%20Masquerade%20Party%201955%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2075Bethany HamiltonQ234216American surfer (born 1990)Writer1990-02-08USAUnited StatesUSA03643.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bethany%20Hamilton%202025%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2075Chetan BhagatQ46926Indian writerWriterEnglish1974-04-22INDIndiaIND23639.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chetan%20Bhagat.jpg?width=320
2192Hellanicus of MytileneQ5047445th century BC Greek logographerWriterAncient Greek-489-404GRC03571.15
2192Jacob L. MorenoQ89404Austrian-American psychiatristWriter1889-05-181974-05-14Austria; United StatesROU03571.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Moreno%20mit%20bueste%20(cropped).gif?width=320
2192Dietrich EckartQ60259German journalist and politician (1868-1923)Writer1868-03-231923-12-26DEUGermanyDEU03570.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dietrich%20Eckart.jpg?width=320
2192Abu al-Ghazi BahadurQ336146Khan of Khiva from 1643 to 1663Writer1603-08-241664Khanate of KhivaTKM23570.02
2192James JonesQ462629American author (1921–1977)Writer1921-11-061977-05-09USAUnited StatesUSA13569.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Jones%20(From%20Here%20to%20Eternity%20photo).jpg?width=320
2192Neale Donald WalschQ318860American writerWriter1943-09-10USAUnited StatesUSA13568.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Neale%20Donald%20Walsch.jpg?width=320
2192Aelius DonatusQ247137Roman grammarianWriterLatin03150380Ancient Rome23568.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Schoener%20Brunnen%20detail%200014.jpg?width=320
2192Ed BradleyQ766913American journalist (1941–2006)Writer1941-06-222006-11-09USAUnited StatesUSA13568.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ed%20Bradley%201978.gif?width=320
2192Sugawara no MichizaneQ382005Japanese poetWriter0845-08-050903-03-31JPNJapanJPN33567.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E6%9D%9F%E5%B8%AF%E5%A4%A9%E7%A5%9E%E5%83%8F.png?width=320
2192ZhuanxuQ198180Legendary ancient Chinese emperorWriter03567.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EmperorZhuanxu.jpg?width=320
2192Frans SammutQ315321Maltese author (1945–2011)Writer1945-11-192011-05-04MLTMaltaMLT13567.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frans%20Sammut%20(1).jpg?width=320
2192TukaramQ468361Bhakti sant-poetWriterMarathi16081650IND03567.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tukaram%20by%20Raja%20Ravi%20Varma.jpg?width=320
2192Jean de JoinvilleQ328747French chroniclerWriterOld French12241318-01-01Kingdom of FranceFRA33567.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean%20de%20Joinville%20Louis%20X.jpeg?width=320
2192Sadriddin AyniQ558794Tajik writer (1878-1954)WriterTajik; Uzbek1878-04-271954-07-15Russian Empire; Soviet Union; Emirate of Bukhara; Bukharan People's Soviet RepublicUZB03567.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AyniSadriddin.jpg?width=320
2192Symeon the New TheologianQ381710Christian saint, monk, and theologianWriter09491022-03-18Byzantine EmpireTUR03566.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Symeon%20the%20New%20Theologian.jpg?width=320
2192Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-AlbānīQ560078Albanian Islamic scholar (1914–1999)WriterArabic1914-08-161999-10-03Jordan; SyriaALB133566.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Muhammad%20Nasiruddin%20al-Albani%202.png?width=320
2192Achilles TatiusQ221951ancient Greek novellistWriterAncient Greek02000300Ancient RomeEGY13566.68
2192BāṇabhaṭṭaQ171202Asthana Kavi in the court of King Harsha and pioneer of complex ornate Sanskrit prose style.WriterSanskrit05850650Empire of HarshaIND13566.5
2192Diana GabaldonQ272492American author (born 1952)Writer1952-01-11USAUnited StatesUSA13566.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diana%20Gabaldon%20(2010).jpg?width=320
2192Nicolás Gómez DávilaQ1315471Colombian writer and philosopher (1913–1994)Writer1913-05-181994-05-17COLColombiaCOL03565.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicol%C3%A1s%20Gom%C3%A9z%20D%C3%A1vila%20High-Quality%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2192Liang Chi-chaoQ379836Chinese politician, activist and journalist (1873–1929)Writer1873-02-231929-01-19Qing dynasty; Republic of ChinaCHN03565.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E6%A2%81%E5%90%AF%E8%B6%85%E5%9C%A8%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E6%9C%9F%E9%97%B4.jpg?width=320
2192Ida Laura PfeifferQ78873Austrian explorer and writer, editor (1797-1858)WriterGerman1797-10-141858-10-27Austrian Empire; Habsburg monarchyAUT03565.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ida%20Pfeiffer.jpg?width=320
2192Antoine Isaac Silvestre de SacyQ507774French linguist and orientalist (1758–1838)WriterFrench1758-09-221838-02-21FRAFranceFRA13565.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Silvestre%20de%20Sacy.jpg?width=320
2192Jean M. AuelQ229996American novelist of Finnish descentWriter1936-02-18USAUnited StatesUSA73565.24
2192William HeinesenQ331798Faroese Danish-language writer (1900-1991)Writer1900-01-151991-03-12Kingdom of DenmarkFRO03565.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Heinesen.jpg?width=320
2192KhaqaniQ36886212th-century Persian poet and authorWriterPersian; Arabic11211199Kingdom of ShirvanAZE03565.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Khaqani%20Park3%20(cropped).JPG?width=320
2192Dick BrunaQ628346Dutch graphic designer (1927-2017)Writer1927-08-232017-02-16NLDKingdom of the NetherlandsNLD13564.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dick%20Bruna.jpg?width=320
2192PacuviusQ314677Ancient Roman poet (219–129 BC)WriterLatin-219-129Ancient RomeITA03564.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcus%20Pacuvius.jpg?width=320
2192Mustafa BalelQ314179Turkish translator and writer (born 1945)Writer1945-09-01TURTurkeyTUR03564.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mustafa%20Balel%20(2013).jpg?width=320
2192Robert BrasillachQ1488French author and journalist (1909–1945)WriterFrench1909-03-311945-02-06FRAFranceFRA43564.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brasillach%20portrait.jpg?width=320
2192Hannah SzenesQ236094Jewish poet and anti-nazi fighter in World War IIWriterHungarian1921-07-171944-11-07HUNHungaryHUN03564.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PikiWiki%20Israel%207706%20Hannah%20Senesh.jpg?width=320
2192LycophronQ4327374th-century BC Greek poetWriterAncient Greek-319-279GRC13564.65
2192Hassan ibn ThabitQ2315457Arabian poet and companion of MuhammadWriterArabic05540674SAU23564.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%20%D8%A8%D9%86%20%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA.jpg?width=320
2192György KonrádQ326823Hungarian novelist (1933–2019)Writer1933-04-022019-09-13HUNHungaryHUN03564.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Konr%C3%A1d%20Gy%C3%B6rgy.jpg?width=320
2192Jens Fink-JensenQ216742Danish writerWriter1956-12-19Kingdom of DenmarkDNK03564.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jens%20Fink-Jensen%20Nicosia%2027NOV2019.jpg?width=320
2192Jurji ZaydanQ1262212Lebanese novelist, journalist, editor and teacher (1861-1914)Writer1861-12-141914-07-21Ottoman EmpireSYR03564.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jurji%20Zaydan%20(Edited2).jpg?width=320
2192Colin DexterQ457092British writer (1930-2017)WriterEnglish1930-09-292017-03-21GBRUnited KingdomGBR13563.98
2192David BurliukQ610532Ukrainian & American artist (1882-1967)WriterRussian1882-07-211967-01-15USAUnited StatesUKR03563.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David%20Burliuk%201914.jpg?width=320
2192Siri HustvedtQ259543American novelist, essayist, poetWriter1955-02-19USAUnited StatesUSA23563.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Siri-husvedt%20litteraturexchange-2019%20DSC00115%202.jpg?width=320
2192Hugh LoftingQ560015British author (1886–1947)WriterEnglish1886-01-141947-09-26GBRUnited KingdomGBR13563.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hughloftingyoung.jpg?width=320
2192Adolph Freiherr KniggeQ213681German writer and leading Illuminati member (1752–1796)WriterGerman1752-10-161796-05-06DEUGermanyDEU03563.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Knigge%20Freiherr.jpg?width=320
2192Nelson AlgrenQ547914American novelist, short story writer (1909-1981)Writer1909-03-281981-05-09USAUnited StatesUSA13563.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nelson%20Algren%20NYWTS.jpg?width=320
2192Jovan DučićQ302819Bosnian Serb writer and diplomatWriter1871-02-171943-04-07Austria–Hungary; Kingdom of YugoslaviaBIH03563.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ducic.jpg?width=320
2192Frederick MarryatQ467770British naval officer and novelist (1792–1848)WriterEnglish1792-07-101848-08-09United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Kingdom of Great BritainGBR33563.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frederick%20Marryat%20by%20John%20Simpson.jpg?width=320
2192Maria GripeQ234373Swedish children's writer (1923-2007)Writer1923-07-252007-04-05SWESwedenSWE03563https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maria%20Gripe%201974%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2192Salvador de MadariagaQ702468Spanish diplomat, writer and historian (1886-1978)WriterFrench; English1886-07-231978-12-14ESPSpainESP03562.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Salvador%20de%20Madariaga%20close-up%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2192Yevgenia GinzburgQ242834Russian author of Jewish ancestryWriterRussian1903-12-201977-05-25Russian Empire; Soviet UnionRUS03562.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yevgenia%20Ginzburg%20Kazan%20Mid%201920s.jpg?width=320
2192Pierre LemaitreQ3385917French writerWriterFrench1951-04-19FRAFranceFRA23562.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre%20Lemaitre%20%E2%80%94%20Salon%20du%20livre%20de%20Paris%20-%2023%20mars%202014%20recadr%C3%A9e.jpg?width=320
2192Juan Ruiz de AlarcónQ356532Spanish writer, from New SpainWriter15811639-08-04ESPSpainMEX03562.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juan%20Ruiz%20de%20Alarcon.jpg?width=320
2192Rudolf RockerQ213562German anarcho-syndicalist writer and activist (1873-1958)WriterYiddish; German1873-03-251958-09-19DEUGermanyDEU43562.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rudolf%20Rocker.jpg?width=320
2192Meleager of GadaraQ4414601st-century BC Greek poetWriterAncient Greek-130-60JOR03562.5
2192AspazijaQ257872Latvian poet and playwright (1865–1943)WriterGerman; Latvian1865-03-161943-11-05LVALatviaLVA03562.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aspazija.%20unknown%20author.jpg?width=320
2192Karlheinz DeschnerQ77350German writer and activist (1924-2014)WriterGerman1924-05-232014-04-08DEUGermanyDEU13562.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Deschner%20Albert.JPG?width=320
2192Mykhailo KotsiubynskyiQ2347996Ukrainian writer (1864–1913)WriterUkrainian1864-09-171913-04-25Russian EmpireUKR03562.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%86%D1%8E%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE.jpg?width=320
2192Guido GuinizelliQ366270Italian poetWriter12301276ITA03562.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adolfo%20de%20Carolis%20-%20Guido%20Guinizzelli.jpg?width=320
2192Catherine BreillatQ289054French actress, film director, writer and screenwriter (born 1948)Writer1948-07-13FRAFranceFRA53562.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Catherine%20Breillat%20in%202023%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2192William AuldQ12795Scottish poet, author, translator (1924–2006)WriterEsperanto1924-11-062006-09-11GBRUnited KingdomGBR13561.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Verkistoj-eo.jpg?width=320
2192Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de Saint-Aubin de GenlisQ55037230French writer (1746–1830)WriterFrench1746-01-251830-12-31FRAFranceFRA33561.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Madame%20de%20Genlis%201780.jpg?width=320
2192Heimito von DodererQ93797Austrian writer (1896-1966)WriterGerman1896-09-051966-12-23AUTAustriaAUT23561.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barbara%20Niggl%20Radloff%2C%20Heimito%20von%20Doderer%2C%201959.jpg?width=320
2192Stanisław KonarskiQ314261Polish poet, dramatist (1700-1773)WriterPolish1700-09-301773-08-03Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthPOL03561.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stanis%C5%82aw%20Konarski.PNG?width=320
2192Jung ChangQ235291Chinese-British author (born 1952)WriterMandarin1952-03-25GBRUnited KingdomCHN33561.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jung%20Chang%20by%20Christian%20Ursilva.jpg?width=320
2192Hella HaasseQ232400Dutch writer (1918–2011)Writer1918-02-022011-09-29NLDKingdom of the NetherlandsIDN33561.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hella%20Haasse.jpg?width=320
2192Isidora SekulićQ1279865Serbian writer (1877–1958)Writer1877-02-161958-04-05Kingdom of Yugoslavia; Austria–Hungary; Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaSRB03561.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Isidora%20Sekuli%C4%87%20(1900%2C%203x4).jpg?width=320
2192Morris WestQ471021Australian writer (1916-1999)Writer1916-04-261999-10-09AUSAustraliaAUS23561.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Book%20Beat%20PBS%20West%201972%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2192Leandro Fernández de MoratínQ351132Spanish dramatist, translator and neoclassical poet (1760-1828)WriterSpanish1760-03-101828-06-21ESPSpainESP03560.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francisco%20de%20Goya%20-%20Retrato%20de%20Leandro%20Fern%C3%A1ndez%20Morat%C3%ADn%20-%20Google%20Art%20Project.jpg?width=320
2192Sophia de Mello Breyner AndresenQ235992Portuguese poet and writer (1919–2004)WriterPortuguese1919-11-062004-07-02PRTPortugalPRT03560.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sophia%20Mello%20Breyner%20Andersen.png?width=320
2192Doria ShafikQ4120224Egyptian activist (1908–1975)WriterEgyptian Arabic1908-12-141975-09-20EGYEgyptEGY03560.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Doria%20Shafik.jpg?width=320
2192Anna Laetitia BarbauldQ268305English author (1743–1825)WriterEnglish1743-06-201825-03-09FRAFranceGBR83560.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ChapmanBarbauld.jpg?width=320
2192Massimo BontempelliQ741862Italian writer (1878-1960)WriterItalian1878-05-121960-07-21ITAItalyITA03560.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Massimo%20Bontempelli%2002%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2192Ramón Gómez de la SernaQ444893Spanish writer (1888–1963)WriterSpanish1888-07-031963-01-12ESPSpainESP23560.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ram%C3%B3n%20G%C3%B3mez%20de%20la%20Serna%20by%20Agence%20Meurisse1928.jpg?width=320
2192Per PettersonQ70155Norwegian novelistWriter1952-07-18NORNorwayNOR03560.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Per-petterson-author%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2192Juan GelmanQ519851Argentine poet (1930-2014)Writer1930-05-032014-01-14BOLBoliviaARG03560.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juan%20Gelman%20-presidenciagovar-%2031JUL07.jpg?width=320
2192Richard DehmelQ76590German poet (1863-1920)WriterGerman1863-11-181920-02-08DEUGermanyDEU03560.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rudolf%20D%C3%BChrkoop%20-%20Richard%20Dehmel%20(HMuF%2C%201905).jpg?width=320
2192Ferenc KazinczyQ381865Hungarian linguist and writer (1759-1831)Writer1759-10-271831-08-23HUNHungaryROU03560.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don%C3%A1t%20Kazinczy%201812%20A.jpg?width=320
2192Theodor KörnerQ62344German poet (1791–1813)WriterGerman1791-09-231813-08-26Kingdom of SaxonyDEU03559.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emma%20Sophie%20K%C3%B6rner%20Halbbildnis%20Theodor%20K%C3%B6rner.jpg?width=320
2192Alasdair GrayQ729121Scottish writer and artist (1934–2019)Writer1934-12-282019-12-29GBRUnited KingdomGBR33559.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alasdair%20Gray%20(1994)%20by%20Guenter%20Prust.jpg?width=320
2192Sohrab SepehriQ469991Iranian poet and painter (1928-1980)Writer1928-10-071980-04-21Pahlavi dynasty; Interim Government of IranIRN33559.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sohrab%20Sepehri%20(1975).jpg?width=320
2192Agniya BartoQ683485Russian Soviet writer and poet (1901–1981)WriterRussian1901-02-171981-04-01Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS03559.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Agniya%20Barto%201969%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2192Mario SoldatiQ59210Italian film director and writer (1906-1999)WriterItalian1906-11-171999-06-19ITAItalyITA03559.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mario%20Soldati%201967.jpg?width=320
2192Corrado AlvaroQ371925Italian journalist and writer of novels, short stories, screenplays, and plays (1895–1956)WriterItalian1895-04-151956-06-11ITAItalyITA03559.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Corrado%20alvaro.jpg?width=320
2192Marcelino Menéndez y PelayoQ716799Spanish scholar (1856–1912)WriterSpanish1856-11-031912-05-19ESPSpainESP03559.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcelino%20Men%C3%A9ndez%20Pelayo%2C%20por%20Kaulak.jpg?width=320
2192Françoise GiroudQ386438French writer and politician (1916–2003)Writer1916-09-212003-01-19FRAFranceCHE03559https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FrancoiseGiroud-Milan-1974.png?width=320
2192Chittaranjan DasQ560182Bengali lawyer, politician, author and leader of the Bengali Swaraj Party (1870-1925)WriterBangla1870-11-051925-06-16British RajBGD13558.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chittaranjan%20Das%203.jpg?width=320
2192Ernst JandlQ44775Austrian poet, dramatic and writer (1925–2000)Writer1925-08-012000-06-09AUTAustriaAUT23558.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernst%20Jandl%2C%20public%20reading%2C%201974-11%2C%20Vienna%2C%20Austria.jpg?width=320
2192Annie M.G. SchmidtQ239522Dutch writer (1911-1995)Writer1911-05-201995-05-21NLDKingdom of the NetherlandsNLD33558.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Annie%20MG%20Schmidt.jpg?width=320
2192Olga BergholzQ237518Soviet poetWriterRussian1910-05-161975-11-13Soviet UnionRUS03558.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Olga%20Bergholz.jpg?width=320
2192Ferdinand FreiligrathQ213719German poetWriterGerman1810-06-171876-03-18Principality of LippeDEU03558.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ferdinand%20Freiligrath%20Hasenclever.jpg?width=320
2192Cotton MatherQ380719American religious minister and scientific writer (1663–1728)WriterEnglish1663-02-121728-02-13Kingdom of Great BritainUSA03558.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cotton%20Mather.jpg?width=320
2192Mikheil JavakhishviliQ1485988Soviet writer (1880–1937)WriterGeorgian1880-11-201937-09-30Russian Empire; Soviet Union; Democratic Republic of GeorgiaGEO43558.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Javakhishvili%20Mikheili.jpg?width=320
2192Gloria VanderbiltQ264730American businesswoman, fashion designer, socialite and writer (1924-2019)WriterEnglish1924-02-202019-06-17USAUnited StatesUSA03558.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gloria%20Vanderbilt%201959.JPG?width=320
2192Anton DelvigQ327015Russian journalist and poet (1798-1831)WriterRussian1798-08-171831-01-26Russian EmpireRUS03558.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PGRS%202%20029%20Delvig%20-%20crop.jpg?width=320
2192Halina KonopackaQ238056Polish athlete (1900-1989)Writer1900-02-261989-01-28POLPolandPOL03558.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Konopacka%20Halina%20cropped.jpg?width=320
2192José Emilio PachecoQ561833Mexican writer (1939-2014)WriterSpanish1939-06-302014-01-26MEXMexicoMEX13558.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MEX%20ON%20JOSE%20EMILIO%20PACHECO%20(12166149286).jpg?width=320
2192Detlev von LiliencronQ21119German lyric poet and novelist (1844–1909)WriterGerman1844-06-031909-07-22Kingdom of PrussiaDEU03558.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/D%20v%20Lilienkron%201905.jpg?width=320
2192Gertrude JekyllQ452354Garden designer, artist, editor (1843-1932)Writer1843-11-291932-12-08GBRUnited KingdomGBR03558.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gertrude%20Jekyll%20portrait.jpg?width=320
2192Apollon MaykovQ2419891Russian poet and translator (1821–1897)WriterRussian1821-05-231897-03-20Russian EmpireRUS03558.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Perov-Maikov.jpg?width=320
2192Fadwa TuqanQ441152Palestinien Poet (1917-2003)WriterArabic1917-03-012003-12-12PSEPalestine03558.22
2192Joe HaldemanQ347461American science fiction writerWriterEnglish1943-06-09USAUnited StatesUSA13558.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe%20Haldeman%20at%20LAcon%20V%20(Worldcon%202026).jpg?width=320
2192Bei DaoQ558744contemporary Chinese (PRC) avant garde poetWriter1949-08-02People's Republic of China; United StatesCHN03557.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bei%20Dao.IMG%203385.JPG?width=320
2192Jules LemaîtreQ197935French critic and dramatist (1853-1914)WriterFrench1853-04-271914-08-04FRAFranceFRA03557.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jules%20Lema%C3%AEtre%201913.jpg?width=320
2192Rosa MonteroQ1187562Spanish writerWriter1951-01-03ESPSpainESP13557.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Malaga%20Film%20Festival%202025%20-%20Rosa%20Montero.jpg?width=320
2192Leigh BrackettQ298242American novelist and screenwriter (1915–1978)WriterEnglish1915-12-071978-03-18USAUnited StatesUSA13557.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leigh%20Brackett%201941.JPG?width=320
2192Radclyffe HallQ237639British poet and author (1880–1943)WriterEnglish1880-08-121943-10-07GBRUnited KingdomGBR13557.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Radclyffe%20Hall%2C%20ca.%201930.jpg?width=320
2192Graham SwiftQ437718English writer (born 1949)Writer1949-05-04GBRUnited KingdomGBR33557.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Graham%20Swift.jpg?width=320
2192Georges CourtelineQ51107French dramatist and novelist (1858-1929)WriterFrench1858-06-251929-06-25FRAFranceFRA03557.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georges%20Courteline%201921.jpg?width=320
2192Antonio FogazzaroQ470067Italian writer (1842-1911)Writer1842-03-251911-03-07Kingdom of ItalyITA13557.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Antonio%20Fogazzaro.jpg?width=320
2192Diane AckermanQ467169author, poet, and naturalistWriter1948-10-07USAUnited StatesUSA03556.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diane%20Ackerman.jpg?width=320
2192Guillaume MussoQ733151French writerWriter1974-06-06FRAFranceFRA03556.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guillaume%20Musso%2C%202018%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2192Maxwell AndersonQ432919American playwright and writer (1888–1959)WriterEnglish1888-12-151959-02-28USAUnited StatesUSA03556.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maxwell%20Anderson%20NBC%20press%20photo%20(1938).jpg?width=320
2192George CrabbeQ903516English poet, surgeon, and clergyman (1754-1832)WriterEnglish1754-12-241832-02-03GBRUnited KingdomGBR13556.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George%20Crabbe%20by%20Henry%20William%20Pickersgill.jpg?width=320
2192Joe AbercrombieQ515421British fantasy writer and film editor (born 1974)WriterEnglish1974-12-31GBRUnited KingdomGBR93556.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe%20Abercrombie%201110791.jpg?width=320
2192Stefano BenniQ561116Italian writer and journalist (1947–2025)WriterItalian1947-08-122025-09-09ITAItalyITA23556.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stefano%20Benni%20par%20Claude%20Truong-Ngoc%20sept%202013.jpg?width=320
2192Rube GoldbergQ505850American cartoonist (1883–1970)Writer1883-07-041970-12-07USAUnited StatesUSA33556.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rube%20Goldberg%201928.png?width=320
2192Fay WeldonQ239501British writer (1931–2023)Writer1931-09-222023-01-04GBRUnited KingdomGBR03555.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fay-Weldon%20Copenhagen-2008%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2192Candace BushnellQ254820American authorWriter1958-12-01USAUnited StatesUSA03555.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Candace%20Bushnell%20at%20September%202025%20Downton%20Abbey%20The%20Grand%20Finale%20Premiere%20in%20New%20York.jpg?width=320
2192Edward CarpenterQ984217English utopian socialist, poet and activist (1844–1929)WriterEnglish1844-08-291929-06-28GBRUnited KingdomGBR03554.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Day%2C%20Fred%20Holland%20(1864%E2%80%931933)%20-%20Edward%20Carpenter%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2192Carol J. AdamsQ1044179author, animal rights activistWriter1951USAUnited StatesUSA03554.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carol%20J.%20Adams%20at%20the%20Intersectional%20Justice%20Conference.jpg?width=320
2192Hugh WalpoleQ548004British writer (1884-1941)WriterEnglish1884-03-131941-06-01United Kingdom; New ZealandNZL03554.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hugh%20Walpole%2C%201934.jpg?width=320
2192Eve EnslerQ2086841American playwright, performer, feminist, activist and artist (born 1953)WriterEnglish1953-05-25USAUnited StatesUSA13554.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eve%20Ensler%20at%20a%20Hudson%20Union%20Society%20event%20in%20March%202011%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2192David S. GoyerQ352010American filmmaker, novelist, and comic book writerWriter1965-12-22USAUnited StatesUSA03552.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David%20S.%20Goyer.jpg?width=320
2192Judy BlumeQ441214American children's writer (born 1938)Writer1938-02-12USAUnited StatesUSA253552.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JudyBlume2009(cropped).jpg?width=320
2192Walker PercyQ176909American philosophical novelistWriterEnglish1916-05-281990-05-10USAUnited StatesUSA13552.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walker%20Percy.jpg?width=320
2192John BetjemanQ962308English poet, writer and broadcaster (1906–1984)WriterEnglish1906-08-281984-05-19GBRUnited KingdomGBR03552.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir%20John%20Betjeman%20(1906-1984).jpg?width=320
2192Daniel PearlQ357936American journalist (1963–2002)Writer1963-10-102002-02-01United States; IsraelUSA03551.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daniel%20Pearl%201980%20yearbook%20photo.jpg?width=320
2192Beryl BainbridgeQ237242English writer (1932–2010)WriterEnglish1932-11-212010-07-02GBRUnited KingdomGBR03551.81
2192Volodymyr VakulenkoQ12087281Ukrainian writer (1972–2022)WriterUkrainian1972-07-012022UKRUkraineUKR03551.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%20%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%20%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.jpg?width=320
2192Alain MabanckouQ268522Congolese writer (born 1966)Writer1966-02-24Republic of the Congo; FranceCOG03551.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alain%20Mabanckou-1050121.jpg?width=320
2192Jodi PicoultQ234443American authorWriterEnglish1966-05-19USAUnited StatesUSA13549.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jodi%20Picoult%2C%20San%20Diego%20Writers%20Festival%202026.jpg?width=320
2192Sara AhmedQ15437208British-Australian scholar (b. 1985)Writer1969-08-30United Kingdom; AustraliaGBR43548.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sara%20Ahmed-IMG%206457.jpg?width=320
2192Paolo GiordanoQ469656Italian writer (1982-)WriterItalian1982-12-19ITAItalyITA03548.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paolo%20Giordano%20-%20Festivaletteratura%202008.jpg?width=320
2192Richard FlanaganQ1351191Australian writer and novelistWriterEnglish1961AUSAustraliaAUS03547.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RichardFlanagan%20300w.jpg?width=320
2192Dave EggersQ589497American writer, editor, and publisherWriter1970-03-12USAUnited StatesUSA33546.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave%20Eggers%20(11483).jpg?width=320
2192Rebecca WalkerQ468676American writerWriterEnglish1969-11-17USAUnited StatesUSA03545.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rebecca%20Walker%202003%20(facecrop).jpg?width=320
2192Geraldine BrooksQ260011Australian-American journalist and authorWriter1955-09-14AUSAustraliaAUS03544.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Geraldine%20Brooks%20at%20National%20Book%20Festival%202025.jpg?width=320
2192Kamila ShamsieQ3087962Pakistani and British writer and novelist (born 1973)WriterUrdu; English1973-08-13Pakistan; United KingdomPAK23544.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hayfestival-2016-Kamila-Shamsie.jpg?width=320
2192Diablo CodyQ230795American screenwriter and author (born 1978)Writer1978-06-14USAUnited StatesUSA03543.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2024-03-08%20SXSW-2024%20Variety-comedy-awards%2005109.jpg?width=320
2328Titus Pomponius AtticusQ311733Roman banker, writer and philosopher (c.110 BC – 32 BC)WriterLatin-109-31Ancient RomeITA03471.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Wilson%20-%20Cicero%20with%20his%20friend%20Atticus%20and%20brother%20Quintus%2C%20at%20his%20villa%20at%20Arpinum%20-%20Google%20Art%20Project.jpg?width=320
2328Zecharia SitchinQ169613American-Israeli author of Azerbaijani origin (1920-2010)Writer1920-07-112010-10-09Israel; United StatesAZE03470.81
2328Zeb-un-NisaQ169346Mughal princess and poetWriter1638-02-151702-05-26Mughal EmpireIND03469.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Zeb-un-Nissa%20Holding%20a%20Flower%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2328Emanuel SchikanederQ213547German actor and singerWriterGerman1751-09-011812-09-21Holy Roman EmpireDEU03468.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emanuel%20Schikaneder.jpg?width=320
2328Aristophanes of ByzantiumQ313018third-century BC Greek literary scholar and grammarian in AlexandriaWriterAncient Greek-259-179Ptolemaic KingdomTUR03468.58
2328Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of DunsanyQ458658Irish writer and dramatist (1878-1957)WriterEnglish1878-07-241957-10-25Ireland; United KingdomGBR43468.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lord%20Edward%20John%20Moreton%20Drax%20Plunkett%20Dunsany%20by%20Morrall-Hoole%20Studios.jpg?width=320
2328Paulinus of NolaQ132473Christian bishop and saintWriterLatin; Late Latin03540431-06-23FRA03467.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Linz%20Dom%20Fenster%2009%20img03.jpg?width=320
2328Bertran de BornQ4510Occitan troubadourWriterLimousin11401215Kingdom of FranceFRA13467.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BnF%20ms.%2012473%20fol.%20160%20-%20Bertran%20de%20Born%20(1).jpg?width=320
2328Comtesse de DieQ4498female troubadour (fl. c. 1175 or c. 1212)Writer11401200Kingdom of FranceFRA13467.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Beatriz%20de%20Dia%20-%20BN%20MS12473%201.jpg?width=320
2328Bernardino de SahagúnQ379972ca. 1499-1590, Spanish mesoamericanist, evangelizador, fraile franciscano, misioneroWriterNahuatl14991590-02-05ESPSpainESP13467.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernardino%20de%20Sahag%C3%BAn.jpg?width=320
2328Shi Nai'anQ1777502Chinese writer (1296-1372)WriterChinese12901365Ming dynastyCHN13466.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Statue%20of%20Shi%20Naian.jpg?width=320
2328Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of DevonshireQ235644English socialite, style icon, author, and activist (1757–1806)WriterEnglish1757-06-071806-03-30Kingdom of Great Britain; United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR03466.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Gainsborough%20Lady%20Georgiana%20Cavendish.jpg?width=320
2328Odoric of PordenoneQ37973314th-century Italian Franciscan friar, missionary, and explorerWriter12861331-01-22Republic of VeniceITA23466.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Odoryk%20z%20Pordenone.jpg?width=320
2328Aelius AristidesQ3544312nd century Greek rhetorician and authorWriterAncient Greek0117-11-250189Ancient RomeTUR03466.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Filosofo%20elio%20aristide%2C%20200%20ac.%20ca..JPG?width=320
2328Ken RobinsonQ718012UK writer (1950-2020)Writer1950-03-042020-08-21GBRUnited KingdomGBR03466.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir%20Ken%20Robinson%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2328Georg KaiserQ60477German dramatist (1878-1945)WriterGerman1878-11-251945-06-04DEUGermanyDEU33465.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georg%20Kaiser.jpg?width=320
2328Jean ChapelainQ334978French poet and criticWriterFrench1595-12-041674-02-22Kingdom of FranceFRA03465.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean%20Chapelain%20-%20Versailles%20MV%202888.jpg?width=320
2328Vivant DenonQ468618French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist (1747-1825)WriterFrench1747-01-041825-04-27FRAFranceFRA13465.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vivant%20Denon%20par%20Robert%20Lef%C3%A8vre%20(1809).jpg?width=320
2328Tarjei VesaasQ381443Norwegian author (1897–1970)WriterNynorsk1897-08-201970-03-15NORNorwayNOR03465.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tarjei%20Vesaas.jpg?width=320
2328Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-SimonQ463728French writer (1675-1755)WriterFrench1675-01-161755-03-02FRAFranceFRA13465.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louis%20de%20Rouvroy%20duc%20de%20Saint-Simon.jpg?width=320
2328Henry Steel OlcottQ442617U.S. Army officer; founder of Theosophy (1832-1907)WriterEnglish1832-08-021907-02-17USAUnited StatesUSA03465.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry%20Steel%20Olcott.jpg?width=320
2328Ausiàs MarchQ465675Valencian poet and knightWriterCatalan14001459-03-12Crown of AragonESP03465.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Est%C3%A0tua%20d'Ausi%C3%A0s%20March%20a%20Gandia%20crop.JPG?width=320
2328Osvaldo MolesQ25418823Brazilian journalist, radio announcer and lyricistWriter1913-03-141967-05-14BRABrazilBRA63465.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Osvaldo%20Moles.jpg?width=320
2328Heiner MüllerQ57426German writer, poet, and theatre director (1929–1995)WriterGerman1929-01-091995-12-30DEUGermanyDEU13464.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv%20Bild%20183-1989-1104-047%2C%20Berlin%2C%20Demonstration%2C%20Rede%20Heiner%20M%C3%BCller.jpg?width=320
2328Jakob Michael Reinhold LenzQ76417German writer of Baltic German origin (1751-1792)WriterGerman1751-01-121792-06-15DEUGermanyLVA03464.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JMRLenz%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2328Quintus SmyrnaeusQ3527024th-century Greek poetWriterAncient Greek04000400Ancient RomeTUR13464.58
2328Antonio de NebrijaQ380804Spanish scholarWriter14441522-07-12ESPSpainESP43464.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Retrato%20de%20Antonio%20de%20Nebrija%20(fondo%20blanco).jpg?width=320
2328Ishwar Chandra VidyasagarQ964111Philosopher, academic, writer, translator, entrepreneur, social reformer and philanthropist (1820-1891)WriterBangla1820-09-261891-07-29British RajIND03464.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ishwarchandra%20Vidyasagar.jpg?width=320
2328Anne DesclosQ253288French journalist and novelist best known for her erotic novel Story of OWriterFrench1907-09-231998-04-26FRAFranceFRA23464.4
2328Joseph von Hammer-PurgstallQ89546Austrian explorer, translator, diplomat, orientalist (1774-1856)WriterGerman1774-06-091856-11-23AUT03464.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hammer%20Purgstall.jpg?width=320
2328Egon Erwin KischQ78791Austrian/Czech publicist and writer (1885-1948)WriterGerman1885-04-291948-03-31Austria; GermanyCZE03464.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KischMelbourne1934.JPG?width=320
2328Marie Christine, Princess Michael of KentQ93535wife of Prince Michael of KentWriter1945-01-15United Kingdom; AustriaCZE03463.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HRH%20Princess%20Michael%20of%20Kent%20Allan%20Warren.jpg?width=320
2328Itzhak PeretzQ425644Yiddish language author and playwright (1852–1915)WriterYiddish; Hebrew1852-05-301915-04-03POLPolandPOL03463.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/I%20L%20Peretz%20postcard.jpg?width=320
2328Jean-Pierre ThiolletQ982049French writerWriter1956-12-09FRAFranceFRA03463.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Pierre%20Thiollet%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2328Don Juan ManuelQ373007Spanish prince and writer (1282-1348)Writer1282-05-121349Crown of CastileESP83463.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don%20Juan%20Manuel.jpg?width=320
2328Clark Ashton SmithQ555298American author (1893-1961)WriterEnglish1893-01-131961-08-14USAUnited StatesUSA03463.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clark%20Ashton%20Smith%201912.jpg?width=320
2328Mina WitkojcQ149516Sorbian poet (1893–1975)WriterSorbian1893-05-281975-11-11DEUGermanyDEU03463.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mina%20Witkojc.jpg?width=320
2328Jean-Dominique BaubyQ317730French journalist, author and editor with Locked-In Syndrome (1952-1997)WriterFrench1952-04-231997-03-09FRAFranceFRA13463.24
2328Ahad Ha'amQ380425Russian Hebrew essayist and thinker (1856–1927)Writer1856-08-181927-01-02Russian Empire; Soviet UnionUKR13463.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ahad%20Haam.jpg?width=320
2328Rhonda ByrneQ238378Australian writer and producerWriter1951-03-12AUSAustraliaAUS03463.02
2328Hermann SudermannQ65448German dramatist and novelist (1857–1928)WriterGerman1857-09-301928-11-21DEUGermanyLTU33463https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sudermann%2C%20Herman%20by%20Nicola%20Perscheid.jpg?width=320
2328AphrahatQ4342224th century Syriac-Christian theologian and authorWriterSyriac02700346Sasanian EmpireIRQ03462.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Les%20Vies%20des%20P%C3%A8res%20des%20d%C3%A9serts%20d'Orient%20-%20leur%20doctrine%20spirituelle%20et%20leur%20discipline%20monastique%20(1886)%20(14590545527).jpg?width=320
2328Jean-Antoine de BaïfQ379941French writer (1532-1589)WriterLatin; French1532-02-291589-09-19FRAFranceITA03462.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret%20van%20Jean%20Antoine%20de%20Ba%C3%AFf%20Ianus%20Antonius%20Baifius%20(titel%20op%20object)%2C%20RP-P-OB-31.456.jpg?width=320
2328Mircea CărtărescuQ442931Romanian writerWriter1956-06-01ROURomaniaROU03462.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mircea%20Cartarescu%20-%20Zsolnay-Lesefest.JPG?width=320
2328Albert MemmiQ733225French writer of Tunisian-Jewish originWriter1920-12-152020-05-22Tunisia; FranceTUN03462.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Albert%20Memmi%20par%20Claude%20Truong-Ngoc%20d%C3%A9cembre%201982.jpg?width=320
2328Yuan MeiQ147220poet, essayist, scholar of the Qing Dynasty (1716-1797)WriterChinese17161797-01-03Qing dynastyCHN03462.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/YuanMeiLuoPingI%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2328Ai QingQ381194Chinese poet (1910-1996)Writer1910-03-271996-05-05CHNPeople's Republic of ChinaCHN03462.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ai%20Qing%201929.jpg?width=320
2328Etel AdnanQ440316Lebanese-American writer and artist (1925-2021)Writer1925-02-242021-11-14Lebanon; United States; FranceLBN03462.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Etel%20Adnan%2C%202008%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2328Ferdynand Antoni OssendowskiQ1392335Polish explorer and writer (1878–1945)WriterEnglish; Polish; Russian1878-06-081945-01-03POLPolandLVA03462.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ferdynand%20Ossendowski%201-K-1718.jpeg?width=320
2328Kakinomoto no HitomaroQ380818Japanese poetWriter06620710JPNJapanJPN13462.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sanj%C5%ABrokkasen-gaku%20-%201%20-%20Kan%C5%8D%20Tan%E2%80%99y%C5%AB%20-%20Hitomaru.jpg?width=320
2328James M. CainQ81071American novelist, short story writer, journalist (1892–1977)WriterEnglish1892-07-011977-10-27USAUnited StatesUSA23461.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20M.%20Cain.jpg?width=320
2328Stephen BaxterQ314416British writerWriterEnglish1957-11-13GBRUnited KingdomGBR43461.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baxter%20Stephen.jpg?width=320
2328Jules GuesdeQ379699French socialist journalist and politician (1845–1922)WriterFrench1845-11-111922-07-28FRAFranceFRA03461.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jules%20Guesde.jpg?width=320
2328Gennadiy AygiQ335110Chuvash poet, writer, and translator (1934-2006)WriterRussian; Chuvash1934-08-212006-02-21RUSRussiaRUS03461.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%B3%D0%B8.jpg?width=320
2328Mirra AlfassaQ464879Spiritual Leader, occultist and collaborator of Sri Aurobindo (1878–1973)Writer1878-02-211973-11-17FRAFranceFRA03461.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Divine-mother%20(mirra%20alfassa).jpg?width=320
2328Charles MaturinQ561027Irish writerWriterEnglish1782-09-251824-10-30Kingdom of Ireland; United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandIRL03461.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maturin.jpg?width=320
2328George WhitefieldQ314399English minister and preacherWriter1714-12-161770-09-29GBRUnited KingdomGBR03461.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George%20Whitefield%20(head).jpg?width=320
2328Ki no TsurayukiQ468288Japanese writerWriterJapanese08720945-07-05JPNJapanJPN33461.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sanj%C5%ABrokkasen-gaku%20-%202%20-%20Kan%C5%8D%20Tan%E2%80%99y%C5%AB%20-%20Ki%20no%20Tsurayuki.jpg?width=320
2328Marie CorelliQ263254British writer (1855-1924)WriterEnglish1855-05-011924-04-21United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland03461.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marie%20Corelli%20(The%20Harmsworth%20Encyclopaedia%20Vol.%203%201900%20(132751437)%20(cropped)).jpg?width=320
2328Olha KobylianskaQ267137Ukrainian writer and feminist (1863–1942)WriterUkrainian1863-11-271942-03-21Soviet Union; Austria–Hungary; Ukrainian People's Republic; West Ukrainian People's Republic; Kingdom of RomaniaROU03461.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Olha-kobylyanska.jpg?width=320
2328D. B. WeissQ1151388American writer and producerWriter1971-04-23USAUnited StatesUSA03461.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/D.%20B.%20Weiss%20by%20Gage%20Skidmore%202.jpg?width=320
2328Harivansh Rai BachchanQ9575Indian Hindi poet, Father of Amitabh Bachchan (1907-2003)WriterHindi1907-11-272003-01-18INDIndiaIND13461.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harivansh%20Rai%20Bachchan%202003%20stamp%20of%20India.jpg?width=320
2328Parvin E'tesamiQ271254Iranian poet (1907–1941)Writer1907-03-161941-04-05IRNIranIRN03461.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Etesami.jpg?width=320
2328Karel Jaromír ErbenQ352914Czech archivist, poet, ethnographer, librettist, publicist, lawyer, translator and writer (1811–1870)WriterCzech1811-11-071870-11-21Austrian Empire; Austria–HungaryCZE03461.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karel%20Jarom%C3%ADr%20Erben%20(cut).jpg?width=320
2328Alice SchwarzerQ62919German journalist, publisher, and feministWriter1942-12-03DEUGermanyDEU03460.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2010-10-08%20Alice%20Schwarzer%200025.jpg?width=320
2328Imre MadáchQ366331Hungarian writer (1823-1864)WriterHungarian1823-01-211864-10-05HUNHungarySVK13460.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Madach%20Morelli%20(127620886).jpg?width=320
2328Kader AbdolahQ381254Iranian-Dutch columnist, poet, writerWriter1954-12-12Iran; Kingdom of the NetherlandsIRN13460.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kader%20abdolah%20oct08%20by%20sander%20bakkes.jpg?width=320
2328Stefan HeymQ76534German writer (1913-2001)Writer1913-04-102001-12-16United States; GermanyDEU13460.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stefan%20Heym%20(1982).jpg?width=320
2328Leah GoldbergQ138007Israeli poet (1911–2070)WriterHebrew1911-05-291970-01-15ISRIsraelRUS43460.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/0001%20FL77498295.jpg?width=320
2328Casimir DelavigneQ126961French poet and dramatist (1793-1843)WriterFrench1793-04-041843-12-11FRAFranceFRA03460.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Casimir%20Delavigne%20par%20Delpech.png?width=320
2328Boris PilnyakQ536372Soviet writer (1894-1938)WriterRussian1894-10-111938-04-21Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS03460.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pilnjak.jpg?width=320
2328Jean-Pierre Claris de FlorianQ551740French writer (1755–1794)WriterFrench1755-03-061794-09-13FRAFranceFRA13460.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claris%20de%20Florian%20by%20Jacob%20Mangot.png?width=320
2328Friedrich Benjamin von LütkeQ435766Baltic German admiral (1797–1882)Writer1797-09-281882-08-20Russian EmpireRUS03460.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sergey%20Lvovich%20Levitsky%20-%20Fyodor%20Petrovich%20Litke.jpg?width=320
2328Zabel YesayanQ3574447Armenian writer (1878–1943)Writer1878-02-041943Ottoman Empire; Soviet UnionTUR03460.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D4%B6%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%A7%D5%AC%20%D4%B5%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A5%D5%A1%D5%B6.jpg?width=320
2328Christian Dietrich GrabbeQ61091German playwright (1801–1836)WriterGerman1801-12-111836-09-12Principality of LippeDEU13460.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christian%20Dietrich%20Grabbe%20by%20Joseph%20Wilhelm%20Pero.jpg?width=320
2328Juan MarséQ460109Spanish writer (1933–2020)WriterSpanish1933-01-082020-07-18ESPSpainESP53459.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juan%20Marse%201.jpg?width=320
2328William LanglandQ467672English writerWriter13321386GBRUnited KingdomGBR13459.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Langland.jpg?width=320
2328Alfred AnderschQ60851prosaist, short story writer, publisher, and radio editor (1914-1980)Writer1914-02-041980-02-21Germany; SwitzerlandDEU03459.9
2328Kosta KhetagurovQ368956Ossetian poet (1859-1906)WriterRussian1859-10-151906-04-01Russian EmpireGEO33459.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kosta%20XETAGUROV.jpg?width=320
2328Janet FrameQ241215New Zealand author (1924–2004)Writer1924-08-282004-01-29NZLNew ZealandNZL23459.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Janet%20Frame%201993%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2328Maksym RylskyQ2638198Ukrainian poet (1895–1964)WriterUkrainian1895-03-191964-07-24Ukrainian State; Russian Empire; Ukrainian People's Republic; Soviet UnionUKR03459.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maksym%20Rylskyiy.jpg?width=320
2328Anatoly RybakovQ434926Soviet and Russian writer (1911–1998)WriterRussian1911-01-141998-12-23RUSRussiaUKR03459.59
2328Alexander BestuzhevQ128832Russian writer, poet and soldier (1797–1837)WriterRussian1797-11-031837-06-07Russian EmpireRUS03459.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bestuzhev%20Alexandr%20Alexandrovich.jpg?width=320
2328Peter BenchleyQ333251American author (1940–2006)WriterEnglish1940-05-082006-02-11USAUnited StatesUSA03459.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jaws%20(1974)%20back%20cover%20featuring%20a%20portrait%20photograph%20of%20Peter%20Benchley%20by%20Alex%20Gotfryd%2C%20first%20edition.jpg?width=320
2328C. S. ForesterQ430182British novelist, "Hornblower" author (1899–1966)WriterEnglish1899-08-271966-04-02GBRUnited KingdomEGY13459.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/C.%20S.%20Forester%20in%201939.jpg?width=320
2328Gregory CorsoQ470871American writer (1930-2001)WriterEnglish1930-03-262001-01-17USAUnited StatesUSA03459.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gregory%20Corso%20ill%20artlibre%20jnl.png?width=320
2328Jakob HurtQ1395650Estonian ethnologist, folklorist and linguist (1839-1907)Writer1839-07-221907-01-13Russian EmpireEST03459.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jakob%20Hurt.jpg?width=320
2328Willem Frederik HermansQ437771Dutch writer (1921–1995)WriterDutch1921-09-011995-04-27NLDKingdom of the NetherlandsNLD33458.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willem%20Frederik%20Hermans%20(1986).jpg?width=320
2328Donald BarthelmeQ353869American writer, editor, and professor (1931–1989)WriterEnglish1931-04-071989-07-23USAUnited StatesUSA03458.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donald%20Barthelme%20(author).jpg?width=320
2328Ari BehnQ472623Norwegian author (1972–2019)WriterNorwegian1972-09-302019-12-25Kingdom of Denmark; NorwayDNK13458.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aribehn.JPG?width=320
2328Jean EchenozQ353882French writerWriterFrench1947-12-26FRAFranceFRA13458.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean%20Echenoz%20(2016).png?width=320
2328Paavo HaavikkoQ444876Finnish poet and writer (1931–2008)WriterFinnish1931-01-252008-10-06FINFinlandFIN03458.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paavo%20Juhani%20Haavikko.jpg?width=320
2328Luciano De CrescenzoQ1006152Italian writer and engineer (1928–2019)Writer1928-08-182019-07-18ITAItalyITA03458.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luciano%20De%20Crescenzo%20-%20foto%20di%20Augusto%20De%20Luca.jpg?width=320
2328Pippa MiddletonQ232465British socialite, author and columnist; sister of Catherine, Princess of WalesWriterBritish English1983-09-06GBRUnited KingdomGBR03457.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pippa%20Middleton.jpg?width=320
2328Sue TownsendQ261465English writer and humoristWriterEnglish1946-04-022014-04-10GBRUnited KingdomGBR123457.67
2328John GowerQ365133English writer and poet (c.1330–1408)WriterEnglish13301408-10Kingdom of EnglandGBR243457.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Gower%20world%20Vox%20Clamantis.jpg?width=320
2328James BlishQ248867American science fiction and fantasy author (1921–1975)Writer1921-05-231975-07-30USAUnited StatesUSA23457.21
2328John LylyQ261627English playwright, poet and dramatist (c.1553/4-1606)WriterEnglish15541606-11-18Kingdom of EnglandGBR03457.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Lyly's%20signature%20(from%20a%20letter%20to%20Sir%20Robert%20Cecil%2C%20Feb.%204%201602-3%3B%20from%20original%20MS.%20in%20Hatfield%20Library).png?width=320
2328Arkady AverchenkoQ602217Russian comic and satirical writer, theatre critic (1881–1925)WriterRussian1880-03-271925-03-12Russian Empire03456.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arkady%20Averchenko%207.gif?width=320
2328Anne Morrow LindberghQ443096American aviator and writer (1906–2001)WriterEnglish1906-06-222001-02-07USAUnited StatesUSA03456.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anne%20Morrow%20Lindbergh%20LCCN2012647141%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2328Ngaio MarshQ234392New Zealand writer (1895–1982)WriterEnglish1895-04-231982-02-18NZLNew ZealandNZL03456.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ngaio%20Marsh%20by%20Henry%20Herbert%20Clifford%20ca%201935%2C%20crop.jpg?width=320
2328Thomas NasheQ443042English Elizabethan pamphleteer and poetWriterEnglish1567-111601GBRUnited KingdomGBR13456.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas-Nashe.jpg?width=320
2328Thomas MiddletonQ344865English playwright and poetWriterEnglish1580-05-081627-07-14Kingdom of EnglandGBR23456.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Middletn.jpg?width=320
2328Jamaica KincaidQ275601Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer (born 1949)WriterEnglish1949-05-25USAUnited StatesATG33455.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jamaica%20Kincaid%202019.jpg?width=320
2328William Dean HowellsQ526709American author, critic, and playwright (1837–1920)WriterEnglish1837-03-011920-05-11USAUnited StatesUSA13455.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Dean%20Howells%20(ca1870).jpg?width=320
2328Rita Mae BrownQ242956novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist (born 1944)WriterEnglish1944-11-28USAUnited StatesUSA63455.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Rita%20Mae%20Brown.jpg?width=320
2328Daína ChavianoQ176405Cuban writerWriterSpanish1957-02-19United States; CubaCUB43455.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Da%C3%ADna%20Chaviano.jpg?width=320
2328Sarah KirschQ263398German poet (1935–2013)WriterGerman1935-04-162013-05-05DEUGermanyDEU03455.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv%20Bild%20183-R0531-0325%2C%20Sarah%20Kirsch.jpg?width=320
2328Barbara EhrenreichQ283659American writer and journalist (1941–2022)Writer1941-08-262022-09-01USAUnited StatesUSA03455.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barbara%20Ehrenreich%202%20by%20David%20Shankbone.jpg?width=320
2328Bart D. EhrmanQ127876American biblical scholar (born 1955)Writer1955-10-05USAUnited StatesUSA03455.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bart-d-ehrman-2012-wikipedia.jpg?width=320
2328Thomas Love PeacockQ561408English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company (1785–1866)WriterEnglish1785-10-181866-01-23United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR53454.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Love%20Peacock%20by%20Henry%20Wallis.jpg?width=320
2328Philippe ClaudelQ472613French film director, writer and screenwriter (born 1962)WriterFrench1962-02-02FRAFranceFRA13454.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philippe-Claudel-Il-y-a-longtemps.JPG?width=320
2328Abraham CowleyQ329896British writer (1618–1667)WriterEnglish16181667-07-28Kingdom of EnglandGBR03454.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abraham%20Cowley%20by%20Sir%20Peter%20Lely.jpg?width=320
2328Robertson DaviesQ545375Canadian novelist (1913-1995)WriterEnglish1913-08-281995-12-02CANCanadaCAN13454.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robertson%20Davies%20(Canadian%20author%20and%20journalist).jpg?width=320
2328Joanne HarrisQ234718British and French authorWriterBritish English1964-07-03GBRUnited KingdomGBR93454.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gibraltar%20International%20Literary%20Festival%202013%20(09).jpg?width=320
2328Robert HerrickQ553554English poet and cleric (1591–1674)WriterEnglish1591-08-241674-10-12Kingdom of EnglandGBR13454.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Herrick%201591-1674.jpg?width=320
2328Booth TarkingtonQ893138American novelist (1869–1946)WriterEnglish1869-07-291946-05-19USAUnited StatesUSA03453.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Booth%20Tarkington%20cph.3b27122.jpg?width=320
2328William BoydQ722103Scottish novelist, short story writer, and screen writer (born 1952)WriterEnglish1952-03-07GBRUnited KingdomGHA13453.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Boyd.jpg?width=320
2328John BerrymanQ522192American poet and scholar (1914–1972)WriterEnglish1914-10-251972-01-07USAUnited StatesUSA13453.35
2328John ClareQ981572English poet (1793-1864)WriterEnglish1793-07-131864-05-20GBRUnited KingdomGBR03453.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Clare.jpg?width=320
2328Mathias ÉnardQ339677French writer, translator, and university teacher (born 1972)WriterFrench1972-01-11FRAFranceFRA13452.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mathias%20Enard%2020100329%20Salon%20du%20livre%20de%20Paris%201.jpg?width=320
2328Michael LewisQ311654American writerWriterEnglish1960-10-15USAUnited StatesUSA63452.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael%20Lewis%202009.jpg?width=320
2328Roddy DoyleQ73506Irish authorWriterEnglish1958-05-08IRLIrelandIRL63451.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roddy%20Doyle%20in%20the%20festival%20garden%20at%20Haus%20der%20Berliner%20Festspiele%20on%20September%2014th%202015%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2328Lorraine HansberryQ461758African-American playwright and author (1930-1965)Writer1930-05-191965-01-12USAUnited StatesUSA13450.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%22The%20Sign%20in%20Sidney%20Brustein's%20Window%22%2C%20by%20Lorraine%20Hansberry%20(cropped).tif?width=320
2328David G. McCulloughQ374610historianWriter1933-07-072022-08-07USAUnited StatesUSA33450.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/McCullough%20I.jpg?width=320
2328Linda Maria BarosQ237112French poetWriterFrench1981-08-06Romania; FranceROU03450.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Linda%20Maria%20Baros.jpg?width=320
2328Damon GalgutQ510119South African writer (1963-)Writer1963-11-12ZAFSouth AfricaZAF13449.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Damon%20Galgut%20(2013).png?width=320
2328Dinah CraikQ2331155British novelist and poet (1826–1887)WriterEnglish1826-04-201887-10-12United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR23449.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dinah%20Maria%20Craik%20(n%C3%A9e%20Mulock)%20by%20Sir%20Hubert%20von%20Herkomer.jpg?width=320
2456Saint NaumQ350061Bulgarian writer & missionaryWriter08300910-12-28BGR03371.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SaintNaum.jpg?width=320
2456CorneliaQ2345332nd century BC Roman noblewoman, mother of the GracchiWriterLatin-189-109Ancient Rome13370.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ca'%20Rezzonico%20-%20Cornelia%20madre%20dei%20Gracchi%20(Inv.039)%20-%20Alessandro%20Varotari.jpg?width=320
2456Shin SaimdangQ464485calligraphist and noted poet (1504-1551)Writer1504-10-291551-05-17JoseonKOR03368.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/50000%20won%20banknote%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2456Alfred KubinQ558054Austrian illustrator, cartoonist and writer (1877-1959)Writer1877-04-101959-08-20AUTAustriaCZE03367.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicola%20Perscheid%20-%20Alfred%20Kubin%201904b.jpg?width=320
2456Quintus Tullius CiceroQ316054brother of Marcus Tullius CiceroWriterLatin-101-42Ancient RomeITA03367.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Wilson%20-%20Cicero%20with%20his%20friend%20Atticus%20and%20brother%20Quintus%2C%20at%20his%20villa%20at%20Arpinum%20-%20Google%20Art%20Project.jpg?width=320
2456John Dickson CarrQ365664American writer (1906–1977)Writer1906-11-301977-02-27USAUnited StatesUSA33367.26
2456Jean WebsterQ238140American novelist (1876-1916)WriterEnglish; French1876-07-241916-06-11USAUnited StatesUSA03367.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean%20Webster%20LCCN2014697273%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2456Egill SkallagrímssonQ314454Viking Age poet, warrior and farmerWriter09100990ISLIcelandISL33366.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Egil%20Skallagrimsson%2017c%20manuscript.jpg?width=320
2456Siegfried KracauerQ76435German writer, journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist (1889-1966)WriterEnglish; German1889-02-081966-11-26France; GermanyDEU23366.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Siegfriedkracauer.jpg?width=320
2456Arnold van GennepQ385288French ethnographer and folklorist (1873–1957)Writer1873-04-231957-05-07FRAFranceDEU03366.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Van%20gennep2.gif?width=320
2456Joseph MohrQ698084Austrian priest and composer (1792–1848)WriterGerman1792-12-111848-12-04Austrian EmpireAUT13366.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stille%20Nacht%20Kapelle%20Glasfenster%20Josef%20Mohr.JPG?width=320
2456Robert de MontesquiouQ669685French writer (1855–1921)WriterFrench1855-03-191921-12-11FRAFranceFRA03365.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20de%20Monttesquiou%201895.jpg?width=320
2456Jean-Jacques AmpèreQ380824French philologist (1800–1864)WriterFrench1800-08-121864-03-27FRAFranceFRA03365.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Jacques%20Amp%C3%A8re%20by%20Adam-Salomon.png?width=320
2456Joachim FestQ57372German historian (1926–2006)Writer1926-12-082006-09-11West Germany; PrussiaDEU13365.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joachim%20Fest%20002%20headcrop.jpg?width=320
2456Mendele Mocher SforimQ359694Yiddish-Hebrew writer (1836-1917)WriterHebrew; Yiddish1836-01-021917-12-08BLRBelarusBLR03365.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mendele%20Mos%20big.jpg?width=320
2456Bernard CornwellQ446605British writerWriterEnglish1944-02-23GBRUnited KingdomGBR13365.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernard%20Cornwell.jpg?width=320
2456CratinusQ350517Athenian Old Comedy poetWriterAncient Greek-499-422GRCClassical AthensGRC03365.36
2456Joseph BédierQ380842French philologist and writer (1864-1938)WriterFrench1864-01-281938-08-29FRAFranceFRA03365.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph%20Bedier%20portrait.jpg?width=320
2456Gustav LandauerQ61723German anarchist, editor (1870-1919)WriterGerman1870-04-071919-05-02DEUGermanyDEU73365.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gustav%20Landauer%20189x.png?width=320
2456Xavier de MaistreQ2737006French writer (1763-1852)WriterFrench1763-11-081852-06-12Kingdom of SardiniaFRA63365.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Xavier%20de%20Maistre.jpg?width=320
2456John of KronstadtQ561659Russian saint (1829–1908)Writer1829-10-311909-01-02Russian EmpireRUS03364.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%20%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9.jpg?width=320
2456Akka MahadeviQ3518406Kannada poetWriterKannada11301101INDIndia03364.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Akkamahadevi%20Udathadi.JPG?width=320
2456Johann Jakob BodmerQ115588Swiss-German author, academic, critic and poet (1698–1783)WriterGerman1698-07-191783-01-02Germany; SwitzerlandCHE03364.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bodmer.jpg?width=320
2456Julius Firmicus MaternusQ3674224th century Latin writer and astrologerWriterLatin03140360Ancient RomeITA03364.23
2456Jean-Louis Guez de BalzacQ1248124French author, best known for his epistolary essaysWriterFrench1597-05-311654-02-18FRAFranceFRA03364.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Louis%20Guez%20de%20Balzac%20-%20Versailles%20MV%202890.jpg?width=320
2456Antonio SkármetaQ605194Chilean writer and ambassador (1940–2024)Writer1940-11-072024-10-15CHLChileCHL43364.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Antonio%20Skarmeta%20(1981).jpg?width=320
2456Baba TahirQ558486Persian poetWriter09471032IRN03364.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Babatahr.png?width=320
2456Thomas of CelanoQ354523Italian religious, poet and writerWriter11901260ITA53364.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tommaso%20da%20Celano%20OFM.jpeg?width=320
2456Gaius Julius SolinusQ5204873rd or 4th century Roman geographer and grammarianWriterLatin04000400Ancient RomeITA13363.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gaius%20Julius%20Solinus%20Solinus%20(titel%20op%20object)%20Liber%20Chronicarum%20(serietitel)%2C%20RP-P-2016-49-22-8%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2456Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of RussiaQ313832Russian grand prince (1858-1915)WriterRussian1858-08-221915-06-15Russian EmpireRUS03363.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Grand%20Duke%20Constantine%20Constantinovich%20of%20Russia.jpg?width=320
2456Josef LadaQ368484Czech illustrator, painter, caricaturist, scenographer and writer (1887-1957)Writer1887-12-171957-12-14CzechoslovakiaCZE03363.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Josef%20Lada%201940.png?width=320
2456Isaac TitsinghQ332779Dutch diplomat (1745 - 1812)Writer1745-01-101812-02-02NLDKingdom of the NetherlandsNLD03363.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Opperhoofd%20Titsingh%20Institute.jpg?width=320
2456ErinnaQ256241ancient Greek poetWriterAncient Greek-400-400GRCRhodesGRC03363.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erinna%20of%20Lesbos%20).jpg?width=320
2456Walter TevisQ740928American writer (1928–1984)WriterEnglish1928-02-281984-08-08USAUnited StatesUSA03363.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/27queensgambitbook-articleLarge.webp?width=320
2456Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of RivasQ155463Spanish writer, poet, playwright and politician (1791-1865)WriterSpanish1791-03-191865-06-22ESPSpainESP13363.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/El%20duque%20de%20Rivas%20(Federico%20de%20Madrazo).JPG?width=320
2456Yacine KatebQ379962Algerian writer (1929-1989)WriterBerber; Arabic; French1929-08-021989-10-28France; AlgeriaDZA13363.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kateb%20Yacine%20Nedjma%20authograph.jpg?width=320
2456Aloysius BertrandQ366464French poet (1807–1841)WriterFrench1807-04-201841-04-29FRAFranceITA13363https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aloysius%20Bertrand%20autoportrait.PNG?width=320
2456Gustav SchwabQ77428German teacher, pastor, author and editor (1792–1850)WriterGerman1792-06-191850-11-04Kingdom of WürttembergDEU03362.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gustav%20Schwab.jpg?width=320
2456Jovan Jovanović ZmajQ362089Serbian poet, physician (1833–1904)Writer1833-11-241904-06-14Austrian Empire; Austria–Hungary; Kingdom of SerbiaSRB03362.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jovan%20Jovanovi%C4%87%20Zmaj.jpg?width=320
2456William SteigQ552255American cartoonist, children's illustrator and writer (1907–2003)WriterEnglish1907-11-142003-10-03USAUnited StatesUSA33362.84
2456Inger ChristensenQ284171poet, novelist, essayist, editor (1935-2009)Writer1935-01-162009-01-02Kingdom of DenmarkDNK03362.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Inger%20Christensen%20laser%20ur%20ett%20av%20sina%20verk%20vid%20lanseringen%20av%20Nordisk%20litteratur%20til%20tjeneste%20pa%20Sorte%20diamant%20i%20Kopenhamn%202008-03-05.jpg?width=320
2456Hamza Hakimzade NiyaziQ45124Uzbek screenwriter and poet (1889-1929)WriterUzbek1889-03-061929-03-18Russian Empire; Soviet UnionUZB03362.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hamza%20Niyazi.jpg?width=320
2456George TaboriQ152301Hungarian writer and theatre director (1914–2007)WriterEnglish1914-05-242007-07-23United States; United Kingdom; HungaryHUN03362.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oliver%20Mark%20-%20George%20Tabori%2C%20Berlin%202003.jpg?width=320
2456Gaston ParisQ514741French medievalist and writer (1839-1903)WriterFrench1839-08-091903-03-05FRAFranceFRA13362.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gaston%20Paris.jpg?width=320
2456Uri AvneryQ325679Israeli politician, journalist and author (1923-2018)Writer1923-09-102018-08-20Israel; GermanyDEU03362.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/UriAvnery.jpg?width=320
2456Giuseppe GiacosaQ372032Italian librettist, poet and writer (1847-1906)WriterItalian1847-10-211906-09-01Kingdom of ItalyITA03362.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Giuseppe%20Giacosa%2002.jpg?width=320
2456NenniusQ132065Welsh monk and historianWritermedieval Latin; Old Welsh; Old English0800090013362.31
2456Winston GroomQ464700American writer (1943-2020)Writer1943-03-232020-09-17USAUnited StatesUSA03362.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Winston%20Groom%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2456Miloš CrnjanskiQ31215expressionist modernist poet, author, and diplomat from Austria-HungaryWriter1893-10-261977-11-30Kingdom of Yugoslavia; Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; Austria–HungaryHUN53361.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Milo%C5%A1%20Crnjanski%20crop.jpg?width=320
2456Mykola KostomarovQ742659Russian-Ukrainian historian, founder of modern Ukrainian historiography, and a leader of the Ukrainian national revival (1817-1885)WriterRussian1817-05-161885-04-19Russian EmpireRUS03361.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kostomarov%207.jpg?width=320
2456David OgilvyQ198743British advertising executive (1911-1999)Writer1911-06-231999-07-21GBRUnited KingdomGBR03361.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David%20ogilvy.jpg?width=320
2456Terry GoodkindQ366150American novelist (1948–2020)Writer1948-01-112020-09-17USAUnited StatesUSA13361.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TerryGoodkind%20TG-studio-2005%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2456Josef JungmannQ508939Czech linguist and poetWriterEnglish1773-07-161847-11-14Austrian EmpireCZE03361.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anton%C3%ADn%20Machek%20-%20Portrait%20of%20Josef%20Jungmann.jpg?width=320
2456TáhirihQ255221influential poet and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran (1814–1852)WriterArabic18171852-08-27Qajar IranIRN03361.08
2456Yury YakovlevQ784509Soviet and Russian actor (1928–2013)Writer1928-04-252013-11-30RUSRussiaRUS03360.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yury%20Yakovlev%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2456Dritëro AgolliQ382104Albanian poet, writer, and politician (1931–2017)Writer1931-10-132017-02-03ALBAlbaniaALB03360.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Drit%C3%ABro%20Agolli%202016%20stamp%20of%20Albania.jpg?width=320
2456Tom RobbinsQ452404American writer (1932–2025)WriterAmerican English1932-07-222025-02-09USAUnited StatesUSA03360.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom%20Robbins%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2456Josef ŠkvoreckýQ333741Czech-Canadian writer and publisher (1924-2012)Writer1924-09-272012-01-03Czech Republic; CanadaCZE13360.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Josef%20skvorecky.jpg?width=320
2456John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of RochesterQ358912English poet, and peer of the realm (1647-1680)WriterEnglish1647-04-111680-08-05Kingdom of EnglandGBR03360.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Wilmot.jpg?width=320
2456Drago JančarQ384991Slovenian writerWriterSlovene1948-04-13SVNSloveniaSVN03360.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Drago%20Jan%C4%8Dar%2C%20Frankfurter%20Buchmesse%202023%20Ausschnitt.jpg?width=320
2456Takuboku IshikawaQ467747Japanese poet (1886-1912)WriterJapanese1886-02-201912-04-13JPNJapanJPN23360.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Takuboku%20Ishikawa.jpg?width=320
2456Amadou Hampâté BâQ452299Malian writer, historian and ethnologistWriter19001991-05-15MLIMaliMLI33360.16
2456Herbert Edward ReadQ460061English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art (1893-1968)WriterEnglish1893-11-041968-06-12GBRUnited KingdomGBR23360.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/W.%20G.%20Constable%20and%20Sir%20Herbert%20Read%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2456Panteleimon KulishQ2382842Ukrainian writer, historian, ethnographer, and translator (1819–1897)WriterRussian1819-08-071897-02-14Russian EmpireUKR23359.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Panteleimon%20Kulish.jpg?width=320
2456Lady Caroline LambQ235665English writer (1785-1828)WriterEnglish1785-11-131828-01-26GBRUnited KingdomGBR33359.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Lawrence%20(1769-1830)%20-%20Lady%20Caroline%20Lamb%20(d.1828)%20-%20K2141%20-%20Bristol%20City%20Museum%20%5E%20Art%20Gallery.jpg?width=320
2456Christopher HamptonQ515274British playwright, screenwriter and translator (born 1946)Writer1946-01-26GBRUnited KingdomPRT03359.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hampton3.jpg?width=320
2456Miguel TorgaQ44851Portuguese writer (1907-1995)WriterPortuguese1907-08-121995-01-17PRTPortugalPRT03359.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miguel%20Torga%20100anos.png?width=320
2456Juliette AdamQ270617French writer and salonnière (1836–1936)WriterFrench1836-10-041936-08-23FRAFranceFRA03359.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juliette%20Adam%20Nadar%2001.jpg?width=320
2456Pierre BenoitQ551767French writer (1886-1962)WriterFrench1886-07-161962-03-03FRAFranceFRA43359.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre%20Benoit%201932.jpg?width=320
2456Johann MostQ213632German-American anarchistWriterGerman1846-02-051906-03-17USAUnited StatesDEU13359.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johann%20Most%202.jpg?width=320
2456Giuseppe PariniQ529146Italian poetWriterItalian1729-05-231799-08-15ITA23359.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret%20van%20dichter%20Giuseppe%20Parini%2C%20RP-P-1909-5262%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2456Vladislav VančuraQ699619Czech writer, film director, playwright and screenwriter (1891–1942)Writer1891-06-231942-06-01Czechoslovakia; Austria–HungaryCZE13359.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vladislav%20Vancura.jpg?width=320
2456Kir BulychevQ360292Soviet Russian science fiction writer and historian (1934–2003)WriterRussian1934-10-182003-09-05RUSRussiaRUS13359.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kir%20Bulychev%201997.jpg?width=320
2456John WinthropQ720766Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay and Author of "City upon a Hill" (1588-1649)WriterEnglish1588-01-221649-03-26Kingdom of EnglandGBR13359.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Winthrop%2017th%20cent.%20American%20Antiquarian%20Society%20portrait.jpg?width=320
2456Richard HakluytQ185510English author, editor and translator (1553–1616)WriterEnglish15521616-11-23GBREnglandGBR13359.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RichardHakluyt-BristolCathedral-stainedglasswindow.jpg?width=320
2456William Ernest HenleyQ552617English poet, critic and editor (1849–1903)WriterEnglish1849-08-231903-07-11United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR13359.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Ernest%20Henley%60s%20Portrait.jpg?width=320
2456Veijo MeriQ543798Finnish writer (1928–2015)Writer1928-12-312015-06-21FINFinlandRUS03359.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Veijo-Meri-1960.jpg?width=320
2456Demyan BednyQ439566Russian poet (1883–1945)WriterRussian; Ukrainian1883-04-131945-05-25Soviet Union; Russian EmpireUKR03358.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BednyD.jpg?width=320
2456Olga OrozcoQ467091Argentine writer (1920-1999)Writer1920-03-171999-08-15ARGArgentinaARG03358.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Olga%20Orozco%20(1920-1999).jpg?width=320
2456Justinas MarcinkevičiusQ359563Lithuanian poet (1930-2011)WriterLithuanian1930-03-102011-02-16LTULithuaniaLTU03358.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Justinas%20Marcinkevicius%20by%20Augustas%20Didzgalvis.jpg?width=320
2456Konstantin FedinQ704015Russian-Soviet writer and poet (1892–1977)WriterRussian1892-02-241977-07-15Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS13358.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Konstantin%20Fedin.jpg?width=320
2456Friederike MayröckerQ93614Austrian poet (1924–2021)WriterGerman1924-12-202021-06-04AUTAustriaAUT03358.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mayr%C3%B6cker%20Friederike-5784%20(17828490214).jpg?width=320
2456Tadeusz KonwickiQ704516Polish writer and film director (1926–2015)WriterPolish1926-06-222015-01-07POLPolandPOL03358.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tadeusz%20Konwicki%20Kancelaria%20Senatu%2002.jpg?width=320
2456Quim MonzóQ333653Spanish writer and translatorWriterCatalan1952-03-24ESPSpainESP53358.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sant%20Jordi%202018%20DC74666%20(41128197464).jpg?width=320
2456Matilde SeraoQ384594Italian journalist and writer, editor (1856–1927)WriterItalian1856-03-071927-07-25GRCGreeceGRC03358.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photo%20of%20Matilde%20Serao.jpg?width=320
2456Gene WolfeQ361149American science fiction and fantasy writer (1931–2019)Writer1931-05-072019-04-14USAUnited StatesUSA13357.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gene%20Wolfe%2C%202005.png?width=320
2456David ShoreQ434272Canadian writer, and former lawyerWriter1959-07-03CANCanadaCAN03357.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WonderCon%202016%20-%20Houdini%20and%20Doyle%20panel%20-%20David%20Shore%20(25500368683).jpg?width=320
2456Sara LidmanQ287784Swedish writerWriterSwedish1923-12-302004-06-17SWESwedenSWE03357.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sara%20Lidman%20001.jpg?width=320
2456Pyotr VyazemskyQ19425leading personality of the Golden Age of Russian poetry (1792–1878)WriterRussian1792-07-231878-11-22Russian EmpireRUS03357.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/P.F.%20Sokolov%20007.jpg?width=320
2456Louise-Victorine AckermannQ295022French poet (1813-1890)WriterFrench1813-11-301890-08-02FRAFranceFRA03357.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louise-Victorine%20Ackermann%20by%20Paul%20Merwart.jpeg?width=320
2456Sándor WeöresQ444423Hungarian poet (1913–1989)WriterHungarian1913-06-221989-01-22HUNHungaryHUN03357.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/We%C3%B6res%20Szombathely.JPG?width=320
2456Richard PowersQ638179American novelist (born 1957)WriterEnglish1957-06-18USAUnited StatesUSA43357.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Powers%20(author).jpg?width=320
2456Emma AndiyevskaQ291500Ukrainian poet, writer and painter (born 1931)WriterUkrainian1931-03-19USAUnited StatesUKR03357.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emma%20Andijewska.JPG?width=320
2456Ciro AlegríaQ468003Peruvian writer, journalist and politician (1909-1967)Writer1909-11-041967-02-17PERPeruPER23357.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ciro%20Alegr%C3%ADa.JPG?width=320
2456Antonio Muñoz MolinaQ450335Spanish writer (born 1956)WriterSpanish1956-01-10ESPSpainESP43357.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2018.06.23.%20Antonio%20Munoz%20Molina%20Fot%20Mariusz%20Kubik%2005.JPG?width=320
2456Yoko OgawaQ449473Japanese novelist (1962-)WriterJapanese1962-03-30JPNJapanJPN13356.93
2456Tracy ChevalierQ232212American writerWriter1962-10-19United Kingdom; United StatesUSA13356.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TraceyChevalier.jpg?width=320
2456David BaldacciQ495420American authorWriter1960-08-05USAUnited StatesUSA13356.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NBF2024-david-baldacci.jpg?width=320
2456Adam AsnykQ348690Polish poet and dramatist (1838–1897)Writer1838-09-111897-08-02Cisleithania; Congress PolandPOL33356.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret%20Adama%20Asnyka.%20ca%201863%20(76803682)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2456Almudena GrandesQ274348Spanish writer (1960-2021)Writer1960-05-072021-11-27ESPSpainESP73356.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Almudena%20Grandes.jpg?width=320
2456Vera PanovaQ262850Soviet writer, playwright, journalist, screenwriter (1905–1973)WriterRussian1905-03-201973-03-03Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS13356.73
2456John D. MacDonaldQ558425American writer (1916–1986)Writer1916-07-241986-12-28USAUnited StatesUSA03356.61
2456Elin WägnerQ270468Swedish writer, journalist and Suffragette (1882–1949)WriterSwedish1882-05-161949-01-07SWESwedenSWE03356.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elin%20Wagner.jpg?width=320
2456Laurence J. PeterQ944024Canadian educator (1919–1990)Writer1919-09-161990-01-12CANCanadaCAN13356.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laurence%20J.%20Peter%2C%201975.jpg?width=320
2456William TrevorQ528826Irish writer (1928–2016)WriterEnglish1928-05-242016-11-20IRLIrelandIRL43356.42
2456Saadat Hasan MantoQ156501Indo-Pakistani novelist, playwright and writer (1912-1955)WriterUrdu1912-05-111955-01-18India; PakistanIND53356.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saadat%20Hasan%20Manto.jpg?width=320
2456John O'HaraQ548345American journalist and writer (1905–1970)WriterEnglish1905-01-311970-04-11USAUnited StatesUSA03355.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20O'Hara%20cph.3b08576.jpg?width=320
2456Arthur GoldenQ432728American novelistWriter1956-12-06USAUnited StatesUSA03355.34
2456William Harrison AinsworthQ518359English novelist (1805-1882)WriterEnglish1805-02-041882-01-03United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR13355.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Harrison%20Ainsworth%20by%20Daniel%20Maclise.jpg?width=320
2456Joël DickerQ3187395Swiss writer (born 1985)WriterFrench1985-06-16CHESwitzerlandCHE13355.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joel%20Dicker%202016.jpg?width=320
2456Thomas DekkerQ336189English dramatist and pamphleteerWriterEnglish15721632-08-25Kingdom of EnglandGBR13355.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dekker%20his%20dreame%20(1620).jpg?width=320
2456Alan BennettQ654730English actor, author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1934)Writer1934-05-09GBRUnited KingdomGBR03355.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alan%20Bennett%202%20Allan%20Warren.jpg?width=320
2456Mikhail Pavlovich ShishkinQ71998Russian-Swiss writerWriterRussian; German1961-01-18Russia; SwitzerlandRUS13354.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MichaelShishkin1209n.jpg?width=320
2456William CobbettQ2141938English pamphleteer, farmer and journalist (1763–1835)WriterEnglish1763-03-091835-06-18United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR13354.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Cobbett.JPG?width=320
2456Dorothy AllisonQ275012American writer, poet, novelist, critic (1949–2024)WriterEnglish1949-04-112024-11-06USAUnited StatesUSA43354.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Allison%2C%20Dorothy.jpg?width=320
2456Jonathan StroudQ358178British writer of fantasy fictionWriterEnglish1970-10-27GBRUnited KingdomGBR23354.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jonathan%20Stroud.jpg?width=320
2456Patrick RothfussQ514546American fantasy writer (born 1973)WriterEnglish1973-06-06USAUnited StatesUSA43354.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Patrick-rothfuss-2014-kyle-cassidy.jpg?width=320
2456Niccolò AmmanitiQ251286Italian writer (1966)Writer1966-09-25ITAItalyITA03353.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ammaniti%2C%20Niccolo.jpg?width=320
2456Penelope LivelyQ262274British novelist (born 1933)WriterEnglish1933-03-17GBRUnited KingdomEGY33353.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Penelope%20Lively.JPG?width=320
2456Mark HaddonQ356357English writer and illustratorWriterEnglish1962-10-28GBRUnited KingdomGBR13353.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MarkHaddon-byPhilipRomano.jpg?width=320
2456Flora NwapaQ5460344Nigerian writerWriterIgbo1931-01-131993-10-16NGANigeriaNGA43353.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flora%20Nwapa.jpg?width=320
2456Rebecca SolnitQ2134968American writerWriter1961-06-24USAUnited StatesUSA63352.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rebecca%20Solnit%20cropped.jpg?width=320
2456Theodore RoethkeQ1151763American poet (1907-1963)WriterEnglish1908-05-251963-08-01USAUnited StatesUSA13352.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Theodore%20Roethke%20in%20the%20family%20greenhouse%2C%20Saginaw%2C%20Michigan%2C%20ca%201920%20(PORTRAITS%20689).jpg?width=320
2456Iris ChangQ234338Chinese-American journalist and author of historical books (1968–2004)Writer1968-03-282004-11-09USAUnited StatesUSA23352.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20photograph%20of%20Iris%20Chang%20from%20the%201985%20edition%20of%20the%20U%20and%20I%20yearbook%20of%20the%20University%20Laboratory%20High%20School%20(Urbana%2C%20Illinois).jpg?width=320
2456Florian ZellerQ3074245French novelist, playwrightWriter1979-06-28FRAFranceFRA03352.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/OscarsCoulisses2021.jpg?width=320
2456Christian KrachtQ123242Swiss novelist and journalist (born 1966)Writer1966-12-29Switzerland; GermanyCHE53352.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christian%20Kracht%202025%20-%201.jpg?width=320
2456Mike GodwinQ2071976American attorney and authorWriterEnglish1956-10-26USAUnited StatesUSA13352.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mike%20Godwin%20-%20VOA%20-%20September%202017-square-bluebackground.jpg?width=320
2456Margaret DrabbleQ239307British novelist, biographer, and criticWriterEnglish1939-06-05GBRUnited KingdomGBR03351.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Margaret%20Drabble.jpg?width=320
2456Khushwant SinghQ1740716Indian author, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician (1914–2014)Writer1915-02-022014-03-20INDIndiaPAK23350.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Khushwantsingh.jpg?width=320
2456Felicia HemansQ272537English poet (1793-1835)WriterEnglish1793-09-251835-05-16United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Kingdom of Great BritainGBR113350.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Felicia%20Hemans%202.jpg?width=320
2456Wilma MankillerQ2327358Principle Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1945–2010)Writer1945-11-182010-04-06USAUnited StatesUSA03350.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilma%20Headshot.png?width=320
2456Damon LindelofQ310556American screenwriter and producer (born 1973)Writer1973-04-24USAUnited StatesUSA03350.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Damon%20Lindelof%20at%20San%20Diego%20Comic%20Con%202026%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2456Sandra CisnerosQ434164American writer and poet (born 1954)Writer1954-12-20United States; MexicoUSA23349.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sandra%20Cisneros%20by%20Gage%20Skidmore.jpg?width=320
2456Jonathan LethemQ440100American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Roy E. Disney Chair in Creative Writing, Pomona CollegeWriter1964-02-19USAUnited StatesUSA23348.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jonathan%20Letham%202023%20Texas%20Book%20Festival.jpg?width=320
2456Alexandre del ValleQ2834220French essayistWriterFrench1968-09-04FRAFranceFRA03348.42
2456Naomi NovikQ242643American writerWriter1973-04-30USAUnited StatesUSA63347.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Naomi%20Novik%20July08.jpg?width=320
2456Nicole KraussQ466431American novelist (born 1974)WriterEnglish1974-08-18USAUnited StatesUSA33347.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicole%20Krauss%2002.jpg?width=320
2456Alex HirschQ4717190American voice actor, animator, writer, storyboard artist, and producerWriterEnglish1985-06-18USAUnited StatesUSA13347.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alex%20Hirsch%202018.jpg?width=320
2456Güzäl YäxinäQ21130661Russian writerWriterRussian1977-06-01RUSRussiaRUS13347.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%20%D0%AF%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0.jpg?width=320
2456Yaa GyasiQ27757818Ghanaian-American novelistWriterEnglish1989United States; Ghana13346.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yaa%20Gyasi%2C%209%2027%20(36709389003)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2456Kate DiCamilloQ467066American children's writer (born 1964)WriterEnglish1964-03-15USAUnited StatesUSA43345.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2018-us-nationalbookfestival-kate-dicamillo.jpg?width=320
2456Kateryna KalytkoQ16700680Ukrainian poet, writer, translatorWriter1982-03-08UKRUkraineUKR03345.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kateryna%20Kalytko%202019%20(crop).jpg?width=320
2456Caitlin MoranQ3398683English author and broadcasterWriter1975-04-05GBRUnited KingdomGBR03340.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hayfestival-2016-Caitlin-Moran-cu-profile.jpg?width=320
2599Francesca da RiminiQ466048Italian noble womanWriter12591285ITA03270.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Feuerbach%20Paolo%20und%20Francesca.jpg?width=320
2599Gaius Asinius PollioQ319273Roman politician, historian and writer (75 BC–AD 4)WriterLatin-740004Ancient RomeITA03268.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gaius%20Asinius%20Pollio%201952%2C0117.14.223.jpg?width=320
2599Annemarie SchwarzenbachQ123368Swiss writer, journalist and photographer (1908–1942)WriterGerman1908-05-231942-11-15FRAFranceCHE03267.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AnnemarieSchwarzenbach.jpg?width=320
2599Marshall RosenbergQ732048American psychologist (1934-2015)Writer1934-10-062015-02-07USAUnited StatesUSA13266.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marshall%20B.%20Rosenberg%2011-05-2005.jpg?width=320
2599Noah GordonQ458618American writer (1926–2021)Writer1926-11-112021-11-22USAUnited StatesUSA03266.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Noah%20Gordon%20-%20001.jpg?width=320
2599Gaius Cornelius GallusQ88251st century BC Roman poet, orator and politicianWriterLatin-68-25Ancient RomeITA13266.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Egitto%20romano%2C%20testa%20forse%20di%20g.%20cornelio%20gallo%2C%2030%20ac%20ca.jpg?width=320
2599Quintus Fabius PictorQ3135003rd-century BC Roman historianWriterLatin; Ancient Greek-253-200Ancient RomeITA03266.32
2599Samuel R. DelanyQ438164American author and literary critic (born 1942)Writer1942-04-01USAUnited StatesUSA93266.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Headshot%208%20Samuel%20Delany.jpg?width=320
2599Arsen KotsoyevQ332699Russian writer (1872–1944)WriterOssetian1872-01-151944-02-04Russian Empire; Soviet UnionRUS03265.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arsen%20KOCOJEV.jpg?width=320
2599Béla BalázsQ469963Hungarian film critic, aesthetician, writer and poet (1884–1949)WriterHungarian1884-08-041949-05-17HUNHungaryHUN03265.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bal%C3%A1zs%20B%C3%A9la.jpg?width=320
2599Sanu SharmaQ115188865Nepali author, writer, novelist, poet and lyricistWriterEnglish; NepaliAustralia; NepalNPL103265.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sanu%20Sharma.jpg?width=320
2599Kate AtkinsonQ272622English writer of novels, plays and short storiesWriterEnglish1951-12-20GBRUnited KingdomGBR03265.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KateAtkinson2007.png?width=320
2599Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-FarahidiQ293515Iraqi lexicographer, philologist and poet (718 – 786 CE)Writer07180786Abbasid CaliphateIRQ13264.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A.jpg?width=320
2599John BrunnerQ378807British author (1934–1995)Writer1934-09-241995-08-25GBRUnited KingdomGBR43264.97
2599Jean de MeunQ544925French author (1240–1305)WriterOld French12401304Kingdom of FranceFRA73264.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean%20de%20Meun%2C%20Ecrivain%20celebre%20sous%20le%20regne%20de%20Philippe%20Le%20Bel%20(1305)%20(BM%201871%2C1209.1838).jpg?width=320
2599Solomon NorthupQ3489578free-born African American kidnapped by slave-tradersWriterEnglish1808-07-101864USAUnited StatesUSA03264.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Solomon%20Northup%20001%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2599Philippe de ComminesQ437423writer and diplomat (1447-1511)WriterMiddle French14471511-11-07Kingdom of FranceFRA23264.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Commynes-recueil-Arras.jpg?width=320
2599Astolphe-Louis-Léonor de Custine, Marquis de CustineQ727056French aristocrat and writer (1790-1857)WriterFrench1790-03-181857-09-25FRAFranceFRA13264.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Astolphe%20de%20Custine.png?width=320
2599Notker the StammererQ354813Benedictine monk and musicianWritermedieval Latin08400912-04-11Carolingian EmpireCHE23264.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Notker%20der%20Stammler.jpg?width=320
2599Augusto BoalQ434805Brazilian writer (1931–2009)WriterPortuguese1931-03-162009-05-02BRABrazilBRA03263.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Augusto%20Boal%20nyc3cr.jpg?width=320
2599Anna LeonowensQ234244British educator and writer (1831-1915)Writer1831-11-061915-01-19United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandIND03263.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anna%20Leonowens%20(1831-1915).jpg?width=320
2599Alonso de ErcillaQ357620Spanish soldier and poet (1533-1594)WriterSpanish1533-08-171595-11-29ESPSpainESP03263.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AlonsoDeErcilla.jpg?width=320
2599Sarah GrimkéQ2470678American abolitionist (1792–1873)Writer1792-11-261873-12-23USAUnited StatesUSA03263.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sarah%20Moore%20Grimke.jpg?width=320
2599Petar KočićQ715945Bosnian Serb writer (1877-1916)WriterSerbian1877-06-291916-08-27Austria–Hungary; Ottoman EmpireBIH03263.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%20%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%9B%202.jpg?width=320
2599Azar NafisiQ258753Iranian-American writerWriter1948-12-20United States; IranIRN13263.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Azar%20Nafisi%202015.jpg?width=320
2599SanaiQ114804912th-century Persian Sufi poetWriterDari10801131-07-16Ghaznavid EmpireAFG13263.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%22Hakim%20Sanai%20addressing%20the%20Sultan%20of%20Ghazna%22%20Folio%20from%20Hadiqat%20al%20Haqiqa%20(The%20Garden%20of%20Truth%20and%20The%20Path%20to%20Trek)%20MS%20OR.%201651%2C%20fol.%201b%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2599Emmanuel CarrèreQ713747French author and film directorWriterFrench1957-12-09FRAFranceFRA23263.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emmanuel%20Carr%C3%A8re%20-%20Livre%20sur%20la%20Place%202014%20(15221395521)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2599Christy BrownQ529336Irish artist (1932-1981)Writer1932-06-051981-09-07IRLIrelandIRL03263.3
2599HerodasQ434811ancient Greek poetWriterAncient Greek-300-250EGY03263.04
2599Gian Giorgio TrissinoQ436738Italian Renaissance humanistWriterItalian1478-07-171550-12-18Republic of VeniceITA23263https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Giorgio%20Trissino%20(1546)%20by%20Veneto%20Painter.%20Civic%20Art%20Gallery%20of%20Como.jpg?width=320
2599Elsa BeskowQ466623Swedish artist (1874-1953)WriterSwedish1874-02-111953-06-30SWESwedenSWE13262.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elsa%20Beskow%20ca%201900-1920.jpg?width=320
2599Albert GleizesQ711903French painter (1881–1953)Writer1881-12-081953-06-23FRAFranceFRA33262.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Albert%20Gleizes%2C%20c.1920%2C%20photograph%20by%20Pierre%20Choumoff..jpg?width=320
2599Anyte of TegeaQ241120ancient Greek epigrammatist and poetWriterAncient Greek-290-300GRC03262.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anyte%20L%C3%A9vy-Dhurmer.jpg?width=320
2599Brian TracyQ582473American motivational speaker and writerWriter1944-01-05CANCanadaCAN03262.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brian%20Tracy%20(4005302419)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2599Étienne JodelleQ289801French dramatist and poetWriterFrench15321573-07Kingdom of FranceFRA13262.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Etienne%20Jodelle.jpg?width=320
2599Li ShangyinQ203782Chinese poet and writerWriter08130858Tang dynastyCHN03262.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Li%20Shangyin.jpg?width=320
2599Erich MühsamQ61722German-Jewish anarchist writer (1878–1934)WriterGerman1878-04-061934-07-10DEUGermanyDEU23262.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv%20Bild%20146-1981-003-08%2C%20Erich%20M%C3%BChsam.jpg?width=320
2599Sébastien JaprisotQ162917French author (1931–2003)WriterFrench1931-07-052003-03-04FRAFranceFRA03262.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sebastien%20Japrisot%20IMG%200270.jpg?width=320
2599Matthieu RicardQ732418French writer and Buddhist monkWriterFrench1946-02-15FRAFranceFRA13262.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20de%20Matthieu%20Ricard.jpg?width=320
2599Herman BangQ439370Danish writer (1857-1912)Writer1857-04-201912-01-29Kingdom of DenmarkDNK03262.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herman%20Bang%20sitting.jpg?width=320
2599Colin WilsonQ368831British writer and philosopher (1931–2013)WriterEnglish1931-06-262013-12-05GBRUnited KingdomGBR33262.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Colin%20Wilson.jpg?width=320
2599Jurij BrězanQ77196Sorbian writer (1916-2006)WriterUpper Sorbian; German1916-06-092006-03-12DEUGermanyDEU03262.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv%20Bild%20183-E1114-0201-007%2C%20Berlin%2C%201.%20DSV-Jahreskonferenz%2C%20Jurij%20Brezan.jpg?width=320
2599Camilla CollettQ243045Norwegian author and women's rights activistWriterNorwegian1813-01-231895-03-06NORNorwayNOR03262.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Camilla%20Collett%201839.jpg?width=320
2599Olga RozanovaQ270460Russian artist (1886-1918)Writer1886-07-031918-11-07Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; Russian EmpireRUS13262.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rozanova.jpg?width=320
2599Kathy ReichsQ298221American writer and forensic anthropologistWriter1948-07-07USAUnited StatesUSA193262.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KathyReichs%20september2013.jpg?width=320
2599Vasyl Oleksandrovych SukhomlynskyQ2390339Ukrainian educationalist (1918–1970)Writer1918-09-281970-09-02Soviet UnionUKR03262.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coin%20of%20Ukraine%20Sukhomlin%20R.jpg?width=320
2599Mikołaj RejQ458235Polish poet and prose writer, politician and musician of the Renaissance (1505-1569)WriterPolish1505-02-041569-10-04Kingdom of PolandUKR03262.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miko%C5%82aj%20Rej.PNG?width=320
2599Renaud CamusQ2566436French novelist, conspiracy theorist and writerWriterFrench1946-08-10FRAFranceFRA13262https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Renaud%20Camus.jpg?width=320
2599Jules SupervielleQ732569French writer (1884–1960)WriterFrench1884-01-161960-05-17Uruguay; FranceURY03261.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Supervielle%20Harcourt%201948%202.jpg?width=320
2599Tanya SavichevaQ48364Russian diarist (1930–1944)Writer1930-01-231944-07-01Soviet UnionRUS13261.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tanya%20Savicheva%201.jpg?width=320
2599Jean-François RegnardQ732695French writer (1655-1709)WriterFrench1655-02-071709-09-04FRAFranceFRA03261.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JFRegnard.jpg?width=320
2599Prosper Jolyot de CrébillonQ551721French poet (1674-1762)WriterFrench1674-01-131762-06-17FRAFranceFRA43261.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prosper%20Jolyot%20de%20Cr%C3%A9billon%20-%20Versailles%20MV%202978.png?width=320
2599Abu-Mansur DaqiqiQ538902Persian writerWriter09000977Samanid EmpireIRN03261.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mirek%20Firdousi%20Gazna.jpg?width=320
2599Đura JakšićQ342124Serbian poet, writer and painter (1832–1878)Writer1832-07-271878-11-16Austrian Empire; Principality of SerbiaSRB03261.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C4%90ura%20Jak%C5%A1i%C4%87%20-%20Autoportret%2C%201857%E2%80%921858%2C%20Narodni%20muzej.jpg?width=320
2599Corrie ten BoomQ241097Dutch resistance hero and writerWriter1892-04-151983-04-15NLDKingdom of the NetherlandsNLD03261.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CorrieTenBoom.jpg?width=320
2599Alice Babette ToklasQ179122American writer (1877-1967)WriterEnglish1877-04-301967-03-07USAUnited StatesUSA13261.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gertrude%20Stein%20and%20Alice%20B.%20Toklas%2C%20Aix-les-Bains%2C%201928%20(Alice%20B.%20Toklas).jpg?width=320
2599AnvariQ11356Persian poetWriterPersian11261189TKM03261.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Drawing%20of%20Anvari%20by%20Abbas%20Rassam%20Arjangi.jpg?width=320
2599Peter HøegQ337384Danish writerWriterDanish1957-05-17Kingdom of DenmarkDNK13261.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter%20H%C3%B8eg.jpg?width=320
2599Alexandre HerculanoQ520688Portuguese writer, poet, journalist (1810-1877)Writer1810-03-281877-09-13Kingdom of PortugalPRT23261https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexandre%20Herculano.jpg?width=320
2599Jonas JonassonQ923556Swedish journalist and writerWriter1961-07-06SWESwedenSWE13260.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jonas%20Jonasson%20Koeln%20Mrz12.jpg?width=320
2599Mary Mapes DodgeQ2518093American children's writer (1831-1905)WriterEnglish1831-01-261905-08-21USAUnited StatesUSA13260.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St%20Nicholas-32-2-624-1.jpg?width=320
2599NadiraQ946905poet and queen regent in the Khanate of KokandWriterPersian; Chagatai17921842Khanate of KokandUZB03260.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Painting%20of%20Heroine%20Nodira%20by%20Shamsroi%20Khasanova.jpg?width=320
2599Uladzimir KaratkievichQ508975Belarusian writer (1930–1984)WriterBelarusian; Russian1930-11-261984-07-25Soviet UnionBLR43260.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karatkievich%20student.jpg?width=320
2599David AlbaharQ713647Serbian writer (1948-2023)Writer1948-03-152023-07-30SRBSerbiaRKS03260.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David%20Albahari%20auf%20dem%20Blauen%20Sofa%202.jpg?width=320
2599Laxmi Prasad DevkotaQ3629422Nepali poet (1909-1959)WriterNepali; English1909-11-121959-09-14NPLNepalNPL173260.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laxmi%20Prasad%20Devkota%203.jpg?width=320
2599Andre NortonQ235899American writer of science fiction and fantasy (1912–2005)WriterEnglish1912-02-172005-03-17USAUnited StatesUSA03259.91
2599Vicente HohoneoQ117018colombian poetWriter1893-01-101948-01-02CHLChileCHL13259.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vicente%20huidobro.jpg?width=320
2599August ŠenoaQ347672Croatian novelist (1838-1881)WriterCroatian1838-11-141881-12-13HUNHungaryHRV13259.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/August%20%C5%A0enoa.jpg?width=320
2599Monteiro LobatoQ606389Brazilian writer (1882–1948)WriterPortuguese; Spanish1882-04-181948-07-04BRABrazilBRA03259.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Monteiro%20Lobato.jpg?width=320
2599Uwe JohnsonQ61627German writer (1934–1984)Writer1934-07-201984-02-23Germany; United KingdomPOL23259.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Uwe%20Johnson%201963.jpg?width=320
2599Aino KallasQ261223Finnish-Estonian writer (1878-1956)WriterFinnish1878-08-021956-11-09Estonia; FinlandRUS33259.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aino%20Kallas.jpg?width=320
2599Alexander SumarokovQ429915Russian poet, playwrightWriterRussian1717-11-251777-10-12Russian EmpireRUS03259.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sumarokov%20Aleksandr%20Petrovich.jpg?width=320
2599Charles de Saint-ÉvremondQ511289French politician and writer (1613-1703)WriterFrench1613-04-011703-09-29FRAFranceFRA03259.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20de%20Marquetel%20de%20Saint-Evremond%20by%20Jacques%20Parmentier.jpg?width=320
2599Hiromi KawakamiQ286701Japanese writerWriterJapanese1958-04-01JPNJapanJPN03259.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hiromi%20Kawakami%20DSC01346%20LiteratureXchange%20Festival.jpg?width=320
2599Mariano AzuelaQ355676Mexican author and physician (1873–1952)Writer1873-01-011952-03-01MEXMexicoMEX13259.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Azuela%20mariano.jpg?width=320
2599Ahmadou KouroumaQ401023Ivorian writer (1927-2003)WriterFrench1927-11-242003-12-11CIVIvory CoastCIV53259.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ahmadou%20Kourouma-FIG%202000%20(3).jpeg?width=320
2599Liza MarklundQ236660Swedish journalist and detective fiction writerWriterSwedish1962-09-09SWESwedenSWE13259.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Liza-Marklund.jpg?width=320
2599Fernando del PasoQ557774Mexican writer (1935–2018)Writer1935-04-012018-11-14MEXMexicoMEX33259.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fernando%20del%20Paso.jpg?width=320
2599Ennio FlaianoQ222791Italian writer (1910–1972)Writer1910-03-051972-11-20ITAItalyITA03259.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EnnioFlaiano.jpg?width=320
2599Mīkhāʼīl NuʻaymahQ2311487author, poet, novelist, critic, biographerWriter1889-10-171988-02-24United States; LebanonLBN13258.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mausol%C3%A9e%20de%20MIkhail%20Na%C3%AFmy.jpg?width=320
2599Sergio RamírezQ1358652Nicaraguan writer and politicianWriter1942-08-05NICNicaraguaNIC03258.93https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ramirez%2C%20Sergio.jpg?width=320
2599Simin DaneshvarQ263807Iranian writer (1921–2012)Writer1921-04-282012-03-08IRNIranIRN03258.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simin%20Daneshvar%20Cc0be0e4.jpg?width=320
2599Pavel BazhovQ182156Soviet writer (1879–1950)WriterRussian1879-01-271950-12-03Russian Empire; Soviet UnionRUS13258.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%20%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%20%D0%B2%201911%20%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83.jpg?width=320
2599Mykola BazhanQ1345193Ukrainian writer, poet, highly decorated political and public figure (1904–1983)WriterUkrainian1904-10-091983-11-23Ukrainian State; Soviet Union; Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic; Ukrainian People's Republic; Russian Empire; Russian RepublicUKR03258.39https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mykola%20Bazhan.jpg?width=320
2599AntiphanesQ2693014th-century BC Greek poet of Middle ComedyWriterAncient Greek-407-333GRCClassical AthensGRC03258.33
2599Sergey SolovyovQ505031Russian historian (1820–1879)Writer1820-05-171879-10-16Russian EmpireRUS03258.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8C%D1%91%D0%B2%20%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9%20%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87.png?width=320
2599Athol FugardQ601307South African playwright (1932–2025)Writer1932-06-112025-03-08ZAFSouth AfricaZAF13258.22
2599Gustaf FrödingQ366801Swedish writer (1860-1911)WriterSwedish1860-08-221911-02-08SWESwedenSWE63257.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gustaf%20Fr%C3%B6ding%201896%20-%202.png?width=320
2599Mary RenaultQ235354English novelist (1905–1983)WriterEnglish1905-09-041983-12-13United Kingdom; South AfricaGBR03257.89https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary%20Renault%201946.jpg?width=320
2599Zsigmond MóriczQ227312Hungarian writer (1879-1942)Writer1879-07-021942-09-05HUNHungaryHUN03257.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/M%C3%B3ricz%20Zsigmond%201920%20k%C3%B6r%C3%BCl%20(Sz%C3%A9kely%20Alad%C3%A1r%20felv%C3%A9tele)%20%E2%80%93%20crop.jpg?width=320
2599Gleb UspenskyQ171242Russian writer (1843-1902)WriterRussian1843-10-251902-04-06Russian EmpireRUS03257.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1884%20Yaroshenko%20Portrait%20Schriftsteller%20G.I.%20Uspenskoje%20anagoria.JPG?width=320
2599Johannes LinnankoskiQ1092762Finnish writer (1869-1913)WriterFinnish1869-10-181913-08-10Grand Duchy of FinlandFIN23257.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johannes%20Linnankoski.jpg?width=320
2599Adrienne ClarksonQ23648226th governor general of CanadaWriterFrench; English1939-02-10CANCanadaHKG03257.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GG-Adrienne%20Clarkson2.jpg?width=320
2599Hal ClementQ453329American author (1922–2003)Writer1922-05-302003-10-29USAUnited StatesUSA13257.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/14th%20WSFS%20008%20-%20Hal%20Clement.jpg?width=320
2599Anna HaavaQ468708Estonian poet and translator (1864-1957)Writer1864-10-151957-03-13ESTEstoniaEST13257.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anna%20Haava%2C%20Estonian%20poet%2C%20photo%20by%20Reinhold%20Sachker.jpg?width=320
2599Cecil Day-LewisQ954383Irish-born British poet (1904–1972)WriterEnglish1904-04-271972-05-22United Kingdom; IrelandIRL03257.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1968%20press%20photo%20of%20Cecil%20Day-Lewis.jpg?width=320
2599Adalet AğaoğluQ348117Turkish novelist (1929–2020)Writer1929-10-132020-07-14TURTurkeyTUR23257.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adalet%20Agaoglu%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2599Connie WillisQ234700American science fiction writerWriter1945-12-31USAUnited StatesUSA33256.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ConnieWillisCW98%20wb.jpg?width=320
2599Lloyd AlexanderQ366643American children's writer (1924-2007)WriterEnglish1924-01-302007-05-17USAUnited StatesUSA23256.9
2599Rachel de QueirozQ283964Brazilian writer and journalist (1910-2003)Writer1910-11-172003-11-04BRABrazilBRA43256.78https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rachel%20de%20Queiroz%2C%201971.jpg?width=320
2599George MooreQ965927Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist (1852-1933)WriterEnglish1852-02-241933-01-21IRLIrelandIRL13256.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edouard%20Manet%20Georges%20Moore.jpg?width=320
2599Cesar MillanQ357617Mexican - American dog trainer and television personalityWriter1969-08-27Mexico; United StatesMEX03256.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cesar%20millan.jpg?width=320
2599Jean-Philippe ToussaintQ430204Belgian writer and filmmakerWriterFrench1957-11-29BELBelgiumBEL03256.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Toussaint%2C%20Jean-Philippe%2001.jpg?width=320
2599Charles Brockden BrownQ468280American novelist, historian and editor (1771-1810)WriterEnglish1771-01-171810-02-22USAUnited StatesUSA03256.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20Brockden%20Brown%20Portrait%20by%20James%20Sharples.jpg?width=320
2599Paul TherouxQ510320American travel writer and novelistWriterEnglish1941-04-10USAUnited StatesUSA03255.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PaulTheroux%202008Sep.jpg?width=320
2599Kamala SurayyaQ594565Indian author and poet (1934–2009)WriterMalayalam; English1934-03-312009-05-31INDIndiaIND13255.96
2599Linn UllmannQ256738Norwegian writer and journalistWriter1966-08-09NORNorwayNOR03255.91https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Linn-Ullmann-Foto-Agnete-Brun.jpg?width=320
2599Margery AllinghamQ266205English writer of detective fiction, editor (1904–1966)WriterEnglish1904-05-201966-06-30GBRUnited KingdomGBR03255.54
2599Larry McMurtryQ611672American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter (1936-2021)Writer1936-06-032021-03-25USAUnited StatesUSA03255.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Larry%20McMurtry%20Photo%20Last%20Picture%20Show%201966.png?width=320
2599Ann DruyanQ27167American author and producerWriter1949-06-13USAUnited StatesUSA03255.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ann%20Druyan%201.jpg?width=320
2599Rick WarrenQ380107American Baptist pastor and writerWriter1954-01-28USAUnited StatesUSA03255.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rick%20Warren%20(2016).jpg?width=320
2599Wafa SultanQ238419American Syrian-born psychiatristWriter1958-07-14Syria; United StatesSYR13255.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wafa%20Sultan%20at%20CFI%20WIS-May%2019%202012.JPG?width=320
2599John HerseyQ535812American journalist, novelist, professor (1914-1993)WriterEnglish1914-06-171993-03-24USAUnited StatesCHN13254.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnhersey.jpg?width=320
2599M. R. JamesQ96371520th century British author, medievalist scholar and provost (1862–1936)WriterEnglish1862-08-011936-06-12GBRUnited KingdomGBR43254.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MRJames1900.jpg?width=320
2599Val McDermidQ239911Scottish crime writerWriterEnglish1955-06-04GBRUnited KingdomGBR03254.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scottish%20Writer%20Val%20McDermid%20in%202026.jpg?width=320
2599Ted ChiangQ503095American science fiction writerWriter1967-10-20USAUnited StatesUSA43253.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chiang%2C%20Ted%20(Villarrubia)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2599Joe OrtonQ368866English playwright (1933–1967)Writer1933-01-011967-08-09GBRUnited KingdomGBR03253.33
2599Zitkala-SaQ2668090Yankton Dakota writer (1876-1938)WriterEnglish1876-02-221938-01-28USAUnited StatesUSA03253.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zitkala-Sa.jpg?width=320
2599John Perry BarlowQ534428American poet and essayist (1947–2018)WriterEnglish1947-10-032018-02-07USAUnited StatesUSA13252.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Perry%20Barlow%202012.jpg?width=320
2599William IngeQ982880American playwright and novelist (1913–1973)Writer1913-05-031973-06-10USAUnited StatesUSA03252.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Williaminge%20(cropped%20and%20cleaned).jpg?width=320
2599Javed AkhtarQ2319562Indian writer, poet and lyricistWriterUrdu1945-01-17INDIndiaIND03251.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Javed%20Akhtar%20at%20Jaipur%20Literature%20Festival%202026.jpg?width=320
2599Denise LevertovQ272042British-American poet (1923-1997)Writer1923-10-241997-12-20United States; United KingdomGBR03250.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Denise%20Levertov%20edit.jpg?width=320
2599DBC PierreQ336565Australian writerWriterEnglish1961AUSAustraliaAUS13250.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DBC%20Pierre%20(2004)%20by%20Guenter%20Prust.jpg?width=320
2599Mitch AlbomQ378878American authorWriterEnglish1958-05-23USAUnited StatesUSA33248.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mitch%20Albom's%20book%20signing%202010-09-02.jpg?width=320
2599Édouard LouisQ16011483French writerWriterFrench1992-10-30FRAFranceFRA03248.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C3%89douard%20Louis%20auf%20der%20Frankfurter%20Buchmesse%202017.jpg?width=320
2599Audrey NiffeneggerQ113233American writer, artist and academic (born 1963)WriterEnglish1963-06-13USAUnited StatesUSA23248.01https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AudreyNiffenegger.jpg?width=320
2599Paolo BacigalupiQ26116American science fiction and fantasy writerWriter1972-08-06USAUnited StatesUSA53247.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paolo%20bacigalupi%202012.jpg?width=320
2599Jenny HanQ17062635American writer (born 1980)WriterEnglish1980-09-03USAUnited StatesUSA43245.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jenny%20Han%20at%20BookCon%20-%202019%20(26746)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2599Urvashi ButaliaQ2119956Indian feminist and historianWriterEnglish1952INDIndiaIND03245.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Urvabu.jpg?width=320
2599Dave BarryQ673567American writerWriterEnglish1947-07-03USAUnited StatesUSA03244.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave%20Barry.jpg?width=320
2599Niloofar RahmaniQ19649388Afghan aviatorWriter1992AFGAfghanistanAFG03242.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Niloofar%20Rahmani.jpg?width=320
2730Philippe ArièsQ434571French academic and historian (1914-1984)Writer1914-07-211984-02-09FRAFranceFRA33168.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philippe%20Ari%C3%A8s.jpg?width=320
2730Etty HillesumQ126400Jewish diarist (1914-1943)Writer1914-01-151943-11-30NLDKingdom of the NetherlandsNLD13168.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EttyHillesum.jpg?width=320
2730Abu al-Faraj ibn al-JawziQ731866Arab Muslim preacher and scholar (c.1116–1201)Writer11161201Abbasid CaliphateIRQ353167.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ibn%20al%20Jawzi.png?width=320
2730Khushal Khan KhattakQ83794Afghan poetWriterPersian; Urdu16131689-02-19PAK03166.86
2730Léo TaxilQ583065French writer (1854–1907)WriterFrench1854-03-211907-03-31FRAFranceFRA03166.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L%C3%A9o%20Taxil%20(Melandri).jpg?width=320
2730Emmanuelle ArsanQ239376Thai writer, model and actressWriter1932-01-192005-06-12France; ThailandTHA13166.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marayat%20Andriane%20(1967).jpg?width=320
2730Antoine-Henri JominiQ115652French-Swiss officer who served as a general with the French and Russian armies and writer on the art of war (1779-1869)WriterFrench1779-03-061869-03-22Switzerland; FranceCHE03165.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jomini%20Antoine-Henri.jpg?width=320
2730Ko UnQ494036Korean poetWriterKorean1933-08-01KORSouth KoreaKOR03165.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ko%20Un%20Cracow%20Poland%20October23%202009%20Fot%20Mariusz%20Kubik%2006.jpg?width=320
2730Roland ToporQ550806French writer, screenwriter, actor and painter (1938-1997)Writer1938-01-071997-04-16FRAFranceFRA13165.74
2730Fulcher of ChartresQ5630French chronicler of the First CrusadeWritermedieval Latin10591127Kingdom of FranceFRA13165.7
2730Odo of ClunyQ454553benedictine monk, second abbott of ClunyWritermedieval Latin08780942-11-23West FranciaFRA43165.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Odo%20Cluny-11.jpg?width=320
2730CallinusQ334235ancient Greek poetWriterAncient Greek-680-700TUREphesusTUR03165.65
2730Alice Bradley SheldonQ234928American science fiction writer (1915–1987)WriterEnglish1915-08-241987-05-19USAUnited StatesUSA103165.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Tiptree%20Jr.jpg?width=320
2730Aksel SandemoseQ371019Danish-Norwegian author (1899–1965)Writer1899-03-191965-08-06Kingdom of Denmark; NorwayDNK13165.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aksel%20Sandemose%201934.jpg?width=320
2730Felice RomaniQ350103Italian writer (1788-1865)WriterItalian1788-01-311865-01-28Kingdom of ItalyITA03164.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Felice%20Romani.jpg?width=320
2730Stig DagermanQ442535Swedish writer (1923–1954)WriterSwedish1923-10-051954-11-04SWESwedenSWE13164.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stig%20Dagerman%20ca%201950.jpg?width=320
2730Antipater of SidonQ114280ancient Greek poet; best known for his list of the Seven Wonders of the WorldWriterAncient Greek-200-100LBN03164.83
2730Charles Paul de KockQ982058French novelist (1793–1871)WriterFrench1793-05-211871-08-29FRAFranceFRA03164.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CourtdeKock.jpg?width=320
2730BabriusQ4555232nd century Roman Greek writerWriterAncient Greek0110020003164.63
2730Robert WilsonQ541526American stage director and playwright (1941–2025)Writer1941-10-042025-07-31USAUnited StatesUSA33164.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Wilson%202023.jpg?width=320
2730James Oliver CurwoodQ468156American writer and conservationist (1878–1927)WriterEnglish1878-06-121927-08-13USAUnited StatesUSA03164.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Oliver%20Curwood%20by%20James%20Montgomery%20Flagg.jpg?width=320
2730Marlen HaushoferQ112929Austrian writer (1920–1970)Writer1920-04-111970-03-21AUTAustriaAUT13164.3
2730Theodor NöldekeQ63458German orientalist and scholar (1836–1930)WriterGerman; Latin1836-03-021930-12-25DEUGermanyDEU03164.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Theodor%20N%C3%B6ldeke%20-%20Orientalische%20Studien.jpg?width=320
2730Louis-Sébastien MercierQ709670French dramatist and writer (1740-1814)WriterFrench1740-06-061814-04-25FRAFranceFRA23163.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louis-S%C3%A9bastien%20Mercier%20by%20Bonneville.png?width=320
2730Marcel SchwobQ472697French writer (1867–1905)WriterFrench1867-08-231905-02-26FRAFranceFRA33163.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcel%20Schwob%20by%20Paul%20Boyer.png?width=320
2730Prosper of AquitaineQ4546525th-century Roman Christian writerWriterLatin03900463Ancient RomeFRA73163.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tours%20de%20St-Victor.jpg?width=320
2730Tonino GuerraQ460095Italian concentration camp survivor, poet, writer and screenwriter (1920-2012)Writer1920-03-162012-03-21ITAItalyITA03163.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tonino%20Guerra%202011.JPG?width=320
2730Eustache DeschampsQ457915French poetWriterMiddle French13401406FRAFranceFRA123163.41
2730Yuan ZhenQ468709Chinese poetWriterChinese07790831Tang dynastyCHN03163.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yuan%20Chen.jpg?width=320
2730Dora d'IstriaQ463521Romanian writer of Albanian origins (1828-1888)WriterFrench1828-02-031888-11-17Principality of WallachiaROU03163.17https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dora%20d'Istria.jpg?width=320
2730Anne PerryQ288627English author (1938–2023)WriterEnglish1938-10-282023-04-10GBRUnited KingdomGBR03163.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anne%20Perry.png?width=320
2730Hamdallah MustawfiQ738649Iranian writer and scholarWriter12811339IRN23163.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B3%20%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87%20%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%DB%8C%20%D9%88%20%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B4.jpg?width=320
2730Arthur YoungQ561670English writer (1741-1820)WriterEnglish1741-09-111820-04-12Kingdom of EnglandGBR03162.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur%20Young%20(1741-1820).jpg?width=320
2730Caecilius StatiusQ350781Roman comic poet (c. 220 BC – c. 166 BC)WriterLatin-218-167Ancient RomeITA03162.76
2730SankardevQ3116915Founder of Baishnav dharma, literary poetWriter14491568IND113162.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sankaradeva.jpg?width=320
2730Abraham ibn DaudQ33082112th century Spanish astronomer, historian and philosopherWriter11101180Almoravid dynastyESP13162.6
2730Tadeusz BorowskiQ100005Polish writer and journalist (1922-1951)WriterPolish1922-11-121951-07-03Soviet Union; Polish People's Republic; Second Polish Republic; Ukrainian Soviet Socialist RepublicUKR23162.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tadeusz%20Borowski.jpg?width=320
2730Rahel VarnhagenQ61793German writerWriterGerman1771-05-191833-03-07Kingdom of PrussiaDEU03162.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rahel%20Levin.png?width=320
2730Joseph KesselQ356537French journalist and novelist (1898–1979)WriterFrench1898-02-101979-07-23FRAFranceARG03162.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kessel-1953-Harcourt.png?width=320
2730Nils-Aslak ValkeapääQ379684Northern Sámi writer, artist and musician (1943–2001)WriterNorthern Sami1943-03-232001-11-26Norway; FinlandFIN03162.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nils-Aslak-Valkeapaa.jpg?width=320
2730Ludovic HalévyQ723585French writer (1834–1908)WriterFrench1834-01-011908-05-07FRAFranceFRA03162.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ludovic%20Hal%C3%A9vy%20by%20Henri%20Manuel%201908.jpg?width=320
2730Janus PannoniusQ360094Croatian-Hungarian poetWriterLatin1434-09-161472-04-14Croatia; HungaryHUN53162.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20de%20Janus%20Pannonius.jpg?width=320
2730Bo CarpelanQ318198Finnish writer (1926-2011)WriterSwedish1926-10-252011-02-11FINFinlandFIN13162.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bo%20Carpelan-2.jpg?width=320
2730Alma KarlinQ79131Slovenian academic and poet (1889–1950)Writer1889-10-121950-01-14Kingdom of Yugoslavia; Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia; Cisleithania; Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and SlovenesSVN03162.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alma%20Karlin.png?width=320
2730Paul FévalQ472568French novelist and dramatist 1817-1887WriterFrench1816-09-291887-03-07FRAFranceFRA73162.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul%20F%C3%A9val.jpg?width=320
2730Tawfiq al-HakimQ2019161Egyptian writer (1898-1987)WriterOttoman Turkish1898-10-091987-07-26EGYEgyptEGY03162.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tawfiq%20al-Hakim.jpg?width=320
2730Gulbadan BegumQ2041521Mughal princessWriterPersian15231603-02-07Mughal EmpireAFG13162.07https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gg8u382h.png?width=320
2730Pascal BrucknerQ1348334French writerWriterFrench1948-12-15FRAFranceFRA03162.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2017.01.26.%20Pascal%20Bruckner%20Fot%20Mariusz%20Kubik%2005.JPG?width=320
2730Ivan MažuranićQ453536Croatian writer and politician (1814-1890)Writer1814-08-111890-08-04HUNHungaryHRV33161.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ivan%20Ma%C5%BEurani%C4%87%20drawing%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2730Rolf HochhuthQ60820German writer (1931-2020)Writer1931-04-012020-05-13DEUGermanyDEU03161.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rolf%20Hochhuth%202009.jpg?width=320
2730Jacob CatsQ46151Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician (1577-1660)Writer1577-11-201660-09-12Dutch RepublicNLD03161.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacob%20Cats%20by%20Michiel%20Jansz%20van%20Mierevelt.jpg?width=320
2730Philippe QuinaultQ379947French opera librettistWriterFrench1635-06-031688-11-26FRAFranceFRA03161.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philippe%20Quinault%20-%20Versailles%20MV%202922.jpg?width=320
2730Mohammed DibQ462649Algerian writer (1920–2003)WriterFrench1920-07-212003-05-02DZAAlgeriaDZA03161.69
2730Théophile de ViauQ462644French poet (1590-1626)WriterFrench1590-041626-09-25FRAFranceFRA23161.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daret%20-%20Th%C3%A9ophile.png?width=320
2730Camilo Castelo BrancoQ36542319th-century Portuguese writer (1825–1890)WriterPortuguese1825-03-161890-06-01Kingdom of PortugalPRT33161.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Camilo%20Castelo%20Branco%20Bohemia%20do%20Espirito.png?width=320
2730Khurshidbanu NatavanQ2986900Azerbaijani poetWriterAzerbaijani1832-08-061897-10-02Russian Empire03161.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Natavan.jpg?width=320
2730Jean RaspailQ1383662French author, traveler, and explorer (1925–2020)WriterFrench1925-07-052020-06-13FRAFranceFRA53161.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean%20Raspail%20-%20Portrait%20-%202010%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2730Cornelius RyanQ463975Irish American journalist (1920–1974)Writer1920-06-051974-11-23Ireland; United StatesIRL13161.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cornelius%20Ryan%20and%20Godfried%20Bomans%201966.jpg?width=320
2730Jerzy AndrzejewskiQ347767Polish author (1909–1983)WriterPolish1909-08-191983-04-19POLPolandPOL13161.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jerzy%20Andrzejewski%201949.jpg?width=320
2730VydūnasQ932413Lithuanian philosopher (1868-1953)WriterLithuanian1868-03-221953-02-20LTULithuaniaLTU03161.27https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vydunas.jpg?width=320
2730Wadih SaadehQ318454Lebanese Australian journalist, poet and writerWriter1948LBNLebanon03161.23
2730Branwell BrontëQ454616British artist (1817–1848)WriterEnglish1817-06-261848-09-24GBRUnited KingdomGBR03161.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Branwell.gif?width=320
2730Arno SchmidtQ77325German poet (1914–1979)Writer1914-01-181979-06-03DEUGermanyDEU13161.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KueheinHalbtrauer.jpg?width=320
2730Guillaume Thomas François RaynalQ727782French writer (1713-1796)WriterFrench1713-04-121796-03-06FRAFranceFRA13160.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guillaume-Thomas%20Raynal.png?width=320
2730Idries ShahQ505466Afghan Sufi teacher (1924-1996)Writer1924-06-161996-11-23GBRUnited KingdomIND03160.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Idries%20Shah.gif?width=320
2730Aleksander Stavre DrenovaQ380794Albanian poet (1872–1947)WriterAlbanian1872-04-111947-12-11Romania; AlbaniaALB03160.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Asdreni%20(portrait).jpg?width=320
2730Andrei SinyavskyQ468267Russian writer, dissident, political prisoner, emigrant, Professor of Sorbonne University, magazine founder and publisher (1925–1997)WriterRussian1925-10-081997-02-25France; RussiaRUS03160.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrei%20Sinyavsky%20(1975).jpg?width=320
2730Paula von PreradovićQ89560Austrian writer, poet (1887-1951)WriterGerman1887-10-121951-05-25AUTAustriaAUT13160.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paula%20Preradovic%20(1887%201951).jpg?width=320
2730SaigyōQ224689Japanese poetWriter11181190JPNJapanJPN13160.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PORTRAIT%20OF%20THE%20PRIEST-POET%20SAIGYO%20-%20Google%20Art%20Project.jpg?width=320
2730Joe HillQ370377American horror writer (born 1972)WriterEnglish1972-06-04USAUnited StatesUSA33160.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe%20Hill%202025.jpg?width=320
2730Subramanya BharathiQ256286Tamil poet, social reformer, fighter for Indian freedom & women's rightsWriterTamil1882-12-111921-09-12British RajIND63160.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Subramanya%20Bharathi.jpg?width=320
2730Abdul-Qādir BēdilQ2355593Indo-Persian sufi, writer and poet (1642–1720)WriterPersian16441720-12-05Mughal EmpireIND03160.51
2730Gisèle HalimiQ457705French-Tunisian lawyer, feminist and politician (1927–2020)Writer1927-07-272020-07-28France; TunisiaTUN03160.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gisele%20Halimi%20-%20Huma-2008%202.jpg?width=320
2730Gerard ReveQ364153Dutch writer (1923-2006)WriterDutch1923-12-142006-04-08NLDKingdom of the NetherlandsNLD23160.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gerard%20Reve%201969-crop.jpg?width=320
2730Charles Pinot DuclosQ982034French writer (1704-1772)WriterFrench1704-02-121772-03-26FRAFranceFRA03160.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles%20Pinot%20Duclos%20by%20Maurice%20Quentin%20de%20La%20Tour.jpg?width=320
2730Johann Heinrich VossQ62188German poet and classics translator (1751–1826)WriterGerman1751-02-201826-03-29Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-SchwerinDEU03160.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johann%20Heinrich%20Voss%20(Sch%C3%B6ner).jpg?width=320
2730Mukaghali MakatayevQ4275564Kazakhstani poet (1931–1976)Writer1931-02-091976-03-27Soviet UnionKAZ03160.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KZMakataev.jpg?width=320
2730Jack HigginsQ433708British novelist (1929–2022)Writer1929-07-272022-04-09GBRUnited KingdomGBR13160.09
2730Edward GoreyQ982401American writer, artist, and illustrator (1925–2000)WriterEnglish1925-02-222000-04-15USAUnited StatesUSA53159.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gorey28.jpg?width=320
2730Kerstin EkmanQ237703Swedish writerWriter1933-08-27SWESwedenSWE13159.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kerstin%20Ekman%202011.jpg?width=320
2730Gunnar EkelöfQ366311Swedish writer (1907–1968)WriterSwedish1907-09-151968-03-16SWESwedenSWE23159.88https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/G%20Ekel%C3%B6f%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2730Kristjan Jaak PetersonQ553307Estonian writer (1801-1822)WriterEstonian; Latvian1801-03-141822-08-04Russian EmpireLVA03159.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kristjan%20Jaak%20Peterson.jpg?width=320
2730Qian ZhongshuQ559750Chinese literary scholar and writer (1910–1998)Writer1910-11-211998-12-19China; People's Republic of ChinaCHN13159.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Qian%20Zhongshu%201940s.jpg?width=320
2730Bernhard GrzimekQ65906German zoo director and author (1909–1987)Writer1909-04-241987-03-13DEUGermanyPOL03159.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernard%20Grzimek%20-%20Com%20L16-0617-0002-0001.jpg?width=320
2730Richard BaxterQ680070English Puritan church leader, poet, and hymn-writerWriterEnglish1615-11-121691-12-08GBREnglandGBR03159.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard%20Baxter%20by%20Robert%20White.jpg?width=320
2730Leopoldo LugonesQ188875Argentine poetWriter1874-06-131938-02-18ARGArgentinaARG33159.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leopoldo%20Lugones%2C%20Ministerio%20de%20Cultura.jpg?width=320
2730Abbé DelilleQ981922French priest and poet (1738-1813)WriterFrench1738-06-221813-05-01FRAFranceFRA03159.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacques%20Delille%2C%20Mus%C3%A9e%20de%20la%20R%C3%A9volution%20fran%C3%A7aise%2C%20Vizille.jpg?width=320
2730BhavabhūtiQ29057classical Sanskrit scholar, poet, and playwright of 8th century IndiaWriterSanskritIND33159.46
2730Jean-François RevelQ455421French writer and philosopher (1924–2006)WriterFrench1924-01-192006-04-30FRAFranceFRA03159.35https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois%20Revel%201999.jpg?width=320
2730Fanny CrosbyQ25745619th century Christian hymnistWriterEnglish1820-03-241915-02-12USAUnited StatesUSA03159.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fanny%20Crosby.jpg?width=320
2730Richard YatesQ544611American novelist, short story writer (1926-1992)Writer1926-02-031992-11-07USAUnited StatesUSA43159.08
2730Antero de QuentalQ467494Portuguese poet (1842–1891)WriterFrench; German; Portuguese1842-04-181891-09-11Kingdom of PortugalPRT03159.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Antero%20de%20Quental%20(ca.%201887).jpg?width=320
2730Boris PolevoyQ580048Soviet writer (1908–1981)WriterRussian1908-03-171981-07-12Soviet UnionRUS13159.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%91%D0%9E%D0%A0%D0%98%D0%A1%20%D0%9F%D0%9E%D0%9B%D0%95%D0%92%D0%9E%D0%99.png?width=320
2730Alma RevilleQ203165English film editor and screenwriter (1899–1982)Writer1899-08-141982-07-06United Kingdom; United StatesGBR03158.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alma%20Reville.jpg?width=320
2730Fritz ReuterQ76492Low German writer (1810-1874)WriterGerman; Low German1810-11-071874-07-12Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-SchwerinDEU03158.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fritz%20Reuter%20von%20Theodor%20Schloepke.jpg?width=320
2730Alaa Al AswanyQ467869Egyptian writerWriterArabic1957-05-26EGYEgyptEGY33158.81https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alaa%20Al%20Aswany.jpg?width=320
2730Nikolay OgarevQ374362Russian poet, historian and political activist (1813-1877)Writer1813-12-061877-06-12Russian EmpireRUS03158.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GRW219%20Ogaryov.jpg?width=320
2730Ludwig AnzengruberQ93718Austrian dramatist (1839-1889)WriterGerman1839-11-291889-12-10AUT03158.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ludwig%20Anzengruber.jpg?width=320
2730Shere HiteQ64397German-American sexologistWriter1942-11-022020-09-09Germany; United StatesUSA13158.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shere%20Hite.jpg?width=320
2730Ida VitaleQ3076374Uruguayan writerWriterSpanish1923-11-02URYUruguayURY03158.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ida%20Vitale%20at%20Texas%20A%26M%20University.jpg?width=320
2730Dmitry LikhachovQ712412Russian philologist (1906–1999)WriterRussian1906-11-281999-09-30RUSRussiaRUS03158.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dmitry%20Lihachev.jpg?width=320
2730V. C. AndrewsQ275955American novelist (1923–1986)WriterEnglish1923-06-061986-12-19USAUnited StatesUSA13158.57
2730Henri Auguste BarbierQ738494French dramatist and poet (1805-1882)WriterFrench1805-04-291882-02-13FRAFranceFRA03158.53https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Auguste%20Barbier.png?width=320
2730Petko SlaveykovQ1256887Bulgarian journalist (1827–1895)WriterBulgarian1827-11-171895-07-01BGRBulgariaBGR23158.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BASA-373K-1-697-5-Petko%20Slaveykov.jpg?width=320
2730Paul JohnsonQ45997journalist, grand historian and speechwriter from England (1928–2023)Writer1928-11-022023-01-12GBRUnited KingdomGBR03158.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul%20Johnson%202005%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2730Innokenty AnnenskyQ25997Russian poet, critic and translator (1855–1909)WriterRussian1855-09-011909-12-13Russian EmpireRUS03157.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Innokenty%20Annensky%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2730Simon VestdijkQ437782Dutch author (1898-1971)Writer1898-10-171971-03-23NLDKingdom of the NetherlandsNLD43157.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VestdijkRolandHolst%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2730Alexander SerafimovichQ734901Russian and Soviet writer (1863–1949)WriterRussian1863-01-191949-01-19Russian Empire; Soviet UnionRUS03157.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander%20Serafimovich.jpg?width=320
2730Alexander McCall SmithQ364901British writerWriter1948-08-24GBRUnited KingdomZWE13157.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AlexanderMcCallSmith.jpg?width=320
2730Tobias WolffQ495754fiction writer, memoirist (b. 1945)Writer1945-06-19USAUnited StatesUSA23157.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TobiasWolff.jpg?width=320
2730Konstantin BatyushkovQ471718Russian poet, essayist and translatorWriterRussian1787-05-291855-07-19Russian EmpireRUS03157.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Orest%20Kiprensky%20041.jpg?width=320
2730Bozorg AlaviQ560371writer, novelist and activist (1904-1997)WriterPersian1904-02-021997-02-18IRNIranIRN03157.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bozorg%20Alavi.jpg?width=320
2730Philippa GregoryQ240212English novelistWriter1954-01-09GBRUnited KingdomKEN03157.18https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philippa%20gregory%202011.jpg?width=320
2730Margarita AligerQ268994Soviet poet, translator, and journalist (1915–1992)WriterRussian1915-10-071992-08-01Soviet UnionUKR03156.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aliger.jpg?width=320
2730Mongo BetiQ248047Cameroonian writerWriter1932-06-302001-10-07Cameroon; FranceCMR13156.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mongo%20Beti.jpg?width=320
2730Robert RichardsonQ364017American cinematographerWriter1955-08-27USAUnited StatesUSA33156.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/60th%20Karlovy%20Vary%20International%20Film%20Festival%2C%20Robert%20Richardson%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2730Vesna ParunQ271664Croatian poet and translator (1922–2010)WriterCroatian1922-04-102010-10-25HRVCroatiaHRV03156.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vesna%20Parun%202011%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2730Robert BoltQ26062English playwright (1924–1995)Writer1924-08-151995-02-20GBRUnited KingdomGBR03156.54
2730Elisaveta BagryanaQ270584Bulgarian poet and writer (1893–1991)WriterBulgarian1893-04-291991-03-24BGRBulgariaBGR03156.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BASA-65K-2-1498-1-Elisaveta%20Bagryana.jpg?width=320
2730Patrik OuředníkQ439209Czech archivist, poet, literary theorist, translator and bookwriterWriterCzech; French1957-04-23CZECzech RepublicCZE13156.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Patrik%20Ou%C5%99edn%C3%ADk%20(2025).jpg?width=320
2730Roger AschamQ965811English scholar and didactic writer (1515-1568)WriterEnglish15151569-01-09Kingdom of EnglandGBR03156.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roger%20Ascham%20-%20Project%20Gutenberg%20eText%2012788.png?width=320
2730Nancy HustonQ237684Canadian-born novelist and essayist who writes primarily in FrenchWriterFrench; English1953-09-16Canada; FranceCAN23156.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nancy%20Huston%2C%202008%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2730Greg EganQ316785Australian science fiction writer and former computer programmerWriter1961-08-20AUSAustraliaAUS03155.69
2730Margaret MazzantiniQ267868Italian writer and actressWriterItalian1961-10-27ITAItalyIRL13155.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Margaret%20Mazzantini.jpg?width=320
2730Atiq RahimiQ179801French-Afghan writerWriter1962-02-26FRAFranceAFG13155.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Atiq%20Rahimi%202010%20a.jpg?width=320
2730Johann Gottfried SeumeQ77451German writer (1763-1810)WriterGerman1763-01-291810-06-13Kingdom of SaxonyDEU03155.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Seume%20Kuegelgen.jpg?width=320
2730Kiki DimoulàQ2579800Greek poet (1931-2020)Writer1931-06-062020-02-22GRCGreeceGRC03155.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kiki%20Dimoula.png?width=320
2730Prvoslav VujcicQ719558Serbian Canadian poetWriter1960-07-20CANCanadaSRB03155.42https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prvoslav%20Vuj%C4%8Di%C4%87%20membership%20photo.jpg?width=320
2730Charlaine HarrisQ233566American writerWriterEnglish1951-11-25USAUnited StatesUSA23155.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charlaine%20Harris.JPG?width=320
2730Aubrey de GreyQ175969British writer and biomedical gerontologistWriter1963-04-20GBRUnited KingdomGBR23154.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aubrey%20de%20Grey%20-%20How%20We%20Will%20Beat%20Aging.jpg?width=320
2730Madeline MillerQ469349American writer (born 1978)WriterEnglish1978-07-24USAUnited StatesUSA23154.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Madeline%20Miller%20-%20Kolkata%202013-02-03%204377%20Cropped.JPG?width=320
2730Guy Gavriel KayQ95099Canadian author of fantasy fiction (born 1954)WriterEnglish1954-11-07CANCanadaCAN53154.11https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guy%20Kay.jpeg?width=320
2730Walter de la MareQ981086English poet and fiction writer (1873–1956)WriterEnglish1873-04-251956-06-22GBRUnited KingdomGBR03153.84https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter%20de%20la%20Mare%20by%20Lady%20Ottoline%20Morrell.jpg?width=320
2730Joe SaccoQ335397Maltese-American cartoonist and journalist; pioneer of the Non-Fiction Graphic Novel (b. 1960)Writer1960-10-02MLTMaltaMLT63153.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe%20Sacco.jpg?width=320
2730David StoreyQ733417British writer (1933–2017)WriterEnglish1933-06-132017-03-27GBRUnited KingdomGBR03152.94
2730Nella LarsenQ453665American novelist, librarian, nurse (1891–1964)Writer1891-04-131964-03-30USAUnited StatesUSA23152.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NellaLarsen1928.jpg?width=320
2730Carol ShieldsQ259956American/Canadian authorWriter1935-06-022003-07-16United States; CanadaUSA33152.59
2730Wallace StegnerQ203460American historian, writer, and environmentalist (1909-1993)Writer1909-02-181993-04-13USAUnited StatesUSA03152.3
2730Robinson JeffersQ734955American poet (1887–1962)WriterEnglish1887-01-101962-01-20USAUnited StatesUSA03152.22https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robinson%20Jeffers.jpg?width=320
2730Wendell BerryQ533505American writer, activist, and poet from Kentucky (1934-2026)Writer1934-08-052026-08-31USAUnited StatesUSA03151.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A%20New%20Harvest%2C%20with%20Wendell%20Berry%2C%20Henry%20County%2C%20KY%2C%202011%20-%20photograph%20by%20Guy%20Mendes%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2730Philip MassingerQ380291English playwright (1583–1640)WriterEnglish15831640-03-17United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR03150.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philip%20Massinger.jpg?width=320
2730Beverly ClearyQ1316719American writer of children's books (1916–2021)Writer1916-04-122021-03-25USAUnited StatesUSA293150.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Beverly%20Cleary%201971.jpg?width=320
2730Alan HollinghurstQ316048English writer, translator and poetWriter1954-05-26GBRUnited KingdomGBR43150.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alan%20hollinghurst%202011.jpg?width=320
2730Benjamin ZephaniahQ561142British poet (1958–2023)Writer1958-04-152023-12-07GBRUnited KingdomGBR03150.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin%20Zephaniah%2020181206.jpg?width=320
2730Annie DillardQ176558American writer (1945–2026)WriterEnglish1945-04-302026-09-15USAUnited StatesUSA33149.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Annie-dillard.jpg?width=320
2730John ScalziQ277308American science fiction writer (born 1969)Writer1969-05-10USAUnited StatesUSA23149.46https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Scalzi%2C%20winner%2C%20Best%20Series%20(%22Old%20Man%E2%80%99s%20War%22)%2C%20at%20Hugo%20Awards%20(LAcon%20V%3B%2084th%20Worldcon)%202026.jpg?width=320
2730Alfred AustinQ575043British writer and poet (1835–1913)Writer1835-05-301913-06-02United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR03149.06https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alfredaustin.jpg?width=320
2730John StosselQ579324American consumer reporter, investigative journalist, author and libertarian columnistWriter1947-03-06USAUnited StatesUSA03148.59https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John%20Stossel%20by%20Gage%20Skidmore%202.jpg?width=320
2730Arkady BabchenkoQ671985Russian journalistWriter1977-03-182018RUSRussiaRUS13147.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arkadiy%20Babchenko%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2730Mona EltahawyQ2895624Egyptian-American journalistWriterEnglish1967-08-01Egypt; United StatesEGY03146.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mona%20Eltahawy%202011.jpg?width=320
2730Ann LeckieQ16204354American science-fiction authorWriterEnglish1966-03-02USAUnited StatesUSA23146.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AnnLeckie.jpeg?width=320
2730Laurent GaudéQ1245984French writerWriterFrench1972-07-06FRAFranceFRA23146.04https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laurent%20Gaud%C3%A9%201.jpg?width=320
2730Edwidge DanticatQ450346Novelist, short story writer, memoiristWriterEnglish1969-01-19Haiti; United StatesHTI03144.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edwidge%20Danticat%20by%20David%20Shankbone.jpg?width=320
2730Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniQ2627089novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayistWriter1956-07-29United States; IndiaIND13143.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ChitraBanerjeeDivakaruni.JPG?width=320
2730Lucas RijneveldQ26211981Dutch authorWriter1991-04-20NLDKingdom of the NetherlandsNLD13140.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lucas%20Rijneveld.jpg?width=320
2885Louise de La VallièreQ232125mistress of Louis XIVWriter1644-08-061710-06-07Kingdom of FranceFRA03071.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louise%20de%20la%20Valli%C3%A8re.jpg?width=320
2885Neal CassadyQ167518American writer (1926–1968)Writer1926-02-081968-02-04USAUnited StatesUSA03069.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Neal%20.jpg?width=320
2885Masaru EmotoQ205058Japanese writerWriter1943-07-222014-10-17JPNJapanJPN03069.41
2885MenippusQ4520773rd-century BC Greek Cynic satiristWriterAncient Greek-299-259JOR03069.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diego%20Vel%C3%A1zquez%20022.jpg?width=320
2885Chevalier d'ÉonQ715027French diplomat, spy and soldier. d’Éon lived openly as a trans woman while in exile in England. (1728–1810)WriterFrench1728-10-051810-05-21FRAFranceFRA03068.83https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Stewart%20(after%20Jean-Laurent%20Mosnier)%20-%20Chevalier%20d'Eon%20-%20NPG%206937%20-%20National%20Portrait%20Gallery.jpg?width=320
2885ArtemidorusQ445848Greek professional diviner (2nd century)WriterAncient Greek02000200TUR03068.61
2885Horatio AlgerQ453251American novelist (1832–1899)WriterEnglish1832-01-131899-07-18USAUnited StatesUSA13068.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Horatio%20Alger%20portrait%20photo.png?width=320
2885Harriet JacobsQ944063American slave, writer, and abolitionist (1815-1897)WriterEnglish1815-02-111897-03-07USAUnited StatesUSA13067.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gilbert%20Studios%20photograph%20of%20Harriet%20Jacobs%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2885Catherine de BourbonQ268652Infanta of Navarre, Princess of France, crown princess of Navarre and crown princess consort of Lorraine (lived 1559-1604)Writer1559-02-171604-02-13FRAFranceFRA03067.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Catherinebourbon1.jpg?width=320
2885Ibn KhallikanQ7139413th century Muslim scholar and authorWriter1211-09-291282-11-06IRQ13067.09
2885BhāsaQ2015247One of the earliest and most celebrated Indian playwrights in Sanskrit who predated Kalidasa.WriterSanskrit02000300Kushan Empire13067.07
2885Jernej KopitarQ84444Slovenian philologistWriter1780-08-211844-08-11Austrian EmpireSVN03067
2885Laura MarxQ259334daughter of Karl Marx (1845–1911)WriterFrench1845-09-261911-11-25Kingdom of PrussiaBEL03066.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laura%20Lafargue.jpg?width=320
2885Saint GallQ180936Irish disciple and saintWriter05500645-10-16IRLIrelandIRL03066.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rountzenheim%20SteCroix%2039.jpg?width=320
2885Ibn al-NadimQ138461310th century Arab scholar and bibliographerWriter09320995IRQ13066.44
2885Hubert Selby Jr.Q551487American writer (1928–2004)WriterEnglish1928-07-232004-04-26USAUnited StatesUSA33066.41
2885Constantijn HuygensQ560746Dutch writer, poet and composer (1596-1687)WriterDutch1596-09-041687-03-28Dutch RepublicNLD03066.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Constantijn%20Huygens%20(1596-1687)%20by%20Caspar%20Netscher.jpg?width=320
2885Widukind of CorveyQ31238610th-century Saxon chroniclerWriterLatin09250973DEUGermanyDEU13066.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WIDUKIND.jpg?width=320
2885Cassius LonginusQ436634Syrian/Egyptian Neoplatonist philosopher (c.213–273)Writer02130273Ancient RomeSYR13065.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ingres%20-%20Wildenstein%2C%20Cat.%20No.%20179.png?width=320
2885Semonides of AmorgosQ381049ancient Greek poetWriterAncient Greek-650-550GRC03065.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pitagora%20da%20Reggio%20-%20Louvre%20-%20Statua%20di%20un%20suonatore%20di%20lira2.jpg?width=320
2885Allan PinkertonQ365650Scottish-American civil war detective and spyWriter1819-08-251884-07-01USAUnited StatesGBR03065.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Allan%20Pinkerton-retouch.jpg?width=320
2885José de AcostaQ555476Spanish missionary and writer (1539 or 1540–1600)Writer1540-10-111600-02-15ESPSpainESP03065.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JoseDeAcosta.gif?width=320
2885Gunnar GunnarssonQ381086Icelandic author (1889–1975)Writer1889-05-181975-11-21ISLIcelandISL03065.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gunnar%20Gunnarsson.jpg?width=320
2885Marie de GournayQ469087French writerWriterFrench1565-10-061645-07-13FRAFranceFRA03065.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20Marie%20de%20Gournay.png?width=320
2885Maj SjöwallQ264855Swedish writer (1935–2020)WriterSwedish1935-09-252020-04-29SWESwedenSWE23065.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maj%20Sj%C3%B6wall%2001.jpg?width=320
2885BanineQ2028727French-Azerbaijani writerWriterFrench1905-12-181992-10-23FRAFranceAZE03064.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Banin.jpg?width=320
2885Joseph ben Ephraim KaroQ467148Spanish rabbi and author on Jewish law (1488–1575)Writer14881575-04-03Ottoman EmpireESP43064.96
2885Lord Alfred DouglasQ460660English poet and journalist (1870–1945)WriterEnglish1870-10-221945-03-20GBRUnited KingdomGBR03064.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lord%20Alfred%20Douglas%20by%20George%20Charles%20Beresford%20(1903).jpg?width=320
2885Usama ibn MunqidhQ451427Arabic poetWriter1095-07-161188-12-01SYR23064.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Usamah%20ibn%20Munqidh.png?width=320
2885Tomi UngererQ558085French illustrator and writer (1931–2019)WriterFrench1931-11-282019-02-09Ireland; FranceFRA13064.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tomi%20Ungerer%20par%20Claude%20Truong-Ngoc%20novembre%202017.jpg?width=320
2885Laonikos ChalkokondylesQ324534Byzantine historianWritermedieval Greek14231490Byzantine EmpireGRC03064.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laonikos%20Chalkokondylis.JPG?width=320
2885Wen TianxiangQ575900Chinese politician of the Song DynastyWriter1236-06-131283-01-16Southern Song dynasty; Song dynastyCHN03064.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wentianxiang%20touxiang.JPG?width=320
2885Nikephoros Bryennios the YoungerQ383003Byzantine general, statesman and historian (1062–1137)WriterAttic Greek10621137Byzantine EmpireGRC03064.15
2885Izabela CzartoryskaQ455182Polish princess (1746–1835)WriterFrench1746-03-031835-06-17Russian Empire; Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthPOL23064.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander%20Roslin%20003.png?width=320
2885Abu al-HaririQ286097Arab poet and scholar (1054–1122)Writer10541122-09-17IRQ13063.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al-Wasiti-Discussion%20near%20a%20village.jpg?width=320
2885Jacques CazotteQ425373French writerWriterFrench1719-10-071792-09-25FRAFranceFRA13063.79https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Jacques%20Cazotte.jpg?width=320
2885Feng MenglongQ371966Chinese writer and poetWriter15741645ChinaCHN33063.7
2885Ji KangQ468712Chinese writer, poet, philosopher, musician and alchemist (223–262)Writer02230262ChinaCHN03063.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Xikang%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2885Giovanni Battista GuariniQ542039Italian poet (1538-1612)WriterLatin; Italian1538-12-201612-10-07Republic of VeniceITA13063.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Battista%20Guarini2%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2885Gloria E. AnzaldúaQ3109110Chicana cultural theory, feminist theory, and queer theory (1942-2004)Writer1942-09-262004-05-15MEXMexicoUSA33063.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gloria%20Anzaldua.jpg?width=320
2885Naftali Herz ImberQ359717Jewish poet, writer (1856–1909)WriterEnglish1856-12-271909-10-08USAUnited StatesUKR13063.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herzimber.jpg?width=320
2885Gitta SerenyQ213690Austrian publicist and writer (1921–2012)WriterEnglish1921-03-132012-06-14Hungary; Austria; United KingdomAUT03063.46
2885Petr GinzQ445513Czech victim of Holocaust (1928–1944)Writer1928-02-011944-09-29CzechoslovakiaCZE03063.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Petr%20Ginz%20(1928%201944)%20AI%2001.jpg?width=320
2885Eiji TsuburayaQ2466933Japanese film director (1901-1970)Writer1901-07-071970-01-25JPNJapanJPN03063.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eiji%20Tsuburaya%20-%201960.jpg?width=320
2885Jean-Baptiste RousseauQ471026French poetWriterFrench1670-04-061741-03-17FRAFranceFRA03063.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicolas%20de%20Largilli%C3%A8re%20-%20Portrait%20of%20Jean-Baptiste%20Rousseau%20-%20WGA12477.jpg?width=320
2885Nodar DumbadzeQ447367Georgian and Soviet writer (1928–1984)WriterGeorgian1928-07-141984-09-14Soviet UnionGEO83063.03https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nodar%20Dumbadze%202018%20stamp.png?width=320
2885Ahmad ibn MājidQ1919866Arab navigator and cartographerWriter14321500ARE03062.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/N%C3%A9gociant%20musulman%20de%20Mascate.jpg?width=320
2885Elizabeth von ArnimQ76189British-Australian novelist (1866–1941)WriterEnglish1866-08-311941-02-09GBRUnited KingdomAUS53062.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elizabeth%20von%20arnim%20pencil%20sketch.jpg?width=320
2885Yvan GollQ527024French-German poet, key figure in German Expressionism and French Surrealism (1891-1950)WriterFrench1891-03-291950-02-27Switzerland; Germany; FranceFRA03062.74https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ivan%20Goll%2C%201932.jpg?width=320
2885Roger PeyrefitteQ551783French diplomat and writer (1907–2000)WriterFrench1907-08-172000-11-05FRAFranceFRA13062.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peyrefitte%20Harcourt%201947.jpg?width=320
2885Judith KerrQ215820British writer and illustrator (1923–2019)Writer1923-06-142019-05-22United Kingdom; GermanyDEU33062.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Judith%20Kerr%20on%20September%2015%2C%202016%20at%20the%20International%20Literature%20Festival%20Berlin.jpg?width=320
2885Asclepiades of SamosQ471464ancient Greek writerWriterAncient Greek-319-300GRC03062.7
2885Anton BernolákQ588302Slovak linguist and roman catholic priestWriter1762-10-031813-01-15Austrian EmpireHUN03062.65https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernolak%20Anton.jpg?width=320
2885Izumi ShikibuQ239898Japanese poetWriterJapanese09761033JPNJapanJPN03062.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Izumi%20Shikibu.png?width=320
2885Michel LeirisQ462591French surrealist writer and ethnographer (1901–1990)WriterFrench1901-04-201990-09-30FRAFranceFRA03062.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michel%20Leiris.JJ.1984.jpg?width=320
2885Sebastian HaffnerQ57535German journalist and author (1907–1999)Writer1907-12-271999-01-02Germany; United KingdomDEU13062.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gedenktafel%20Prenzlauer%20Allee%20227%20(Prenz)%20Sebastian%20Haffner%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2885Krishna SobtiQ3631806Indian writer (1925–2019)WriterHindi1925-02-182019-01-25INDIndiaPAK13062.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Krishna%20sobti%20(6471151101).jpg?width=320
2885Paul du ChailluQ749495French-American anthropologist, zoologist and travelerWriterEnglish1835-07-311903-04-30France; United StatesFRA03062.33https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Paul%20Belloni%20Du%20Chaillu.jpg?width=320
2885William SmithQ559411English lexicographer (1813–1893)WriterEnglish1813-05-201893-10-07United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR03062.15https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George%20Reid%20-%20William%20Smith%20lexicographer.jpeg?width=320
2885Matthías JochumssonQ380925Icelandic poet (1835–1920)WriterIcelandic1835-11-111920-12-18ISLIcelandISL03062.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matthias%20jochumsson.jpg?width=320
2885Antiochus KantemirQ372115Russian academicWriterRussian1708-09-211744-04-11Principality of Moldavia; Russian EmpireTUR03061.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Poet%20Prince%20Antiokh%20Kantemir.jpg?width=320
2885Dares PhrygiusQ544378writerWriterLatin0100Ancient RomeTUR23061.9
2885Lars Saabye ChristensenQ366281Danish and Norwegian author writing in NorwegianWriter1953-09-21Kingdom of Denmark; NorwayNOR03061.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lars-Saabye-Christensen%20DSC05792%20sh.jpg?width=320
2885Kjeld AbellQ361870playwright (1901-1961)Writer1901-08-251961-03-05Kingdom of DenmarkDNK03061.63
2885Jeanne Julie Éléonore de LespinasseQ450354French Salon-holderWriterFrench1732-11-091776-05-23FRAFranceFRA03061.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mademoiselle%20de%20Lespinasse%20-%20Carmontelle.jpg?width=320
2885Giulio AngioniQ354755Italian anthropologist and writer (1939–2017)WriterItalian1939-10-282017-01-12ITAItalyITA13061.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Giulio%20Angioni.jpg?width=320
2885PraxillaQ278711poet of the 5th century; there is very little surviving of her worksWriterAncient Greek-500-500GRC03061.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Praxilla.%20John%20William%20Godward.jpg?width=320
2885Kamo no ChōmeiQ291329Japanese poetWriter11551216JPNJapanJPN33061.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kamo%20no%20Chomei.jpg?width=320
2885Per Daniel Amadeus AtterbomQ444538Swedish poet (1790–1855)Writer1790-01-191855-07-21SWESwedenSWE03061.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Per%20Daniel%20Amadeus%20Atterbom%20-%20lithograph.jpg?width=320
2885Patrick O'BrianQ355438English novelist (1914–2000)WriterEnglish1914-12-122000-01-02GBRUnited KingdomGBR13061.08
2885Sholem AschQ380439Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language (1880-1957)WriterYiddish1880-11-011957-07-10Poland; Israel; United StatesPOL03061.05https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sholem%20Asch.jpg?width=320
2885Heinrich HoffmannQ215724German psychiatrist and children's writerWriterGerman1809-06-131894-09-20DEUGermanyDEU13060.95https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heinrich%20Hoffmann1.jpg?width=320
2885Pentti LinkolaQ734434Finnish ecologist, polemicist, naturalist, writer, and fisherman (1932–2020)WriterFinnish1932-12-072020-04-05FINFinlandFIN03060.8https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pentti%20Linkola%202.jpg?width=320
2885Karl Philipp MoritzQ215781German author, editor and essayistWriterGerman1757-09-151793-06-26DEUGermanyDEU03060.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Moritz1.jpg?width=320
2885Samad VurgunQ983507Azerbaijani-Soviet writer (1906-1956)WriterAzerbaijani1906-03-211956-05-27Soviet Union; Russian Empire; Azerbaijan Democratic RepublicAZE03060.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/S%C9%99m%C9%99d%20Vur%C4%9Fun%20(1947).jpg?width=320
2885Johannes Mario SimmelQ84208Austrian writer (1924–2009)WriterGerman1924-04-072009-01-01AUTAustriaAUT03060.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oliver%20Mark%20-%20Johannes%20Mario%20Simmel%2C%20Zug%202007%20(1).jpg?width=320
2885Aleksander FredroQ380506Polish writer (1793–1876)Writer1793-06-201876-07-15Austrian Empire; Austria–Hungary; Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthPOL43060.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aleksander%20Fredro.PNG?width=320
2885Kondraty RyleyevQ49509Russian poet and Decembrist Revolt leader (1795–1826)WriterRussian1795-09-291826-07-25Russian EmpireRUS03060.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rylejew.jpg?width=320
2885Edvard KocbekQ367383Slovenian writer (1904-1981)WriterSlovene1904-09-271981-11-03Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes; Austria–Hungary; Kingdom of YugoslaviaSVN03060.52https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kocbek.jpg?width=320
2885Günter EichQ60869German poet and radio playwright (1907–1972)Writer1907-02-011972-12-20DEUGermanyDEU43060.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guenter%20Eich.jpg?width=320
2885Lola AngladaQ459343Spanish writer, comics artist and illustrator (1892-1984)WriterCatalan1892-10-281984-09-12ESPSpainESP03060.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lola%20Anglada.png?width=320
2885Tom SharpeQ436801English satirical novelist (1928-2013)Writer1928-03-302013-06-06GBRUnited KingdomGBR33060.42
2885L. Sprague de CampQ316313American non- and speculative fiction writer (1907–2000)Writer1907-11-272000-11-06USAUnited StatesUSA03060.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L.%20Sprague%20de%20Camp%20crop.jpg?width=320
2885Antal SzerbQ570810Hungarian literary scholar and writer (1901–1945)WriterHungarian1901-05-011945-01-27HUNHungaryHUN03060.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fiatal%20Szerb%20Antal.jpg?width=320
2885Muthuvel KarunanidhiQ470875Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India (1924–2018)Writer1924-06-032018-08-07INDIndiaIND13060.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karunanidhi1.jpg?width=320
2885Juan RuizQ43459714th century Castilian poetWriter12831350Crown of CastileESP13060.22
2885Vizma BelševicaQ298125Latvian writer (1931-2005)Writer1931-05-302005-08-06LVALatviaLVA13060.2
2885Aleksey PisemskyQ470371Russian novelist and dramatist (1821–1881)WriterRussian1821-03-231881-02-02Russian EmpireRUS13060.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pisemsky%20by%20Repin.jpg?width=320
2885Jarosław IwaszkiewiczQ558960Polish writer (1894–1980)Writer1894-02-201980-03-02POLPolandUKR23060.02https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jaroslaw%20Iwaszkiewicz.jpg?width=320
2885Walter HasencleverQ62628German poet and playwright (1890–1940)Writer1890-07-081940-06-21German ReichDEU13059.99https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter%20Hasenclever%20by%20Hugo%20Erfurth%2C%201917.jpg?width=320
2885Alexandros PapadiamantisQ320984Greek short-story writer (1851–1911)WriterDemotic Greek; Katharevousa1851-03-041911-01-03GRCGreeceGRC43059.94https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexandros%20Papadiamantis.jpg?width=320
2885Mário de Sá-CarneiroQ466945Portuguese poet (1890–1916)WriterPortuguese1890-05-191916-04-26PRTPortugalPRT03059.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/M%C3%A1rio%20de%20S%C3%A1-Carneiro.jpg?width=320
2885Muazzez İlmiye ÇığQ464906Turkish Sumerologist (1914–2024)Writer1914-06-202024-11-17TURTurkeyTUR13059.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Muazzez%20%C4%B0lmiye%20%C3%87%C4%B1%C4%9F%20in%20Mersin.jpg?width=320
2885Amos TutuolaQ361562Nigerian writer (1920-1997)WriterEnglish1920-06-201997-06-08NGANigeriaNGA13059.88
2885JanoschQ77206German children's writer, illustrator, and novellist (born 1931)Writer1931-03-11DEUGermanyDEU13059.86https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Janosch.jpg?width=320
2885Abu-l-'AtahiyaQ481493Arab poet of the Abbasid period (c.748-c.828)Writer07480826Abbasid CaliphateIRQ03059.76https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ab%C5%AB%20al-%CA%BBAt%C4%81hiyya%2C%20Sayr%20mulhimah%20min%20al-Sharq%20wa-al-Gharb.png?width=320
2885Liviu RebreanuQ462220Romanian writer (1885-1944)WriterRomanian; Hungarian1885-11-271944-09-01Kingdom of Romania; Austria–HungaryROU13059.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Liviu%20Rebreanu%20(1)%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2885Olena PchilkaQ2447379Ukrainian academic (1849–1930)Writer1849-07-111930-10-04Russian Empire; Soviet Union; Ukrainian People's Republic; Ukrainian StateUKR03059.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9F%D1%87%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0%20%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B02.jpg?width=320
2885David GemmellQ220450British author of heroic fantasy (1948-2006)Writer1948-08-012006-07-28GBRUnited KingdomGBR13059.69
2885Viktor AstafyevQ968184Russian-Soviet writer (1924-2001)WriterRussian1924-05-012001-11-29RUSRussiaRUS03059.63https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Viktor%20Astafyev%20Abkhazia%20stamp.jpg?width=320
2885Louis PergaudQ602468French writer (1882–1915)WriterFrench1882-01-221915-04-08FRAFranceFRA23059.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louis%20Pergaud.jpg?width=320
2885Nigâr HanımQ7034181Ottoman poet of Hungarian origin (1862–1918)WriterOttoman Turkish18621918-04-01Ottoman EmpireTUR03059.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nig%C3%A2r%20Han%C4%B1m.jpg?width=320
2885Ion Heliade RădulescuQ2071370Academic, Romantic and Classicist poet, essayist, memoirist, short story writer, newspaper editor and politician (1802-1872)WriterFrench1802-01-061872-04-27ROURomaniaROU03059.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ion%20Heliade%20Radulescu%20Popp.jpg?width=320
2885Yulian SemyonovQ724323Soviet writer (1931–1993)WriterRussian1931-10-081993-09-15RUSRussiaRUS13059.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%AE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%20%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg?width=320
2885William Hope HodgsonQ919277British writer (1877–1918)WriterEnglish1877-11-151918-04-17United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR23059.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Hope%20Hodgson%20(1877-1918).jpg?width=320
2885Françoise d'EaubonneQ295009French feminist (1920–2005)Writer1920-03-122005-08-03FRAFranceFRA13059.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fran%C3%A7oise%20d'Eaubonne%20wikip%C3%A9dia.jpg?width=320
2885Nazik Al-MalaikaQ446761Iraqi poet (1922–2007)WriterArabic1922-08-232007-06-20IRQIraqIRQ03059.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A9%20%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%83%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%83%D8%A9%2002.jpg?width=320
2885Natsuo KirinoQ236684Japanese writerWriterJapanese1951-10-07JPNJapanJPN13059.3https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Natsuo%20Kirino.jpg?width=320
2885Edith DurhamQ287994British artist (1863-1944)Writer1863-12-081944-11-15GBRUnited KingdomGBR13059.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edith%20Durham.jpg?width=320
2885Futabatei ShimeiQ22665Japanese author, translator and literary critic (1864–1909)WriterJapanese1864-02-281909-05-10JPNJapanJPN43059.29https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Futabatei%20Shimei%20in%201908.jpg?width=320
2885Viktor RydbergQ432129Swedish writer (1828-1895)WriterSwedish1828-12-181895-09-21SWESwedenSWE93059.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Viktor%20Rydberg%20ca%201895.png?width=320
2885Samad BehrangiQ340074Iranian writer and social critic (1939–1967)WriterAzerbaijani1939-06-241968-08-31IRNIranIRN03059.23https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samad%20Behrangi.JPG?width=320
2885Enrique Vila-MatasQ372313Spanish writerWriter1948-03-31ESPSpainESP03059.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Enrique%20Vila-Matas.jpg?width=320
2885Immanuel VelikovskyQ349749Russian, Israeli and American author (1895–1979)Writer1895-06-101979-11-17USAUnited StatesBLR23059.13https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Immanuel%20Velikovsky.jpg?width=320
2885ShabestariQ2738287Iranian poetWriterPersian12871320IRN13059.11
2885Thomas CorneilleQ551787French dramatist (1625-1709)WriterFrench1625-08-201709-12-08FRAFranceFRA03058.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas%20Corneille%20-%20Versailles%20MV%202933.jpg?width=320
2885Musine KokalariQ3301350Albanian writer (1917-1983)WriterAlbanian1917-02-101983-08-24ALBAlbaniaTUR03058.98https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Musine%20Kokalari.jpg?width=320
2885Carmen LaforetQ269123Spanish author (1921-2004)WriterSpanish1921-09-062004-02-28ESPSpainESP03058.82https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20Carmen%20Laforet.jpg?width=320
2885José Enrique RodóQ734054Uruguayan writer (1871–1917)Writer1871-07-151917-05-01URYUruguayURY13058.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jos%C3%A9%20Enrique%20Rod%C3%B3.jpg?width=320
2885Ahmet Hamdi TanpınarQ401875Turkish poet, novelist, literary scholar and essayist (1901–1962)Writer1901-06-231962-01-24TURTurkeyTUR33058.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ahmet%20hamdi%20tanpinar.jpg?width=320
2885Luigi CapuanaQ468662Italian journalist and writer (1839-1915)WriterItalian1839-05-281915-11-29Kingdom of ItalyITA13058.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luigi%20Capuana%20(before%201915)%20-%20Archivio%20Storico%20Ricordi%20FOTO001120%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2885Ferenc KölcseyQ440057Hungarian politician and writer (1790-1838)Writer1790-08-081838-08-24HUNHungaryHUN13058.47https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kolcsey%20ferenc.jpg?width=320
2885Juan José SaerQ712518Argentinian writer (1937–2005)WriterSpanish1937-06-282005-06-11ARGArgentinaARG03058.43https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juan%20Jos%C3%A9%20Saer%20003.jpg?width=320
2885Juan ValeraQ463630Spanish writer and diplomat (1824–1905)WriterSpanish1824-10-181905-04-18ESPSpainESP03058.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juan%20Valera.jpg?width=320
2885Edmonde Charles-RouxQ455509French writer (1920–2016)WriterFrench1920-04-172016-01-20FRAFranceFRA13058.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edmonde%20Charles-Roux%2C%20pr%C3%A9sidente%20de%20l'Acad%C3%A9mie%20Goncourt.jpg?width=320
2885Graham HancockQ370235British author who promotes pseudoscientific theoriesWriterEnglish1950-08-02GBRUnited KingdomGBR03058.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Graham-Hancock%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2885Veniamin KaverinQ467741Russian-Soviet writer and memoirist (1902–1989)WriterRussian1902-04-191989-05-02Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic; Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS03058.28https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kaverin%201970%203x4%20portrait.jpg?width=320
2885Javier CercasQ381920Spanish writer, journalist and professor of Spanish literatureWriterSpanish1962-04-06ESPSpainESP43058.26https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cercas%2C%20Javier%20-Puertodeideas%202016%20fRF01.jpg?width=320
2885Zülfü LivaneliQ248059Turkish musician, writer, screenwriter, and politician. (born 1946)Writer1946-06-20TURTurkeyTUR03058.08https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Z%C3%BClf%C3%BC%20Livaneli%202018%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2885Marcel JouhandeauQ561479French writer (1888–1979)WriterFrench1888-07-261979-04-07FRAFranceFRA03057.85https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait%20of%20Marcel%20Jouhandeau%2C%20Paris%20LCCN2004663110.jpg?width=320
2885Mikael NalbandianQ3308432Armenian writer (1829-1866)Writer1829-11-141866-04-12Russian EmpireRUS13057.72https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mikael%20Nalbandian2.jpg?width=320
2885Krzysztof Kamil BaczyńskiQ558722Polish poet and solider (1921–1944)WriterPolish1921-01-221944-08-04Second Polish RepublicPOL03057.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baczynski%20(color).jpg?width=320
2885James AllenQ1371577British philosophical writer (1864–1912)WriterEnglish1864-11-281912-01-24United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR13057.55https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James%20Allen.jpg?width=320
2885William DavenantQ450199English poet and playwrightWriterEnglish16061668-04-07GBRUnited KingdomGBR03057.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%20Davenant.jpg?width=320
2885Josefina PláQ464474Paraguayan sculptor, ceramist, dramatist, poet, and historian (1903–1999)WriterSpanish1903-11-091999-01-11Paraguay; SpainESP03057.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2-JOSEFINA%20PLA.png?width=320
2885Juhan LiivQ737503Estonian writer (1864-1913)Writer1864-04-301913-12-01Russian EmpireEST13057.31https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juhan%20Liiv.jpg?width=320
2885Julia QuinnQ432945American novelist (born 1970)Writer1970-01-12USAUnited StatesUSA13057.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bokm%C3%A4ssan%202025%20%E2%80%93%20237.jpg?width=320
2885Yoko TawadaQ451058Japanese writer (1960-)WriterJapanese; German1960-03-23JPNJapanJPN03057.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Falala%2007196%20Y%C5%8Dko%20Tawada%20(cropped).JPG?width=320
2885Ippolito NievoQ733342Italian writer, journalist and patriot (1831-1861)WriterItalian1831-11-301861-03-04Austrian EmpireITA13056.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ippolito%20Nievo.jpg?width=320
2885Tatyana TolstayaQ274342Russian writerWriterRussian1951-05-032021RUSRussiaRUS13056.77https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tatyana%20Tolstaya.jpg?width=320
2885Ekaterine GabashviliQ3651918Georgian writer (1851–1938)WriterGeorgian1851-06-161938-08-07Russian Empire; Democratic Republic of Georgia; Soviet UnionGEO03056.58https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ekaterine%20Gabashvili%2C%20a%20Georgian%20feminist.jpg?width=320
2885Jaroslav PelikanQ457939US historian of Christianity, Christian theology and medieval intellectual history at Yale (1923–2006)WriterEnglish1923-12-172006-05-13USAUnited StatesUSA03056.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pelikan.jpg?width=320
2885Isaac WattsQ537034English hymnwriter, theologian and logician (1674-1748)WriterEnglish1674-07-171748-11-25Kingdom of Great BritainGBR43056.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Isaac%20Watts%20from%20NPG.jpg?width=320
2885Ahlam MosteghanemiQ1772341Algerian writerWriter1953-04-13DZAAlgeriaTUN03056.34https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ahlem%20Mosteghanemi%20in%202000.jpg?width=320
2885Fyodor AbramovQ468277Soviet writer (1920–1983)WriterRussian1920-02-291983-05-14Soviet UnionRUS03056.33
2885Svatopluk ČechQ745363Czech poet, publicist and bookwriter (1846–1908)Writer1846-02-211908-02-23Austria–HungaryCZE13056.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Svatopluk%20%C4%8Cech.png?width=320
2885Georgi GospodinovQ1509177Bulgarian writer (born 1968)Writer1968-01-07BGRBulgariaBGR23056.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georgi%20Gospodinow%20-%20Buch%20Wien%202025.JPG?width=320
2885Clare HollingworthQ1113742British journalist (1911-2017)Writer1911-10-102017-01-10GBRUnited KingdomGBR03055.99
2885Dmitry FurmanovQ507381Russian writer (1891-1926)WriterRussian1891-11-071926-03-15Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic; Soviet Union; Russian EmpireRUS03055.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%A4%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C%20%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%20001.png?width=320
2885Edmund WilsonQ704931American writer, literary and social critic, and noted man of letters (1895-1972)Writer1895-05-081972-06-12USAUnited StatesUSA23055.67https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edmund%20Wilson.jpg?width=320
2885KalhanaQ1397476Indian poet, writer and historianWriterSanskritLohara Dynasty13055.59
2885Jean-Christophe RufinQ713222French doctor, writer and diplomatWriter1952-06-28FRAFranceFRA23055.51https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Christophe%20Rufin%20par%20Claude%20Truong-Ngoc%20octobre%202013.jpg?width=320
2885Charlotte CasiraghiQ853781Monegasque equestrian and journalist; second child of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, and Stefano CasiraghiWriter1986-08-03MCOMonacoMCO03055.09https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charlotte%20Casiraghi%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2885Wyndham LewisQ780102English painter, writer and critic (1882–1957)Writer1882-11-181957-03-07Canada; United KingdomCAN03054.92https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wyndham%20Lewis%20photo%20by%20George%20Charles%20Beresford%201913.jpg?width=320
2885Roger HargreavesQ349013British author and illustrator (1935–1988)Writer1935-05-091988-09-11GBRUnited KingdomGBR13054.86
2885Paddy ChayefskyQ180251American playwright, screenwriter and novelist (1923-1981)WriterEnglish1923-01-291981-08-01USAUnited StatesUSA03054.7https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paddy%20Chayefsky%20NYWTS%20edited.jpg?width=320
2885Fran LebowitzQ32709American author and public speaker (b. 1950)Writer1950-10-27USAUnited StatesUSA13054.54https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christopher%20Macsurak%20Fran%20Lebowitz.jpg?width=320
2885Holly BlackQ266173American children's fiction writerWriterEnglish1971-11-10USAUnited StatesUSA13054.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Holly%20Black%20at%20LAcon%20V%20(Worldcon%202026).jpg?width=320
2885Robert MenasseQ78772Austrian writer (born 1954)Writer1954-06-21AUTAustriaAUT03054.32https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert%20Menasse%202025%20BHO-4833.jpg?width=320
2885Cyril M. KornbluthQ376859American science fiction author (1923-1958)Writer1923-07-021958-03-21USAUnited StatesUSA13054.22
2885Sarah Fuller Flower AdamsQ269879English poet, hymnwriter (1805–1848)WriterEnglish1805-02-221848-08-14United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGBR03053.97https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SarahFlowerAdams.jpg?width=320
2885Leigh BardugoQ18209683Israeli-American authorWriterEnglish1975-04-06United States; IsraelISR83053.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leigh%20Bardugo%2C%20National%20Book%20Festival%202025.jpg?width=320
2885Leo BuscagliaQ2535504American motivational speaker and writer (1924–1998)WriterEnglish1924-03-311998-06-12USAUnited StatesUSA03053.19https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LeoBuscaglia.jpg?width=320
2885Cornelia SorabjiQ2643152Indian writerWriter1866-11-151954-07-06India; United KingdomIND23053.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cornelia%20Sorabji.jpg?width=320
2885Roberto OrciQ467500American screenwriter producer (1973—2025)Writer1973-07-202025-02-25United States; MexicoMEX03052.69https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roberto%20Orci%20by%20Gage%20Skidmore.jpg?width=320
2885Dan HouserQ935340British video game producer (born 1973)Writer1973-11United Kingdom; United StatesGBR03052.68https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan%20Houser%20at%20Rockstar%20Games.png?width=320
2885Harry TurtledoveQ455780American author (born 1949)Writer1949-06-14USAUnited StatesUSA23052.62https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harry%20Turtledove%20at%20Hugo%20Awards%20(LAcon%20V%3B%2084th%20Worldcon)%202026%2001%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2885Ella Wheeler WilcoxQ448376American author and poet (1850–1919)WriterEnglish1850-11-051919-10-30USAUnited StatesUSA03052.6https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ella%20Wheeler%20Wilcox%20cph.3b16503.jpg?width=320
2885Tara WestoverQ50345244American historian and authorWriter1986-09-27USAUnited StatesUSA13052.57https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tara%20Westover%20receives%20the%20National%20Humanities%20Medal%20on%20March%2021%2C%202023%2C%20in%20the%20East%20Room%20of%20the%20White%20House%20-%20P20230321ES-0780%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2885Izaak WaltonQ562133English author and biographer (1593-1683)WriterEnglish1593-08-091683-12-15GBRUnited KingdomGBR03052.2https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Izaak%20Walton.jpg?width=320
2885Kathryn StockettQ240515American writerWriterEnglish1969USAUnited StatesUSA13052.14https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kathryn%20Stockett%20at%20University%20of%20Alabama.jpg?width=320
2885Peter MatthiessenQ892108American novelist (1927–2014)Writer1927-05-222014-04-05USAUnited StatesUSA13052.1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter%20Matthiessen%20photograph.jpg?width=320
2885Colum McCannQ966228Irish writer and journalistWriter1965-02-28Ireland; United StatesIRL13051.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Colum%20McCann%20Speaking2.jpg?width=320
2885Hannah MoreQ25880English writer and philanthropist (1745-1833)WriterEnglish1745-02-021833-09-07United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Kingdom of Great BritainGBR13051.9https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HannahMore.jpg?width=320
2885Akiva GoldsmanQ419454American film producerWriter1962-07-07USAUnited StatesUSA03051.45https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Akiva%20Goldsman%20by%20Gage%20Skidmore.jpg?width=320
2885Edwin Arlington RobinsonQ1294394American poet (1869–1935)WriterEnglish1869-12-221935-04-06USAUnited StatesUSA23051.37https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edwin%20Arlington%20Robinson.jpg?width=320
2885Olivier WeberQ316765French writerWriterFrench1958-06-12FRAFranceFRA03050.75https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paris%20-%20Salon%20du%20livre%202012%20-%20Olivier%20Weber%20-%20001.jpg?width=320
2885James Branch CabellQ723374American author (1879–1958)WriterEnglish1879-04-141958-05-05USAUnited StatesUSA03050.64https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jbcabell.jpg?width=320
2885Mieko KawakamiQ455930Japanese novelist and singerWriterJapanese1976-08-29JPNJapanJPN03050.25https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mieko%20Kawakami.jpg?width=320
2885M. GessenQ441226Russian-American journalist and activistWriterEnglish1967-01-13United States; RussiaRUS03050.24https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gessen%2C%20Masha1.jpeg?width=320
2885Paul Laurence DunbarQ974678American poet, novelist, dramatistWriterEnglish1872-06-271906-02-09USAUnited StatesUSA23049.73https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul%20Laurence%20Dunbar%20circa%201890.jpg?width=320
2885Muhsin al-RamliQ311592Iraqi writer and poetWriter1967-03-07IRQIraqIRQ03049.61https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alramli10.jpg?width=320
2885Antjie KrogQ260604South African writer and academicWriterEnglish1952-10-23ZAFSouth AfricaZAF13049.44https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Antjie%20Krog%202019.jpg?width=320
2885Leila AboulelaQ290220Sudanese writer and playwrightWriter1964SDNSudanEGY03049.12https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leila%20Aboulela%20A036481%2003.jpg?width=320
2885Sayaka MurataQ11523472Japanese writerWriterJapanese1979-08-14JPNJapanJPN33048.48https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sayaka-Murata%20DSC05864.jpg?width=320
2885Fatou DiomeQ295004French-Senegalese writerWriter1968France; SenegalSEN23048.36https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fatou%20diome%20LSlaP%20101533.jpg?width=320
2885Geetanjali ShreeQ539835Indian writerWriterHindi; English1957-06-12INDIndiaIND13048.16https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Geetanjali.jpg?width=320
2885P. J. O'RourkeQ730017American political satirist and journalist (1947–2022)Writer1947-11-142022-02-15USAUnited StatesUSA03045.56https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PJ%20O'Rourke%201.jpg?width=320
2885Emma DonoghueQ52255Irish novelist, playwright, short-story writer and historianWriter1969-10-24Canada; IrelandIRL03045.41https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irish-Canadian%20author%20Emma%20Donoghue.JPG?width=320
2885Viet Thanh NguyenQ23887092American author of fictionWriter1971-03-13USAUnited StatesVNM13045.21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Viet%20Thanh%20Nguyen%20at%20the%202024%20Library%20of%20Congress%20National%20Book%20Festival%20in%20Washington%2C%20D.C.%20on%20August%2024%2C%202024%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2885Ann PatchettQ433485American novelist and memoiristWriterEnglish1963-12-02USAUnited StatesUSA53044.66https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ann%20patchett%208220540.jpg?width=320
2885Alice OsemanQ26209339English author of young adult fictionWriter1994-10-16GBRUnited KingdomGBR13042.38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AliceOseman-byPhilipRomano.jpg?width=320
2885Binyavanga WainainaQ864094Kenyan writer (1971–2019)Writer1971-01-182019-05-21KENKenyaKEN03040.96https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/9.13.09BinyavangaWainainaByLuigiNovi1.jpg?width=320
2885Alejandro Rejón HuchinQ87756716Mexican poet, cultural manager and researcherWriterSpanish1997-05-18MEXMexicoMEX03040.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alejandro%20rejon%20guatemala.jpg?width=320
2885Nnedi OkoraforQ3877423Nigerian-American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and comics (born 1974)Writer1974-04-08Nigeria; United StatesUSA123040.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nnedi%20Okorafor%20at%20National%20Book%20Festival%202025.jpg?width=320
2885Henriett Seth F.Q288148Hungarian artist, poet, writer, musician, and autistic savantWriter1980-10-27HUNHungaryHUN03040.4https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Az%20autista%20savant%20Seth%20F.%20Henriett%202024-ben.jpg?width=320
2885Ta-Nehisi CoatesQ15452495American writer, journalist, and educatorWriter1975-09-30USAUnited StatesUSA83039.71https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ta-Nehisi%20Coates%20at%20the%202025%20Edinburgh%20International%20Book%20Festival-21%20(cropped).jpg?width=320
2885NoViolet BulawayoQ4941176Zimbabwean writer and educatorWriterEnglish1981-10-12ZWEZimbabweZWE23036.49https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NoViolet%20Bulawayo%20at%20Melbourne%2C%20Australia.jpg?width=320