Mark Twain30 November 1835, American
Author and Humorist
Aldous Huxley26 July 1894, British, American
Writer
Robert Louis Stevenson13 November 1850, Scottish
Novelist, Poet
John Ruskin08 February 1819, British
Art Critic and Painter
D. H. Lawrence11 September 1885, British
Novelist
Thomas Mann06 June 1875, Swiss, German
Novelist, Short Story Writer
E. M. Forster01 January 1879, British
Writer
Henri Bergson18 October 1859, French
Philosopher and Writer
Matthew Arnold24 December 1822, British
Poet
August Strindberg22 January 1849, Swedish
Novelist
Nikos Kazantzakis18 February 1883, Greek
Philosopher and Writer
Knut Hamsun04 August 1859, Norwegian
Writer
Henry Lawson17 June 1867, Australian
Writer
Katherine Anne Porter15 May 1890, American
Journalist, Essayist, Writer, Novelist
Giuseppe Ungaretti08 February 1888, Italian
Poet, Essayist
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.29 August 1809, American
Writer, Physician
A. C. Benson24 April 1862, British
English essayist
Abraham Valdelomar27 April 1888, Peruvian
Narrator
Amy Levy10 November 1861, British
Poet, Novelist, Essayist
Alfred Doblin10 August 1878, German
Writer, Doctor
Maksim Bahdanovič09 December 1891, Belarusian
Poet
Arthur Conan Doyle22 May 1859, British
Physician, Writer, Poet, Cricketer, Novelist,
Dorothy L. Sayers13 June 1893, British
Writer, Translator, Novelist, Playwright,
Paul Verlaine30 March 1844, French
Poet, Essayist, Writer, Librettist
Cesare Lombroso06 November 1835, Italian
Physician, Writer, Criminologist, Psychiatrist,
Lu Xun25 September 1881, Chinese
Writer, Essayist, Poet, Literary critic,
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu13 September 1899, Romanian
Politician, Essayist
Houston Stewart Chamberlain09 September 1855, German, British
Racial theorist, Writer, Politician, Philosopher,
Tristan Tzara16 April 1896, French
Art collector, Poet, Writer, Diplomat, Film
Harriet Martineau12 June 1802, British
Linguist, Journalist, Economist, Historian,
Romain Rolland29 January 1866, French
Writer, Playwright, Essayist, Historian, Novelist,
Lysander Spooner19 January 1808, American
Lawyer, Journalist, Essayist, Philosopher
James Russell Lowell22 February 1819, American
Poet, Diplomat, Essayist, Writer, Literary critic,
Hermann Oberth25 June 1894, Austrian, Romanian
Physicist, Engineer, Essayist, Screenwriter
Maurice Maeterlinck29 August 1862, Belgian
Writer, Poet, Philosopher, Essayist, Playwright,
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Robert Musil06 November 1880, Austrian
Writer, Librarian, Novelist, Playwright,
Edmond Rostand01 April 1868, French
Playwright, Writer, Poet, Essayist, Screenwriter
Osip Mandelstam15 January 1891, Polish, Russian
Poet, Writer, Translator, Literary critic,
Edmund Wilson08 May 1895, American
Journalist, Poet, Playwright, Literary critic,
Wilhelm Busch15 April 1832, German
Poet, Painter, Essayist, Writer, Autobiographer
Curzio Malaparte09 June 1898, Italian
Film director, Screenwriter, Journalist, Diplomat,
Emilia Pardo Bazán16 September 1851, Spanish
Essayist, Literary critic, Novelist, Journalist,
Pierre Loti14 January 1850, French
Writer, Q3349700, Novelist, Essayist, Diarist,
Sully Prudhomme16 March 1839, French
Poet, Writer, Essayist, Diarist
Pär Lagerkvist23 May 1891, Swedish
Writer, Poet, Playwright, Essayist, Screenwriter
Léon Bloy11 July 1846, French
Writer, Poet, Essayist, Journalist, Novelist,
Gottfried Benn02 May 1886, German
Poet, Writer, Essayist, Novelist
Jean Giraudoux29 October 1882, French
Playwright, Screenwriter, Diplomat, Novelist,
Benjamin Fondane14 November 1898, French, Romanian
Linguist, Poet, Librarian, Film director,
Fanny Fern09 July 1811, American
Journalist, Writer, Novelist, Children's writer,
Robert Collier19 April 1885, American
Essayist
Mărgărita Miller-Verghy01 January 1865, Romanian
Nurse, Linguist, Writer, Literary historian,