Amrita Pritam31 August 1919, Indian
Writer
James Baldwin02 August 1924, American
Novelist
Ruskin Bond19 May 1934, Indian
Writer
Philip K. Dick16 December 1928, American
Novelist
Max Weber21 April 1864, German
Sociologist
Ray Bradbury22 August 1920, American
Writer
Simone de Beauvoir09 January 1908, French
Writer
Samuel Beckett13 April 1906, Irish
Novelist, Playwright, Theater Director
Umberto Eco05 January 1932, Italian
Italian Semiotician, Philosopher
Sandra Cisneros20 December 1954, American
Writer
Theodor W. Adorno11 September 1903, German
Philosopher
Mario Vargas Llosa28 March 1936, Peruvian
Writer
Jhumpa Lahiri11 July 1967, British, American
Writer
V. S. Naipaul17 August 1932, British
Writer
Alain de Botton20 December 1969, Swiss, British
Author
Nick Hornby17 April 1957, British
Author & Editor
René Girard25 December 1923, French
Philosopher
Adrienne Rich16 May 1929, American
American poet
George Saunders02 December 1958, American
Writer
Barbara Kingsolver08 April 1955, American
Novelist, Poet, Essayist
Amiri Baraka07 October 1934, American
Writer
Joseph Brodsky24 May 1940, Russian
Essayist & Poet
Jamaica Kincaid25 May 1949, American
Novelist
Czesław Miłosz30 June 1911, Polish
Poet
Wisława Szymborska02 July 1923, Polish
Nobel Laureate in Literature
Henry Lawson17 June 1867, Australian
Writer
Hélène Cixous05 June 1937, Algerian
Professor
Herta Müller17 August 1953, German
Writer
Robertson Davies28 August 1913, Canadian
Author and Journalist
Camilo José Cela11 May 1916, Spanish
Writer
Assia Djebar30 June 1936, Algerian
Author
Andre Dubus11 August 1936, American
Short story writer
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A. B. Yehoshua19 December 1936, Israeli
Israeli Faulkner
Anais Nin21 February 1903, American
Essayist
Drago Jančar13 April 1948, Slovenian
Writer
Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco12 October 1908, Ecuadorian
Novelist, Essayist, Historian
Jože Javoršek20 October 1920, Slovenian
Playwright
James Gunn23 July 1923, American
Writer
Elizabeth Gilbert18 July 1969, American
Writer
Arundhati Roy24 November 1961, Indian
Novelist, Writer, Screenwriter, Essayist
David Sedaris26 December 1956, American
Writer, Essayist
Fareed Zakaria20 January 1964, American
Journalist, Reporter, Essayist, Writer, Economist
Paul Krugman28 February 1953, American
Columnist, Economist, Essayist, Blogger,
Joan Didion05 December 1934, American
Screenwriter, Novelist, Journalist, Writer,
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer21 January 1908, Indian
Novelist, Screenwriter, Essayist, Writer, Diarist,
Thomas Pynchon08 May 1937, American
Writer, Novelist, Essayist, Science fiction writer
David Irving24 March 1938, British
Essayist, Journalist, Historian, Writer,
Cheryl Strayed17 September 1968, American
Writer
Zadie Smith25 October 1975, British
Writer, Novelist, Essayist
Pierre Bourdieu01 August 1930, French
Philosopher, Sociologist, Anthropologist,
Rahul Khanna20 June 1972, Indian
Actor
Michael Chabon24 May 1963, American
Writer, Essayist, Screenwriter, Novelist,
Jonathan Franzen17 August 1959, American
Novelist
Robert Christgau18 April 1942, American
Journalist, Reporter, Essayist, Writer, Music
Michel Houellebecq26 February 1956, French
Poet, Film director, Songwriter, Essayist,
James Ellroy04 March 1948, American
Writer
Sylvia Browne19 October 1936, American
Essayist, Psychic
Masaru Emoto22 July 1943, Japanese
Essayist, Writer
Sarah Vowell27 December 1969, American
Historian
Don DeLillo20 November 1936, American
Writer, Playwright, Screenwriter, Novelist,
Italo Calvino15 October 1923, Italian, American
Writer, Poet, Politician, Journalist, Reporter,
Taslima Nasrin25 August 1962, Bangladeshi
Poet, Physician, Novelist, Essayist, Writer,
Hilary Mantel06 July 1952, British
Writer, Novelist, Essayist, Film critic, Poet
Jaron Lanier03 May 1960, American
Computer scientist, Composer, Programmer, Writer,
Daniel Tammet31 January 1979, British
Writer
Jim Harrison11 December 1937, American
Poet
Robert Anton Wilson18 January 1932, American
Writer, Novelist, Philosopher, Essayist,
Guy Debord28 December 1931, French
Film maker, Artist, Philosopher, Film director,
Junot Díaz31 December 1968, Dominican, American
Writer
John Perry Barlow03 October 1947, American
Poet
Larry Kramer25 June 1935, American
Playwright
Fredric Jameson14 April 1934, American
Essayist, Political scientist, Writer, Professor,
Linda Moulton Howe20 January 1942, American
Journalist, Essayist
Ali Shariati23 November 1933, Iranian
Politician, Writer, Essayist, Philosopher,
Stephen Spender28 February 1909, British
Poet, Writer, Essayist, University teacher,
Amos Oz04 May 1939, Israeli
Writer, Linguist, Journalist, Novelist,
Elias Canetti25 July 1905, British
Writer, Aphorist, Playwright, Chemist, Essayist
Pramoedya Ananta Toer06 February 1925, Indonesian
Novelist, Writer, Essayist
Tristan Tzara16 April 1896, French
Art collector, Poet, Writer, Diplomat, Film
Michel Onfray01 January 1959, French
Philosopher, Writer, Historian, Essayist, Audio
Georges Perec07 March 1936, French
Writer, Film director, Screenwriter, Poet,
Janet Frame28 August 1924, New Zealander
Novelist, Essayist, Poet, Writer, Short story
Hermann Oberth25 June 1894, Austrian, Romanian
Physicist, Engineer, Essayist, Screenwriter
Osip Mandelstam15 January 1891, Polish, Russian
Poet, Writer, Translator, Literary critic,
Mario Benedetti14 September 1920, Uruguayan
Poet, Writer, Journalist, Novelist, Essayist
David Rakoff27 November 1964, Canadian
Essayist, Journalist, Actor, Writer
Mohsen Makhmalbaf29 May 1957
Writer, Film director, Film producer, Film editor,
Alejo Carpentier26 December 1904, Swiss, Cuban
Writer, Journalist, Essayist, Musicologist,
Robert Faurisson25 January 1929, French, British
Essayist, Faculty, University teacher, Writer,
Ingeborg Bachmann25 June 1926, Austrian
Poet, Writer, Journalist, Screenwriter,
Timothy Garton Ash12 July 1955, British
Journalist, Historian, Writer, Essayist
Anita Nair26 January 1966, Indian
Writer, Screenwriter, Essayist, Children's writer
Nagarjun30 June 1911, Indian
Poet, Writer
Richard Rodriguez31 July 1944, American
Journalist, Teacher
Carl Gustav Hempel08 January 1905, German, American
Mathematician, Computer scientist, Philosopher,
Christa Wolf18 March 1929, German, Polish
Writer, Screenwriter, Politician, Unofficial