Margaret Atwood18 November 1939, Canadian
Writer, Environmental Activist
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie15 September 1977, Nigerian
Writer
Joyce Carol Oates16 June 1938, American
Writer
Sherman Alexie07 October 1966, American
Novelist
Wendell Berry05 August 1934, American
Ron Cephas Jones08 January 1957, American
Actor
Vikram Seth20 June 1952, Indian
Writer
Carol Ann Duffy23 December 1955, British
Saul Williams29 February 1972, American
Singer, Musician, Poet
Marjane Satrapi22 November 1969, French, Iranian
Graphic Novelist
Derek Walcott23 January 1930, Saint Lucian
Poet
Richard Cabral28 August 1984, Mexican, American
Actor
Michael Ondaatje12 September 1943, Canadian
Canadian poet
Betty Aberlin30 December 1942, American
Actress
Barbara Kingsolver08 April 1955, American
Novelist, Poet, Essayist
Robert LaSardo20 September 1963, American
Actor
John Berger05 November 1926, British
Novelist
Gary Snyder08 May 1930, American
American man of letters
Hélène Cixous05 June 1937, Algerian
Professor
Herta Müller17 August 1953, German
Writer
Tomas Tranströmer15 April 1931, Swedish
Poet
Ahlam Mosteghanemi13 April 1953, Algerian
Writer
Ernesto Cardenal20 January 1925, Nicaraguan
Poet, Revolutionary, Politician, Priest
Abdolkarim Soroush16 December 1945, Iranian
Thinker and Reformer
Charles Simic09 May 1938, American
Poet
Aharon Appelfeld16 February 1932, Israeli
Writer
Fleur Adcock10 February 1934, New Zealander
Poet
David Wagoner05 June 1926, American
Poet, Novelist, Professor
Mariela Griffor29 September 1961, Chilean
Poet, Publisher, Diplomat
Shahabuddin Nagari06 October 1955, Bangladeshi
Poet
Georges LeBar24 January 1973, Australian
Author
Garth Brooks07 February 1962, American
Singer-songwriter, Musician, Singer, Poet,
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Fish25 April 1958, Scottish
Singer-songwriter, Actor, Singer, Composer, Poet
Tamzin Merchant04 March 1987, British
Actress
Donovan10 May 1946, British
Singer-songwriter, Guitarist, Composer,
Till Lindemann04 January 1963, German
Singer, Actor, Poet, Swimmer, Writer, Carpenter,
Stephen Gyllenhaal04 October 1949, American
Director
Gulzar18 August 1936, Indian
film director, film producer, screenwriter,
John Doe25 February 1953, American
Singer
Javed Akhtar17 January 1945, Indian
Screenwriter, Politician, Writer, Poet, Lyricist,
Ursula K. Le Guin21 October 1929, American
American author of novels
Ashutosh Rana10 November 1967, Indian
Actor
Kumar Vishwas10 February 1970, Indian
Politician
Frieda Hughes01 April 1960, British
Painter, Poet, Writer, Children's writer
Johnny Marr31 October 1963, British
Guitarist, Poet, Singer, Songwriter, Record
Stephenie Meyer24 December 1973, American
American fiction writer
Jill Scott04 April 1972, American
Singer, Singer-songwriter, Actor, Poet, Jazz
Captain Beefheart15 January 1941, American
Singer
Suresh Oberoi17 December 1946, Indian, Pakistani
Actor
Nikolai Gogol31 March 1809, Russian
Playwright
John Cooper Clarke25 January 1949, British
Poet
Rupi Kaur04 October 1992, Canadian
Poet
Exene Cervenka01 February 1956, American
singer
Takeshi Kitano18 January 1947, Japanese
Film director, Actor, Painter, Owarai tarento,
Ruby Dee27 October 1922, American
Actress
Ayumi Hamasaki02 October 1978, Japanese
Singer, Seiyū, Songwriter, Model, Actor,
Craig Charles11 July 1964, British
Actor
Talib Kweli03 October 1975, American
Poet, Musician, Songwriter, Rapper, Singer
Michel Houellebecq26 February 1956, French
Poet, Film director, Songwriter, Essayist,
Carmine Giovinazzo24 August 1973, American
Actor
Thurston Moore25 July 1958, American
Musician
Jim Carroll01 August 1949, American
Writer
Benjamin Zephaniah15 April 1958, British
Actor, Poet, Writer, Singer
Tim Armstrong25 November 1965, American
Singer, Songwriter, Artist, Film director, Poet,
Mary Oliver10 September 1935, American
Poet, Writer
Michaela Coel01 October 1987, Ghanaian, British
Actress
Nik Kershaw01 March 1958, British
Singer-songwriter, Composer, Singer, Poet
Sue Grafton24 April 1940, American
American author
Julia Cameron04 March 1948, American
Screenwriter, Film director, Novelist, Poet
Taslima Nasrin25 August 1962, Bangladeshi
Poet, Physician, Novelist, Essayist, Writer,
Michael Rosen07 May 1946, British
Writer, Children's writer, YouTuber, Novelist,
Bernie Casey08 June 1939, American
Actor
Genesis P-Orridge22 February 1950, British
Singer
David Knopfler27 December 1952, British
Singer
Abbas Kiarostami22 June 1940, Iranian
Film director, Screenwriter, Photographer, Film
Rita Mae Brown28 November 1944, American
Screenwriter, Poet, Polo player, Novelist,
Lanny Poffo28 December 1954, Canadian, Italian, American
Wrestlers
Daniel Tammet31 January 1979, British
Writer
Jim Harrison11 December 1937, American
Poet
Peter Abelard1079 AD, French
Theologian, Philosopher, Composer, Linguist, Poet,
Joan Sebastian08 April 1951, Mexican
Singer-songwriter, Actor, Poet, Record producer
Mylène Farmer12 September 1961, Canadian, French
Singer-songwriter, Writer, Singer, Actor,
Ernest Cline29 March 1972, American
Novelist
Vairamuthu13 July 1953, Indian
Author, Actor, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Nikki Giovanni07 June 1943, American
Poet, Writer
Win Butler14 April 1980, American
Songwriter, Singer, Composer, Poet, Guitarist
Dulce María06 December 1985, Mexican
Actor, Singer, Composer, Poet, Vedette, Television
Julian Cope21 October 1957, Welsh
Singer-songwriter
John Perry Barlow03 October 1947, American
Poet
Mary Karr16 January 1955, American
Poet
Lawrence Ferlinghetti24 March 1919, American
Officer, Poet, Writer, Publisher, Painter,
Irom Chanu Sharmila14 March 1972, Indian
Poet, Journalist
Chandrashekhara Kambara02 January 1937, Indian
Film director, Poet, Writer
Soumitra Chatterjee19 January 1935, Indian, British Indian Ocean Territory
Actor
Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark11 June 1934, Danish, French
Poet, Writer, Visual artist, Pianist
Mahasweta Devi14 January 1926, Indian
Human rights activist, Writer, Poet, Novelist,