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Contemporary Authors is a reference work that has been published by Gale since 1962. The work provides short biographies and bibliographies of contemporary and near-contemporary writers and is a major source of information on over 116,000 living and deceased authors from around the world. [ 1 ]
This list includes notable authors, poets, playwrights, philosophers, artists, scientists and other important and noteworthy contributors to literature. Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letters) is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word literature means "acquaintance with letters" (as in the "arts and letters").
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000) by Dave Eggers [29] House of Leaves (2000) by Mark Z. Danielewski [93] The Cave (2000) by José Saramago [94] Baudolino (2000) by Umberto Eco [95] Gertrude and Claudius (2000) by John Updike [73] An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter (2000) by César Aira [96] The Blind Assassin (2001) by ...
This is a list of novelists from the United States, listed with titles of a major work for each. This is not intended to be a list of every American (born U.S. citizen, naturalized citizen, or long-time resident alien) who has published a novel. (For the purposes of this article, novel is defined as an extended work of fiction. This definition ...
The list was compiled by a team of critics and editors at The New York Times and, with the input of 503 writers and academics, assessed the books based on their impact, originality, and lasting influence. The selection includes novels, memoirs, history books, and other nonfiction works from various genres, representing well-known and emerging ...
American author and publisher Dave Eggers is one of several contemporary authors who represent the latest movement in post-modern literature which some have deemed post-postmodernism or post-irony. Some of the earliest examples of postmodern literature are from the 1950s: William Gaddis ' The Recognitions (1955), Vladimir Nabokov 's Lolita ...
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This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:21st-century African-American writers and Category:21st-century American male writers and Category:21st-century Native American writers and Category:21st-century American women writers The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.