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The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by the American white nationalist author Michael H. Hart. Published by his father's publishing house, it was his first book and was reprinted in 1992 with revisions. It is a ranking of the 100 people who, according to Hart, most influenced human history.
Of the 100 chosen, Albert Einstein was chosen as the Person of the Century, on the grounds that he was the preeminent scientist in a century dominated by science. The editors of Time believed the 20th century "will be remembered foremost for its science and technology", and Einstein "serves as a symbol of all the scientists—such as Fermi, Heisenberg, Bohr, Richard Feynman, ...who built upon ...
American children's writer [4] Said Akl: 1912–2014: 102: Lebanese writer and poet [5] Roger Angell: 1920–2022: 101: American essayist, writer and poet [6] Ruth Nanda Anshen: 1900–2003: 103: American author and editor. [7] Jaime Ardila Casamitjana: 1919–2019: 100: Colombian writer [8] Diana Athill: 1917–2019: 101: British literary ...
"for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country" [62] novel, short story 1962: John Steinbeck (1902–1968) United States: English "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception" [63] novel, short story ...
Catharine Jan Morris [3] [4] CBE FRSL (born James Humphry Morris; 2 October 1926 – 20 November 2020) was a Welsh historian, author and travel writer.She was known particularly for the Pax Britannica trilogy (1968–1978), a history of the British Empire, and for portraits of cities, including Oxford, Venice, Trieste, Hong Kong and New York City. [5]
[4] [6] The CBC characterized the panel as composed of "writers, curators and critics". [4] According to The Guardian, the list commemorated the publication of Robinson Crusoe (1719), 300 years earlier – "widely seen as the progenitor of the English-language novel". [6] The panel broke their list into ten categories of ten items. [1]
This is a partial list of 20th-century writers. This list includes notable artists, authors, philosophers, playwrights, poets, scientists and other important and noteworthy contributors to literature.