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Stephen Kelman (born 1976), Pigeon English; Gene Kemp (1926–2016), The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler; Edward Augustus Kendall (c. 1776–1842) Lena Kennedy (1914–1986), historical romance; Margaret Kennedy (1896–1967), The Constant Nymph; Alexander Kent (1924–2017), maritime historical fiction; Judith Kerr (1923–2019), children's novels
English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world. The English language has developed over more than 1,400 years. [ 1 ] The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the fifth century, are called Old English .
The resulting list of "100 novels that shaped our world", [1] called the "100 Most Inspiring Novels" by BBC News, [2] was published by the BBC to kick off a year of celebrating literature. [2] [3] The list triggered comments from critics and other news agencies.
Captain Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) [1] [2] was an English poet, soldier, historical novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists and students of Irish mythology.
This consists of medieval literature in the Anglo-Norman tongue, and also in French.The French epic appeared in England at an early date. [5] It is believed that the Chanson de Roland was sung at the Battle of Hastings, [6] and some Anglo-Norman manuscripts of Chansons de geste have survived to this day. [7]
Earthly Powers is a panoramic saga novel of the 20th century by Anthony Burgess first published on October 13th 1980. It begins with the "outrageously provocative" [1] first sentence: "It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me."
Aleksandrs Grīns (15 August 1895 – 25 December 1941) was a Latvian writer, translator and army officer. He has written many novels and stories, many of them historic. Most of his works were banned in the Soviet Union from 1945 until 1
Soyinka won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986, as did South African novelist Nadine Gordimer in 1995. Other South African writers in English are novelist J. M. Coetzee (Nobel Prize 2003) and playwright Athol Fugard. Kenya's most internationally renowned author is Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o who has written novels, plays and short stories in English.