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James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet and literary critic.He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century.
American author and biographer; daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie [49] Bernard Binlin Dadié: 1916–2019: 103: Ivorian novelist, playwright and poet [50] Robin Dalton: 1920–2022: 101: Australian literary agent and journalist [51] Hope Hale Davis: 1903–2004: 100: American feminist and communist, later author and writing teacher [52 ...
Langston Hughes (1902–1967), US poet, novelist and playwright; Ted Hughes (1930–1998), English poet and children's writer; Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom; Richard Hugo (1923–1982), US poet; Victor Hugo (1802–1885), French poet, novelist and dramatist; Vicente Huidobro (1893–1948), Chilean poet; Lynda Hull (1954–1994), US poet
Arna Wendell Bontemps (/ b ɒ n ˈ t ɒ m / bon-TOM [1]) (October 13, 1902 – June 4, 1973) [2] was an American poet, novelist and librarian, and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance. Early life [ edit ]
Patricia Aakhus (1952–2012), The Voyage of Mael Duin's Curragh Rachel Aaron, Fortune's Pawn Atia Abawi Edward Abbey (1927–1989), The Monkey Wrench Gang Lynn Abbey (born 1948), Daughter of the Bright Moon Laura Abbot, My Name is Nell Belle Kendrick Abbott (1842–1893), Leah Mordecai Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958), poet, novelist and short story writer Hailey Abbott, Summer Boys ...
James Stephens' birth is somewhat shrouded in mystery. Stephens himself claimed to have been born on the same day and same year as James Joyce (2 February 1882), whereas he is in fact probably the same James Stephens who is on record as being born at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, on 9 February 1880, the son of Francis Stephens (c. 1840–1882/3) of 5 Thomas's Court, Dublin, a vanman and a ...
George Meredith OM (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. At first, his focus was poetry, influenced by John Keats among others, but Meredith gradually established a reputation as a novelist. The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859) briefly scandalised Victorian literary circles.
Aphra Behn (/ ˈ æ f r ə b ɛ n /; [a] bapt. 14 December 1640 [1] [2] – 16 April 1689) was an English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator from the Restoration era.As one of the first English women to earn her living by her writing, she broke cultural barriers and served as a literary role model for later generations of women authors.