Abbott, Jacob

Jacob Abbott (1803–1879) was a notable American writer, educator, and minister, renowned for his contributions to children's literature in the mid-19th cent...

Abrams, D. Sam

D. Sam Abrams, born Donald Samuel Abrams Levy in 1952, is a renowned poet, translator, and critic with significant expertise in the Catalan language. His ed...

Abreu, Juan

Juan Abreu, born in Havana in 1952, is a distinguished writer, plastic artist, and columnist. His multifaceted career spans both the United States and Barce...

Abós, Álvaro

Álvaro Abós, born on October 20, 1941, in Buenos Aires, is a distinguished Argentine writer, journalist, and lawyer. He has authored numerous notable works,...

Adams, Henry Brooks

Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 27, 1918) was an American historian and a member of the Adams political family, descended from two U.S. presid...

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a globally renowned Nigerian author and feminist intellectual who has profoundly impacted contemporary literature and social dis...

Aeschylus,

Aeschylus (525/524 BC — 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, often described as the father of tragedy. Born in Eleusis, a small town about 27 kilomet...

Aesop,

Aesop (Greek: Αἴσωπος, Aísōpos; c. 620–564 BCE) was an ancient fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop’s F...

Aguirre, Nataniel

Nataniel Aguirre González (1843–1888) was a Bolivian lawyer, diplomat, politician, writer, and historian. A key figure during the War of the Pacific, he cha...

Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de

Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza (1833–1891) was a notable 19th-century Spanish novelist, best known for "El sombrero de tres picos" (The Three-Cornered Hat...

Alas, Leopoldo

Leopoldo Enrique García-Alas y Ureña, also known as Clarín, was a Spanish realist novelist born in Zamora. His inflammatory articles, known as paliques (“ch...

Albrecht, Ada

Ada Albrecht, an Argentine polymath, is known for her prolific contributions as an author, translator, professor, composer, and poet. She founded the Hastin...

Alcott, Louisa May

Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known for writing the novel Little Women (...

Alexander, Lloyd Chudley

Lloyd Chudley Alexander (January 30, 1924 – May 17, 2007) was an American author of more than 40 books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adul...

Alighieri, Dante

Dante Alighieri, most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante, was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. He ...

Allen, James

James Allen (28 November 1864 – 24 January 1912) was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of the sel...

Allende, Isabel

Isabel Angélica Allende Llona, born on August 2, 1942, is a renowned Chilean writer. Allende’s works often contain aspects of the genre magical realism, and...

Alten, Steve

Steve Alten is an American science-fiction author best known for his Meg series of novels, which center around the fictional survival of the megalodon, a gi...

Amengual, Claudia

Claudia Amengual Puceiro, born on January 7, 1969, in Montevideo, Uruguay, is a renowned Uruguayan writer and translator. She is a recipient of the prestigi...

Amicis, Edmondo De

Edmondo De Amicis (October 21, 1846 – March 11, 1908) was an Italian novelist, journalist, poet, and short-story writer, best known for his children’s novel...

Ampuero, Fernando

Fernando Pedro Ampuero del Bosque (b. July 13, 1949, Lima, Peru) is a versatile figure renowned for his work as a journalist, writer, poet, playwright, and ...

Ampuero, María Fernanda

María Fernanda Ampuero, born on April 14, 1976, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, is a celebrated feminist writer and journalist. Her work, focusing on themes of viole...

Andersen, Hans Christian

Hans Christian Andersen (April 2, 1805 - August 4, 1875) was a Danish author renowned for his literary fairy tales. Born in Odense, near Copenhagen, Denmark...

Andújar, Carolina

Carolina Andújar Córdoba, born in Cali, Colombia, is a distinguished author in the realm of gothic literature, known for her captivating novels that blend e...

Apuleius,

Apuleius, also known as Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis, born circa 124 CE in Madauros, Numidia (modern-day Algeria), was a prominent Latin writer, philosopher,...

Arango, Amalia Andrade

Amalia Andrade Arango, born on January 20, 1988, in Cali, Colombia, is a distinguished writer, journalist, and illustrator, renowned for her bestselling boo...

Arbeleche, Jorge

Jorge Arbeleche, born on October 23, 1943, in Montevideo, is a distinguished Uruguayan poet, essayist, and literature professor. He has made significant con...

Archer, Jeffrey Howard

Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare, is a renowned English novelist and life peer known for his bestselling books published in over 114 countr...

Arguedas, Alcides

Alcides Arguedas (July 15, 1879 in La Paz – May 6, 1946 in Chulumani) was a Bolivian writer, historian, and diplomat. His literary work, which had a profoun...

Aristophanes,

Aristophanes (446–386 BC), the foremost comic playwright of ancient Athens, known as "The Father of Comedy" and "the Prince of Ancient Comedy." He authored ...

Aristotle,

Aristotle (384–322 BCE) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His intellectual range was vast, covering most of the sciences and many of the arts, ...

Arlt, Roberto

Roberto Arlt (April 26, 1900 – July 26, 1942) was an Argentine novelist, storyteller, playwright, journalist, and inventor. Born as Roberto Godofredo Christ...

Armas, Edda

Edda Armas, born June 2, 1955, in Caracas, is a renowned Venezuelan poet, writer, and social psychologist. Her career encompasses creative, scholarly, and c...

Arnim, Elizabeth von

Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 – 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. She was born in Australia and her earliest wor...

Arreola, Juan José

Juan José Arreola Zúñiga (1918–2001) was a Mexican writer, academic, and actor. As a master of brief subgenres, including the short story, the epigram, and ...

Arsuaga, Juan Luis

Juan Luis Arsuaga Ferreras, born in 1954 in Madrid, is a distinguished Spanish paleoanthropologist and author renowned for his significant contributions to ...

Atwood, Margaret

Margaret Eleanor Atwood, born in 1939 in Ottawa, Canada, is a prolific Canadian writer known for her diverse literary contributions. With over 18 novels, 18...

Auden, W. H.

Wystan Hugh Auden, commonly known as W. H. Auden, was a British-American poet renowned for his remarkable stylistic and technical achievement. Born on Febru...

Aurelius, Marcus

Marcus Aurelius was a Roman emperor and a Stoic philosopher who lived from 121 to 180 CE. He is widely regarded as one of the Five Good Emperors of Rome, wh...

Austen, Jane

Jane Austen, born on December 16, 1775, and died on July 18, 1817, was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critiq...

Avellaneda, Alonso Fernández de

Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda is a name that has intrigued literary scholars for centuries. It is the pseudonym of an otherwise unknown author who wrote a ...

Azuela, Mariano

Mariano Azuela González (January 1, 1873 – March 1, 1952) was a Mexican writer and medical doctor, best known for his fictional stories of the Mexican Revol...

Ávila, Teresa of

Teresa of Ávila, also known as Saint Teresa of Jesus, was born as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada on March 28, 1515, in Ávila, Spain. She is recognized a...