Bacon, Francis

Francis Bacon, aka Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman, born January 22, 1561, in London, England, and died April 9, 1626. Known for his ...

Baldacci, David

David Baldacci (born August 5, 1960) is an American novelist known for his suspense novels and legal thrillers. A former attorney, he began writing as a chi...

Ball, Philip

Philip Ball (born 1962) is a distinguished British science writer known for his influential tenure at Nature journal spanning over twenty years. With a back...

Balzac, Honoré de

Honoré de Balzac, originally named Honoré Balssa, was born on May 20, 1799, in Tours, France. He was a French literary artist who produced a vast number of ...

Barbieri, Alejandro De

Alejandro De Barbieri is a renowned Uruguayan clinical psychologist and logotherapist, born on September 20, 1971, in Lascano, Uruguay. He is known for his ...

Barca, Pedro Calderón de la

Pedro Calderón de la Barca (17 January 1600 – 25 May 1681) was a distinguished Spanish dramatist, poet, and writer of the Spanish Golden Age. Born in Madrid...

Barjavel, René

René Barjavel (1911–1985) was a French author known for his science fiction, journalism, and criticism. Born in Nyons, France, Barjavel's work addressed the...

Barrie, J. M.

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937), best known as J. M. Barrie, was a Scottish novelist and playwright. He is most remembered...

Baudelaire, Charles

Charles Pierre Baudelaire (April 9, 1821 – August 31, 1867) was a French poet, translator, and literary and art critic. His reputation primarily rests on hi...

Baum, L. Frank

Lyman Frank Baum, more commonly known as L. Frank Baum, was an American author best known for his children’s fantasy books, particularly “The Wonderful Wiza...

Baz, Gonzalo

Gonzalo Baz, born in 1985, is a prominent Uruguayan writer and director of Pez en el Hielo publishing house. He's a member of the Sancocho collective and ha...

Beauvoir, Simone de

Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986), a French writer and existentialist philosopher, is renowned for her groundbreaking treatise "The Second Sex", challenging th...

Beccaria, Cesare

Cesare Beccaria, born on March 15, 1738, in Milan, was a pioneering Italian criminologist, jurist, philosopher, economist, and politician, renowned for his ...

Behrend, Geneviève

Geneviève Behrend (1881–1960) was a prominent French-born author and teacher of Mental Science, a New Thought discipline introduced by Thomas Troward. Her i...

Bellamy, Edward

Edward Bellamy (March 26, 1850 – May 22, 1898) was an American author, journalist, and political activist. He is most famous for his utopian novel “Looking ...

Bellatin, Mario

Mario Bellatin, born in Mexico City on July 23, 1960, is a renowned Mexican author known for his experimental and avant-garde narratives. His works blur the...

Belli, Gioconda

Gioconda Belli, born December 9, 1948, in Managua, Nicaragua, is a celebrated author and poet of partial Northern Italian descent. Her literary contribution...

Benedetti, Mario

Mario Benedetti, born as Mario Orlando Hamlet Hardy Brenno Benedetti Farugia, was a renowned Uruguayan writer best known for his short stories. He was born ...

Bentley, Edmund Clerihew

Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956), known as E. C. Bentley, was an English novelist and humorist, credited with inventing the clerihew verse. Born in Londo...

Benítez, J. J.

J. J. Benítez, born on September 7, 1946, in Pamplona, Spain, is a renowned journalist, writer, and ufologist. Starting his journalism career in 1966, he ha...

Berenguer, Amanda

Amanda Berenguer (1921 – July 13, 2010) was a distinguished Uruguayan poet, celebrated as a prominent member of the Generation of 45, an influential literar...

Bierce, Ambrose

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – c. 1914) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book The Devil’s...

Blume, Judy

Judy Blume, born as Judith Sussman on February 12, 1938, is an acclaimed American author known for her significant contributions to children’s, young adult,...

Blyton, Enid

Enid Mary Blyton (1897–1968), an English children's writer, sold over 600 million books in 90 languages, ranking 4th for most translated author by June 2019...

Bobadilla, Emilio

Emilio Bobadilla (24 June 1862, Cárdenas, Cuba - 1 January 1921, Biarritz, France) was a Cuban writer, poet, literary critic, and journalist. He was also kn...

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) was an Italian author and poet, a friend, and correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. He was born i...

Bois, W. E. B. Du

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, known as W. E. B. Du Bois, was an American sociologist, historian, author, editor, and activist. He was born on February 2...

Bolaño, Roberto

Roberto Bolaño Ávalos (28 April 1953 – 15 July 2003) was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist. He is widely regarded as one of the mos...

Bombal, María Luisa

María Luisa Bombal (1910-1980) was a pioneering Chilean novelist and short-story writer, renowned for her innovative narrative style and the feminist themes...

Bonelli, Florencia

Florencia Bonelli, born on May 5, 1971, in the city of Córdoba, Argentina, is a renowned author known for her romantic novels often set against a carefully ...

Borges, Jorge Luis

Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet, and translator who is regar...

Boswell, James

James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (29 October 1740 – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh. He is best known ...

Boullosa, Carmen

Carmen Boullosa (born September 4, 1954, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a renowned Mexican poet, novelist, and playwright. Her work is recognized for its focus ...

Bradbury, Ray

Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) was a celebrated American author known for his works in fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction. His notab...

Braschi, Giannina

Giannina Braschi, born on February 5, 1953, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a renowned Puerto Rican poet, novelist, dramatist, and scholar. Her work, which spa...

Brontë, Anne

Anne Brontë (17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was an English novelist and poet, and the youngest member of the Brontë literary family. She was the daughter of...

Brontë, Charlotte

Charlotte Brontë, born on April 21, 1816, in Thornton, Yorkshire, England, was an English novelist and poet, best known for her novel “Jane Eyre,” which she...

Brontë, Emily

Emily Jane Brontë, also known by the pen name Ellis Bell, was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, “Wuthering Heights”, now co...

Buchan, John

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940), was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor Ge...

Bulgakov, Mikhail

Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov, born on May 15, 1891, in Kiev, was a distinguished Russian and Soviet writer, medical doctor, and playwright, renowned for hi...

Bunyan, John

John Bunyan (1628 – 31 August 1688) was an English writer and Puritan preacher. He is best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory “The Pilgrim’s...

Burckhardt, Jacob

Jacob Burckhardt, born on May 25, 1818, in Basel, Switzerland, was a pioneering historian of art and culture. His seminal work, "Die Kultur der Renaissance ...

Burgos, Julia de

Julia de Burgos García (February 17, 1914 – July 6, 1953) was a Puerto Rican poet. As an advocate of Puerto Rican independence, she served as Secretary Gene...

Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for her children’s nove...

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and ...

Burton, Robert

Robert Burton (1577–1640) was an English author, scholar, and Anglican clergyman renowned for "The Anatomy of Melancholy". His works include Latin poems, a ...

Burundarena, Maitena

Maitena Inés Burundarena, known professionally as Maitena, is a renowned Argentine cartoonist born on May 19, 1962, in Buenos Aires. She grew up in Bella Vi...

Byron, Lord

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 Jan 1788 – 19 Apr 1824), known as Lord Byron, was a prominent English Romantic poet, known for Childe Harold's Pilg...