Cadenas, Rafael

Rafael Cadenas, born on April 8, 1930, in Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela, is a renowned Venezuelan poet and essayist. He is recognized for his significant co...

Caesar, Julius

Julius Caesar, born on July 12 or 13, 100 BC, was a celebrated Roman general and statesman. He is known for his conquest of Gaul (58–50 BC), victory in the ...

Cambaceres, Eugenio

Eugenio Cambaceres (1843–1888) was a prominent Argentine writer and politician. Born into a wealthy landholding Argentine family of French heritage, Cambace...

Campo, Estanislao del

Estanislao del Campo (February 7, 1834 – November 6, 1880) was an Argentine poet and journalist, best known for his significant contributions to gaucho poet...

Camus, Albert

Albert Camus (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, journalist, and political activist. Born in Mondovi, Algeria, C...

Canclini, Arnoldo

Arnoldo Canclini was a prominent Baptist pastor, historian, writer, and Argentine academic, born on January 11, 1926, in La Plata and passed away on June 10...

Candia, César di

César di Candia, born October 24, 1929, in Florida, Uruguay, is a distinguished journalist and writer. His contributions span renowned publications like El ...

Capote, Truman

Truman Garcia Capote, born as Truman Streckfus Persons, was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. He was born on September 30, 1924, in...

Cardoso, Oscar Raúl

Oscar Raúl Cardoso (1948-2009) was a prominent Argentine journalist known for his expertise in international politics and investigative journalism. He autho...

Carnegie, Dale

Dale Carnegie, originally named Dale Harbison Carnagey, was an American writer and lecturer, and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesm...

Carpentier, Alejo

Alejo Carpentier y Valmont (December 26, 1904 – April 24, 1980) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American liter...

Carriego, Evaristo

Evaristo Carriego (1883-1912) was an Argentine poet known for his influence on tango lyrics and his lasting legacy captured in a biography by Jorge Luis Bor...

Carroll, Lewis

Lewis Carroll, whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was an English author, poet, mathematician, and photographer. He is best known for his children...

Casares, Adolfo Bioy

Adolfo Bioy Casares (September 15, 1914 – March 8, 1999) was an Argentine fiction writer, journalist, diarist, and translator. He was a friend and frequent ...

Casas, Bartolomé de las

Bartolomé de las Casas, born in 1484 in Seville, Spain, was a significant figure in the history of the Americas. Known as the Apostle of the Indies, he was ...

Cather, Willa

Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The ...

Catullus, Gaius Valerius

Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84 - c. 54 BCE), a renowned Latin poet from Verona, Italy, is celebrated for his intimate, humorous, and emotive verses. He immo...

Cela, Camilo José

Camilo José Cela (May 11, 1916 - January 17, 2002) was a renowned Spanish writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1989. He was born in Iria Flavia,...

Cercas, Javier

Javier Cercas Mena, born in 1962 in Ibahernando, Spain, is a renowned Spanish writer and professor of Spanish literature. He is best known for his novel “So...

Chambers, Robert W.

Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer. He is best known for his book of short stories titled ...

Chaucer, Geoffrey

Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1342/43–1400) is a seminal figure in English literature, celebrated as "the first finder of our language." He achieved renown for "The C...

Chavarría, Daniel

Daniel Chavarría (November 23, 1933 – April 6, 2018) was a Uruguayan writer, translator, and screenwriter who resided in Cuba from 1969 until his passing. R...

Chesterton, G. K.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English writer, philosopher, Christian apologist, and literary and art critic. Known for his ex...

Childers, Robert Erskine

Robert Erskine Childers DSC (25 June 1870 – 24 November 1922), usually known as Erskine Childers, was an English-born Irish nationalist who established hims...

Chopin, Kate

Kate Chopin, born as Katherine O’Flaherty (February 8, 1851 – August 22, 1904), was an influential American author of short stories and novels. Most of her ...

Chopra, Deepak

Deepak Chopra, born on October 22, 1946, in New Delhi, India, is a prominent Indian-American author and advocate for alternative medicine. A key figure in t...

Christie, Agatha

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels ...

Cicero, Marcus Tullius

Marcus Tullius Cicero, also known as Cicero, was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and writer who tried to uphold republican principles during the final c...

Clancy, Tom

Tom Clancy (1947–2013) was an influential American novelist renowned for his meticulously researched espionage and military-science thrillers, notably set i...

Clark, Mary Higgins

Mary Higgins Clark, born Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins, was a renowned American suspense novelist. Each of her 51 books was a bestseller in the U.S. and Euro...

Clason, George Samuel

George Samuel Clason (November 7, 1874 – April 5, 1957) was an American author, best known for his book “The Richest Man in Babylon” which was first publish...

Clausewitz, Carl von

Carl Philipp Gottlieb von Clausewitz (1780–1831) was a Prussian general and military theorist renowned for his seminal work, "On War" (Vom Kriege, 1832). He...

Cleland, John

John Cleland (1709—1789) was an English novelist, best known for his work "Fanny Hill; or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure". After serving as a consul at Smy...

Coates, Ta-Nehisi

Ta-Nehisi Coates is an acclaimed American author, journalist, and activist known for his insightful explorations of race, culture, and politics in the Unite...

Coelho, Paulo

Paulo Coelho de Souza, born on August 24, 1947, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a renowned Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He is best known for his rich symb...

Coetzee, J. M.

J. M. Coetzee, a South African and Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, and translator, won the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born on February 9, 1940...

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian. He was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England ...

Collins, Mabel

Mabel Collins (9 September 1851 – 31 March 1927) was a British anti-vivisectionist, occultist, and author of over 46 books. She was a significant figure in ...

Collins, Wilkie

William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright. He is best known for his detective novel The Moonstone a...

Collodi, Carlo

Carlo Collodi, whose real name was Carlo Lorenzini, was an Italian author, humorist, and journalist, best known for his fairy tale novel "The Adventures of ...

Conant, Levi L.

Levi Leonard Conant (1857–1916) was an influential American mathematician known for his work in trigonometry and his seminal book "The Number Concept: Its O...

Confucius,

Confucius, also known as Kong Fuzi, Kongzi, or Master Kong, was a renowned Chinese philosopher, teacher, and political theorist. Born as Kong Qiu around 551...

Conrad, Joseph

Joseph Conrad, originally named Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, was a Polish-British novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the greates...

Cooper, James Fenimore

James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century. Born in Burlington, New Jersey...

Coronel, Jorge Icaza

Jorge Icaza Coronel (July 10, 1906 – May 26, 1978), commonly referred to as Jorge Icaza, was a renowned writer from Ecuador. He is best known for his novel ...

Cortázar, Julio

Julio Cortázar, born as Julio Florencio Cortázar Descotte, was an Argentine author of novels and short stories. He was born on August 26, 1914, in Ixelles, ...

Crane, Stephen

Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable...

Cruz, Juana Inés de la

Juana Inés de la Cruz, born as Juana Ramírez de Asbaje, was a colonial Mexican writer, philosopher, composer, and poet of the Baroque period. She was also a...

Cussler, Clive

Clive Eric Cussler (1931-2020) was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer, best known for his Dirk Pitt thrillers, which frequently topped T...

Cáceres, Jorge Luis

Jorge Luis Cáceres (Quito, 1982) is an Ecuadorian writer, editor, and anthologist. He was recognized as one of “the 34 Latin American authors of unquestiona...