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Haggard, H. Rider

Haggard, H. Rider

Sir Henry Rider Haggard KBE (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, ...

Hallett, Janice

Hallett, Janice

Janice Hallett, born in 1969, is a prominent British journalist, screenwriter, and mystery novelist. Her debut, "The Appeal", became the UK’s second bestsel...

Hamilton, Alexander

Hamilton, Alexander

Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was a significant figure in the founding of the United States. Born into obscurity in the West...

Hamilton, Edmond

Hamilton, Edmond

Edmond Moore Hamilton (October 21, 1904 – February 1, 1977) was a prominent American science fiction writer renowned for his prolific contributions to the g...

Harari, Yuval Noah

Harari, Yuval Noah

Yuval Noah Harari, an Israeli author and historian born in 1976, is a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is renowned for his bestsellers “S...

Hardy, Thomas

Hardy, Thomas

Thomas Hardy (June 2, 1840 – January 11, 1928) was an English novelist, poet, and short story writer. Born in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, England, Hardy was...

Harris, Robert

Harris, Robert

Robert Harris, born on March 7, 1957, in Nottingham, England, is a renowned British novelist and former journalist. He gained fame with his debut novel "Fat...

Harwicz, Ariana

Harwicz, Ariana

Ariana Harwicz, born in Buenos Aires in 1977, is an Argentine writer known for her provocative exploration of taboos like female desire, maternal instinct, ...

Hasbún, Rodrigo

Hasbún, Rodrigo

Rodrigo Hasbún, born in 1981 in Cochabamba, is a prominent Bolivian writer known for his short stories and novels. His second novel, "Los Afectos" (Affectio...

Hawking, Stephen

Hawking, Stephen

Stephen William Hawking (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the C...

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in Salem, Massachuse...

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (August 27, 1770 - November 14, 1831) was a German philosopher and one of the most influential figures of German idealism and ...

Heindel, Max

Heindel, Max

Max Heindel, born as Carl Louis von Grasshoff on July 23, 1865, was a Danish-American Christian occultist, astrologer, and mystic. He is best known as the f...

Hemingway, Ernest

Hemingway, Ernest

Ernest Miller Hemingway, born on July 21, 1899, in Cicero (now in Oak Park), Illinois, U.S., and died on July 2, 1961, in Ketchum, Idaho, was an American no...

Hernández, José

Hernández, José

José Hernández, born as José Rafael Hernández y Pueyrredón on 10 November 1834 in Chacras del Perdriel, is an iconic figure in Argentine literature. He is b...

Herodotus,

Herodotus,

Herodotus, often called “The Father of History,” was a Greek historian and geographer from Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey), born around 484 BC and dying ...

Herrera, Yuri

Herrera, Yuri

Yuri Herrera, born in 1970 in Actopan, Mexico, is a distinguished political scientist, editor, and contemporary writer. He studied Political Science at the ...

Hesse, Hermann

Hesse, Hermann

Hermann Hesse, born on July 2, 1877, in Calw, Germany, and died on August 9, 1962, in Montagnola, Switzerland, was a renowned German-Swiss poet, novelist, a...

Hill, Napoleon

Hill, Napoleon

Oliver Napoleon Hill (October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970) was an American self-help author. He is best known for his book “Think and Grow Rich” (1937), whi...

Hinton, S. E.

Hinton, S. E.

Susan Eloise Hinton, born on July 22, 1948, is an American writer renowned for her young-adult novels set in Oklahoma, most notably “The Outsiders” (1967), ...

Hippo, Augustine of

Hippo, Augustine of

Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North ...

Hobbes, Thomas

Hobbes, Thomas

Thomas Hobbes (April 5, 1588 - December 4, 1679) was an influential English philosopher, best known for his work in political philosophy. His most notable w...

Hodgson, William Hope

Hodgson, William Hope

William Hope Hodgson (15 November 1877 – 19 April 1918) was an English author known for his significant contributions to the literature of horror, fantastic...

Hoffmann, E. T. A.

Hoffmann, E. T. A.

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822) was a German writer, composer, and painter, influential in the Romantic movement. Known for his supernatural and ...

Hogg, James

Hogg, James

James Hogg (1770 – 21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet, novelist, and essayist known for writing in Scots and English. Initially a shepherd and farmhand, ...

Homer,

Homer,

Homer, born around the 8th century BC, is a revered Greek poet, credited as the author of the epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey. These works are foundat...

Hoover, Colleen

Hoover, Colleen

Colleen Hoover is an American author who has captivated readers worldwide with her emotionally charged contemporary romance and young adult novels. Beginnin...

Hope, Anthony

Hope, Anthony

Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was a British novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, esp...

Hughes, Langston

Hughes, Langston

Langston Hughes, whose full name was James Mercer Langston Hughes, was an influential American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. B...

Hugo, Victor

Hugo, Victor

Victor-Marie Hugo, sometimes nicknamed “The Supreme Poet,” was a French writer and politician who had a literary career spanning more than sixty years. He w...

Huidobro, Vicente

Huidobro, Vicente

Vicente García-Huidobro Fernández, known as Vicente Huidobro, was a Chilean poet born to an aristocratic family on January 10, 1893, in Santiago, Chile. He ...

Hume, David

Hume, David

David Hume (born David Home; 7 May New Style; 26 April Old Style 1711 – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, and ...

Hunter, Evan

Hunter, Evan

Evan Hunter, born Salvatore Albert Lombino, was an American author renowned for his crime and mystery fiction, particularly the 87th Precinct novels under t...

Huxley, Aldous

Huxley, Aldous

Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and philosopher, born on July 26, 1894, in Godalming, Surrey, England. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, i...

Huysmans, Joris-Karl

Huysmans, Joris-Karl

Joris-Karl Huysmans, born Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans on February 5, 1848, in Paris, was a notable French novelist and art critic. Known for his distinct...