Laclos, Pierre Choderlos de

Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos (1741–1803) was a French novelist, official, Freemason, and army general, renowned for his 1782 epistolary nove...

Laforet, Carmen

Carmen Laforet (Barcelona, 6 September 1921 – Madrid, 28 February 2004) was a Spanish author who wrote in the period after the Spanish Civil War. An importa...

Lamb, Charles

Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an esteemed English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, renowned for his "Essays of Elia" and the childr...

Lamb, Mary

Mary Anne Lamb (1764–1847), an English writer, is famed for co-authoring "Tales from Shakespeare" with her brother Charles. Despite grappling with mental il...

Lansing, Alfred

Alfred Mark Lansing (July 21, 1921 – August 27, 1975) was an American journalist and writer, best known for his book “Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voy...

Laozi,

Laozi, also romanized as Lao Tzu and various other ways, was a semi-legendary ancient Chinese philosopher. He is the author of the Tao Te Ching, the foundat...

Larned, William Trowbridge

William Trowbridge Larned (1865–1928) was a notable author and editor, famous for his early 20th-century fairy tales. Some of his notable works include “The...

Larsson, Stieg

Stieg Larsson, born Karl Stig-Erland Larsson on August 15, 1954, in Umeå, Sweden, was a distinguished Swedish writer, journalist, and activist, renowned for...

Lautréamont, Comte de

Comte de Lautréamont, whose real name was Isidore Lucien Ducasse, was born on April 4, 1846, in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was a French poet recognized as a ma...

Lawrence, D. H.

David Herbert Lawrence, known as D. H. Lawrence, was born on September 11, 1885, in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England, and died on March 2, 1930, in Vence,...

Leblanc, Maurice

Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc (1864-1941) was a renowned French author and journalist, best known for creating the fictional character Arsène Lupin. Born on D...

Lee, Harper

Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016) was an American novelist from Monroeville, Alabama. She gained renown for her 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winn...

Leroux, Gaston

Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 1868 – 15 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. Born in Paris, Leroux is best known for his...

Lewis, C. S.

Clive Staples Lewis, commonly known as C. S. Lewis, was a renowned British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian. Born on November 29, 1898,...

Lewis, Matthew Gregory

Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775–1818) was an English novelist known for Gothic horror, earning the nickname "Monk" Lewis after his hit novel "The Monk" (1796). ...

Lewis, Sinclair

Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first author...

Lieberman, Daniel E.

Daniel E. Lieberman, born June 3, 1964, is a distinguished paleoanthropologist at Harvard University. Renowned for his research on human head and body evolu...

Lima, José Lezama

José María Andrés Fernando Lezama Lima (December 19, 1910 – August 9, 1976) was a Cuban writer, poet, and essayist. Born near Havana, Cuba, Lezama Lima is c...

Lincoln, Abraham

Abraham Lincoln, also known as Honest Abe, The Great Emancipator, and The Rail-splitter, was born on February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S. He ...

Lindsay, Vachel

Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931) was an American poet known for his “singing poetry”, a style meant to be performed rather than read. His innovative appr...

Llamazares, Julio

Julio Llamazares, born on March 28, 1955, in Vegamián, León Province, Spain, is a renowned Spanish author known for his extensive body of work that spans mu...

Llosa, Mario Vargas

Mario Vargas Llosa, born Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa on March 28, 1936, in Arequipa, Peru, is a renowned Peruvian-Spanish writer, journalist, essayist, a...

Lobo, Tatiana

Tatiana Lobo Wiehoff (13 November 1939 – 22 February 2023) was a Chilean-born Costa Rican author. Born in Puerto Montt, Chile, Lobo moved to Costa Rica in 1...

Locke, John

John Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as...

London, Jack

John Griffith Chaney, better known as Jack London, was born on January 12, 1876, in San Francisco, California. He was an American novelist, journalist, and ...

Lopetegui, Guillermo

Guillermo Lopetegui, born on September 26, 1955, in Montevideo, Uruguay, is a distinguished author known for his profound contributions to literature, inclu...

Lorca, Federico García

Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca, known as Federico García Lorca, was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. Born on June 5, 18...

Lovecraft, H. P.

Howard Phillips Lovecraft, known as H. P. Lovecraft, was an American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction. He was born on August 20, 1890, ...

Lowry, Lois

Lois Lowry, born Lois Ann Hammersberg on March 20, 1937, in Honolulu, Hawaii, is a revered American author. With nearly 50 books geared towards young adults...

Lucretius,

Lucretius, also known as Titus Lucretius Carus, a Roman poet and philosopher born around 99 BCE, is renowned for his poem "De rerum natura" (On the Nature o...

Ludlum, Robert

Robert Ludlum (1927–2001) was an American author known for his 27 thriller novels, including the Jason Bourne series. His books, published in 33 languages a...

Lugones, Leopoldo

Leopoldo Antonio Lugones Argüello (June 13, 1874 – February 18, 1938) was an Argentine poet, essayist, novelist, playwright, historian, professor, translato...

Luiselli, Valeria

Valeria Luiselli, born on August 16, 1983, in Mexico City, Mexico, is a highly acclaimed Mexican-American author. She has lived in various parts of the worl...

López, Vicente Fidel

Vicente Fidel López (April 24, 1815 in Buenos Aires – August 30, 1903) was an Argentine historian, lawyer, and politician. He was a founding member of sever...