Saavedra, Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (September 29, 1547 - April 22, 1616) was a Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet. He is widely regarded as the greatest write...

Sabatini, Rafael

Rafael Sabatini (29 April 1875 – 13 February 1950) was an Italian-born British writer renowned for his romance and adventure novels. His works gained worldw...

Sagan, Carl

Carl Sagan (1934–1996) was a renowned American astronomer, astrophysicist, and science communicator. He authored influential science books like "The Dragons...

Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, born on June 29, 1900, in Lyon, France, was a French aviator and writer whose works are the unique testimony of a pilot and a warr...

Salgari, Emilio

Emilio Salgari (1862-1911), an Italian writer renowned for his adventurous tales, pioneered Italian science fiction and influenced pop culture as the "grand...

Samaniego, Félix María de

Félix María de Samaniego, born on October 12, 1745, in Laguardia, Álava, was a distinguished Spanish writer of noble descent, renowned for his didactic fabl...

Santayana, George

Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, known in English as George Santayana (1863–1952) was a Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet, and n...

Santrock, John W.

John W. Santrock, a distinguished figure in the field of developmental psychology, is celebrated for his extensive contributions to the academic and practic...

Saramago, José

José Saramago, born on November 16, 1922, in Azinhaga, Portugal, was a renowned Portuguese novelist and man of letters. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for L...

Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (born February 14, 1811, San Juan, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata now in Argentina[[?]]—died September 11, 1888, Asunción, Pa...

Sasturain, Juan

Juan Sasturain, born August 5, 1945, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a distinguished actor and writer celebrated for his impactful contributions to literatur...

Schiller, Friedrich

Friedrich Schiller, born on November 10, 1759, in Marbach, Württemberg, Germany, was a prominent German dramatist, poet, and literary theorist. Notable for ...

Schopenhauer, Arthur

Arthur Schopenhauer (February 22, 1788 – September 21, 1860) was a renowned German philosopher, often referred to as the 'philosopher of pessimism’. He is b...

Schweblin, Samanta

Born in 1978 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Samanta Schweblin is a celebrated author residing in Berlin, Germany. Her innovative storytelling style and themati...

Scott, Walter

Sir Walter Scott (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish historian, novelist, poet, and playwright. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and is o...

Senge, Peter

Peter Senge, an influential American systems scientist born in 1947, has shaped organizational development profoundly. Renowned for "The Fifth Discipline" (...

Sewell, Anna

Anna Sewell (30 March 1820 – 25 April 1878) was an English novelist, best known as the author of the classic 1877 novel "Black Beauty". Born in Great Yarmou...

Shakespeare, William

William Shakespeare (bapt. 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the En...

Shaw, George Bernard

George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist. His influence on W...

Sheldon, Sidney

Sidney Sheldon, born Sidney Schechtel on February 11, 1917, in Chicago, was a prominent American writer. He gained early fame on Broadway and in film, winni...

Shelley, Mary

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, also known as Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, was an English Romantic novelist best known as the author of Frankenstein. Her work i...

Shinn, Florence Scovel

Florence Scovel Shinn (1871-1940) began as an artist and illustrator before becoming a prominent New Thought spiritual teacher and writer. Her influential w...

Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Henryk Sienkiewicz, born May 5, 1846, in Poland, emerged from a humble background to become a celebrated Polish writer, also known as Litwos. Renowned for h...

Silvera, Adam

Adam Silvera, born June 7, 1990, is a renowned American young adult fiction author from the South Bronx, NYC. He gained fame for novels like "They Both Die ...

Silverstein, Shel

Sheldon Allan Silverstein, known as Shel Silverstein, was a versatile American writer, poet, cartoonist, and musician born on September 25, 1930, in Chicago...

Sinclair, Upton

Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American writer, muckraker, political activist, and the 1934 Democratic Party nomin...

Skorka, Abraham

Abraham Skorka, born on July 5, 1950, is an Argentine biophysicist, rabbi, and book author. He is rector emeritus of the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano ...

Smith, Adam

Adam Smith (baptized June 5, 1723, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland—died July 17, 1790, Edinburgh) was a Scottish social philosopher and political economist. He is...

Somers, Armonía

Armonía Somers, born Armonía Liropeya Etchepare Locino in 1914, was a prominent Uruguayan feminist, pedagogue, and writer known for her transgressive style....

Sophocles,

Sophocles (c. 497/496 – winter 406/405 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian. He is known as one of the three ancient Greek tragedians from whom at least one p...

Soto, Hernando de

Hernando de Soto, also known as Fernando de Soto, was a Spanish explorer and conquistador born around 1496/97 in Jerez de los Caballeros, Badajoz, Spain. He...

Soto, Hernando de

Hernando de Soto Polar, born on June 2, 1941, is a prominent Peruvian economist known for his groundbreaking work on the informal economy and the significan...

Spillane, Mickey

Mickey Spillane, born Frank Morrison Spillane on March 9, 1918, in Brooklyn, was an American crime novelist famed for his detective character Mike Hammer. H...

Springsteen, Bruce

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen, born on September 23, 1949, is an iconic American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is affectionately nicknamed...

Spyri, Johanna

Johanna Louise Spyri (née Heusser) was a Swiss author of novels, notably children’s stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. She was born on June 12, ...

Stamateas, Bernardo

Bernardo Stamateas, born on January 13, 1965, is a distinguished family therapist, licensed psychologist, and clinical sexologist. A member of the Sociedad ...

Steel, Danielle

Danielle Steel, born August 14, 1947, in NYC, is an American writer celebrated for her romance novels. With 190 books, including 140 novels, she's sold over...

Stein, Gertrude

Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and raised...

Steinbeck, John

John Ernst Steinbeck, born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California, was a renowned American writer celebrated for his profound impact on literature. He...

Stendhal,

Stendhal (1783–1842), born Marie-Henri Beyle, was a prominent 19th-century French writer celebrated for his pioneering realism. Notable works include "Le Ro...

Sterne, Laurence

Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric, known for his significant contributions to literature. B...

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Robert Louis Stevenson, originally named Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson, was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet, and travel writer. He was born on November...

Stiglitz, Joseph E.

Joseph Eugene Stiglitz, born on February 9, 1943, in Gary, Indiana, is an acclaimed American economist and professor at Columbia University. A Nobel laureat...

Stoker, Bram

Bram Stoker, born as Abraham Stoker on November 8, 1847, in Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland, is best known as the author of the Gothic horror tale Dracula....

Storni, Alfonsina

Alfonsina Storni (May 29, 1892 – October 25, 1938) was an Argentine poet and playwright of the modernist period. Born in Sala Capriasca, Switzerland, Storni...

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist, best known for her novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1852). The novel...

Stratemeyer, Edward

Edward L. Stratemeyer (1862–1930) was a pioneering American publisher and writer of children’s fiction. He founded the Stratemeyer Syndicate, authored over ...

Strathern, Paul

Paul Strathern is a Scots-Irish writer and academic, born in 1940 in London. He studied philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin, served in the Merchant Navy, ...

Suárez, Julio E.

Julio Emilio Suárez Sedraschi, widely known as Peloduro, was a distinguished Uruguayan caricature artist, journalist, and comic book artist born on Septembe...

Suárez, Karla

Karla Suárez, born on October 28, 1969, in La Habana, Cuba, is a celebrated Cuban writer whose works have been translated into multiple languages. Despite e...

Swift, Jonathan

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick’s C...

Sztajnszrajber, Darío

Darío Gabriel Sztajnszrajber, also known as Darío Szeta, is a prominent Argentine philosopher, writer, and educator, born on June 16, 1968, in Buenos Aires....

Sábato, Ernesto

Ernesto Sábato, born as Ernesto Roque Sábato, was an Argentine novelist, journalist, essayist, painter, and physicist. He was born on June 24, 1911, in Roja...

Sáenz, Dalmiro

Dalmiro Antonio Sáenz (June 13, 1926 – September 11, 2016) was an Argentine writer and playwright. Born in Buenos Aires, he began his literary activity earl...

Süskind, Patrick

Patrick Süskind (b. March 26, 1949) is a renowned German writer famous for "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" (1985), selling over 20 million copies in 49 l...