Great Writers

Brief biography of novelist Marie-Henri Beyle, known by pen name Stendhal, famous for novels The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma.

Jan 22, 2010 - Tel Asiado

This article is a biography of novelist Mary Shelley, English horror writer famous for Frankenstein and wife of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Jan 22, 2010 - Tel Asiado

Voltaire's life works and brief biography, famous for many satires including his best known Candide, and Philosophical Letters.

Jan 11, 2010 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography of Swedish playwright and novelist August Strindberg, whose success started with novel The Red Room prior famous plays, Miss Julie and The Father.

Dec 25, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography Welsh Dylan Thomas, poet and writer, best known for writing about life in Wales, apparently depicted in Under Milk Wood.

Dec 22, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography of Czeslaw Milosz, Polish-American poet and writer. He was the 1980 Nobel laureate for literature; his first poetry book was Poem of the Frozen Time.

Dec 14, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography of Czech author Karek Capek, best known for the play R.U.R. about race robots that became human, and credited for the word 'robot.'

Dec 12, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography of Russian novelist, playwright, and short-story writer Nikolai Gogol, famous for masterpiece epic Dead Souls, a satirical long short-story fiction.

Dec 4, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography of French novelist, playwright and critic André Gide, 1947 Nobel Prize Winner for literature, best known for The Immoralist and The Counterfeiters.

Dec 2, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography of Roman Poet Sextus Propertius, best known for elegies of passionate love. His name is mentioned alongside Horace and Ovid.

Nov 29, 2009 - Tel Asiado

American poet, short story writer and novelist W.C. Williams, also an obstetrician, was a prolific poet and writer. He is best known for Pictures from Brueghel.

Nov 24, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography of American writer Thornton Wilder, multi-awarded Pulitzer Prize winner of The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Our Town, and The Skin of Our Teeth.

Nov 24, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography of Irish playwright Sean O'Casey, famous for Mirror in My House and The Shadow of a Gunman.

Nov 22, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography of Dominican-born British novelist and short story writer Jean Rhys, whose fiction echoes her childhood, best known for Wide Sargasso Sea.

Nov 21, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography of Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello, best known for Six Characters in Search of an Author and Right You Are, If You Think You Are.

Nov 21, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography and books of Ray Bradbury, one of the founders of modern science fiction, best known for Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and other sci-fi novels.

Nov 19, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography of American Southern author Eudora Welty, 1973 Pulitzer Prize winner for her The Optimist's Daughter.

Nov 16, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography of Hilaire Belloc, a versatile English writer and parliamentarian best known for children's verses like Cautionary Tales and Bad Child's Book of Beasts.

Nov 15, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography of prolific French playwright Jean Anouilh, best known for Antigone, Becket, The Lark, and The Traveller without Luggage.

Nov 14, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography of American playwright Eugene O'Neil, best known for dramatic plays of modern town life such as Long Day's Journey into Night and The Iceman Cometh.

Nov 6, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography of Mexican poet Octavio Paz, famous for The Labyrinth of Solitude, Sun Stone and other poetry on the theme of harmony.

Nov 5, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography of William Hazlitt, one of the greatest English writers of essays, famous for Characters of Shakespeare's Plays and Life of Napoleon.

Oct 26, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography of British writer Arnold Bennett, England's exponent of realistic writing, his novels set in the Potteries.

Oct 26, 2009 - Tel Asiado

A biography of German philosopher Friedrich von Schiller, with focus on his work as a playwright and poet, best known for Ode to Joy, The Robbers, and historical dramas.

Oct 24, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Brief biography of Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian playwright and poet of early 20th century Lenin era, best known for his revolutionary literary works.

Oct 19, 2009 - Tel Asiado

Governess, art historian, inveterate traveler Anna Jameson conveyed her many interests through her 19th century writings.

Jan 20, 2010 - Kathleen Airdrie

Madeleine L'Engle, the author of several novels, children's fantasy books, and memoirs, reflects on the intersection of her faith in God and her work as an artist.

Jan 12, 2010 - Brooke Adams

Leo Tolstoy was a driving force behind educational changes in Russia by challenging ideas of who and how to teach.

Dec 26, 2009 - Tammy Andrew

Margaret Laurence, one of Canada's most honored and respected writers faced controversies related to censorship of The Diviners.

Dec 18, 2009 - Kathleen Airdrie

Jean Margaret Laurence nee Wemyss, one of Canada's most revered writers, presented a wonderful depth of feelings in her characters such as Morag in The Diviners.

Dec 16, 2009 - Kathleen Airdrie

What do American mythologist, writer and lecturer Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) and Brazilian author Paulo Coelho have in common?

Oct 30, 2009 - Jane Alexandra Cormack

Ever wondered about the secret behind the book titled "The Secret?" Author Rhonda Byrne said that reading "The Science of Getting Rich" inspired her success.

Oct 17, 2009 - Nadine Visagie

Poet, parish clerk, gardener, writer and traveler, Leonard Wheatcroft's poems, letters and autobiography give a fascinating glimpse of life in 17th Century England.

Aug 25, 2009 - Elaine Findlay

Perhaps one of the most prolific writers of all time, Max Brand achieved success in the early 20th century, writing hundreds of novels, short stories and poems.

Mar 1, 2009 - Matthew Pizzolato

Louis L'amour became one of the most prolific western writers in history. L'amour's works include the Hopalong Cassidy novels and "Education of a Wandering Man."

Mar 1, 2009 - Matthew Pizzolato

Mary Darby Robinson (1752-1800) was one of the most prolific and well-known writers of the Romantic era (1789-1819). She wrote poetry, plays, novels, and essays.

Feb 27, 2009 - Carrie Prefontaine

Charles Dickens is most known for writing novels like Oliver Twist, but wrote numerous short stories, poetry and articles over the course of his life.

Dec 14, 2008 - Sabrina Louise Webb

Orwell is most well known for his novels Animal Farm (1945) and 1984 (1949). He wrote numerous novels, poems and literary criticism.

Dec 14, 2008 - Sabrina Louise Webb

In her book The Sadeian Woman Carter argues that the work of Sade is not mere pornography, but is a searing critique on the sexes and relationships between men and women.

Oct 15, 2008 - Sabrina Louise Webb

Fyodor Dostoevsky's works continue to influence contemporary authors. His early novels set the stage for existential philosophy and modern psychology.

Jul 27, 2008 - Vickie Britton

The Marquis De Sade: Infamous, pornographic... revolutionary. Angela Carter redefined the works of the philosopher the Marquis De Sade in her book 'The Sadeian Woman.'

Jul 7, 2008 - Sabrina Louise Webb

Willa Cather is strongly associated with the midwest. Her childhood years formed the setting and inspiration for My Antonia, O Pioneers! and other famous works.

Apr 20, 2008 - Vickie Britton

Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of America's greatest early writers. Social and moral responsibility are two recurring themes in Hawthorne's works.

Mar 10, 2008 - Vickie Britton

Of all the men suspected of being Jack the Ripper, kindly author Lewis Caroll was probably the most unlikely candidate of all time. How, then, did he fall under suspicion

Dec 10, 2007 - Vickie Britton

A brief biography of Dante, author of the Divine Comedy and best-known writer of the High Middle Ages.

Dec 2, 2007 - Bret T. Norwood