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? Washington Irving (1783-1859) - American writer and diplomat, best known for short stories and historical sketches.
? Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) - American poet and writer, master of gothic fiction and pioneer of the detective genre.
? Herman Melville (1819-1891) - American novelist, best known for "Moby Dick" and a key figure in the American Renaissance.
? Bret Harte (1836-1902) - American writer, famous for short stories about the California Gold Rush.
? Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) - Renowned Russian writer, author of "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina."
? Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) - Russian novelist, known for "Crime and Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov."
? Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) - English author, famous for "The Jungle Book" and Nobel laureate in Literature.
? Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) - American writer, sociologist, and feminist, known for "The Yellow Wallpaper."
? Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) - Russian playwright and short story writer, a key figure in world literature.
? D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) - English novelist and poet, best known for "Lady Chatterley's Lover."
? James Joyce (1882-1941) - Irish modernist writer, best known for "Ulysses."
? Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) - Russian novelist, known for "Fathers and Sons," and a promoter of Russian literature in the West.
? Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) - Russian writer of Ukrainian origin, famous for "Dead Souls" and "The Government Inspector."
? Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) - Russian writer, known for "The Master and Margarita."
? Ivan Bunin (1870-1953) - First Russian Nobel laureate in Literature (1933).
? Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) - Irish writer of Gothic tales and horror fiction.
? O. Henry (William Sydney Porter, 1862-1910) - American short story writer, known for his twist endings.
? Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) - American short story writer, journalist, and Civil War veteran, author of "The Devil's Dictionary."
? Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) - Scottish novelist and essayist, author of "Treasure Island."
? H. G. Wells (1866-1946) - English writer, known for his science fiction, including "The War of the Worlds."
? W. W. Jacobs (1863-1943) - English author, best known for his short story "The Monkey's Paw."
? Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) - British writer and physician, creator of Sherlock Holmes.
? Henry James (1843-1916) - American-British author, known for his novels exploring social and moral issues.
? H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) - American writer, famous for weird and horror fiction like "The Call of Cthulhu."
? Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) - Russian poet and novelist, founder of modern Russian literature.
? G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) - English writer and Christian apologist, known for his Father Brown detective stories. |
