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Duke, Vernon
Vernon Duke was a Russian-born American composer noted for his sophisticated melodies for films, Broadway musicals,......
Dumas, Alexandre, père
Alexandre Dumas, père was one of the most prolific and most popular French authors of the 19th century. Without......
Dunbar Nelson, Alice
Alice Dunbar Nelson was a novelist, poet, essayist, and critic associated with the early period of the Harlem Renaissance......
Duncan, Ronald
Ronald Duncan was a British playwright, poet, and man of letters whose verse plays express the contrast between......
Duniway, Abigail Jane Scott
Abigail Jane Scott Duniway was an American pioneer, suffragist, and writer, remembered chiefly for her ultimately......
Dunne, John Gregory
John Gregory Dunne was an American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter who is noted for his works of social......
Duras, Marguerite
Marguerite Duras was a French novelist, screenwriter, scenarist, playwright, and film director, internationally......
Durrell, Lawrence
Lawrence Durrell was an English novelist, poet, and writer of topographical books, verse plays, and farcical short......
Duyckinck, Evert Augustus
Evert Augustus Duyckinck was an American biographer, editor, and critic who with such works as the two-volume Cyclopaedia......
Dworkin, Andrea
Andrea Dworkin was an American feminist and author, an outspoken critic of sexual politics, particularly of the......
Dylan, Bob
Bob Dylan is an American folksinger who moved from folk to rock music in the 1960s, infusing the lyrics of rock......
Déry, Tibor
Tibor Déry was a Hungarian novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright, one of the most respected and controversial......
Döblin, Alfred
Alfred Döblin was a German novelist and essayist, the most talented narrative writer of the German Expressionist......
Dürrenmatt, Friedrich
Friedrich Dürrenmatt was a Swiss playwright, novelist, and essayist whose satiric, almost farcical tragicomic plays......
Dąbrowska, Maria
Maria Dąbrowska was a Polish novelist and critic, a major 20th-century writer and moral authority. Born into a......
D’Annunzio, Gabriele
Gabriele D’Annunzio was an Italian poet, novelist, dramatist, short-story writer, journalist, military hero, and......
d’Ors y Rovira, Eugenio
Eugenio d’Ors y Rovira was a Catalan essayist, philosopher, and art critic who was a leading ideologue of the Catalan......
Earle, Alice Morse
Alice Morse Earle was an American writer and antiquarian whose work centred on the manners, customs, and handicrafts......
Eastman, Mary Henderson
Mary Henderson Eastman was a 19th-century American writer whose work on Native Americans, though coloured by her......
Eck, Johann
Johann Eck was a German theologian who was Martin Luther’s principal Roman Catholic opponent. Early in his career......
Eckermann, Johann Peter
Johann Peter Eckermann was a German writer, chiefly remembered as the assistant and close associate of the aging......
Eckstorm, Fannie Pearson Hardy
Fannie Pearson Hardy Eckstorm was an American writer and ornithologist whose extensive personal knowledge of her......
Edel, Leon
Leon Edel was an American literary critic and biographer, who was the foremost 20th-century authority on the life......
Edgeworth, Maria
Maria Edgeworth was an Anglo-Irish writer, known for her children’s stories and for her novels of Irish life. She......
Edmer
Edmer was an English biographer of St. Anselm and historian whose accounts are a uniquely accurate and credible......
Edwards, Jorge
Jorge Edwards was a Chilean writer, literary critic, and diplomat who gained notoriety with the publication of......
Edwards, Lewis
Lewis Edwards was a Welsh educator and minister of the Calvinistic Methodist Church of Wales whose literary and......
Effen, Justus van
Justus van Effen was a Dutch essayist and journalist whose straightforward didactic pieces, modelled on foreign......
Egan, Pierce, The Elder
Pierce Egan, the Elder was a sporting writer whose works were considered indispensable reading for English men-about-town......
Eggers, Dave
Dave Eggers is an American author, publisher, and literacy advocate whose breakout memoir, A Heartbreaking Work......
Ehrenburg, Ilya Grigoryevich
Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg was a prolific writer and journalist, one of the most effective Soviet spokesmen to......
Einhard
Einhard was a Frankish historian and court scholar whose writings are an invaluable source of information on Charlemagne......
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
34th president of the United StatesDwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States (1953–61),......
Ekkehard IV
Ekkehard IV was a teacher, glossarist, writer, famous as one of the principal authors of Casus Sancti Galli (“The......
El Saadawi, Nawal
Nawal El Saadawi was an Egyptian public health physician, psychiatrist, author, and advocate of women’s rights.......
Eldad ben Mahli ha-Dani
Eldad ben Mahli ha-Dani was a Jewish traveller and philologist who was generally credited with the authorship of......
Eliot, T.S.
T.S. Eliot was an American-English poet, playwright, literary critic, and editor, a leader of the Modernist movement......
Ellison, Harlan
Harlan Ellison was an American writer of short stories, novels, essays, and television and film scripts. Though......
Ellison, Ralph
Ralph Ellison was an American writer who won eminence with his first novel (and the only one published during his......
Ellmann, Richard
Richard Ellmann was an American literary critic and scholar, an expert on the life and works of James Joyce, William......
Ellroy, James
James Ellroy is an American author known for his best-selling crime and detective novels that examine sinister......
Elsschot, Willem
Willem Elsschot was a Flemish novelist and poet, the author of a small but remarkable oeuvre, whose laconic style......
Emden, Jacob Israel
Jacob Israel Emden was a rabbi and Talmudic scholar primarily known for his lengthy quarrel with Rabbi Jonathan......
Emecheta, Buchi
Buchi Emecheta was an Igbo writer whose novels deal largely with the difficult and unequal role of women in both......
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American lecturer, poet, and essayist, the leading exponent of New England Transcendentalism.......
Ennodius, Magnus Felix
Magnus Felix Ennodius was a Latin poet, prose writer, rhetorician, and bishop, some of whose prose works are valuable......
Enright, D.J.
D.J. Enright was a British poet, novelist, and teacher. After receiving a master’s degree at the University of......
Ephraem Syrus, Saint
Saint Ephraem Syrus ; Western feast day June 9, Eastern feast day January 28) was a Christian theologian, poet,......
Ephron, Nora
Nora Ephron was an American author, playwright, screenwriter, and film director who was known for creating romantic......
Ernaux, Annie
Annie Ernaux is a French author known for her lightly fictionalized memoirs, which are written in spare, detached......
Ernst, Paul
Paul Ernst was a German writer known particularly for his short stories and for essays on philosophical, economic,......
Erskine, John
John Erskine was a U.S. educator, musician, and novelist noted for energetic, skilled work in several different......
Ervine, Saint John
Saint John Ervine was a British playwright, novelist, and critic, one of the first to write dramas in the style......
Estébanez Calderón, Serafín
Serafín Estébanez Calderón was one of the best-known costumbristas, Spanish writers who depicted in short articles......
Eustathius of Thessalonica
Eustathius of Thessalonica was a metropolitan (archbishop) of Thessalonica (c. 1175–94), humanist scholar, author,......
Evans, Dale
Dale Evans was an American actor, singer, songwriter, and writer who reigned as “queen of the West” alongside her......
Evelyn, John
John Evelyn was an English country gentleman, author of some 30 books on the fine arts, forestry, and religious......
Evers-Williams, Myrlie
Myrlie Evers-Williams is an African American activist and the wife of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, whose racially......
Everson, William
William Everson was an American Roman Catholic poet whose works record a personal search for religious vision in......
Evliya Çelebi
Evliya Çelebi was one of the most celebrated Ottoman travelers, who journeyed for more than 40 years throughout......
Ewald, Johannes
Johannes Ewald was one of Denmark’s greatest lyric poets and the first to use themes from early Scandinavian myths......
Eötvös, József, Báró
József, Baron Eötvös, was a novelist, essayist, educator, and statesman, whose life and writings were devoted to......
Eötvös, Károly
Károly Eötvös was a Hungarian writer, lawyer, and politician best known as the defense counsel in a notorious case......
Fadiman, Clifton
Clifton Fadiman was an American editor, anthologist, and writer known for his extraordinary memory and his wide-ranging......
Fain, Agathon-Jean-François, Baron
Agathon-Jean-François, Baron Fain was a French historian, secretary, and archivist to the cabinet of Napoleon,......
Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. was an American actor, socialite, and businessman who had a successful film career before......
Falke, Gustav
Gustav Falke was a German poet and novelist prominent among the new lyric poets of the late 19th and early 20th......
Farago, Ladislas
Ladislas Farago was a Hungarian-born writer and popular historian who produced an impressive array of war and espionage......
Fargue, Léon-Paul
Léon-Paul Fargue was a French poet and essayist whose work spanned numerous literary movements. Before he reached......
Farjeon, Eleanor
Eleanor Farjeon was an English writer for children whose magical but unsentimental tales, which often mock the......
Farrell, James T.
James T. Farrell was an American novelist and short-story writer known for his realistic portraits of the lower-middle-class......
Fauci, Anthony
Anthony Fauci is an American doctor and scientist who, as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious......
Faxian
Faxian was a Buddhist monk whose pilgrimage to India in 402 initiated Sino-Indian relations and whose writings......
Federer, Heinrich
Heinrich Federer was a novelist who imparted new vigour to Christian fiction in Switzerland. Federer started to......
Feijóo y Montenegro, Benito Jerónimo
Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro was a teacher and essayist, a leading 18th-century Spanish stylist. A member......
Felltham, Owen
Owen Felltham was an English essayist and poet, best known for his essays Resolves Divine, Morall, and Politicall,......
Fenton, Elijah
Elijah Fenton was an English poet perhaps best known for his collaboration in a translation of the Greek epic poem......
Ferber, Edna
Edna Ferber was an American novelist and short-story writer who wrote with compassion and curiosity about Midwestern......
Fergusson, Elizabeth Graeme
Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson was an early American writer, perhaps best remembered for her personal correspondence,......
Fernández Retamar, Roberto
Roberto Fernández Retamar was a Cuban poet, essayist, and literary critic and cultural spokesman for the regime......
Ferreira, Vergílio
Vergílio Ferreira was a Portuguese teacher and novelist who turned from an early social realism to more experimental......
Fialho de Almeida, José Valentim
José Valentim Fialho de Almeida was a Portuguese short-story writer and political essayist of the realist-naturalist......
Fiennes, Celia
Celia Fiennes was an English travel writer who journeyed on horseback all over England at the end of the 17th century,......
Fiennes, Sir Ranulph
Sir Ranulph Fiennes is a British adventurer, pioneering polar explorer, and writer, who, among his many exploits,......
Fierstein, Harvey
Harvey Fierstein is an American comedian, author, and playwright who was best known as the author of The Torch......
Findley, Timothy
Timothy Findley was a Canadian author known for his intelligent writing and storytelling. His subject matter often......
Firishtah
Firishtah was one of Muslim India’s most famous writers. Very little is known about Firishtah’s life except that......
Fischart, Johann
Johann Fischart was a German satirist, the principal German literary opponent of the Counter-Reformation. Fischart......
Fischl, Eric
Eric Fischl is an American painter and sculptor whose work belongs to the figurative tradition. Fischl moved with......
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
Dorothy Canfield Fisher was a prolific American author of novels, short stories, children’s books, educational......
Fisher, M.F.K.
M.F.K. Fisher was an American writer whose compelling style, wit, and interest in the gastronomical made her one......
Fisk, Robert
Robert Fisk was a British journalist and best-selling author known for his coverage of the Middle East. Fisk earned......
Fitch, Ralph
Ralph Fitch was a merchant who was among the first Englishmen to travel through India and Southeast Asia. In February......
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American short-story writer and novelist famous for his depictions of the Jazz Age (the......
Fitzgerald, Penelope
Penelope Fitzgerald was an English novelist and biographer noted for her economical, yet evocative, witty, and......
FitzGerald, R.D.
R.D. FitzGerald was an Australian poet known for his technical skill and seriousness. FitzGerald studied science......
Fitzthedmar, Arnold
Arnold Fitzthedmar was a London alderman and merchant who compiled a chronicle of the mayors and sheriffs of London,......
Flanagan, Richard
Richard Flanagan is an Australian writer who is known for a series of critically acclaimed works. He is widely......
Flanner, Hildegarde
Hildegarde Flanner was an American poet, essayist, and playwright known for her traditional poems that conjured......
Flanner, Janet
Janet Flanner was an American writer who was the Paris correspondent for The New Yorker magazine for nearly half......

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