Nonfiction Authors A-K, HAZ-IBN
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Hazlitt, William
William Hazlitt was an English writer best known for his humanistic essays. He was a major figure of the Romanticism......
Hazzard, Shirley
Shirley Hazzard was an Australian-born American writer whose novels and short stories are acclaimed for both their......
Head, Bessie Emery
Bessie Emery Head was an African writer who described the contradictions and shortcomings of pre- and postcolonial......
Heaney, Seamus
Seamus Heaney was an Irish poet whose work is notable for its evocation of Irish rural life and events in Irish......
Hearn, Lafcadio
Lafcadio Hearn was a writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the......
Hearne, Thomas
Thomas Hearne was an English historian and antiquarian whose editions of English medieval chronicles were important......
Hecataeus of Miletus
Hecataeus of Miletus was a groundbreaking Greek author of an early history and geography. When the Persian Empire......
Hecht, Ben
Ben Hecht was an American novelist, playwright, and film writer who, as a newspaperman in the 1920s, perfected......
Hegesippus, Saint
Saint Hegesippus ; feast day April 7) was a Greek Christian historian and champion of orthodoxy who opposed the......
Heiberg, Johanne Luise
Johanne Luise Heiberg was a Danish actress and manager, lionized by the intelligentsia of her day. Heiberg began......
Heilbrun, Carolyn
Carolyn Heilbrun was an American scholar and feminist literary critic who became known for the mystery stories......
Heine, Heinrich
Heinrich Heine was a German poet whose international literary reputation and influence were established by the......
Helgaud
Helgaud was a French Benedictine monk at the abbey of Fleury-sur-Loire whose major work, Epitoma vitae Roberti......
Hellman, Lillian
Lillian Hellman was an American playwright and screenwriter whose dramas forcefully attacked injustice, exploitation,......
Hellström, Gustaf
Gustaf Hellström was a Swedish realist novelist, journalist, and literary critic. As foreign correspondent for......
Hemingway, Ernest
Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist and short-story writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature......
Hemon, Aleksandar
Aleksandar Hemon is a Bosnian American writer known for his short stories and novels that explore issues of exile,......
Hennepin, Louis
Louis Hennepin was a Franciscan missionary who, with the celebrated explorer René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La......
Henry Kissinger: A Life in Pictures
Henry Kissinger, who served as national security adviser and secretary of state in the administrations of U.S.......
Henríquez Ureña, Pedro
Pedro Henríquez Ureña was a critic, philologian, educator, and essayist, one of the most influential critic-scholars......
Henson, Josiah
Josiah Henson was an American labourer and clergyman who escaped slavery in 1830 and found refuge in Canada, where......
Hephaestion
Hephaestion was a Greek metrist, author of a work on metre in 48 books, which was reduced, by successive abridgments,......
Herbert, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert was an English courtier, soldier, diplomat, historian, metaphysical poet, and......
Herbert, George
George Herbert was an English religious poet, a major metaphysical poet, notable for the purity and effectiveness......
Herbert, Sir A P
Sir A. P. Herbert was an English novelist, playwright, poet, and politician, author of more than 50 books, famous......
Herbert, Xavier
Xavier Herbert was an Australian novelist and short-story writer best known for his voluble novel Capricornia (1938),......
Herbert, Zbigniew
Zbigniew Herbert was one of the leading Polish poets of the post-World War II generation. Herbert attended an underground......
Hermann Von Reichenau
Hermann Von Reichenau was a German chronicler, poet, composer, astronomer, and mathematician. A contemporary of......
Herr, John K.
John K. Herr was a U.S. Army officer who was the last branch chief of cavalry (1938–42). He was a controversial......
Herrera, Fernando de
Fernando de Herrera was a lyric poet and man of letters who was one of the leading figures in the first School......
Hersh, Seymour
Seymour Hersh is an American journalist whose reporting generally focused on the U.S. government and its involvement......
Hertz, Henrik
Henrik Hertz was a dramatist and poet, once among the most popular Danish dramatists. Orphaned early, Hertz took......
Hervey, John Hervey, Baron
John Hervey, Baron Hervey was a politician and wit whose Memoirs of the Reign of George the Second are of first......
Herzen, Aleksandr Ivanovich
Aleksandr Ivanovich Herzen was a political thinker, activist, and writer who originated the theory of a unique......
Hesychius Of Miletus
Hesychius Of Miletus was a Byzantine historian and literary biographer whose chronicle of world history influenced......
Hewart, Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount
Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart was the lord chief justice of England from 1922 to 1940. A scholar of University......
Hiaasen, Carl
From 1985 to 2021 Carl Hiaasen wrote a popular syndicated opinion column for The Miami Herald. Hiaasen’s acerbic,......
Higden, Ranulf
Ranulf Higden was an English monk and chronicler remembered for his Polychronicon, a compilation of much of the......
Highsmith, Patricia
Patricia Highsmith was an American novelist and short-story writer best known for psychological thrillers in which......
Higuchi Ichiyō
Higuchi Ichiyō was a poet and novelist, the most important Japanese woman writer of her period, whose characteristic......
Hijuelos, Oscar
Oscar Hijuelos was an American novelist, the son of Cuban immigrants, whose writing chronicles the pre-Castro Cuban......
Hill, Aaron
Aaron Hill was an English poet, dramatist, and essayist whose adaptations of Voltaire’s plays Zaïre (The Tragedy......
Hillerman, Tony
Tony Hillerman was an American novelist who produced taut mysteries that brought to light rich American Indian......
Hinn, Benny
Benny Hinn is a televangelist, faith healer, and author known for his “miracle crusades” that are held in major......
Hippel, Theodor Gottlieb von
Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel was a German writer of the late Enlightenment and a disciple of the philosopher Immanuel......
Hishām ibn al-Kalbī
Hishām ibn al-Kalbī was a scholar of the customs, lineage, and battles of the early Arabs. Hishām’s father was......
Hitchens, Christopher
Christopher Hitchens was a British American author, critic, and bon vivant whose trenchant polemics on politics......
Hoagland, Edward
Edward Hoagland was an American novelist, travel writer, and essayist noted especially for his writings about nature......
Hoel, Sigurd
Sigurd Hoel was a novelist who is considered most representative of the interwar generation of fiction writers......
Hoffer, Eric
Eric Hoffer was an American longshoreman and philosopher whose writings on life, power, and social order brought......
Hoffman, Abbie
Abbie Hoffman was an American political activist who founded the Youth International Party (Yippies) and was known......
Hoffman, Daniel
Daniel Hoffman was an American poet and educator whose verse is noted for its merging of history, myth, and personal......
Hofmann, Gert
Gert Hofmann was a German novelist who examined morality and the resonances of Nazism in postwar Germany. Hofmann......
Hofmannsthal, Hugo von
Hugo von Hofmannsthal was an Austrian poet, dramatist, and essayist. He made his reputation with his lyrical poems......
Hogan, Linda
Linda Hogan is a Chickasaw poet and novelist whose works often revolve around environmental concerns. Hogan spent......
Hogg, Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Hogg was an English writer best known as the first biographer of his friend Percy Bysshe Shelley.......
Holinshed, Raphael
Raphael Holinshed was an English chronicler, remembered chiefly because his Chronicles enjoyed great popularity......
Holland, Vyvyan Oscar Beresford
Vyvyan Oscar Beresford Holland was a writer and translator, the second son of the poet and playwright Oscar Wilde.......
Hollande, François
François Hollande is a French politician who was president of France (2012–17). He earlier served as first secretary......
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Oliver Wendell Holmes was an American physician, poet, and humorist notable for his medical research and teaching.......
Holroyd, Michael
Michael Holroyd is a British writer and editor best known for his meticulous, scholarly biographies of Lytton Strachey,......
Holt, John
John Holt was an American critic of public education who became one of the most-prominent advocates for homeschooling......
Holtei, Karl von
Karl von Holtei was an author who achieved success by his “vaudevilles,” or ballad operas, and by his recitations.......
Holub, Miroslav
Miroslav Holub was a Czech poet noted for his detached, lyrical reflections on humanist and scientific subjects.......
Homes, A.M.
A.M. Homes is an American novelist and short-story writer known for her transgressive and darkly humorous explorations......
Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker was an English botanist noted for his botanical travels and studies and for his encouragement......
Hooker, Sir William Jackson
Sir William Jackson Hooker was an English botanist who was the first director of the Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew......
hooks, bell
bell hooks was an American scholar and activist whose work examined the connections between race, gender, and class.......
Hope, A.D.
A.D. Hope was an Australian poet who is best known for his elegies and satires. Hope, who began publishing poems......
Hopkins, Samuel
Samuel Hopkins was an American theologian and writer who was one of the first Congregationalists to oppose slavery.......
Horgan, Paul
Paul Horgan was a versatile American author noted especially for histories and historical fiction about the southwestern......
Hornby, Nick
Nick Hornby is a British novelist, screenwriter, and essayist known for his sharply comedic, pop-culture-drenched......
Hort, Fenton J A
Fenton J. A. Hort was an English New Testament scholar who produced, with Brooke Foss Westcott, a major critical......
Houbraken, Arnold
Arnold Houbraken was a Dutch painter and art writer noted for his three-volume biographical study of Netherlandish......
Houellebecq, Michel
Michel Houellebecq is a French writer, satirist, and provocateur whose work exposes his sometimes darkly humorous,......
Housman, A.E.
A.E. Housman was an English scholar and celebrated poet whose lyrics express a Romantic pessimism in a spare, simple......
Howard, Bronson
Bronson Howard was an American journalist, author of successful comedies and dramas about life in the United States......
Howard, Richard
Richard Howard was an American poet, critic, and translator who was influential in introducing modern French poetry......
Howard, Sir Robert
Sir Robert Howard was an English dramatist, remembered chiefly for his dispute with John Dryden on the use of rhymed......
Howe, E.W.
E.W. Howe was an American editor, novelist, and essayist known for his iconoclasm and pessimism. Howe went to work......
Howell, James
James Howell was an Anglo-Welsh writer known for his Epistolae Ho-Elianae, 4 vol. (1645–55), early and lively essays......
Hoyle, Edmond
Edmond Hoyle was an English writer, perhaps the first technical writer on card games. His writings on the laws......
Hu Feng
Hu Feng was a Chinese literary theorist and critic who followed Marxist theory in political and social matters......
Hubbard, Elbert
Elbert Hubbard was an American editor, publisher, and author of the moralistic essay “A Message to Garcia.” A freelance......
Hubbard, L. Ron
L. Ron Hubbard was an American novelist and founder of the Church of Scientology. Hubbard grew up in Helena, Montana,......
Huc, Evariste Régis
Evariste Régis Huc was a French missionary of the Vincentian (Lazarist) order whose account of his journey through......
Huffington, Arianna
Arianna Huffington is a Greek American author and commentator, best known for creating The Huffington Post, a popular......
Hughes, John Ceiriog
John Ceiriog Hughes was a poet and folk musicologist who wrote outstanding Welsh-language lyrics. After working......
Hughes, Langston
Langston Hughes was an American writer who was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance and made the African......
Hughes, Ted
Ted Hughes was an English poet whose most characteristic verse is without sentimentality, emphasizing the cunning......
Huidobro, Vicente
Vicente Huidobro was a Chilean poet, self-proclaimed father of the short-lived avant-garde movement known as Creacionismo......
Hume, Alexander
Alexander Hume was a Scots poet known for a collection of religious poems. Hume probably attended the University......
Hume, Allan Octavian
Allan Octavian Hume was a British administrator in colonial India and one of the key figures in the founding of......
Huneker, James Gibbons
James Gibbons Huneker was an American critic of music, art, and literature, a leading exponent of impressionistic......
Hunt, Leigh
Leigh Hunt was an English essayist, critic, journalist, and poet, who was an editor of influential journals in......
Hurst, Fannie
Fannie Hurst was an American novelist, dramatist, and screenwriter. Hurst grew up and attended schools in St. Louis,......
Hurston, Zora Neale
Zora Neale Hurston was an American folklorist and writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance who celebrated......
Huxley, Aldous
Aldous Huxley was an English novelist and critic gifted with an acute and far-ranging intelligence whose works......
Hyginus, Gaius Julius
Gaius Julius Hyginus was a Latin author and scholar who, according to Suetonius (De Grammaticis, 20), was appointed......
Ibn Battuta
Ibn Battuta was the greatest medieval Muslim traveler and the author of one of the most famous travel books, the......