Nonfiction Authors L-Z, SCH-SPR
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Schiltberger, Johann
Johann Schiltberger was a German nobleman whose Reisebuch (âTravel Bookâ), describing his journeys through areas......
Schmidt, Arno
Arno Schmidt was a novelist, translator, and critic, whose experimental prose established him as the preeminent......
Schmitt, Carl
Carl Schmitt was a German conservative jurist and political theorist, best known for his critique of liberalism,......
Schreiner, Olive
Olive Schreiner was a writer who produced the first great South African novel, The Story of an African Farm (1883).......
Schubart, Christian Friedrich Daniel
Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart was a German poet of the Sturm und Drang period, known for his pietistic and......
Schulberg, Budd
Budd Schulberg was an American novelist, screenwriter, and journalist who was best known for the novel What Makes......
Scidmore, Eliza Ruhamah
Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore was an American travel writer and photographer whose books and magazine articles often featured......
Sebald, W.G.
W.G. Sebald was a German-English novelist, essayist, poet, and scholar who was known for his haunting, nonchronologically......
Sedaris, David
David Sedaris is an American humorist and essayist best known for his sardonic autobiographical stories and social......
Sedgwick, Anne Douglas
Anne Douglas Sedgwick was an expatriate American writer whose best-selling fiction observed European and American......
Seferis, George
George Seferis was a Greek poet, essayist, and diplomat who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1963. After studying......
Sei ShĆnagon
Sei ShĆnagon was a diarist, poet, and courtier whose witty, learned Pillow Book (Makura no sĆshi) exhibits a brilliant......
Sendak, Maurice
Maurice Sendak was an American artist and writer best known for his illustrated childrenâs books. Sendak was the......
Sender, Ramón José
Ramón José Sender was a Spanish novelist, essayist, and educator whose works deal with Spanish history and social......
Seneca
Seneca was a Roman philosopher, statesman, orator, and tragedian. He was Romeâs leading intellectual figure in......
Senghor, LĂ©opold
LĂ©opold Senghor was a poet, teacher, and statesman, the first president of Senegal, and a major proponent of the......
Sereni, Vittorio
Vittorio Sereni was an Italian poet, author, editor, and translator who was known for his lyric verse and for his......
Servan-Schreiber, Jean-Jacques
Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber was a French journalist and politician. Servan-Schreiber volunteered in the Free......
Service, Robert W.
Robert W. Service was a popular verse writer called âthe Canadian Kiplingâ for his rollicking ballads of the âfrozen......
Seth, Vikram
Vikram Seth is an Indian poet, novelist, and travel writer known for his verse novel The Golden Gate (1986) and......
Seton, Anya
Anya Seton was an American author of best-selling, exhaustively researched, romantic historical and biographical......
Sevareid, Eric
Eric Sevareid was an American broadcast journalist, an eloquent commentator and scholarly writer with Columbia......
Sewall, Samuel
Samuel Sewall was a British-American colonial merchant and a judge in the Salem witchcraft trials, best remembered......
Sexton, Anne
Anne Sexton was an American poet whose work is noted for its confessional intensity. Her poems addressed many taboo......
Shadbolt, Maurice
Maurice Shadbolt was a New Zealand author of novels and short stories set in his native land, which he called âa......
Shange, Ntozake
Ntozake Shange was an American author of plays, poetry, and fiction noted for their feminist themes and racial......
Shapiro, Karl
Karl Shapiro was an American poet and critic whose verse ranges from passionately physical love lyrics to sharp......
Shaplen, Robert Modell
Robert Modell Shaplen was an American journalist whose incisive reporting made him one of the most-respected Asia......
Shaw, George Bernard
George Bernard Shaw was an Irish comic dramatist, literary critic, and socialist propagandist, winner of the Nobel......
Sheed, Wilfrid
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Sheldon, Charles Monroe
Charles Monroe Sheldon was an American preacher and inspirational writer famous as the author of the best-selling......
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English poet who, with John Keats and Lord Byron, was a major figure among the second......
Shepp, Archie
Archie Shepp is an American tenor saxophonist, composer, dramatist, teacher, and pioneer of the free jazz movement,......
Sherriff, R.C.
R.C. Sherriff was an English playwright and screenwriter, remembered for his Journeyâs End (1928), a World War......
Sherwood, Robert E.
Robert E. Sherwood was an American playwright whose works reflect involvement in human problems, both social and......
Shiels, Robert
Robert Shiels was a Scottish poet and editor. Moving to London, where he was a printer, Shiels was employed by......
Shirer, William L.
William L. Shirer was an American journalist, historian, and novelist, best known for his massive study The Rise......
Shklovsky, Viktor
Viktor Shklovsky was a Russian literary critic and novelist. He was a major voice of Formalism, a critical school......
Sigebert Of Gembloux
Sigebert Of Gembloux was a Benedictine monk and chronicler known for his Chronicon ab anno 381 ad 1113, a universal......
Sigourney, L.H.
L.H. Sigourney was a popular writer, known as âthe sweet singer of Hartford,â who was one of the first American......
Silesius, Angelus
Angelus Silesius was a religious poet remembered primarily as the author of Der cherubinischer Wandersmann (1674;......
Silko, Leslie Marmon
Leslie Marmon Silko is an American poet and novelist whose work often centers on the dissonance between Native......
SillanpÀÀ, Frans Eemil
Frans Eemil SillanpÀÀ was the first Finnish writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1939). The son of a peasant......
Sillitoe, Alan
Alan Sillitoe was a writer, one of the so-called Angry Young Men, whose brash and angry accounts of working-class......
Sima Guang
Sima Guang was a scholar, statesman, and poet who compiled the monumental Zizhi tongjian (âComprehensive Mirror......
Simeon Of Durham
Simeon Of Durham was a chronicler of medieval England. Simeon entered the Benedictine abbey at Jarrow, in the county......
Simic, Charles
Charles Simic was a Yugoslavian-born American poet who evoked his eastern European heritage and his childhood experiences......
Simms, William Gilmore
William Gilmore Simms was an outstanding Southern novelist. Motherless at two, Simms was reared by his grandmother......
Simon, David
David Simon is an American journalist, writer, and producer who was best known as the creator, writer, and executive......
Simon, Kate
Kate Simon was a memoirist and travel writer whose work was noted for its readability and its wit. Simonâs family......
Simon, Neil
Neil Simon was an American playwright, screenwriter, television writer, and librettist who was one of the most......
Simonin, Albert-Charles
Albert-Charles Simonin was a French writer who brilliantly exploited the language of the Parisian underworld in......
Simpson, Louis
Louis Simpson was a Jamaican-born American poet and critic, notable for his marked development in poetic style.......
Sinclair, Sir Keith
Sir Keith Sinclair was a poet, historian, and educator noted for his histories of New Zealand. Sinclairâs education......
Sinclair, Upton
Throughout his life Upton Sinclair rarely encountered a cause he wouldnât take to a soapbox about. An advocate......
Singer, Isaac Bashevis
Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Polish-born American writer of novels, short stories, and essays in Yiddish. He was......
Singh, Khushwant
Khushwant Singh was one of the best-known writers of India. He wrote novels such as Train to Pakistan (1956) and......
Sinyavsky, Andrey Donatovich
Andrey Donatovich Sinyavsky was a Russian critic and author of novels and short stories who was convicted of subversion......
Sitwell, Edith
Edith Sitwell was an English poet who first gained fame for her stylistic artifices but who emerged during World......
Sitwell, Sir Osbert, 5th Baronet
Sir Osbert Sitwell, 5th Baronet was an English man of letters who became famous, with his sister Edith and brother......
Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell, 6th Baronet
Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet was an English poet and critic, the younger brother of the poets and essayists......
Siwertz, Sigfrid
Sigfrid Siwertz was a Swedish writer best known for the novel Selambs (1920; Downstream) and for his short stories.......
Skinner, B.F.
B.F. Skinner was an American psychologist and an influential exponent of behaviourism, which views human behaviour......
Skinner, Cornelia Otis
Cornelia Otis Skinner was an American actress and author who, with satirical wit, wrote light verse, monologues,......
Skram, Amalie
Amalie Skram was a novelist, one of the foremost Naturalist writers of her time in Norway. The daughter of an unsuccessful......
Slaveykov, Pencho Petkov
Pencho Petkov Slaveykov was a Bulgarian writer who, with his father, Petko Rachev, introduced contemporary ideas......
Slocum, Joshua
Joshua Slocum was a Canadian seaman and adventurer who was the first man in recorded history to sail around the......
Smallwood, Joseph Roberts
Joseph Roberts Smallwood was a Canadian politician who vigorously campaigned for Newfoundlandâs admission into......
Smiles, Samuel
Samuel Smiles was a Scottish author best known for his didactic work Self-Help (1859), which, with its successors,......
Smiley, Jane
Jane Smiley is an American novelist known for her lyrical works that centre on families in pastoral settings. Smiley......
Smiley, Tavis
Tavis Smiley is an American talk show host, journalist, and political commentator. Smiley grew up near Kokomo,......
Smith, George
George Smith was a British publisher, best known for issuing the works of many Victorian writers and for publishing......
Smith, Hannah Whitall
Hannah Whitall Smith was an American evangelist and reformer, a major public speaker and writer in the Holiness......
Smith, John
John Smith was an English explorer and early leader of the Jamestown Colony, the first permanent English settlement......
Smith, Kate
Kate Smith was an American singer on radio and television, long known as the âfirst lady of radio.â Smith started......
Smith, Lee
Lee Smith is an American author of fiction about her native southeastern United States. Smith was educated at Hollins......
Smith, Patti
Patti Smith is an American poet, songwriter, singer, and visual artist who blazed a trail for punk rock artists,......
Smith, Sydney
Sydney Smith was one of the foremost English preachers of his day, and a champion of parliamentary reform. Through......
Smith, Zadie
Zadie Smith is a British author known for her treatment of race, religion, and cultural identity and for her novelsâ......
Smithson, Robert
Robert Smithson was an American sculptor and writer associated with the Land Art movement. His large-scale sculptures,......
Smollett, Tobias
Tobias Smollett was a Scottish satirical novelist, best known for his picaresque novels The Adventures of Roderick......
Snowden, Edward
Edward Snowden is an American intelligence contractor and whistleblower who in 2013 revealed the existence of secret......
Snyder, Gary
Gary Snyder is an American poet who was early identified with the Beat movement and, from the late 1960s, became......
Socrates
Socrates was a Byzantine church historian whose annotated chronicle, Historia ecclesiastica (âEcclesiastical Historyâ),......
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isayevich
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist and historian, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature......
Somerville, Mary
Mary Somerville was a British science writer whose influential works synthesized many different scientific disciplines.......
Sontag, Susan
Susan Sontag was an American intellectual and writer best known for her essays on modern culture. Sontag (who adopted......
Sousa, LuĂs de
LuĂs de Sousa was a monastic historian whose prose style in his chronicle of the Dominican order earned him an......
Southey, Robert
Robert Southey was an English poet and writer of miscellaneous prose who is chiefly remembered for his association......
Soyinka, Wole
Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright and political activist who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986.......
Sozomen
Sozomen was a Christian lawyer in Constantinople whose church history, distinguished for its classical literary......
Spark, Muriel
Muriel Spark was a British writer best known for the satire and wit with which the serious themes of her novels......
Sparks, Jared
Jared Sparks was an American publisher and editor of the North American Review, biographer, and president of Harvard......
Spears, Britney
Britney Spears is an American singer who helped spark the teen-pop phenomenon in the late 1990s and later endured......
Spence, Catherine Helen
Catherine Helen Spence, was a writer and activist who sought to improve educational and welfare programs in Australia......
Spender, Sir Stephen
Sir Stephen Spender was an English poet and critic, who made his reputation in the 1930s with poems expressing......
Sphrantzes, George
George Sphrantzes was a Byzantine historian and diplomat who wrote a chronicle covering the years 1413â77. Sphrantzes......
Spitteler, Carl
Carl Spitteler was a Swiss poet of visionary imagination and author of pessimistic yet heroic verse. He was awarded......
Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott
Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford was an American writer whose Gothic romances are set apart by luxuriant description......
Sprat, Thomas
Thomas Sprat was an English man of letters, bishop of Rochester and dean of Westminster. A prose stylist, wit,......