Novelists A-K, DUN-FIE
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Dunne, John Gregory
John Gregory Dunne was an American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter who is noted for his works of social......
Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th baron of
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th baron of Dunsany was an Irish dramatist and storyteller, whose many popular......
Duran, Profiat
Profiat Duran was a Jewish philosopher and linguist, the author of a devastating satire on medieval Christianity......
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......
Duun, Olav
Olav Duun was a novelist who is one of the outstanding writers of 20th-century Norwegian fiction. Duun, a former......
DĂ€ubler, Theodor
Theodor DĂ€ubler was a German-language poet whose extraordinary vitality, poetic vision, and optimism contrast sharply......
DĂ©ry, Tibor
Tibor DĂ©ry 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......
DÄ
browska, Maria
Maria DÄ
browska was a Polish novelist and critic, a major 20th-century writer and moral authority. Born into a......
DâAnnunzio, Gabriele
Gabriele DâAnnunzio was an Italian poet, novelist, dramatist, short-story writer, journalist, military hero, and......
dâOrs y Rovira, Eugenio
Eugenio dâOrs y Rovira was a Catalan essayist, philosopher, and art critic who was a leading ideologue of the Catalan......
DâUrfey, Thomas
Thomas DâUrfey was an English dramatist, satirist, and songwriter with a light satirical touch whose plays were......
Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie, Baroness (Freifrau) von
Marie, baroness von Ebner-Eschenbach was an Austrian novelist who portrayed life among both the poor and the aristocratic.......
Eco, Umberto
Umberto Eco was an Italian literary critic, novelist, and semiotician (student of signs and symbols) best known......
Eddison, E.R.
E.R. Eddison was an English novelist and scholar of Icelandic literature whose works in the genre of romantic fantasy......
Edgeworth, Maria
Maria Edgeworth was an Anglo-Irish writer, known for her childrenâs stories and for her novels of Irish life. She......
Edwards, Jorge
Jorge Edwards was a Chilean writer, literary critic, and diplomat who gained notoriety with the publication of......
Eeden, Frederik Willem van
Frederik Willem van Eeden was a Dutch writer and physician whose works reflect his lifelong search for a social......
Eekhoud, Georges
Georges Eekhoud was one of the first important Belgian regionalist novelists. Also a poet, essayist, dramatist,......
Egan, Jennifer
Jennifer Egan is an American novelist and short-story writer whose diverse works have garnered great critical acclaim.......
Eggers, Dave
Dave Eggers is an American author, publisher, and literacy advocate whose breakout memoir, A Heartbreaking Work......
Eggleston, Edward
Edward Eggleston was a clergyman, novelist, and historian who realistically portrayed various sections of the U.S.......
Ehrenburg, Ilya Grigoryevich
Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg was a prolific writer and journalist, one of the most effective Soviet spokesmen to......
Eichendorff, Joseph, Freiherr von
Joseph, baron von Eichendorff was a poet and novelist, considered one of the great German Romantic lyricists. From......
Ekwensi, Cyprian
Cyprian Ekwensi was an Igbo novelist, short-story writer, and childrenâs author whose strength lies in his realistic......
El Saadawi, Nawal
Nawal El Saadawi was an Egyptian public health physician, psychiatrist, author, and advocate of womenâs rights.......
Eliot, George
George Eliot was an English Victorian novelist who developed the method of psychological analysis characteristic......
Elkin, Stanley
Stanley Elkin was an American writer known for his extraordinary flights of language and imaginative tragicomic......
Ellis, Bret Easton
After his debut in 1985 with the novel Less Than Zero, American writer Bret Easton Ellis was declared by many critics......
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......
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......
Elton, Ben
Ben Elton is a multifaceted comic actor, novelist, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and dramatist. A prominent figure......
Emecheta, Buchi
Buchi Emecheta was an Igbo writer whose novels deal largely with the difficult and unequal role of women in both......
Enchi Fumiko
Enchi Fumiko was a Japanese novelist best known for her depiction of womenâs struggles within Japanese society.......
EndĆ ShĆ«saku
EndĆ ShĆ«saku was a Japanese writer noted for his examination of the relationship between East and West through......
Enquist, Per Olov
Per Olov Enquist was a Swedish writer and social critic of the who is considered one of the giants of contemporary......
Enright, D.J.
D.J. Enright was a British poet, novelist, and teacher. After receiving a masterâs degree at the University of......
Erasmus
Erasmus was a Dutch humanist who was the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance, the first editor of the......
Erdrich, Louise
Louise Erdrich is an American author known for her rich, immersive storytelling on the Ojibwe people of the northern......
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......
Espinel, Vicente
Vicente Espinel was a Spanish writer and musician remembered chiefly for his picaresque novel La vida del Escudero......
Espronceda y Delgado, José de
José de Espronceda y Delgado was a Romantic poet and revolutionary, often called the Spanish Lord Byron. He fled......
Estaunié, Edouard
Edouard Estaunié was a French writer, known for his novels of character. He was by profession an engineer and ended......
Eugenides, Jeffrey
Jeffrey Eugenides is an American novelist and short-story writer who has earned acclaim as a gifted storyteller,......
Evanovich, Janet
Janet Evanovich is an American novelist known for her mystery series featuring hapless smart-mouthed New Jersey......
Evans, Caradoc
Caradoc Evans was an Anglo-Welsh author whose bitter criticism of the Welsh religious and educational systems and......
Evans, Mari
Mari Evans was an African American author of poetry, childrenâs literature, and plays. Evans attended the University......
Everett, Percival
Percival Everett is an American writer whose works reflect a wide range of subjects and styles and often deal head-on......
Ewart, Gavin
Gavin Ewart was a British poet noted for his light verse, which frequently dealt with sexual themes. He also wrote......
Eça de Queirós, José Maria de
José Maria de Eça de Queirós was a novelist committed to social reform who introduced naturalism and realism to......
Eötvös, József, Båró
József, Baron Eötvös, was a novelist, essayist, educator, and statesman, whose life and writings were devoted to......
Fabre dâĂglantine, Philippe
Philippe Fabre dâĂglantine was a French political dramatic satirist and prominent figure in the French Revolution;......
Fabre, Ămile
Ămile Fabre was a French playwright and administrator of the ComĂ©die-Française (1915â36) who developed it into......
Fadeyev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Fadeyev was a Russian novelist who was a leading exponent and theoretician of proletarian......
Faesi, Robert
Robert Faesi was a Swiss poet, dramatist, short-story writer, and literary critic, noted for his trilogy of novels......
Fagunwa, D.O.
D.O. Fagunwa was a Yoruba chief whose series of fantastic novels made him one of Nigeriaâs most popular writers.......
Falkberget, Johan Petter
Johan Petter Falkberget was a regional novelist of life in the east-central mountains of Norway. The self-educated......
Falke, Gustav
Gustav Falke was a German poet and novelist prominent among the new lyric poets of the late 19th and early 20th......
Fallada, Hans
Hans Fallada was a German novelist who was one of the most prominent exponents of the realistic style known as......
Fante, John
John Fante was a U.S. writer. Born to Italian immigrant parents, Fante moved to Los Angeles in the early 1930s.......
Farah, Nuruddin
Nuruddin Farah is a Somali writer who is known for his rich imagination and refreshing and often fortuitous use......
Farazdaq, al-
al-Farazdaq was an Arab poet famous for his satires in a period when poetry was an important political instrument.......
Farjeon, Eleanor
Eleanor Farjeon was an English writer for children whose magical but unsentimental tales, which often mock the......
Farrar, Frederic William
Frederic William Farrar was a popular English religious writer and author of a sentimental novel of school life,......
Farrell, J.G.
J.G. Farrell was a British novelist who won acclaim for his Empire trilogy, a series of historical novels that......
Farrell, James T.
James T. Farrell was an American novelist and short-story writer known for his realistic portraits of the lower-middle-class......
FarĂšs, Nabile
Nabile FarĂšs was a Kabylian novelist and poet known for his abstruse, poetic, and dreamlike style. Rebellion against......
Faulkner, William
William Faulkner was an American novelist and short-story writer who was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature.......
Fauset, Jessie Redmon
Jessie Redmon Fauset was an African American novelist, critic, poet, and editor known for her discovery and encouragement......
Fearing, Kenneth
Kenneth Fearing was an American poet and novelist who used an array of topical phrases and idiom in his satires......
Federer, Heinrich
Heinrich Federer was a novelist who imparted new vigour to Christian fiction in Switzerland. Federer started to......
Fedin, Konstantin Aleksandrovich
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Fedin was a Soviet writer noted primarily for his early novels that portray the difficulties......
Feinstein, Elaine
Elaine Feinstein was a British writer and translator who examined her own eastern European heritage in a number......
Fellowes, Julian
Julian Fellowes is a British actor, producer, novelist, and screenwriter best known for creating the television......
Fenoglio, Beppe
Beppe Fenoglio was an Italian novelist who wrote of the struggle against fascism and Nazism during World War II.......
Feraoun, Mouloud
Mouloud Feraoun was an Algerian novelist and teacher whose works give vivid and warm portraits of Berber life and......
Ferber, Edna
Edna Ferber was an American novelist and short-story writer who wrote with compassion and curiosity about Midwestern......
Ferdowsī
FerdowsÄ« was a Persian poet, author of the ShÄh-nÄmeh (âBook of Kingsâ), the Persian national epic, to which he......
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Lawrence Ferlinghetti was an American poet, one of the founders of the Beat movement in San Francisco in the mid-1950s.......
FernĂĄndez de Avellaneda, Alonso
Alonso FernĂĄndez de Avellaneda, probably the pseudonym of the otherwise unknown author of Segundo tomo del ingenioso......
FernĂĄndez de Lizardi, JosĂ© JoaquĂn
JosĂ© JoaquĂn FernĂĄndez de Lizardi was a Mexican editor, pamphleteer, and novelist, a leading literary figure in......
Ferrante, Elena
Elena Ferrante is the pseudonym used by an anonymous Italian author best known for the so-called Neapolitan novels,......
Ferreira de Castro, José Maria
José Maria Ferreira de Castro was a journalist and novelist who is considered to be one of the fathers of contemporary......
Ferreira, Manuel
Manuel Ferreira was a Portuguese-born scholar and fiction writer whose work centred on African themes. After Ferreiraâs......
Ferreira, VergĂlio
VergĂlio Ferreira was a Portuguese teacher and novelist who turned from an early social realism to more experimental......
Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone
Susan Edmonstone Ferrier was a novelist who made an incisive exposé of the pretensions of Scottish society in the......
Ferré, Rosario
Rosario Ferré was a short-story writer, novelist, critic, and professor, and one of the leading women authors in......
Feuchtwanger, Lion
Lion Feuchtwanger was a German novelist and playwright known for his historical romances. Born of a Jewish family,......
Feydeau, Georges
Georges Feydeau was a French dramatist whose farces delighted Parisian audiences in the years immediately prior......
Fialho de Almeida, José Valentim
José Valentim Fialho de Almeida was a Portuguese short-story writer and political essayist of the realist-naturalist......
Field, Eugene
Eugene Field was an American poet and journalist, best known, to his disgust, as the âpoet of childhood.â Field......
Fielding, Henry
Henry Fielding was a novelist and playwright, who, with Samuel Richardson, is considered a founder of the English......
Fielding, Sarah
Sarah Fielding was an English author and translator whose novels were among the earliest in the English language......
Fierstein, Harvey
Harvey Fierstein is an American comedian, author, and playwright who was best known as the author of The Torch......