Novelists L-Z, ZAV-ZWE
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Zavattini, Cesare
Cesare Zavattini was an Italian screenwriter, poet, painter, and novelist, known as a leading exponent of Italian......
Zayas y Sotomayor, María de
María de Zayas y Sotomayor was one of the most important of the minor 17th-century Spanish novelists and one of......
Zetterling, Mai
Mai Zetterling was a Swedish actress, director, and novelist. As a director, she imbued her work with a passionate......
Zhang Ailing
Zhang Ailing was a Chinese and American writer whose sad, bitter love stories gained her a large devoted audience......
Zhang Tianyi
Zhang Tianyi was a Chinese writer whose brilliant, socially realistic short stories achieved considerable renown......
Zhang Ziping
Zhang Ziping was a Chinese author of popular romantic fiction and a founder of the Creation Society, a literary......
Zhao Shuli
Zhao Shuli was a Chinese novelist and short-story writer. Zhao’s familiarity with rural life in North China and......
Zindel, Paul
Paul Zindel was an American playwright and novelist whose largely autobiographical work features poignant, alienated......
Zola, Émile
Émile Zola was a French novelist, critic, and political activist who was the most prominent French novelist of......
Zollinger, Albin
Albin Zollinger was a poet and novelist, the leading figure in the revival of Swiss poetry between World Wars I......
Zoshchenko, Mikhail Mikhaylovich
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zoshchenko was a Soviet satirist whose short stories and sketches are among the best comic......
Zuckmayer, Carl
Carl Zuckmayer was a German playwright whose works deal critically with many of the problems engendered by two......
Zukofsky, Louis
Louis Zukofsky was an American poet, the founder of Objectivist poetry and author of the massive poem “A.” The......
Zunzunegui, Juan Antonio de
Juan Antonio de Zunzunegui was a Spanish novelist and short-story writer whose straightforward narrative technique......
Zweig, Arnold
Arnold Zweig was a German writer best known for his novel Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa (1927; The Case......
Zweig, Stefan
Stefan Zweig was an Austrian writer who achieved distinction in several genres—poetry, essays, short stories, and......