William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's…
Sophocles (497/496 BC-406/405 BC), (Greek: Σοφοκλής; German: Sophokles, Russian: Софокл, French: Sophocle) was an ancient Greek tragedian, known as one of three from whom at least one …
Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots …
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dub…
Zadie Smith is an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Her debut novel, White Teeth (2000), immediately became a best-seller and won a number of awards. She became a tenured professor i…
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British and American novelist. His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migration…
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was an American playwright and writer. She was the first African-American female author to have a play performed on Broadway. Her best-known work, the play A Raisin in the Su…
Aphra Behn, or Ayfara Behn, of the first professional women authors in English on Britain wrote plays, poetry, and her best known work, the prose fiction Oroonoko (1688).
Hella S. Haasse (1918 - 2011) was born in Batavia, modern-day Jakarta. She moved to the Netherlands after secondary school. In 1945 she debuted with a collection of poems, entitled Stroomversnelling (…
Hugo Maurice Julien Claus was een Vlaams schrijver. Hij was een veelzijdig kunstenaar: romancier, dichter, toneelschrijver, schilder en filmregisseur. Toen hij opteerde voor euthanasie (legaal in Belgi…
Gustave Emile Cyril (Cyril) - Baron - Buysse was a Flemish naturalist writer. He received the Driejaarlijkse Staatsprijs voor verhalend proza in 1918. Rosalie Loveling en Virginie Loveling were his au…
Joost van den Vondel (1587 – 1679) was a Dutch author, poet and playwright. The most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century, he is considered the national poet of the Netherlands. His…
Cornelis Gerhard Anton de Kom (Paramaribo, 22 februari 1898 – Kamp Sandbostel (Neuengamme), 24 of 29 april 1945) was een Surinaamse anti-koloniale schrijver en nationalist. Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoor…
Sir Thomas More (1477-1535), venerated by Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He was a councillor to Henry VII…
Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero (1585–1618) was a 17th century Dutch poet, playwright and rhetorician, best known for his comedic plays and folk poetry. His 1617 play Spaanschen Brabander Jerolimo (The …
Books can be attributed to "Unknown" when the author or editor (as applicable) is not known and cannot be discovered. If at all possible, list at least one actual author or editor for a book instead o…
Hildebrand is het pseudoniem waaronder schrijver, dichter en predikant Nicolaas Beets o.m. zijn bekendste werk de ‘Camera Obscura’ schreef, waarvan de eerste versie versche…
Radna Fabias (1983) studeerde aan de Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht en de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Eerder won ze de poëzieprijs van de stad Oostende. In 2018 debuteerde ze als dichter met de bu…
