Literary Library

Liu Xiaobo

December 28, 1955 - July 13, 2017Chinese writer, literary critic, human rights activist and philosopherAuthor of "Criticism of the Choice: Dialogu...

Juan Ramon Jimenez

December 24, 1881 - May 29, 1958Spanish poetAuthor of "Jardines Lejanos", "Platero and I" and "Time and Space: A Poetic Autobiography"Won the Nobe...

Edwin Arlington Robinson

December 22, 1869 - April 6, 1935American poetAuthor of "The Children of the Night", "The Torrent" and " The Night Before"Nominated for the Pulitz...

Heinrich Boll

December 21, 1917 - July 16, 1985German novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayistAuthor of "Billiards at Half-Past Nine", "The Clown"...

Es'kia Mphahlele

December 17, 1919 - October 27, 2008South African writer, educator, artist and activistAuthor of "The Wanderers" (for which he won the African Art...

Ludwik Ledjer Zamenhof

December 15, 1859 - April 14, 1917Russian (now Poland) Jewish ophthalmologist and creator of the Esperanto languageAuthor of "Uno Libro", "Duo Lib...

Naguib Mahfouz

December 11, 1911 - August 30, 2006 Egyptian novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, newspaper columnist, playwright and civil servant Author ...

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

December 11, 1918 - August 3, 2008Russian novelist, philosopher, historian, short story writer and political prisonerAuthor of "One Day in the Li...

Nelly Sachs

December 10, 1891 - May 12, 1970German-Swedish (Jewish) poet and playwright Author of "Legends and Tales", "Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden I...

Bjornstjerne Bjornson

December 8, 1832 - April 26, 2010Norwegian writerAuthor of "A Happy Boy", Sigurd the Bad" and "The Bankrupt"Won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1...

Peter Handke

December 6, 1942 - Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director and screenwriterAuthor of the novels "A Sorrow Beyond Dreams", "...

Eugene Ionesco

November 26, 1909 - March 28, 1994Romanian-French playwright and novelistAuthor of the plays "Rhinoceros", "Exit the King" and "The Bald Soprano"N...