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Famous writers and poets

Abe Kobo(1924–1993) - Japanese writer, poet, screenwriter, director The novels "Woman in the Sands", "Alien Face", "Burned Map", etc.

Amadou Jorge(1912–2001) - Brazilian writer, social and political figure. His novels (Endless Lands, Gabriela, Cinnamon and Carnation, Shepherds of the Night, Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, Miracle Shop, Teresa Batista, Tired of War, Ambush) have been translated into almost 50 languages of the world, repeatedly filmed, formed the basis of theatrical and radio performances.

Andersen Hans Christian(1805–1875) - Danish writer and poet, author of world-famous fairy tales for children and adults: " Ugly duck”,“ The King’s New Dress ”,“ Shadow ”,“ The Princess and the Pea ”, etc.

Andreev Leonid Nikolaevich(1871–1919) - Russian writer Silver Age. Stories ("Bergamot and Garaska", etc.), dramas ("Anatema", etc.). V last years life became close to decadents.

Updike John(b. 1932) - American novelist, poet, essayist and literary critic. Updike's best-known work is a series of novels whose protagonist is a character named Harry Engstrom, nicknamed Rabbit: "Rabbit Run!" (1960), Rabbit Healed (1971), Rabbit Got Rich (1981).

Ariosto Ludovico(1474–1533) - humanist poet of the Italian Renaissance His poem "Furious Roland" is imbued with subtle irony.

Aristophanes(c. 450 BC - between 387 and 380 BC) - ancient Greek playwright, "father of comedy", the most famous representative of the so-called ancient Attic comedy.

Akhmatova Anna Andreevna (Gorenko)(1889–1966) - Russian poetess. In her youth, she joined the acmeists (collections "Evening", "Rosary"). characteristic features Akhmatova's creativity can be called fidelity to the moral foundations of being, a subtle understanding of the psychology of feeling, understanding of the nationwide tragedies of the 20th century, associated with personal experiences, gravitation towards the classical style of poetic language. The autobiographical cycle of poems "Requiem" is one of the first poetic works dedicated to the victims of the repressions of the 1930s.

Babel Isaak Emmanuilovich(1894–1941) - Russian Soviet writer Tale of civil war in the collection "Cavalry", stories (" Odessa stories"), plays, etc.

Byron George Noel Gordon(1788–1824) - English romantic poet (poems "Corsair", "Manfred", etc.).

Balzac Honore de(1799–1850) - French writer Wrote a series of novels and short stories human comedy", consisting of 90 works, in which he showed the most diverse aspects of the life of contemporary society.

Balmont Konstantin Dmitrievich (1867–1942) - Russian symbolist poet, essayist, one of the most prominent representatives of Russian poetry of the Silver Age.

Baratynsky Evgeny Abramovich (1800–1844) - Russian romantic poet, author of many elegies and philosophical lyric poems.

Batyushkov Konstantin Nikolaevich (1787–1855) - Russian poet. He headed the anacreontic direction in Russian poetry, sang the joy and joy of life.

Begbede Frederick(R. 1965) - a modern French prose writer, publicist, literary critic and editor.

Belinsky Vissarion Grigorievich (1811–1848) - Russian literary critic, publicist.

Bely Andrey (Bugaev Boris Nikolaevich) (1880–1934)- Russian writer, poet, critic, one of the leading figures of Russian symbolism.

Belyaev Alexander Romanovich (1884–1942) - Soviet science fiction writer, one of the founders of Soviet science fiction literature. Among the famous works: "Professor Dowell's Head", "Amphibian Man", "Ariel", "KETs Star" (KETs - the initials of Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky) and many others (more than 70 science fiction works in total, including 13 novels).

Béranger Pierre Jean (1780-1857) - French songwriter and satirist. His work is distinguished by humor, optimism, rejection of hypocrisy. Beranger's songs received the widest popularity.

Burgess Anthony (1917-1993) - English novelist, essayist and translator, whose talent was most clearly manifested in his excellent command of the language. Burgess' most famous work is A Clockwork Orange. (1962).

Bestuzhev-Marlinsky (Bestuzhev) Alexander Alexandrovich

(1797–1837) - Russian writer, Decembrist. One of the first novelists, founded the almanac "Polar Star".

Bianki Vitaly Valentinovich(1894–1959) - Russian Soviet children's writer. Wrote popular books about nature (Forest Newspaper, etc.).

Biers Ambrose Gwinnet(1842-?) American satirist. In his dark, so-called "terrible" stories, he explored the dark side of the human character. At the end of 1913, the writer went to Mexico, which was engulfed in revolutionary events, from where on December 26 he wrote his last letter to his daughter. Further fate the writer is not known for certain.

Beecher Stowe Harriet(1811–1896) - American writer. The novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" shows the horrors of slavery, imbued with compassion and mercy for black Americans.

Blok Alexander Alexandrovich(1880-1921) - Russian poet ("Poems about the Beautiful Lady", the poem "The Twelve"). His poetry is characterized by penetrating, awareness of tragedy. modern man, sharpness of form.

Bo Ju Yi(772–846) - a classic of Chinese poetry ("Qin melodies"). The quatrains of Bo Ju Yi are marked by clarity and depth of thought.

Boccaccio Giovanni(1313-1375) - famous Italian writer and poet, an outstanding representative of the humanistic literature of the Renaissance. Author of poems on plots ancient mythology, the psychological story "Fiammetta", pastorals, sonnets. The main work - "The Decameron" - is a book of erotic, realistic short stories imbued with humanistic ideas, the spirit of freethinking and anti-clericalism, the rejection of ascetic morality, and cheerful humor.

Beaumarchais Pierre Apostin Caron de(1732-1799) - French playwright, famous for the play "The Barber of Seville", the name of the hero of which Figaro became a household name.

Borges Jorge Luis(1889-1986) - Argentine writer, essayist, culturologist, consummate master of the short story.

Brecht Bertolt(1898-1956) - German playwright, prose writer, poet, director ("The Threepenny Opera", "The Threepenny Romance", "The Life of Galileo", " kind person from Sezuan, etc.).

Brodsky Joseph Alexandrovich(1942–1996) - Russian Soviet and American poet, essayist, playwright, translator, winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature. His poems are distinguished by the depth of philosophical thought and perfect form.

Bradbury Ray Douglas(b. 1920) - American science fiction writer ("The Martian Chronicles", "Dandelion Wine", "Fahrenheit 451", etc.).

Bryusov Valery Yakovlevich(1873-1924) - Russian poet, theorist of verse (collections of poems "To the City and the World", "Dali", etc.).

Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasyevich(1891–1940) - Russian writer and playwright. Author of novels, short stories, short story collections, feuilletons and about two dozen plays (the novels The White Guard, The Master and Margarita, the plays The Run, etc.).

Bunin Ivan Alekseevich(1870–1953) - Russian poet, writer, honorary academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1909), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1933.

Vega Lope de(1562–1635) - Spanish playwright, founder of the Spanish national dramaturgy.

Virgil(70-19 BC) - classical poet of Ancient Rome, author of the poem "Aeneid" about the legendary founder of Rome.

Verlaine Paul(1844–1896) - French poet, one of the founders of symbolism and decadence.

Verne Jules(1828-1905) - French science fiction writer who created more than 65 novels and other works that greatly contributed to the formation of science fiction literature.

Villon Francois(b. between 1.4.1431 and 19.4.1432 -?), French poet. In 1463 he was convicted of a fight and sentenced to hanging. In anticipation of death, he wrote The Ballad of the Hanged. But the execution was canceled, and Villon was expelled from Paris. Later, Villon participated in the competition of poets at the court of Duke Charles of Orleans. Since 1464, his fate is unknown.

Vizbor Yury Iosifovich(1934–1984) - Russian poet, bard, film actor. Author of words and music for many songs.

Voznesensky Andrey Andreevich(b. 1933) - Russian Soviet poet, architect by education. He searched and found new, modern poetic forms (collection "Antimirs", "Oz", etc.).

Voynich Ethel Lilian(1864–1960) - English writer and composer. The pinnacle of creativity is the novel "The Gadfly".

Voloshin (Kirienko-Voloshin) Maximilian Aleksandrovich(1877–1932) - Russian decadent poet, distinguished by originality of form and depth of philosophical generalization (collections Iverny, Deaf and Dumb Demons, etc.).

Voltaire (Marie Francois Arouet)(1694-1778) - French writer, educator and philosopher ("Candide" and others), a fighter against religious intolerance and obscurantism.

Galich Alexander (Ginzburg Alexander Arkadyevich) (1918–1977) - Russian poet, opposition to the Soviet regime. His poems and songs were distributed throughout the country in tape recordings and samizdat.

Gamzatov Rasul Gamzatovich(b. 1923) - Avar Soviet poet, whose work is distinguished by high lyricism, folk flavor and humanism.

Hamsun (Pedersen) Whip(1859–1952) – Norwegian writer and playwright Psychological novels(“Hunger”, “Pan”, etc., plays).

Garshin Vsevolod Mikhailovich(1855–1888) - Russian writer In his stories ("Four Days", "Coward", etc.), a heightened sense of social injustice is expressed.

Gauf Wilhelm(1802–1827) - German storyteller ("Little Muk", etc.).

Hasek Yaroslav(1883-1923) - Czech satirist writer, author of the novel "The Adventures of the Good Soldier Schweik" - one of the best satirical novels in the history of literature.

Heinrich Heine(1797-1856) - an outstanding German lyric poet ("Germany. Winter's Tale") and publicist.

Herzen Alexander Ivanovich(1812–1870) - Russian writer and publicist, emigrant, founder of the Free Russian Printing House in London, publisher of the Kolokol magazine, author of many short stories and novels (The Past and Thoughts, etc.).

Hesse German(1877–1962) - German writer, poet, critic, publicist. Nobel Prize Laureate.

Goethe Johann Wolfgang(1749–1832) - great German poet and thinker, founder of modern German literature.

Gogol Nikolay Vasilievich(1809–1852) - Russian writer and playwright, author of the plays The Inspector General, The Marriage, the epics Dead Souls", etc. Head of the so-called "natural school", satirist, philosopher. He had a huge impact on the development of Russian and Ukrainian literature.

Galsworthy John(1867–1933) - English writer, author of the Forsyte Saga, Modern Comedy, End of the Chapter trilogies. Nobel laureate.

Homer(VIII-VII centuries BC) - the legendary poet of Ancient Greece, the author of the epic poems "Iliad" and "Odyssey".

Goncourt brothers Edmond(1822–1896) and Jules(1830–1870) - classics of French literature. Novels from the life of various strata of French society ("Germinie Lacerte", "Rene Maupren"), memoirs. The story "The Zemgano Brothers" written by Edmond after the death of his brother was widely known. Founders of the Prix Goncourt.

Gonchar Oles (Alexander Terentyevich)(1918–1995) - Ukrainian Soviet writer Novels "Cathedral", "Tronka" and others. A classic of modern Ukrainian literature.

Goncharov Ivan Alexandrovich(1812–1891) - Russian writer. The novels "An Ordinary Story", "Oblomov", "Cliff", a cycle of travel essays "Frigate" Pallas with< » и др.

Horace (Quintus Horace Flaccus)(65-8 BC) - an ancient Roman poet, author of satires, odes, messages, which became a model of classicism.

Gorky Maxim (Peshkov Alexey Maksimovich)(1868–1936) - Russian writer and playwright, public figure. In his works he reflected a broad picture of Russian life before the revolution.

Hoffmann Ernst Theodor Amadeus(1776-1822) - German writer, storyteller, composer and painter, who possessed subtle irony and whimsical fantasy with a touch of mysticism.

Griboedov Alexander Sergeevich(1795–1829) - Russian writer, poet and diplomat, author of the rhyming play Woe from Wit.

Grimm, brothers Jacob(1785–1863) and William(1786–1859) - German scholars and storytellers, philologists and folklorists.

Grin Alexander (Grinevsky Alexander Stepanovich)(1880–1932) - Russian writer, romantic. He sang the high moral qualities of man. Extravaganza " Scarlet Sails”, the story “Running on the waves”, etc.

Green Graham(1904-1991) - English writer, poet, playwright, publicist, screenwriter, critic. Master of Political Detective ("Istanbul Express", "The Quiet American", "Our Man in Havana", etc.).

Gulak-Artemovsky Petr Petrovich(1790–1865) - prominent Ukrainian writer and fabulist. In the history of Ukrainian literature, the significance of Gulak-Artemovsky is determined by his position as a poet following Kotlyarevsky, who, using the latter’s creative methods (burlesque, travesty), tried to introduce a number of new genres into Ukrainian literature (ballads: “Tvardovsky”, “Fisherman”).

Gumilyov Nikolai Stepanovich(1886–1921) - Russian poet of the Silver Age, acmeist, romantic. His poems are marked by refinement of form, decorativeness, and brightness of poetic language.

Hugo Victor Marie(1802–1885) - French classic writer, author of the well-known novels The Cathedral Notre Dame of Paris”, “Toilers of the Sea”, “Les Miserables”, etc., plays.

Davydov Denis Vasilievich(1784–1839) - Russian poet, hussar, general, partisan hero Patriotic War 1812, author of "Hussar lyrics".

Dal Volodymyr Ivanovych(1801-1872) - Russian ethnographer and linguist, compiler of the famous four-volume Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language.

Dante Alighieri(1265–1321) - Italian poet, creator of the Italian literary language. The pinnacle of Dante's work is the poem "The Divine Comedy".

Darrell Gerald Malcolm(1925-1995) - English zoologist, writer and director, author of more than 30 books, which, thanks to a relaxed manner and unsurpassed humor, brought him worldwide fame.

Derzhavin Gavriil Romanovich(1743-1816) - Russian poet of the Enlightenment, a representative of classicism, who significantly transformed him ("Felitsa", "To the Rulers and Judges", etc.).

Defoe Daniel(1660–1731) - English writer, author of Robinson Crusoe. He advocated religious tolerance and freedom of speech.

Jalil Musa(1906–1944) - Tatar poet He died in the dungeons of the Gestapo, from where, before his death, he handed over the cycle of poems “The Moabit Notebook”.

Jerome Klapka Jerome(1859-1927) - English writer-humorist, author of the story "Three in a boat, not counting the dog", popular to this day.

Joyce James(1882–1941) - Irish writer, head of the "stream of consciousness" school. His novel "Ulysses" is considered by many critics to be the most innovative work of the 20th century.

Dickens Charles(1812–1870) - English writer, one of the greatest English-language prose writers of the 19th century, humanist, classic of world literature. Author of the novels Posthumous Notes Pickwick Club”, “Dombey and Son”, “Bleak House”, “The Adventures of Oliver Twist”, etc.

Dovlatov Sergey Donatovich(1941–1990) - Russian writer, since 1978 in the USA. In autobiographical sketches, short stories, stories, ironically recreates the absurd Soviet reality and the life of the Russian emigration.

Daudet Alphonse(1840-1897) - French writer, author of the humorous trilogy "The Extraordinary Adventures of Tartarin of Tarasco" and others.

Dos Passos John(1896–1970) - American writer, representative of the "lost generation" in the First World War. Experimental in form epic-trilogy "USA", etc.

Dostoevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich(1821–1881) - an outstanding Russian writer. In the novels "Crime and Punishment", "The Brothers Karamazov" and others, he passionately searched for the causes of human vices, searched for ways to social and personal harmony.

Dreiser Theodore(1871-1945) - American writer (trilogy "Titan", "Financier", "Genius").

Doo Fu(712–770) - Chinese poet. His poetry is called "history in verse".

Dumas Father Alexander(1802–1870) - French writer whose adventure novels on historical theme(“The Three Musketeers”, “Twenty Years Later”, etc.) made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world.

Dürrenmatt Friedrich(1921-1990) - Swiss playwright, philosopher, essayist (the novel "The Judge and His Executioner", the plays "Accident", "Physicists", etc.).

Euripides(about 480 BC - 406 BC) - ancient Greek playwright. Of his works, 17 tragedies (out of 92) and one drama of satyrs (Cyclops) have survived to this day.

Ershov Petr Pavlovich(1815–1869) - Russian writer, author of the fairy tale "The Little Humpbacked Horse".

Yesenin Sergey Alexandrovich(1895–1925) - Russian poet, one of the most popular and famous poets 20th century

Efremov Ivan Antonovich(1907–1972) - Russian Soviet science fiction writer, author of the novels The Nebula of Andromeda, The Hour of the Bull, Razor's Edge, etc.

George Sand (Dupin Amanda Lucille)(1804–1876) - French writer, author of the novels "The Sin of Monsieur Antoine", "Consuelo", in which she defended the ideas of the liberation of the individual.

Zhukovsky Vasily Andreevich(1783–1852) - Russian poet and translator, friend of A. S. Pushkin, author of many ballads and songs. One of the founders of Russian romanticism.

Zola Emil(1840-1902) - French writer, one of the most significant representatives of the realism of the second half of XIX v. - leader and theorist of the so-called naturalistic movement.

Zoshchenko Mikhail Mikhailovich(1895–1958) - Russian Soviet writer, humorist and satirist. Numerous stories, philosophical essays "The Blue Book".

Ilf Ilya (Fainzilberg Ilya Arnoldovich)(1897–1937) - Russian Soviet satirist writer (together with E. Petrov - "The Twelve Chairs", "The Golden Calf").

Ionesco Eugene(1909-1994) - French playwright of Romanian origin, one of the founders of the aesthetic movement of absurdism (theater of the absurd).

Irving Washington(1783-1859) - American writer, one of the founders of classical American literature, the first American writer to achieve wide recognition in Europe.

Kaverin Veniamin Alexandrovich(1902–1982) - Russian Soviet writer, author of the novels Two Captains, Open Book, etc.

Camões (Camoins) Luis dee(1524-1580) - the largest Portuguese poet of the Renaissance, the author of the epic poem "Lusiads" about Vasco da Gama's voyage to India.

Karamzin Nikolai Mikhailovich(1766-1826) - Russian sentimentalist writer, historian ("Poor Liza", "History of the Russian State" in 12 volumes).

Kataev Valentin Petrovich(1897-1986) - Russian Soviet writer, author of the stories "The Lonely Sail Turns White", "The Son of the Regiment", etc., memoirs of contemporaries ("My Diamond Crown").

Kafka Franz(1883–1924) - Austrian writer Author of the novels "The Trial", "The Castle", "America", as well as a number of short stories. His works, combining elements of expressionism and surrealism, had a significant impact on the philosophy and culture of the 20th century.

Kvitka-Osnovyanenko (Kvitka) Grigory Fedorovich(1778–1843) - Ukrainian writer and playwright, representative of the "natural school". Wrote comedies ("Shelmenko-batman", etc.), novels ("Pan Khalyavsky", etc.).

Kizi Ken(1935–2001) is an American writer who is considered one of the main writers of the beat and hippie generations, having a major influence on the formation of these movements and their culture. Kesey's most famous work is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Kipling Joseph Rudyard(1865-1936) - English poet and writer (ballads, poems, stories about the life of a boy among the animals "Mowgli", etc.), the first Englishman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Kolas Yakub (Mitskevich Konstantin Mikhailovich)(1882–1956) - Belarusian Soviet poet and prose writer, one of the founders of modern Belarusian literature.

Conan Doyle Arthur(1859–1930) - English writer, classic of the detective genre. The best known are his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes, science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, humorous stories about Brigadier Gerard, and historical novels.

Korolenko Vladimir Galaktionovich(1853–1921) - Russian writer (novels "The Blind Musician", etc.). Democrat and humanist.

Cortazar Julio(1914–1984) - Argentine writer Among the most famous works Cortazar includes the novels “The Hopscotch Game”, “62. Assembly model”, “Book of Manuel”, collection of short stories “Bestiary”, etc.

Bonfire Charles de(1827–1879) - prominent Belgian writer, author of the novel The Legend of Ulenspiegel.

Kotlyarevsky Ivan Petrovich(1769–1838) - an outstanding Ukrainian writer, playwright, the first classic of new Ukrainian literature, the first author who began to write in Ukrainian. One of the ideologists of the Enlightenment in Ukraine.

Kotsiubinsky Mikhail Mikhailovich(1864–1913) - Ukrainian writer, classic of Ukrainian literature (story "Fata morgana", etc.).

Coelho Paolo(b. 1947) - Brazilian writer and poet. Published a total of about 150 books - novels, commented anthologies, collections short stories parables and children's stories.

Christy Agatha(1891-1976) - English writer, classic of the detective genre (85 novels, plays, stories).

Krylov Ivan Andreevich(1769–1844) - great Russian fabulist and playwright. Created over 200 fables.

Kunanbaev Abay(1845–1904) - Kazakh poet, founder of new written Kazakh literature.

Kupala Yanka (Lucevich Ivan Dominikovich)(1882–1942) - classic of Belarusian literature, poet, playwright, publicist.

Cooper James Fenimore(1789-1851) - famous American novelist, author of many adventure novels ("Deerslayer", "Pathfinder", "The Last of the Mohicans", etc.).

Kuprin Alexander Ivanovich(1870-1938) - Russian humanist writer, author of many novels and short stories ("Duel", "Pit", " Garnet bracelet" and etc.).

Carroll Lewis (Dodgson Charles Lathuige) (1832–1898)- English writer and mathematician, author of the story "Alice in Wonderland".

Lagerlöf Selma (1858–1940)- Swedish writer, author of the book for children "The Wonderful Journey of Nils Holgersson" and others, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Larni Martti Johannes (1909–1993) - Finnish writer, poet, journalist. Author of the novels Dear Poor and Their Motley Company, Impatient Passion, Heaven Came Down to Earth, The Fourth Vertebrae, or the Unwitting Rascal, The Beautiful Pig, or Memoirs of an Economic Counselor Minna Karlsson-Kananen, About It Out Loud do not speak".

La Fontaine Jean de (1621–1695) - French fabulist, playwright, writer, thinker and satirist.

Lem Stanislav(R. 1921) - Polish science fiction writer, whose works have been translated into more than 40 languages, philosopher, futurist, author of The Star Diaries, the stories Solaris, Return from the Stars, etc.

Lermontov Mikhail Yurievich (1814–1841) - Russian poet, classic of Russian literature. His poems, poems, the story "A Hero of Our Time", along with the works of A. S. Pushkin, became textbooks ("On the Death of a Poet", "Borodino", the poems "Mtsyri", "Demon", etc.).

Leskov Nikolai Semenovich (1831–1895) - Russian writer, author of many stories and novels from folk life, great master of the language.

Li Bo (711-762) - Chinese poet, one of the most revered poets in the history of Chinese literature. He left behind about 1100 works.

Lindgren Astrid Anna Emilia (1907-2002) - Swedish writer, author of world-famous works for children "Pippi long stocking”, “Carlson who lives on the roof”, “Emil from Lönneberg”, etc.

Longfellow Henry Wadsworth (1807–1882) - American poet. Author of the "Song of Hiawatha" and other poems and poems.

London Jack (Griffith John)(1876–1916) - American writer Stories about the life of the North, the utopian novel "The Iron Heel", the novel "Martin Eden", etc.

Lorca Federico Garcia(1898-1936) - an outstanding Spanish poet and playwright, author of many poems, distinguished by a fiery temperament and a premonition of a tragic end.

Lucian(c. 120–190) - Ancient Greek writer Lucian's work, which has not come down to us in the originals, is extensive and includes philosophical dialogues, satires, biographies, and novels of adventure and travel (often overtly parodic) related to the prehistory of science fiction.

Lucretius (Car Titus Lucretius)(c. 99–55 BC) - Roman poet and philosopher In the verse poem "On the Nature of Things" he systematically outlined the materialistic philosophy of antiquity.

Mine Reed (Reed Thomas Mine)(1818-1883) - English writer, author of exciting adventure novels ("The Headless Horseman", etc.).

Mandelstam Osip Emilievich(1891–1938) - Russian poet, one of the founders of acmeism, was distinguished by a vivid and imaginative perception of the world. Repressed, died in camps (poetry collection "Stone", a cycle of poems "Voronezh Notebooks", etc.)

Mann Thomas(1875–1955) - great German writer, essayist, master of the epic novel, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. The novel "Buddenbrooks" and others.

Marshak Samuil Yakovlevich(1887–1964) - Russian Soviet poet, translator, classic of literature for children.

Matsuo Basho (Munefusa)(1644–1694) - a great Japanese poet who played a major role in the development of the haikai (haiku) poetic genre.

Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich(1893-1930) - Russian Soviet poet, reformer of the poetic genre, author of numerous poems and poems ("A cloud in pants", "About this", "Out loud", etc.).

Melville Herman(1819–1891) - American writer. As a young man, Melville spent several years among the cannibal tribe of the Marquesas. The most famous work of the writer is the novel "Moby Dick, or the White Whale" - a complex work full of monologues, philosophical digressions, stories about the life of whales (which at times look like pages from a biology textbook) and the intricacies of whaling.

Merimee Prosper(1803-1870) - French writer, master of short stories (including "Carmen", which served as the basis for the opera by J. Wiese), as well as historical novels and plays.

Milne Alain Alexander(1882-1956) - English writer, author of poems and fairy tales for children ("Winnie the Pooh and all-all-all", etc.).

Milton John(1608-1674) - English poet and publicist, author of poems ("Paradise Lost", "Paradise Regained", etc.).

Mishima Yukio (Hiraoka Kimitake)(1925–1970) - Japanese writer, playwright, theater and film director, and actor Author of 40 novels, 15 of which were filmed during his lifetime, as well as many plays, short stories, and several volumes of literary essays. On November 25, 1970, together with several comrades, he tried to seize a military base and call on his fellow citizens to commit a coup. After the failure of this attempt, he committed suicide by committing seppuku.

Mitchell Margaret Manerlin(1900–1949) - American writer, best known as the author of Gone with the Wind (1936).

Miscavige Adam(1798–1855) - Polish poet, founder of romanticism, considered a national poet and one of the greatest representatives of Slavic literature.

Molière (Poquelin Jean Baptiste)(1622–1673) - French playwright and actor He created a new type of comedy, exposing social vices, the greatest comedian of France and new Europe, the creator of classical comedy, an actor by profession, theater director. Comedies "Don Juan", "Tartuffe", "Misanthrope", etc.

Maupassant Guy de(1850–1893) - French writer He exposed the hypocrisy, spiritual squalor, hypocrisy of contemporary society (the novels Life, Mont-Auriol, Dear Friend, etc.).

Nabokov Vladimir(1899–1977) - Russian and American writer He wrote in Russian, and since the 1940s - in English language. Among the most famous examples of creativity can be noted the novels "Mashenka", "Protection of Luzhin", "Invitation to Execution", "Gift". The writer gained fame among the general public after the publication of the scandalous novel Lolita, which was subsequently made into several screen adaptations.

Navoi Nizam-ad-din (Mir Alisher)(1441–1501) - Uzbek writer, poet, scientist. The pinnacle of creativity is the book "Pyateritsa" ("Hamse"), which contains five poems, including the most famous "Layli and Majnun".

Nekrasov Nikolai Alekseevich(1821–1878) - Russian poet. Many of his poems became textbooks, and those set to music became folk songs.

Neruda Pablo (Basualto Naftali Ricardo Reyes)(1904-1973) - Chilean poet ("Universal Song" and others), Nobel Prize winner.

Nizami Ganjavi (Abu Muhammad Ilyas ibn Yusuf) (1141–1209) - Azerbaijani poet and thinker, author of many lyrical poems and poems, including "Seven Beauties" and others.

Ovid (Nazon Publius Ovid) (43 BC e. - OK. 18 n. BC) - Roman poet, author of the mythological epic "Metamorphoses", poems and poems about love.

Okudzhava Bulat Shalvovich(1924–1997) - Russian poet, bard, writer. His poems and historical stories are distinguished by deep lyricism and humanity.

Orwell George (Eric Arthur Blair)(1903-1950) - English writer and publicist, master of social dystopia, exposing the totalitarian system ("Animal Farm", "1984").

Ostrovsky Alexander Nikolaevich(1823–1886) - Russian playwright, recognized as the founder of the Russian trend in the history of world drama.

Pavic Milorad(b. 1929) - Serbian writer, poet, translator and literary historian. The world-famous Pavić brought the novel "Khazar Dictionary".

Palahniuk (Palaghnyuk) Chuck(b. 1962) is a contemporary American writer and journalist. He is best known as the author of the book Fight Club, which was adapted into a film of the same name in 1999.

Pasternak Boris Leonidovich(1890–1960) - Russian poet, prose writer, translator (“My sister is life”, “Doctor Zhivago”, etc.), who created works that are distinguished by the depth of thinking and the beauty of poetic language.

Paustovsky Konstantin Georgievich(1892-1968) - Russian Soviet writer, romantic, master of lyrical prose ("Golden Rose", etc.).

Perro Charles(1628-1703) - French writer-storyteller ("Puss in Boots", "Cinderella", etc.).

Petofi Shandor(1823-1849) - Hungarian poet, revolutionary, national hero, author of poems ("Knight Janos", etc.).

Petrarch Francesco(1304-1374) - Italian poet, head of the older generation of humanists, one of the greatest figures of the Italian Renaissance.

Petrov Evgeny (Evgeny Petrovich Kataev)(1903-1942) - Russian Soviet writer, author (together with I. Ilf) of the novels "The Twelve Chairs" and "The Golden Calf", many satirical stories and feuilletons.

Platonov Andrey Platonovich(1899-1951) - an outstanding Russian Soviet writer, whose works ("Chevengur", "Pit", "Juvenile Sea", etc.) did not fit into official literature.

By Edgar Allan(1809-1849) - one of the greatest writers of American literature, a poet who is considered a harbinger of symbolism.

Prus Boleslav (Alexander Glovatsky)(1847–1912) - Polish writer Stories about children ("Orphan's Share"), stories "Return Wave", "Outpost", novels "Doll", "Pharaoh".

Proust Marseille(1871-1922) - French writer who sought to show the inner life of a person as a "stream of consciousness" (cycle "In Search of Lost Time", volumes I-XVI).

Pushkin, Alexander Sergeyevich(1799–1837) - great Russian poet and writer. Created numerous works of different genres and great value. Poems, poems, a novel in verse ("Eugene Onegin"), the cycle "Tales of Belkin", "Little Tragedies", the tragedy "Boris Godunov", historical works and etc.

Rabelais Francois(1494–1553) - French writer, humanist and satirist The novel "Gargantua and Pantagruel" is a kind of encyclopedia of the culture of the French Renaissance.

Remarque Erich Maria(1898-1970) - one of the most famous and widely read German writers of the 20th century. The most famous works of the writer are the novels All Quiet on the Western Front, Three Comrades, Arc de Triomphe, Night in Lisbon.

Rimbaud Arthur (1854–1891) – French symbolist poet who had a significant influence on later poetry.

Rodari Gianni(1920–1980) - Italian children's writer

Rolland Romen(1866-1944) - an outstanding French writer and playwright, author of the story "Cola Breugnon", the novel "Jean Christophe" and others.

Rostand Edmond(1868–1918) - French poet and playwright After the noisy triumph of the poetic play Cyrano de Bergerac, Rostand was recognized as one of the most famous European playwrights.

Rowling Joan(b. 1965) - English writer, author of a series of novels about Harry Potter.

Rudaki Abu Abdullah Jafar(860–941) - Tajik and Persian poet, founder of poetry in Farsi.

Rousseau Jean Jacques (1712–1778)- French philosopher, thinker, sentimentalist writer (novels "Julia, or New Eloise", "Confession", etc.).

Rustaveli Shota(XII century) - a classic of Georgian literature, author of the poem "The Knight in the Panther's Skin".

Ryleev Kondraty Fedorovich(1795–1826) - Russian poet, romantic, Decembrist, creator of the almanac "Polar Star".

Rylsky Maxim Faddeevich(1895–1964) - a prominent Ukrainian lyric poet ("Roses and Grapes", etc.), translator, public figure.

Saadi Muslihiddin(c. 1203-c. 1291) - Persian lyric poet, thinker (poem "Bustan", etc.).

Sagan Françoise (Coire Françoise)(1935–2004) French writer and playwright. Sagan's fame was brought by the novel "Hello Sadness", which was published when she was 19 years old.

Saltykov-Shchedrin (Saltykov Mikhail Evgrafovich)(1826–1889) - Russian satirist writer, master of the grotesque ("Lord Golovlevs", etc.).

Sappho (Sappho) (VII–VI centuries BC BC) - an ancient Greek poetess, a representative of the melic (musical and song) lyrics, a native of the lesbian (on the island of Lesbos) city of Eres.

Swift Jonathan(1667–1745) English satirist, author of the satirical novel Gulliver's Travels.

Severyanin Igor (Igor Vasilyevich Lotarev)(1887–1941) - Russian poet ("Pineapples in champagne", etc.). His poems were distinguished by refinement of form and musicality.

Sienkiewicz Henryk(1846–1916) - Polish writer (historical novels "With Fire and Sword", "Without Dogma", etc.).

Saint Exupery Antoine de(1900-1944) - French writer, pilot, died during the Second World War ("Land of the people", " Little Prince" and etc.).

Cervantes Saavedra Miguel de(1547-1616) - the great Spanish writer ("The ingenious hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha", etc.).

Simenon Georges(1903-1989) - French writer, classic of the detective genre.

Simonov Konstantin (Kirill) Mikhailovich(1915-1979) - Russian Soviet writer and poet (collections of poems "With You and Without You", "Friends and Enemies", the trilogy "The Living and the Dead", etc.).

Frying pan Grigory Savvich(1722–1794) - an outstanding Ukrainian philosopher, poet and teacher, author of poems, fables in prose (“Fables of Kharkov”, etc.).

Scott Walter(1771-1832) - English writer, who is considered the founder of the historical novel genre, the author of many historical novels ("Ivanhoe", "Rob Roy", "Waverley", etc.) and romantic poems.

Solzhenitsyn Alexander Isaevich(b. 1918) - Russian writer and public figure, author of the novels The Gulag Archipelago, The Cancer Ward, etc. Nobel laureate, became widely known not only for his works, but also for his personal struggle against communist ideology and the Soviet regime.

Sophocles(c. 496-406 BC) - Athenian playwright, considered along with Aeschylus and Euripides one of the three greatest tragic poets of ancient Greece. The tragedies "Ajax", "Antigone", "Oedipus Rex", "Philoctetes", "Trachinian Women", "Electra", "Oedipus in Colon" have survived entirely to this day.

Steinbeck John Ernst(1902–1968) - a classic of American literature (novels "The Winter of Our Anxiety", etc.). Nobel laureate.

Stendhal (Bail Henri Marie)(1783-1842) - French writer, author of numerous novels, including "Red and Black", "Parma Monastery", etc.

Stevenson Robert Lewis(1850-1894) - English writer, author of adventure ("Treasure Island", etc.), historical ("Black Arrow", etc.), psychological ("The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde") novels.

Strugatsky (the Strugatsky brothers), Arkady Natanovich(1925–1991) and Boris Natanovich(1933) - Russian writers, screenwriters, classics of modern science and social fiction (the novels Predatory Things of the Century, The Doomed City, the stories Monday Begins on Saturday, A Billion Years Before the End of the World, etc.).

Salinger Jerome David(b. 1919) is an American writer. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye brought great success. After 1965, Jerome Salinger published no more works, becoming one of the most mysterious "hermits" and "silent" in world literature.

Tagore Rabindranath(1861-1941) - Indian writer, poet, composer, artist, public figure ("Mountain", "House and Peace", etc.). Nobel laureate.

Tvardovsky Alexander Trifonovich(1910-1971) - Russian Soviet poet, author of the poems "Country of Ant", "Vasily Terkin", etc.

Twain Mark (Samuel Clemens) (1835–1910) - prominent American writer, satirist, journalist and lecturer. At the peak of his career, he was probably the most popular figure in the US.

Thackeray William Makepeace(1811–1863) - English novelist ("Vanity Fair", etc.).

Tolkien John Ronald Reuel(1892–1973) - English writer, linguist, philologist. Tolkien is best known for his novel The Hobbit, or There and Back Again and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Tolstoy Alexey Konstantinovich(1817–1875) - Russian poet, writer, satirist, one of the authors of K. Prutkov (poetry, poems, novel "Prince Silver", etc.).

Tolstoy Alexey Nikolaevich(1883-1945) - Russian Soviet writer (novels "Peter I", the trilogy "Walking through the torments", the story "Bread", etc.).

Tolstoy Lev Nikolaevich(1828–1910) - Russian writer, publicist and religious thinker, ideologist of the Tolstoyan movement (stories, novels, epic novel "War and Peace", novels "Anna Karenina", "Resurrection", etc.). Tolstoy had a huge impact on the evolution of European humanism, on the development of realistic traditions in world literature.

Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich(1818-1883) - Russian writer ("Notes of a hunter", "Fathers and Sons", etc.). He brought out images of new heroes of his era - raznochintsy.

Tynyanov Yury Nikolaevich(1894-1943) - Russian Soviet writer, literary critic, master of the historical novel ("Kukhlya", "Death of Vazir-Mukhtar", etc.).

Tychina Pavlo (Pavel Grigorievich)(1891–1967) - Ukrainian Soviet poet and statesman, innovator of poetic form.

Tyutchev Fedor Ivanovich(1803–1873) - Russian poet, master of verse, penetrating lyric thinker.

Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wheels(1854–1900) - English writer close to the Symbolists He is best known for his many plays, catchphrases and aphorisms, and for The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891).

Williams Tennessee(1911–1983) – American playwright and novelist Williams is best known for his play A Streetcar Named Desire. The plays of the playwright have been filmed many times.

Whitman Walt(1819-1892) - American poet and philosopher (collection "Leaves of Grass", etc.), reformer of American poetry.

Ukrainian Lesya (Kosach-Kvitka Larisa Petrovna)(1871–1913) - Ukrainian poetess (lyrical poems, extravaganza "Forest Song", etc.).

Wells Herbert George(1866-1946) - English writer, classic of science fiction literature ("The Invisible Man", "War of the Worlds", etc.).

Fowles John(1926–2005) - English writer and poet, one of the most significant English writers second half of the 20th century Among the most famous works of John Fowles are the novels "The Collector", "The French Lieutenant's Girlfriend", "The Worm", etc.

Feuchtwanger Lyon(1884-1958) - German novelist and publicist (historical novels, including "False Nero", "Success", etc.).

Fet (Shenshin) Afanasy Afanasyevich(1820–1892) - Russian poet, adherent of "pure art", subtle lyric poet.

Firdousi Abulkasim(934-c. 1020) - Persian poet, author of the poem "Shahname", which had a great influence on the literature of the East, the poem "Yusuf and Zuleikha" is also attributed to him.

Flaubert Gustave(1821–1880) - French writer (the novel Madame Bovary, etc.), a successor to the traditions of O. Balzac.

Franko Ivan Yakovlevich(1856-1916) - an outstanding Ukrainian writer, poet, novelist, scientist, publicist and leader of the revolutionary movement in the west of Ukraine, a classic of Ukrainian literature ("The Eternal Revolutionary", "Zakhar Berkut", etc.).

France Anatole (Thibaut Anatole Francois)(1844-1924) - French writer ("Penguin Island", etc.), publicist, satirist. Nobel laureate.

Khayyam Omar(1048-c. 1123) - the great Persian poet and mathematician. Known for his quatrains - full of humor and wisdom rubaiyat.

Heller Joseph(1923–1999) - American novelist The author of the grotesque satirical novel "Catch-22" (Catch-22, in some translations - "Catch-22"), which has become a classic of the "black comedy" genre.

Hemingway Ernest Miller(1899–1961) - American writer Hemingway received wide recognition thanks to his novels and numerous stories, on the one hand, and his life full of adventures and surprises, on the other. His style, concise and rich, had a huge impact on world literature 20th century (“Fiesta”, “Farewell to Arms!”, “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, etc.).

Khlebnikov Velemir (Viktor Vladimirovich)(1885–1922) - Russian poet, innovator of the word. He strove to create a "new mythology" and the language of the coming free humanity.

Zweig Stefan(1881-1942) - Austrian writer, master of psychological novels ("Amok", "Confusion", etc.), novelized biographies of famous historical figures.

Tsvetaeva Marina Ivanovna(1892–1941) - Russian poetess, prose writer, translator, one of the most widely read and original Russian poets of the 20th century.

Cicero Mark Tullius(106-43 BC) - ancient Roman orator and writer.

Capek Karel(1890-1938) - one of the most famous Czech writers of the 20th century, prose writer and playwright ("War with Newts", "White Disease", etc.).

Chernyshevsky Nikolai Gavrilovich(1828–1889) - Russian writer, philosopher and critic (novels What Is to Be Done?, Prologue, etc., novels).

Chekhov Anton Pavlovich(1860-1904) - an outstanding Russian writer and playwright ("Lady with a Dog", "Three Sisters", etc.). Chekhov's work had a huge impact on Russian and world literature.

Chukovsky Korney Ivanovich(1882-1969) - Russian poet, writer, translator, literary critic (monumental work "Nekrasov's Mastery", " high art", very popular children's fairy tales and poems - "Moydodyr", "The Adventures of Aibolit", etc.).

Shevchenko Taras Grigorievich(1814–1861) - a great Ukrainian poet and writer, a classic of Ukrainian literature, an artist (the book of poetic works "Kobzar", the poems "Katerina", "Blind", "Haydamaki", etc.).

Shakespeare William(1564–1616) - the great English playwright and poet (tragedies King Lear, Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, etc., comedies The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, etc., sonnets and etc.). Deep philosophical thought and a wealth of poetic and dramatic means made Shakespeare's work one of the pinnacles of world art.

Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft(1797-1851) - English writer, author of the book "Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus", wife of the romantic poet Percy Shelley.

Shelley Percy Bysshe(1792–1822) - one of the greatest English poets of the 19th century. ("Queen Mab", "Freed Prometheus", etc.).

Schiller Johann Friedrich(1759-1805) - German poet and playwright ("Treachery and Love", "Maid of Orleans", "William Tell", etc.).

Sholom Aleichem (Rabinovich Sholom Nokhumovich)(1859–1916) - eminent Jewish writer and playwright (drama "Tevye the Milkman", novel "Wandering Stars", etc.).

Sholokhov Mikhail Alexandrovich(1905–1984) - classic of Russian Soviet literature. Novels " Quiet Don”, “Virgin Soil Upturned”, etc. Nobel laureate.

Aesop (VI v. BC BC) - an ancient Greek fabulist, a legendary folk sage, to whom the plots of almost all the fables known in antiquity were attributed.

Eco Umberto(b. 1932) - Italian prose writer, scientist, culturologist, essayist. The novels "The Name of the Rose", "Foucault's Pendulum", etc.

Aeschylus(525–456 BC), ancient Greek playwright. In antiquity, about 80 dramatic works Aeschylus, of which only seven have survived: Persians, Seven Against Thebes, the Oresteia trilogy (Agamemnon, Choephors, Eumenides); the tragedies "The Petitioners, or the Prayers" and "Chained Prometheus".

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Poets and writers Suicide is popular among the creative elite around the world. So, in the XX century. Russian poets V. Mayakovsky, S. Yesenin, M. Tsvetaeva, German poet and playwright Ernst Toller, writer S. Zweig (Austria), E. Hemingway (USA), Yu.

From the book The Complete Encyclopedia of Modern Educational Games for Children. From birth to 12 years author Voznyuk Natalia Grigorievna

"Poets" The players take a large sheet of paper and write a poem on it. The point is that everyone comes up with 2 lines that rhyme with each other and wraps the sheet so that the next player does not know what the previous one wrote about. Then the sheet is unfolded and read

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