Literary Giants
29 entries in the Literary Giants compendium.
Robert Louis StevensonScottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, author of Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr…Rudyard KiplingEnglish writer, Nobel laureate — best known for tales of empire.Ryūnosuke AkutagawaFather of the Japanese short storySalman RushdieA master of magical realism and historical fiction, Rushdie's works explore connections and disruptions…Samuel BeckettIrish playwright, novelist, and poet; key figure in the Theatre of the Absurd.Saul BellowAuthor of Henderson the Rain King, a 1959 novel ranked number 21 on Modern Library's list of the 100 Best…Selma LagerlöfSwedish writer, published in Ukrainian translation by Vydavnytstvo Zhupanskogo in the Nobel Prize Laureates…StendhalFrench writer and pioneer of psychological realism.Stephen KingAmerican author known for horror and other genres.Stéphane MallarméFrench Symbolist poet whose work inspired early 20th-century avant-garde movements.Sylvia PlathAmerican confessional poet and novelistT. S. EliotAnglo-Catholic poet linked to the broader Catholic literary revival.Toni MorrisonAuthor of Beloved, winner of the NYTBR's 2006 poll for best American fiction of 1980–2005.Tristan TzaraRomanian-French avant-garde poet and Dada co-founder.Umberto EcoItalian medievalist, semiotician, and novelist of The Name of the Rose.Ursula K. Le GuinAmerican author of speculative fiction and fantasy.V. S. NaipaulTrinidad-born British writer and Nobel laureateVictor HugoFrench Romantic author, poet, and human rights activist.Virginia WoolfEnglish modernist writer, feminist essayist.Vladimir NabokovRussian and American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist.VoltaireFrench Enlightenment writer and advocate of civil libertiesW. B. YeatsIrish poet, dramatist, and Nobel laureate.Walt WhitmanAmerican poet, author of Leaves of Grass, wrote poems on Abraham Lincoln's death.Walter ScottScottish novelist, poet, and historian; creator of the Waverley novels.William BlakeEnglish poet, painter, and printmaker of the Romantic AgeWilliam FaulknerAmerican writer; winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature; considered the greatest writer of Southern…William GoldingBritish novelist, Nobel laureate, author of Lord of the Flies.William WordsworthEnglish Romantic poet and co-founder of the Romantic AgeWole SoyinkaNigerian Nobel laureate whose works explore culture and politics.
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