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Literary Critic, Journalist, Author, Poet
Margaret Atwood is a Canadian award-winning writer best known for her poetry, short-stories and novels such as The Circle Game, The Handmaid’s Tale, Snowbird and The Tent.
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Margaret Atwood
Literary Critic, Journalist, Author, Poet
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Linguist, Philosopher, Scholar, Literary Critic, Academic Author / 1895 - 1975
Mikhail Bakhtin was a Russian literary critic, linguist and philosopher.
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Mikhail Bakhtin
1895-1975
Linguist, Philosopher, Scholar, Literary Critic, Academic Author
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Philosopher, Literary Critic, Academic Author / 1915 - 1980
Roland Barthes was a French literary philosopher whose work influenced structuralism, semiotics and anthropology.
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Roland Barthes
1915-1980
Philosopher, Literary Critic, Academic Author
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Anti-War Activist, Film Actor, Comedian, Literary Critic, Journalist / 1889 - 1945
Robert Benchley was an American humorist, drama critic and film actor who is best known for his small roles in over 40 films, including How To Sleep.
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Robert Benchley
1889-1945
Anti-War Activist, Film Actor, Comedian, Literary Critic, Journalist
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Literary Critic, Writer / 1930 -
Harold Bloom is an American literary critic widely known for his original theories on the creation of literature, particularly poetry.
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Harold Bloom
1930-
Literary Critic, Writer
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Literary Critic, Political Leader, Writer / 1872 - 1950
French politician and writer Léon Blum made a name as a brilliant literary and drama critic then entered politics in the French Socialist Party.
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Léon Blum
1872-1950
Literary Critic, Political Leader, Writer
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Philosopher, Artist, Literary Critic, Editor, Publisher, Journalist, Author, Poet / 1896 - 1966
André Breton was a French writer, editor and critic who was a key figure in the Dada and Surrealist art movements.
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André Breton
1896-1966
Philosopher, Artist, Literary Critic, Editor, Publisher, Journalist, Author, Poet
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Educator, Literary Critic, Editor, Poet / 1901 - 1989
African-American poet Sterling Brown is best known for writing poetry distinctly rooted in folklore and authentic black dialect. His works, including Southern Road (1932), have been widely praised for their authenticity and phonetic spelling.
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Sterling Brown
1901-1989
Educator, Literary Critic, Editor, Poet
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Literary Critic, Songwriter, Author, Poet / 1917 - 1993
Anthony Burgess was an English novelist and composer best known for his novel A Clockwork Orange, which became a popular 1971 Stanley Kubrik film.
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Anthony Burgess
1917-1993
Literary Critic, Songwriter, Author, Poet
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Philosopher, Literary Critic, Poet / 1772 - 1834
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet of the Romantic Movement, best known for his allegorical sea-faring poem, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1772-1834
Philosopher, Literary Critic, Poet
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Scholar, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Editor, Publisher, Journalist, Author / 1903 - 1974
Cyril Connolly was an English literary critic, essayist, and novelist.
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Cyril Connolly
1903-1974
Scholar, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Editor, Publisher, Journalist, Author
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Historian, Literary Critic, Journalist / 1898 - 1989
Malcolm Crowley was a literary critic and social historian who took part in Depression-era political debate.
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Malcolm Cowley
1898-1989
Historian, Literary Critic, Journalist
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Philosopher, Scholar, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Journalist / 1930 - 2004
Jacques Derrida was an influential postmodern French philosopher who developed the analytic method known as Deconstruction.
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Jacques Derrida
1930-2004
Philosopher, Scholar, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Journalist
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Literary Critic, Author, Poet / 1923 - 1997
James Dickey was a Poet Laureate and novelist best known for his 1970 book Deliverance.
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James Dickey
1923-1997
Literary Critic, Author, Poet
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Literary Critic, Academic Author, Author / 1932 -
Umberto Eco is an Italian intellectual and writer known for his work in semiotics and novels such as The Name of the Rose.
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Umberto Eco
1932-
Literary Critic, Academic Author, Author
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Educator, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Author / 1914 - 1994
Ralph Ellison was a 20th century African-American writer and scholar best known for his renowned, award-winning novel Invisible Man.
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Ralph Ellison
1914-1994
Educator, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Author
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Philosopher, Literary Critic, Author / 1844 - 1924
Anatole France was a French writer of satire and fantasy. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921.
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Anatole France
1844-1924
Philosopher, Literary Critic, Author
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Women's Rights Activist, Literary Critic, Writer / 1810 - 1850
Margaret Fuller is best known for feminist writing and literary criticism in 19th century America.
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Margaret Fuller
1810-1850
Women's Rights Activist, Literary Critic, Writer
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Educator, Historian, Scholar, Literary Critic, Filmmaker, Academic Author, Editor / 1950 -
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is an African-American educator and scholar, and the director of the W. E. B. DuBois Institute for African and African-American Research.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
1950-
Educator, Historian, Scholar, Literary Critic, Filmmaker, Academic Author, Editor
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Literary Critic, Author, Poet / 1895 - 1985
British poet Robert Graves is best known for writing his first volumes of poetry, primarily about war, while serving at the Western Front during World War I.
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Robert Graves
1895-1985
Literary Critic, Author, Poet
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Literary Critic, Editor, Poet / 1849 - 1903
William Ernest Henley was a British poet, critic and editor remembered chiefly for his poem "Invictus."
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William Ernest Henley
1849-1903
Literary Critic, Editor, Poet
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Educator, Literary Critic, Psychologist, Journalist, Author / 1941 -
Julia Kristeva is a psychoanalyst, critic and novelist, known for her writings in structuralist linguistics, psychoanalysis and philosophical feminism.
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Julia Kristeva
1941-
Educator, Literary Critic, Psychologist, Journalist, Author
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Literary Critic, Editor, Journalist / 1880 - 1956
Known for his wit and cynicism, journalist and editor H. L. Mencken was an influential American literary critic.
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H.L. Mencken
1880-1956
Literary Critic, Editor, Journalist
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Philosopher, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Author / 1919 - 1999
Prolific novelist Iris Murdoch won a Booker Prize for The Sea, the Sea. In 2001, she was portrayed by Kate Winslet and Judy Dench in the biographical film Iris.
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Iris Murdoch
1919-1999
Philosopher, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Author
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Literary Critic, Journalist, Author, Poet / 1899 - 1977
Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian novelist and critic known for the intricate literary devices employed in such novels as Lolita.
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Vladimir Nabokov
1899-1977
Literary Critic, Journalist, Author, Poet
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Academic, Literary Critic, Poet / 1940 -
American poet and critic Robert Pinksy is best known for writing about the significance of every-day experiences.
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Robert Pinsky
1940-
Academic, Literary Critic, Poet
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Philosopher, Scholar, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Poet / 1688 - 1744
Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet best known for his epic poem, The Rape of the Lock, and his translation of Homer's Iliad.
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Alexander Pope
1688-1744
Philosopher, Scholar, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Poet
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Literary Critic, Poet / 1901 - 1968
Salvatore Quasimodo is one of the foremost Italian poets of the 20th century. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1959.
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Salvatore Quasimodo
1901-1968
Literary Critic, Poet
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Philosopher, Activist, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Journalist, Author, Playwright, Screenwriter / 1905 - 1980
Jean-Paul Sartre was a 20th century intellectual, writer and activist who put forth pioneering ideas on existentialism.
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Jean-Paul Sartre
1905-1980
Philosopher, Activist, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Journalist, Author, Playwright, Screenwriter
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Literary Critic, Academic Author, Publisher, Author, Poet / 1918 - 2006
Dame Muriel Spark was a Scottish novelist, poet and literary critic best known for her novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
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Muriel Spark
1918-2006
Literary Critic, Academic Author, Publisher, Author, Poet
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Literary Critic, Editor, Author, Playwright / 1902 - 1934
Wallace Henry Thurman was an African-American literary figure associated with the Harlem Renaissance.
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Wallace Henry Thurman
1902-1934
Literary Critic, Editor, Author, Playwright
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Civil Rights Activist, Literary Critic, Poet / 1905 - 1989
American poet Robert Penn Warren was one of the founders of New Criticism and is the only person to have won the Pulitzer Prize for both fiction and poetry.
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Robert Penn Warren
1905-1989
Civil Rights Activist, Literary Critic, Poet
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Educator, Philosopher, Scholar, Anti-War Activist, Economist, Literary Critic, Political Scientist, Journalist, Sociologist / 1864 - 1920
Max Weber was a 19th century German sociologist and one of the founders of modern sociology. He wrote The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism in 1905.
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Max Weber
1864-1920
Educator, Philosopher, Scholar, Anti-War Activist, Economist, Literary Critic, Political Scientist, Journalist, Sociologist
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