Writer
Discover talented writers who created amazing stories and books! Learn about authors whose words have entertained and educated readers worldwide.
Biographies (14)
Du Fu
712-770
China's greatest realist poet
Mark O'Connell
1979-
Writer who explores humans and technology
Alessandro Manzoni
1785-1873
Father of the modern Italian novel
William Shakespeare
1564-1616
Inventor of iconic English phrases
Rumi
1207-1273
Poet of love and unity
Maya Angelou
1928-2014
Beloved poet and powerful voice
Sylvia Plath
1932-1963
Brought honest emotion into poetry
Oscar Wilde
1854-1900
Victorian playwright and wit
Simone de Beauvoir
1908-1986
Philosopher who inspired women's liberation
Ernest Hemingway
1899-1961
Writer who simplified storytelling
Emily Dickinson
1830-1886
Reclusive poet who changed poetry
James Baldwin
1924-1987
Pioneering civil rights writer
Jane Austen
1775-1817
Pioneering storyteller of social wit
Langston Hughes
1902-1967
Leading poet of the Harlem Renaissance