Edgar Allan Poe
American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic
Marco Polo
Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo , a book that described to Europeans the then mysterious culture and inner workings of the Eastern world, including the wealth and great size of the Mongol Empire and China in the Yuan Dynasty, giving their first comprehensive look into China, Persia, India, Japan and other Asian cities and countries.Born in Venice, Marco learned the mercantile trade from his father and his uncle, Niccol and Maffeo, who travelled through Asia and met Kublai Khan
Katherine Anne Porter
American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist
Beatrix Potter
English writer, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist; she was best known for her children’s books featuring animals, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Nuala O’Faolain
Irish journalist, TV producer, book reviewer, teacher and writer
Redmond O’Hanlon
English writer and scholar.
Eugene O’Neill
American playwright and Nobel laureate in literature
Barack Obama
American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the United States
Kakuzo Okakura
Japanese scholar who contributed to the development of arts in Japan
Ben Okri
Nigerian poet and novelist