John Barth
American writer who is best known for his postmodernist and metafictional fiction.
Matsuo Basho
Most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan
W. Jackson Bate
American literary critic and biographer
Charles Baudelaire
French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic
L. Frank Baum
American author best known for his children’s books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels
Edwin A. Abbott
English schoolmaster, theologian, and Anglican priest, best known as the author of the novella Flatland .
Chinua Achebe
Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as the dominant figure of modern African literature
J. R. Ackerley
British writer and editor
Douglas Adams
English author, screenwriter, essayist, humorist, satirist and dramatist
Henry Adams
American historian and a member of the Adams political family, descended from two U.S. Presidents