Richard Adams
English novelist and writer of the books Watership Down, Maia, Shardik and The Plague Dogs
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigerian writer whose works include novels, short stories and nonfiction
Aeschylus
Ancient Greek tragedian, and is often described as the father of tragedy
James Agee
American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic
Edward Albee
American playwright known for works such as The Zoo Story , The Sandbox , Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , A Delicate Balance , and Three Tall Women . Some critics have argued that some of his work constitutes an American variant of what Martin Esslin identified and named the Theater of the Absurd
Louisa May Alcott
American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo’s Boys . Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many well-known intellectuals of the day, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.Alcott’s family suffered from financial difficulties, and while she worked to help support the family from an early age, she also sought an outlet in writing
Lloyd Alexander
American author of more than 40 books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults
Sherman Alexie
Spokane-Coeur d’Alene-Native American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker
Svetlana Alexievich
Belarusian investigative journalist, essayist and oral historian who writes in Russian
Dante Alighieri
Italian poet, writer and philosopher