Wislawa Szymborska
Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature
Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature
19th-century French writer
Roman historian and politician
American writer known for his works of speculative fiction
American writer
Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 18 March 1768), an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric, wrote the novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, published sermons and memoirs, and indulged in local politics. He grew up in a military family travelling mainly in Ireland but briefly …
Canadian artist and writer
Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer
American author known for the novel The Joy Luck Club, which was adapted into a film of the same name in 1993 by director Wayne Wang
Homesteader in Wyoming, and a memoirist who between 1909 and 1914 wrote letters describing her life there to a former employer in Denver, Colorado