Margaret Wise Brown
American writer of children’s books, including Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, both illustrated by Clement Hurd
Creator
Dino Buzzati
Italian novelist, short story writer, painter and poet, as well as a journalist for Corriere della Sera
Sir Thomas Browne
English polymath and author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in diverse fields including science and medicine, religion and the esoteric
A. S. Byatt
English novelist, poet and Booker Prize winner, and won the 2017 Park Kyong-ni Prize
Paul Bowles
American expatriate composer, author, and translator
Jean de Brunhoff
Jean de Brunhoff was a French writer and illustrator remembered best for creating the Babar series of children’s books concerning a fictional elephant, the first of which was published in 1931.
Roberto Calasso
Italian writer and publisher
W. E. Bowman
Engineer and writer, best remembered for his 1956 book The Ascent of Rum Doodle, a satire on the world of mountaineering literature inspired by Bill Tilman and his 1937 account of the Nanda Devi expedition
Bill Bryson
AmericanBritish author of books on travel, the English language, science, and other nonfiction topics
Italo Calvino
Italian writer and journalist