Writers Biographies

A writer is a person who produces literature or nonfiction, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, essays, articles, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images.

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Ian Buruma
Ian Buruma is an Anglo-Dutch writer and academic. Much of his work focuses on Asian culture, particularly that of 20th-century Japan...
USA
Born in: The Hague > Netherlands
 

Habib Tanvir
One of the most popular Hindi playwrights, a theatre director, poet and actor...
India
Born in: Raipur > India
 

Homer
Homer is a legendary ancient Greek epic poet...
Greece
Born in: Greece
 

Vikram Seth
Golden Writer
Novels
Born in: Kolkata > India
 

William Dalrymple
An award winning historian and writer, as well as a broadcaster, critic and art historian...
History
Born in: Glasgow, Scotland > United Kingdom
 

Zadie Smith
Chronicler of Cultural Clash
Novels
Born in: London > United Kingdom
 

Manohar Shyam Joshi
Father of Indian Soap Operas like TV Serial Hum Log, Buniyad...
India
Born in: Ajmer > India
 

Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
V.S. Naipaul has been awarded a number of literary prizes, among them the Booker Prize and the T.S. Eliot Award...
Born in: Chaguanas > Trinidad and Tobago
 

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One of the greatest figures of German culture, encompassed literature, science, music, and philosophy within his work...
Literature
Born in: Free City of Frankfurt > Germany
 

Gunter Wilhelm Grass
Gunter Grass is considered one of the foremost literary figures of postwar Germany. His strong commitment to political ideals is manifested in satiric, Rabelaisian novels and plays...
Contemporary
Born in: Gdansk > Poland