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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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
 

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
 

Frederic Ogden Nash
Frederic Ogden Nash was an American poet best known for writing pithy and funny light verse...
USA
Born in: New York > USA
 

Mushirul Hassan
Fighting for Secularism
Contemporary
Born in: Barabanki > India
 

Deputy Nazeer Ahmad Dehlvi
Known as the pioneer of Urdu novels...
India
Born in: Bijnore > India
 

William Faulkner
He is considered one of the most influential writers of the 20th century...
USA
Born in: New Albany > USA
 

Juan Ramon Jimenez
Juan Ramon Jimenez was a Spanish poet...
Spain
Born in: Moguer, Andalusia > Spain
 

Bertolt Brecht
An East German playwright, dramatized the Marxist themes of greed and corruption in capitalist society...
Poet
Born in: Augsburg > Germany
 

Michael Crichton
John Michael Crichton, was an American author, film producer, film director, medical doctor, and television producer best known for his science fiction and techno-thriller novels...
USA
Born in: Chicago > USA
 

Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro is a Japan-born British novelist...
Novels
Born in: Nagasaki > Japan