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Presley, Priscilla
Priscilla Presley is an American actress and businesswoman best known for her marriage to musician Elvis Presley.......
Price, Reynolds
Reynolds Price was an American writer whose stories are set in the southern U.S. state of North Carolina, where......
Priestley, J B
J. B. Priestley was a British novelist, playwright, and essayist, noted for his varied output and his ability for......
Prince, F.T.
F.T. Prince was a South African-born poet who wrote verse of quiet intensity. His work is best exemplified by his......
Prince, Harold
Harold Prince was an American theatrical producer and director who was recognized as one of the most creative and......
Pringle, Thomas
Thomas Pringle was a Scottish-South African poet, often called the father of South African poetry. Pringle was......
Pritchett, V.S.
V.S. Pritchett was a British novelist, short-story writer, and critic known throughout his long writing career......
Prokosch, Frederic
Frederic Prokosch was an American writer who became famous for his early novels and whose literary stature subsequently......
Prosper of Aquitaine, Saint
Saint Prosper of Aquitaine ; feast day July 7) was an early Christian polemicist famous for his defense of Augustine......
Proulx, Annie
Annie Proulx is an American writer whose darkly comic yet sad fiction is peopled with quirky, memorable individuals......
Proust, Marcel
Marcel Proust was a French novelist, author of À la recherche du temps perdu (1913–27; In Search of Lost Time),......
Przybyszewski, Stanisław
Stanisław Przybyszewski was a Polish essayist, playwright, and poet notable for espousing art as the creator of......
Prévost, Marcel
Marcel Prévost was a French novelist who made a sensation in France in the 1890s with stories purporting to show......
Psichari, Ernest
Ernest Psichari was a French writer and soldier whose works combine militaristic sentiments with a semimystical......
Publilius Syrus
Publilius Syrus was a Latin mime writer contemporary with Cicero, chiefly remembered for a collection of versified......
Purchas, Samuel
Samuel Purchas was an English compiler of travel and discovery writings who continued the encyclopaedic collections......
Purdy, Al
Al Purdy was one of the leading Canadian poets of the 20th century. His erudite, colloquial verse often deals with......
Putnam, Samuel
Samuel Putnam was an American editor, publisher, and author, best known for his translations of works by authors......
Pye, Henry James
Henry James Pye was a British poet laureate from 1790 to 1813. Pye was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford (M.A.,......
Pym, Barbara
Barbara Pym was an English novelist, a recorder of post-World War II upper middle-class life, whose elegant and......
Pérez de Ayala, Ramón
Ramón Pérez de Ayala was a Spanish novelist, poet, and critic who excelled in philosophical satire and the novel......
Pérez de Guzmán, Fernán
Fernán Pérez de Guzmán was a Spanish poet, moralist, and historian, author of the first important work of history......
p’Bitek, Okot
Okot p’Bitek was a Ugandan poet, novelist, and social anthropologist whose three verse collections—Song of Lawino......
Qian Zhongshu
Qian Zhongshu was a Chinese scholar and writer whose erudition and scholarly achievements were practically unrivaled......
Qu Yuan
Qu Yuan was one of the greatest poets of ancient China and the earliest known by name. His highly original and......
Quasimodo, Salvatore
Salvatore Quasimodo was an Italian poet, critic, and translator. Originally a leader of the Hermetic poets, he......
Queiroz, Rachel de
Rachel de Queiroz was a Brazilian novelist and member of a group of Northeastern writers known for their modernist......
Quennell, Sir Peter
Sir Peter Quennell was an English biographer, literary historian, editor, essayist, and critic. He was a wide-ranging......
Quental, Antero Tarquínio de
Antero Tarquínio de Quental was a Portuguese poet who was a leader of the Generation of Coimbra, a group of young......
Quevedo y Villegas, Francisco Gómez de
Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Villegas was a poet and master satirist of Spain’s Golden Age, who, as a virtuoso......
Quindlen, Anna
Anna Quindlen is an American columnist and novelist who in 1992 became the third woman to win a Pulitzer Prize......
Quṭb, Sayyid
Sayyid Quṭb was an Egyptian writer who was one of the foremost figures in modern Sunni Islamic revivalism. He was......
Rabanus Maurus
Rabanus Maurus was an archbishop, Benedictine abbot, theologian, and scholar whose work so contributed to the development......
Rabassa, Gregory
Gregory Rabassa was an American translator who was largely responsible for bringing the fiction of contemporary......
Racine, Jean
Jean Racine was a French dramatic poet and historiographer renowned for his mastery of French classical tragedy.......
Radcliffe, Ann
Ann Radcliffe was the most representative of English Gothic novelists. She was a pioneer in developing a literature......
Raddall, Thomas Head
Thomas Head Raddall was an English-Canadian novelist, who accurately depicted the history, manners, and idiom of......
Radishchev, Aleksandr Nikolayevich
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Radishchev was a writer who founded the revolutionary tradition in Russian literature and......
Raleigh, Sir Walter
Sir Walter Raleigh was an English adventurer and writer, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, who knighted him in......
Ralph Of Coggeshall
Ralph Of Coggeshall was an English chronicler of the late 12th and early 13th centuries. Ralph was a monk of the......
Ramos, Graciliano
Graciliano Ramos was a Brazilian regional novelist whose works explore the lives of characters shaped by the rural......
Ramusio, Giovanni Battista
Giovanni Battista Ramusio was an Italian geographer who compiled an important collection of travel writings, Delle......
Rand, Paul
Paul Rand was an American graphic designer who pioneered a distinctive American Modernist style. After studying......
Rankine, Claudia
Claudia Rankine is a Jamaican-born American poet, playwright, educator, and multimedia artist whose work often......
Ransom, John Crowe
John Crowe Ransom was an American poet and critic, leading theorist of the Southern literary renaissance that began......
Ransome, Arthur
Arthur Ransome was an English writer best known for the Swallows and Amazons series of children’s novels (1930–47),......
Ratushinskaya, Irina Georgiyevna
Irina Georgiyevna Ratushinskaya was a Russian lyric poet, essayist, and political dissident. Ratushinskaya was......
Raven, Simon
Simon Raven was an English novelist, playwright, and journalist, known particularly for his satiric portrayal of......
Rechy, John
John Rechy is an American novelist whose semiautobiographical works explore the worlds of sexual and social outsiders......
Reed, Ishmael
Ishmael Reed is an author of poetry, essays, novels, and plays who is perhaps best known for his fictional works,......
Rees, Martin
Martin Rees is an English cosmologist and astrophysicist who was a main expositor of the big-bang theory of the......
Reese, Lizette Woodworth
Lizette Woodworth Reese was an American poet whose work draws on the images of her rural childhood. After growing......
Regino Von Prüm
Regino Von Prüm was a cleric and chronicler who composed several ecclesiastical works and a chronicle covering......
Reich-Ranicki, Marcel
Marcel Reich-Ranicki was a Polish-born German columnist and television personality who became Germany’s most influential......
Reid, Forrest
Forrest Reid was a Northern Irish novelist and critic who early came under the influence of Henry James. He is......
Renard, Jules
Jules Renard was a French writer best known for Poil de carotte (1894; Carrots, 1946), a bitterly ironical account......
Resende, Garcia de
Garcia de Resende was a Portuguese poet, chronicler, and editor, whose life was spent in the service of the Portuguese......
Restif, Nicolas-Edme
Nicolas-Edme Restif was a French novelist whose works provide lively, detailed accounts of the sordid aspects of......
Retz, Jean-François-Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de
Jean-François-Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz was one of the leaders of the aristocratic rebellion known as the......
Reve, Gerard
Gerard Reve was a Dutch writer noted for his virtuoso style and sardonic humour. His subject matter was occasionally......
Rexroth, Kenneth
Kenneth Rexroth was an American painter, essayist, poet, and translator, an early champion of the Beat movement.......
Reyes, Alfonso
Alfonso Reyes was a poet, essayist, short-story writer, literary scholar and critic, educator, and diplomat, generally......
Reza, Yasmina
Yasmina Reza is a French dramatist, novelist, director, and actress best known for her brief satiric plays that......
Rheingold, Howard
Howard Rheingold is an American writer who was especially influential in the development of virtual communities.......
Rhenanus, Beatus
Beatus Rhenanus was a German humanist, writer, and advocate of Christian reform whose editorial work helped to......
Rhys, Jean
Jean Rhys was a West Indian novelist who earned acclaim for her early works set in the bohemian world of Europe......
Ribas, Óscar
Óscar Ribas was an Angolan folklorist and novelist, who recorded in Portuguese the oral tradition of the Mbundu......
Ribeyro, Julio Ramón
Julio Ramón Ribeyro was a short-story writer, novelist, and playwright, one of the Latin American masters of the......
Ricardo, Cassiano
Cassiano Ricardo was a poet, essayist, literary critic, and journalist, one of the most versatile 20th-century......
Rice, Alice Hegan
Alice Hegan Rice was an American novelist and short-story writer most widely known for her 1901 best-seller, Mrs.......
Rice, Anne
Anne Rice was an American author known for her novels about vampires and other supernatural creatures. Her notable......
Rice, Elmer
Elmer Rice was an American playwright, director, and novelist noted for his innovative and polemical plays. Rice......
Richardson, Henry Handel
Henry Handel Richardson was an Australian novelist whose trilogy The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, combining description......
Richardson, John
John Richardson was a Canadian writer of historical and autobiographical romantic novels. Little is known of Richardson’s......
Richardson, Samuel
Samuel Richardson was an English novelist who expanded the dramatic possibilities of the novel by his invention......
Richler, Mordecai
Mordecai Richler was a prominent Canadian novelist whose incisive and penetrating works explore fundamental human......
Rigord
Rigord was a chronicler, who is best known for a biography of King Philip II Augustus of France. Initially a physician,......
Rihani, Ameen
Ameen Rihani was an Arab American novelist, poet, essayist, and political figure whose written works examined the......
Rilke, Rainer Maria
Rainer Maria Rilke was an Austro-German poet who became internationally famous with his lyric poems and such works......
Rinehart, Mary Roberts
Mary Roberts Rinehart was an American novelist and playwright best known for her mystery stories. Mary Roberts......
Ringgold, Faith
Faith Ringgold was an American artist and author who became famous for innovative quilted narrations that communicate......
Rivarol, Antoine Rivaroli, Count de
Antoine Rivaroli, count de Rivarol was a French publicist, journalist, and epigrammatist and a would-be nobleman......
Rive, Richard
Richard Rive was a South African writer, literary critic, and teacher whose short stories, which were dominated......
Rivera, Chita
Chita Rivera was an American dancer, singer, and actress best known for her energetic performances in such Broadway......
Rivière, Jacques
Jacques Rivière was a writer, critic, and editor who was a major force in the intellectual life of France in the......
Robbe-Grillet, Alain
Alain Robbe-Grillet was a representative writer and leading theoretician of the nouveau roman (“new novel”), the......
Robbins, Tom
Tom Robbins is an American novelist noted for his eccentric characters, playful optimism, and self-conscious wordplay.......
Robert De Torigni
Robert De Torigni was a Norman chronicler whose records are an important source both for Anglo-French history and......
Robert Of Gloucester
Robert Of Gloucester was an early Middle English chronicler known only through his connection with the work called......
Robert, Shaaban
Shaaban Robert was a popular Swahili writer. Robert was the product of two cultures—his father was a Christian,......
Roberts, Sir Charles G.D.
Sir Charles G.D. Roberts was a poet who was the first to express the new national feeling aroused by the Canadian......
Robertson, Lisa
Lisa Robertson is a Canadian poet and essayist whose poetry is known for its subversive engagement with the classical......
Robida, Albert
Albert Robida was an early pioneer of science fiction and founding father of science fiction art. Despite severe......
Robinson, Harriet Jane Hanson
Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson was a writer and woman suffrage leader in the United States. Robinson was a mill operative......
Robinson, Henry Crabb
Henry Crabb Robinson was an English man of letters whose voluminous diaries provide valuable information on life......
Robinson, Lennox
Lennox Robinson was an Irish playwright and theatrical producer associated with the Abbey Theatre; a leading figure......
Robinson, Marilynne
Marilynne Robinson is an American author known for her graceful language and studied observations on humankind......
Robinson, Randall
Randall Robinson was an American writer and political activist who founded (1977) the TransAfrica Forum (now TransAfrica),......
Robinson, Robert
Robert Robinson was a British journalist and broadcaster known for his intelligence and acerbic wit as the host......
Rochefort, Victor-Henri, marquis de Rochefort-Lucay
Victor-Henri Rochefort, marquis de Rochefort-Lucay was a gifted polemical journalist under the Second Empire and......

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