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Freytag, Gustav
Gustav Freytag was a German writer of realistic novels celebrating the merits of the middle classes. After studying......
Friedman, Bruce Jay
Bruce Jay Friedman was an American comic author whose dark, mocking humour and social criticism were directed at......
Friel, Brian
Brian Friel was a playwright who explored social and political life in Ireland and Northern Ireland as he delved......
Frisch, Max
Max Frisch was a Swiss dramatist and novelist, noted for his depictions of the moral dilemmas of 20th-century life.......
Frischlin, Philipp Nikodemus
Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin was a German philologist, poet, and commentator on Virgil. He was one of the last of......
Fry, Christopher
Christopher Fry was a British writer of verse plays. Fry adopted his mother’s surname after he became a schoolteacher......
Fry, Stephen
Stephen Fry is a British actor, comedian, author, screenwriter, and director, known especially for his virtuosic......
Fréchette, Louis-Honoré
Louis-Honoré Fréchette was the preeminent French Canadian poet of the 19th century, noted for his patriotic poems.......
Fuentes, Carlos
Carlos Fuentes was a Mexican novelist, short-story writer, playwright, critic, and diplomat whose experimental......
Fugard, Athol
Athol Fugard is a South African dramatist, actor, and director who became internationally known for his penetrating......
Fuller, Charles
Charles Fuller was an American playwright who is best known for A Soldier’s Play (first performed 1981), which......
Fuller, Thomas
Thomas Fuller was a British scholar, preacher, and one of the most witty and prolific authors of the 17th century.......
Gale, Zona
Zona Gale was an American novelist and playwright whose Miss Lulu Bett (1920) established her as a realistic chronicler......
Gallagher, Tess
Tess Gallagher is an American poet, author of naturalistic, introspective verse about self-discovery, womanhood,......
Gallant, Mavis
Mavis Gallant was a Canadian-born writer of essays, novels, plays, and especially short stories, almost all of......
Galsworthy, John
John Galsworthy was an English novelist and playwright, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932. Galsworthy’s......
Gao Ming
Gao Ming was a Chinese poet and playwright whose sole surviving opera, Pipaji (The Lute), became the model for......
Gao Xingjian
Gao Xingjian is a Chinese émigré novelist, playwright, and critic who in 2000 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature......
Garborg, Arne Evensen
Arne Evensen Garborg was a novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist, one of the first great writers to show the......
García de la Huerta, Vicente
Vicente García de la Huerta was a playwright, poet, and critic whose Neoclassical tragedy Raquel (1778) was once......
García Gutiérrez, Antonio
Antonio García Gutiérrez was a dramatist whose play El trovador (1836; “The Troubadour”) was the most popular and......
García Lorca, Federico
Federico García Lorca was a Spanish poet and playwright who, in a career that spanned just 19 years, resurrected......
Garner, Alan
Alan Garner is an English writer whose works, noted for their idiosyncratic style, are rooted in the myth and legend......
Garnier, Robert
Robert Garnier was an outstanding French tragic dramatist of his time. While a law student at Toulouse, Garnier......
Garrett, João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida, Visconde De Almeida Garrett
João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, viscount de Almeida Garrett was a writer, orator, and statesman......
Garrick, David
David Garrick was an English actor, producer, dramatist, poet, and comanager of the Drury Lane Theatre. Garrick......
Garção, Pedro António Correia
Pedro António Correia Garção was one of Portugal’s principal Neoclassical poets. Garção studied law at Coimbra......
Gascoigne, George
George Gascoigne was an English poet and a major literary innovator. Gascoigne attended the University of Cambridge,......
Gautier, Théophile
Théophile Gautier was a poet, novelist, critic, and journalist whose influence was strongly felt in the period......
Gay, John
John Gay was an English poet and dramatist, chiefly remembered as the author of The Beggar’s Opera, a work distinguished......
Gay, Sophie
Sophie Gay was a French writer and grande dame who wrote romantic novels and plays about upper-class French society......
Gelber, Jack
Jack Gelber was an American playwright known for The Connection (performed 1959, published 1960), and for his association......
Genet, Jean
Jean Genet was a French criminal and social outcast turned writer who, as a novelist, transformed erotic and often......
Gerstenberg, Heinrich Wilhelm von
Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg was a German poet, critic, and theorist of the Sturm und Drang (“Storm and Stress”)......
Ghelderode, Michel de
Michel de Ghelderode was an eccentric Belgian dramatist whose folkish morality plays resound with violence, demonism,......
Giacosa, Giuseppe
Giuseppe Giacosa was an Italian dramatist who collaborated with Luigi Illica to write the libretti for three of......
Gibson, Wilfred Wilson
Wilfred Wilson Gibson was a British poet who drew his inspiration from the workaday life of ordinary provincial......
Gilbert, W.S.
W.S. Gilbert was an English playwright and humorist best known for his collaboration with Arthur Sullivan in comic......
Gilder, Jeannette Leonard
Jeannette Leonard Gilder was an American editor and writer, a prolific and influential figure in popular journalism,......
Gillette, William Hooker
William Hooker Gillette was an American playwright and actor noted for his portrayal of the title role in Sherlock......
Ginzburg, Natalia
Natalia Ginzburg was an Italian author who dealt unsentimentally with family relationships in her writings. Ginzburg......
Giraldi, Giambattista
Giambattista Giraldi was an Italian poet and dramatist who wrote the first modern tragedy on classical principles......
Giraudoux, Jean
Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, and playwright who created an impressionistic form of drama by......
Glaspell, Susan
Susan Glaspell was an American dramatist and novelist who, with her husband, George Cram Cook, founded the influential......
Gogol, Nikolay
Nikolay Gogol was a Ukrainian-born humorist, dramatist, and novelist whose works, written in Russian, significantly......
Goldfaden, Avrom
Avrom Goldfaden was a Hebrew and Yiddish poet and playwright and the originator of Yiddish theatre and opera. Goldfaden......
Golding, Louis
Louis Golding was an English novelist and essayist, an interpreter of British Jewish life. The son of poor Jewish......
Goldman, Emma
Emma Goldman was an international anarchist who conducted leftist activities in the United States from about 1890......
Goldman, William
William Goldman was an American novelist, screenwriter, and playwright noted for his versatility, his works ranging......
Goldoni, Carlo
Carlo Goldoni was a prolific dramatist who renovated the well-established Italian commedia dell’arte dramatic form......
Goldsmith, Oliver
Oliver Goldsmith was an Anglo-Irish essayist, poet, novelist, dramatist, and eccentric, made famous by such works......
Gombrowicz, Witold
Witold Gombrowicz was a Polish novelist and playwright whose works were forerunners of the Theatre of the Absurd.......
Gordon, Ruth
Ruth Gordon was an American writer and actress who achieved award-winning acclaim in both pursuits. Much of her......
Gorey, Edward
Edward Gorey was an American writer, illustrator, and designer, noted for his arch humour and gothic sensibility.......
Gorky, Maxim
Maxim Gorky was a Russian short-story writer and novelist who first attracted attention with his naturalistic and......
Gosse, Sir Edmund
Sir Edmund Gosse was an English translator, literary historian, and critic who introduced the work of Henrik Ibsen......
Gottsched, Johann Christoph
Johann Christoph Gottsched was a literary theorist, critic, and dramatist who introduced French 18th-century classical......
Gouges, Olympe de
Olympe de Gouges was a French social reformer and writer who challenged conventional views on a number of matters,......
Gozzi, Carlo, Conte
Carlo, Conte Gozzi was a poet, prose writer, and dramatist, a fierce and skillful defender of the traditional Italian......
Grabbe, Christian Dietrich
Christian Dietrich Grabbe was a German dramatist whose plays anticipated Expressionism and film technique. Grabbe......
Granville-Barker, Harley
Harley Granville-Barker was an English dramatist, producer, and critic whose repertoire seasons and Shakespeare......
Gray, Alasdair
Alasdair Gray was a Scottish novelist, playwright, and artist best known for his surreal atmospheric novel Lanark......
Gray, Simon
Simon Gray was a British dramatist whose plays, often set in academia, are noted for their challenging storylines,......
Grazzini, Anton Francesco
Anton Francesco Grazzini was an Italian poet, playwright, and storyteller who was active in the linguistic and......
Green, Julien
Julien Green was a French American writer of sombre psychological novels that show a preoccupation with violence......
Green, Paul
Paul Green was an American novelist and playwright whose characteristic works deal with North Carolina folklore......
Greene, Graham
Graham Greene was an English novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and journalist whose novels treat life’s......
Greene, Robert
Robert Greene was one of the most popular English prose writers of the later 16th century and Shakespeare’s most......
Gregory, Augusta, Lady
Augusta, Lady Gregory was an Irish writer and playwright who, by her translations of Irish legends, her peasant......
Grein, Jack Thomas
Jack Thomas Grein was a Dutch-born British critic, playwright, and theatre manager who influenced British drama......
Gresset, Jean-Baptiste-Louis
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset was a French poet and dramatist who received immediate and lasting acclaim for his......
Greville, Fulke, 1st Baron Brooke
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke was an English writer who, on his tomb, styled himself “Servant to Q. Eliz., councellor......
Griboyedov, Aleksandr Sergeyevich
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Griboyedov was a Russian playwright whose comedy Gore ot uma (Wit Works Woe) is one of the......
Grieg, Nordahl
Nordahl Grieg was a lyric poet, dramatist, and novelist; a socially committed writer whose resistance to the Germans......
Grillparzer, Franz
Franz Grillparzer was an Austrian dramatist who wrote tragedies that were belatedly recognized as the greatest......
Grimald, Nicholas
Nicholas Grimald was an English scholar and poet, best known as a contributor to Songes and Sonettes (1557), known......
Grimké, Angelina Weld
Angelina Weld Grimké was an African-American poet and playwright, an important forerunner of the Harlem Renaissance.......
Gringore, Pierre
Pierre Gringore was a French actor-manager and playwright, best known as a writer of soties (satirical farces)......
Grossmith, George
George Grossmith was an English comedian and singer who created many of the chief characters in the original productions......
Grotius, Hugo
Hugo Grotius was a Dutch jurist and scholar whose masterpiece De Jure Belli ac Pacis (1625; On the Law of War and......
Gryphius, Andreas
Andreas Gryphius was a lyric poet and dramatist, one of Germany’s leading writers in the 17th century. Gryphius......
Gréban, Arnoul
Arnoul Gréban was a French author of an important 15th-century religious drama known as Mystère de la Passion (1453/54),......
Grévin, Jacques
Jacques Grévin was a French poet and dramatist who is credited with writing the first original French plays to......
Guan Hanqing
Guan Hanqing was a dramatist who was considered by many critics to be the greatest playwright of the Chinese classical......
Guare, John
John Guare is an American playwright known for his innovative and often absurdist dramas. Guare, who at age 11......
Guarini, Battista
Battista Guarini was a Renaissance court poet who, with Torquato Tasso, is credited with establishing the form......
Guimarães, Bernardo
Bernardo Guimarães was a poet, dramatist, and regional novelist whose works marked a major transition toward greater......
Guimerá, Ángel
Ángel Guimerá was a Catalan playwright, poet, orator, and fervent supporter of the Catalan literary revival known......
Guitry, Sacha
Sacha Guitry was a prodigious French playwright, director, and screenwriter who often acted in his own productions......
Gundulić, Ivan
Ivan Gundulić was a Croatian poet and dramatist whose epic poem Osman (the oldest existing copy is dated approximately......
Gurira, Danai
Danai Gurira is a Zimbabwean American stage and screen actress and playwright. Although Gurira is perhaps best......
Gutzkow, Karl
Karl Gutzkow was a novelist and dramatist who was a pioneer of the modern social novel in Germany. Gutzkow began......
Gérin-Lajoie, Antoine
Antoine Gérin-Lajoie was a writer, librarian, and leader in the early literary movement of French Canada. During......
Gómez de Avellaneda, Gertrudis
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda was a Cuban Spanish playwright and poet who is considered one of the foremost Romantic......
Güntekin, Reșat Nuri
Reșat Nuri Güntekin was a prolific Turkish novelist, short-story writer, journalist, and playwright. His best known......
H.D.
H.D. was an American poet, known initially as an Imagist. She was also a translator, novelist-playwright, and self-proclaimed......
Haasse, Hella S.
Hella S. Haasse was a Dutch novelist noted for her innovative historical fiction. Haasse studied at the Amsterdam......
Haavikko, Paavo
Paavo Haavikko was a Finnish humanist poet, novelist, and dramatist whose work is modernistic, experimental, and......
Halévy, Ludovic
Ludovic Halévy was a French librettist and novelist who, in collaboration with Henri Meilhac, wrote the librettos......

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