Russian books: from classics to modern times. The most famous Russian writers and their works Russian world writers
Famous writers and poets
Abe Kobo(1924–1993) - Japanese writer, poet, screenwriter, director. Novels “The Woman in the Sands”, “Alien Face”, “The Burnt Map”, etc.
Amadou Jorge(1912–2001) - Brazilian writer, social and political figure. His novels (“Endless Lands”, “Gabriela, Cinnamon and Cloves”, “Shepherds of the Night”, “Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands”, “The Miracle Shop”, “Teresa Batista, Tired of War”, “Ambush”) have been translated almost into 50 languages of the world have been repeatedly filmed and formed the basis for theatrical and radio plays.
Andersen Hans Christian(1805–1875) - Danish writer and poet, author of world-famous fairy tales for children and adults: “The Ugly Duckling”, “The King’s New Clothes”, “The Shadow”, “The Princess and the Pea”, etc.
Andreev Leonid Nikolaevich(1871–1919) - Russian writer Silver Age. Stories (“Bergamot and Garaska”, etc.), dramas (“Anatema”, etc.). IN last years life became close to the decadents.
Updike John(b. 1932) - American novelist, poet, essayist and literary critic. Updike's most famous work is a series of novels starring a character named Harry "Rabbit" Engstrom: "Rabbit, Run!" (1960), “Rabbit Healed” (1971), “Rabbit Got Rich” (1981).
Ariosto Ludovico(1474–1533) - humanist poet of the Italian Renaissance. His poem “Furious Roland” is imbued with subtle irony.
Aristophanes(c. 450 BC - between 387 and 380 BC) - ancient Greek playwright, “father of comedy,” the most famous representative of the so-called ancient Attic comedy.
Akhmatova Anna Andreevna (Gorenko)(1889–1966) - Russian poetess. In her youth she joined the Acmeists (collections “Evening”, “Rosary”). Characteristics Akhmatova’s creativity can be called fidelity moral principles existence, a subtle understanding of the psychology of feeling, comprehension of the national tragedies of the 20th century, coupled with personal experiences, an attraction to the classical style of poetic language. The autobiographical cycle of poems “Requiem” is one of the first poetic works dedicated to the victims of repression of the 1930s.
Babel Isaac Emmanuilovich(1894–1941) - Russian Soviet writer. Stories about Civil War in the collection “Cavalry”, stories (“Odessa Stories”), plays, etc.
Byron George Noel Gordon(1788–1824) - English romantic poet (poems “The Corsair”, “Manfred”, etc.).
Balzac Honore de(1799–1850) - French writer. He wrote a series of novels and short stories, “The Human Comedy,” consisting of 90 works, in which he showed the most diverse aspects of the life of his contemporary society.
Balmont Konstantin Dmitrievich (1867–1942) - Russian symbolist poet, essayist, one of the most prominent representatives of Russian poetry of the Silver Age.
Baratynsky Evgeniy Abramovich (1800–1844) - Russian romantic poet, author of many elegies and philosophical lyric poems.
Batyushkov Konstantin Nikolaevich (1787–1855) - Russian poet. He headed the anacreontic trend in Russian poetry, sang the fun and joy of life.
Begbede Frederic(R. 1965) - modern French prose writer, publicist, literary critic and editor.
Belinsky Vissarion Grigorievich (1811–1848) - Russian literary critic, publicist.
Bely Andrey (Bugaev Boris Nikolaevich) (1880–1934)- Russian writer, poet, critic, one of the leading figures of Russian symbolism.
Belyaev Alexander Romanovich (1884–1942) - Soviet science fiction writer, one of the founders of Soviet science fiction literature. Among the famous works: “The Head of Professor Dowell”, “Amphibian Man”, “Ariel”, “KETS Star” (KETS are the initials of Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky) and many others (in total more than 70 science fiction works, including 13 novels).
Beranger Pierre Jean (1780-1857) - French songwriter, satirist. His work is distinguished by humor, optimism, and rejection of hypocrisy. Beranger's songs gained wide popularity.
Burgess Anthony (1917-1993) - English novelist, essayist and translator, whose talent was most clearly demonstrated in his brilliant command of the language. Burgess's most famous work is A Clockwork Orange. (1962).
Bestuzhev-Marlinsky (Bestuzhev) Alexander Alexandrovich
(1797–1837) - Russian writer, Decembrist. One of the first novelists, founded the almanac "Polar Star".
Bianki Vitaly Valentinovich(1894–1959) - Russian Soviet children's writer. He wrote popular books about nature (“Forest Newspaper”, etc.).
Bierce Ambrose Gwinnett(1842-?) American satirist writer. In his dark, so-called “scary” stories, he explored the dark sides of human character. At the end of 1913, the writer went to the engulfed revolutionary events Mexico, from where he wrote his last letter to his daughter on December 26. The further fate of the writer is not known with certainty.
Beecher Stowe Harriet(1811–1896) - American writer. The novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" shows the horrors of slavery, imbued with compassion and compassion for black Americans.
Blok Alexander Alexandrovich(1880–1921) - Russian poet (“Poems about the Beautiful Lady”, poem “The Twelve”). His poetry is characterized by insight and awareness of tragedy modern man, perfection of form.
Bo Ju Yi(772–846) - classic of Chinese poetry (“Qin Chant”). Bo Ju Yi's quatrains are marked by clarity and depth of thought.
Boccaccio Giovanni(1313–1375) - famous Italian writer and poet, an outstanding representative of the humanistic literature of the Renaissance. Author of poems based on ancient mythology, the psychological story “Fiammetta,” pastorals, and sonnets. The main work is “The Decameron” - a book of erotic, realistic short stories, imbued with humanistic ideas, the spirit of freethinking and anticlericalism, rejection of ascetic morality, and cheerful humor.
Beaumarchais Pierre Aupostin Caron de(1732–1799) - French playwright, who became famous thanks to the play “The Barber of Seville”, the name of the hero Figaro became a household name.
Borges Jorge Luis(1889–1986) - Argentine writer, essayist, cultural critic, unsurpassed master of the short story.
Brecht Berthold(1898–1956) - German playwright, prose writer, poet, director (“The Threepenny Opera”, “The Threepenny Novel”, “The Life of Galileo”, “ a kind person from Szechwan”, etc.).
Brodsky Joseph Alexandrovich(1942–1996) - Russian Soviet and American poet, essayist, playwright, translator, winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature. His poems are distinguished by their depth of philosophical thought and perfect form.
Bradbury Ray Douglas(b. 1920) - American science fiction writer (“The Martian Chronicles”, “Dandelion Wine”, “Fahrenheit 451”, etc.).
Bryusov Valery Yakovlevich(1873–1924) - Russian poet, verse theorist (collections of poems “To the City and the World”, “Dali”, etc.).
Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasyevich(1891–1940) - Russian writer and playwright. Author of novels, stories, collections of stories, feuilletons and about two dozen plays (novels " White Guard", "The Master and Margarita", plays "Running", etc.).
Bunin Ivan Alekseevich(1870–1953) - Russian poet, writer, honorary academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1909), laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1933.
Vega Lope de(1562–1635) - Spanish playwright, founder of Spanish national drama.
Virgil(70–19 BC) - classical poet Ancient Rome, author of the poem "Aeneid" about the legendary founder of Rome.
Verlaine Paul(1844–1896) - French poet, one of the founders of symbolism and decadence.
Verne Jules(1828–1905) - French science fiction writer who created more than 65 novels and other works that significantly contributed to the development of science fiction literature.
Villon Francois(b. between 1.4.1431 and 19.4.1432 -?), French poet. In 1463 he was convicted of brawling and sentenced to hang. While waiting for death, he wrote “The Ballad of the Hanged.” But the execution was canceled, and Villon was expelled from Paris. Villon later took part in poetry competitions at the court of Duke Charles of Orleans. Since 1464 his fate has been unknown.
Vizbor Yuri Iosifovich(1934–1984) - Russian poet, bard, film actor. Author of words and music of many songs.
Voznesensky Andrey Andreevich(b. 1933) - Russian Soviet poet, an architect by education. I searched and found new, modern poetic forms (collections “Antiworlds”, “Oza”, etc.).
Voynich Ethel Lilian(1864–1960) - English writer and composer. The pinnacle of creativity is the novel "Gadfly".
Voloshin (Kirienko-Voloshin) Maximilian Alexandrovich(1877–1932) - Russian decadent poet, distinguished by the originality of his form and the depth of his philosophical generalization (collections “Iverni”, “Deaf-Mute Demons”, etc.).
Voltaire (Marie Francois Arouet)(1694–1778) - French writer, educator and philosopher (“Candide”, etc.), fighter against religious intolerance and obscurantism.
Galich Alexander (Ginzburg Alexander Arkadievich) (1918–1977) - Russian poet, oppositional to the Soviet regime. His poems and songs were distributed throughout the country in tape recordings and samizdat.
Gamzatov Rasul Gamzatovich(b. 1923) - Avar Soviet poet, whose work is distinguished by high lyricism, folk color and humanism.
Hamsun (Pedersen) Knut(1859–1952) - Norwegian writer and playwright. Psychological novels(“Hunger”, “Pan”, etc., plays).
Garshin Vsevolod Mikhailovich(1855–1888) - Russian writer. His stories (“Four Days”, “Coward”, etc.) express a heightened sense of social injustice.
Hauff Wilhelm(1802–1827) - German writer and storyteller (“Little Muk”, etc.).
Hasek Yaroslav(1883–1923) - Czech satirist writer, author of the novel “The Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk” - one of the best satirical novels in the history of literature.
Heine Heinrich(1797–1856) - an outstanding lyric German poet (“Germany. Winter's Tale") and publicist.
Herzen Alexander Ivanovich(1812–1870) - Russian writer and publicist, emigrant, founder of the Free Russian Printing House in London, publisher of the Bell magazine, author of many stories and novels (The Past and Thoughts, etc.).
Hesse Hermann(1877–1962) - German writer, poet, critic, publicist. Nobel Prize Laureate.
Goethe Johann Wolfgang(1749–1832) - great German poet and thinker, founder of German literature of modern times.
Gogol Nikolay Vasilievich(1809–1852) - Russian writer and playwright, author of the plays “The Inspector General,” “Marriage,” and the epic “ Dead Souls"and others. The head of the so-called "natural school", satirist, philosopher. He had a tremendous influence on the development of Russian and Ukrainian literature.
Galsworthy John(1867–1933) - English writer, author of the trilogies “The Forsyte Saga”, “ Contemporary comedy", "End of the chapter." Nobel laureate.
Homer(VIII–VII centuries BC) - legendary poet of Ancient Greece, author of the epic poems “Iliad” and “Odyssey”.
Goncourt brothers Edmond(1822–1896) and Jules(1830–1870) - classics of French literature. Novels from the life of various strata of French society (“Germinie Lacerte”, “René Mauprin”), memoirs. The story “The Zemgano Brothers”, written by Edmond after his brother’s death, became widely known. Founders of the Prix Goncourt.
Gonchar Oles (Alexander Terentievich)(1918–1995) - Ukrainian Soviet writer. Novels “Cathedral”, “Tronka” and others. Classics of modern Ukrainian literature.
Goncharov Ivan Alexandrovich(1812–1891) - Russian writer. Novels " An ordinary story", "Oblomov", "Cliff", a series of travel essays "Frigate "Pallada with< » и др.
Horace (Quintus Horace Flaccus)(65-8 BC) - ancient Roman poet, author of satires, odes, epistles, which became an example of classicism.
Gorky Maxim (Peshkov Alexey Maximovich)(1868–1936) - Russian writer and playwright, public figure. In his works he reflected a broad picture of Russian life before the revolution.
Hoffmann Ernst Theodor Amadeus(1776–1822) - German writer, storyteller, composer and painter, who possessed subtle irony and whimsical imagination with a touch of mysticism.
Griboyedov Alexander Sergeevich(1795–1829) - Russian writer, poet and diplomat, author of the rhyming play “Woe from Wit.”
Grimm, brothers Jacob(1785–1863) and William(1786–1859) - German scientists and writers, storytellers, philologists and folklorists.
Green Alexander (Grinevsky Alexander Stepanovich)(1880–1932) - Russian writer, romantic. He sang the high moral qualities of man. Extravaganza " Scarlet Sails”, the story “Running on the Waves”, etc.
Green Graham(1904–1991) - English writer, poet, playwright, publicist, film scriptwriter, critic. Master of political detective (“Istanbul Express”, “The Quiet American”, “Our Man in Havana”, etc.).
Gulak-Artemovsky Petr Petrovich(1790–1865) - prominent Ukrainian writer and fabulist. In the history of Ukrainian literature, the significance of Gulak-Artemovsky is determined by his position as the next poet after Kotlyarevsky, who, using the latter’s creative methods (burlesque, travesty), tried to introduce a number of new genres into Ukrainian literature (ballads: “Tvardovsky”, “Fisherman”).
Gumilev Nikolay Stepanovich(1886–1921) - Russian poet of the Silver Age, Acmeist, romantic. His poems are marked by sophistication of form, decorativeness, and brightness of poetic language.
Hugo Victor Marie(1802–1885) - French classical writer, author of the widely known novels "The Cathedral Notre Dame of Paris", "Toilers of the Sea", "Les Miserables" and other plays.
Davydov Denis Vasilievich(1784–1839) - Russian poet, hussar, general, partisan hero Patriotic War 1812, author of “Hussar Lyrics”.
Dal Vladimir Ivanovich(1801–1872) - Russian ethnographer and linguist, compiler of the famous four-volume “ Explanatory dictionary living Great Russian language."
Dante Alighieri(1265–1321) - Italian poet, creator of the Italian literary language. The pinnacle of Dante's work is the poem "The Divine Comedy".
Darrell Gerald Malcolm(1925–1995) - English zoologist, writer and director, author of more than 30 books, which, thanks to his relaxed manner and unsurpassed humor, brought him worldwide fame.
Derzhavin Gabriel Romanovich(1743–1816) - Russian poet of the Enlightenment, a representative of classicism, who significantly transformed it (“Felitsa”, “To Rulers and Judges”, etc.).
Defoe Daniel(1660–1731) - English writer, author of Robinson Crusoe. He spoke in defense of religious tolerance and freedom of speech.
Jalil Musa(1906–1944) - Tatar poet. He died in the dungeons of the Gestapo, from where, before his death, he handed over the cycle of poems “The Moabit Notebook.”
Jerome Klapka Jerome(1859–1927) - English humorist writer, author of the still popular story “Three in a Boat, Not Counting a Dog.”
Joyce James(1882–1941) - Irish writer, head of the “stream of consciousness” school. His novel "Ulysses" is considered by many critics to be the most innovative work XX century.
Dickens Charles(1812–1870) - English writer, one of the greatest English-language prose writers of the 19th century, humanist, classic of world literature. Author of the novels “Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club”, “Dombey and Son”, “Bleak House”, “The Adventures of Oliver Twist”, etc.
Dovlatov Sergey Donatovich(1941–1990) - Russian writer, since 1978 in the USA. In autobiographical sketches, stories, novels, he ironically recreates the absurd Soviet reality and the life of the Russian emigration.
Daudet Alphonse(1840–1897) - French writer, author of the humorous trilogy “The Extraordinary Adventures of Tartarin of Tarasco” and others.
Dos Passos John(1896–1970) - American writer, representative of the "Lost Generation" in the First World War. Experimental in form, the epic trilogy “USA”, etc.
Dostoevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich(1821–1881) - an outstanding Russian writer. In the novels “Crime and Punishment”, “The Brothers Karamazov” and others, he passionately sought the causes of human vices, looked for ways to social and personal harmony.
Dreiser Theodor(1871–1945) - American writer (trilogy “Titan”, “Financier”, “Genius”).
Du Fu(712–770) - Chinese poet. His poetry is called “history in verse.”
Dumas Father Alexander(1802–1870) - French writer whose adventure novels historical topic(“The Three Musketeers”, “Twenty Years Later”, etc.) made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world.
Dürrenmatt Friedrich(1921–1990) - Swiss playwright, philosopher, essayist (novel “The Judge and His Executioner”, plays “Crash”, “Physicists”, etc.).
Euripides(c. 480 BC - 406 BC) - ancient Greek playwright. From his works, 17 tragedies (out of 92) and one satyr drama (“Cyclops”) have survived to this day.
Ershov Petr Pavlovich(1815–1869) - Russian writer, author of the fairy tale “The Little Humpbacked Horse.”
Yesenin Sergey Alexandrovich(1895–1925) - Russian poet, one of the most popular and famous poets XX century
Efremov Ivan Antonovich(1907–1972) - Russian Soviet science fiction writer, author of the novels “The Andromeda Nebula”, “The Hour of the Ox”, “The Razor’s Edge”, etc.
George Sand (Dupin Amanda Lucille)(1804–1876) - French writer, author of the novels “The Sin of Monsieur Antoine”, “Consuelo”, in which she defended the ideas of personal liberation.
Zhukovsky Vasily Andreevich(1783–1852) - Russian poet and translator, friend of A. S. Pushkin, author of many ballads and songs. One of the creators of Russian romanticism.
Zola Emile(1840–1902) - French writer, one of the most significant representatives of second realism half of the 19th century V. - leader and theorist of the so-called naturalistic movement.
Zoshchenko Mikhail Mikhailovich(1895–1958) - Russian Soviet writer, humorist and satirist. Numerous stories, philosophical essays "Blue Book".
Ilf Ilya (Fainzilberg Ilya Arnoldovich)(1897–1937) - Russian Soviet satirist writer (together with E. Petrov - “The Twelve Chairs”, “The Golden Calf”).
Ionesco Eugene(1909–1994) - French playwright of Romanian origin, one of the founders of the aesthetic movement of absurdism (theater of the absurd).
Irving Washington(1783–1859) - American writer, one of the founders of classical American literature, the first American writer to achieve wide recognition in Europe.
Kaverin Veniamin Alexandrovich(1902–1982) - Russian Soviet writer, author of the novels “Two Captains”, “Open Book”, etc.
Camoes (Camoes) Luis de(1524–1580) - the largest Portuguese poet of the Renaissance, author of the epic poem “The Lusiads” about Vasco da Gama’s voyage to India.
Karamzin Nikolai Mikhailovich(1766–1826) - Russian sentimentalist writer, historian (“ Poor Lisa", "History of the Russian State" in 12 volumes).
Kataev Valentin Petrovich(1897–1986) - Russian Soviet writer, author of the stories “The Lonely Sail Whitens”, “Son of the Regiment”, etc., memoirs about his contemporaries (“My Diamond Crown”).
Kafka Franz(1883–1924) - Austrian writer. Author of the novels “The Trial”, “Castle”, “America”, as well as a number of short stories. His works, combining elements of expressionism and surrealism, have had significant influence on the philosophy and culture of the 20th century.
Kvitka-Osnovyanenko (Kvitka) Grigory Fedorovich(1778–1843) - Ukrainian writer and playwright, representative of the “natural school”. He wrote comedies (“Shelmenko the Batman” and others), novels (“Pan Khalyavsky” and others).
Keezy Ken(1935–2001) - American writer who is considered one of the main writers of the beatnik and hippie generations, having a great influence on the formation of these movements and their culture. Most famous work Kesey's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Kipling Joseph Rudyard(1865–1936) - English poet and writer (ballads, poems, stories about the life of a boy among animals “Mowgli”, etc.), the first Englishman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Kolas Yakub (Mitskevich Konstantin Mikhailovich)(1882–1956) - Belarusian Soviet poet and prose writer, one of the founders of modern Belarusian literature.
Conan Doyle Arthur(1859–1930) - English writer, classic of the detective genre. The most famous are his detective works about Sherlock Holmes, science fiction about Professor Challenger, humorous works about Brigadier Gerard, as well as historical novels.
Korolenko Vladimir Galaktionovich(1853–1921) - Russian writer (stories “The Blind Musician”, etc.). Democrat and humanist.
Cortazar Julio(1914–1984) - Argentine writer. Among the most famous works of Cortazar are the novels “The Hopscotch Game”, “62. Model for assembly”, “Book of Manuel”, collection of stories “Bestiary”, etc.
Coster Charles de(1827–1879) - an outstanding Belgian writer, author of the novel “The Legend of Ulenspiegel.”
Kotlyarevsky Ivan Petrovich(1769–1838) - an outstanding Ukrainian writer, playwright, the first classic of new Ukrainian literature, the first author to write in Ukrainian. One of the ideologists of the Enlightenment in Ukraine.
Kotsyubinsky Mikhail Mikhailovich(1864–1913) - Ukrainian writer, classic of Ukrainian literature (story “Fata morgana”, etc.).
Coelho Paolo(b. 1947) - Brazilian writer and poet. Published a total of about 150 books - novels, commentary anthologies, collections short stories-parables and children's tales.
Christy Agatha(1891–1976) - English writer, classic of the detective genre (85 novels, plays, stories).
Krylov Ivan Andreevich(1769–1844) - great Russian fabulist and playwright. Created more than 200 fables.
Kunanbaev Abay(1845–1904) - Kazakh poet, founder of new written Kazakh literature.
Kupala Yanka (Lutsevich Ivan Dominikovich)(1882–1942) - classic of Belarusian literature, poet, playwright, publicist.
Cooper James Fenimore(1789–1851) - famous American novelist, author of many adventure novels ("St. John's Wort", "Pathfinder", "The Last of the Mohicans", etc.).
Kuprin Alexander Ivanovich(1870–1938) - Russian humanist writer, author of many novels and short stories (“The Duel”, “The Pit”, “ Garnet bracelet" and etc.).
Carroll Lewis (Dodgson Charles Latwidge) (1832–1898)- English writer and mathematician, author of the story “Alice in Wonderland.”
Lagerlöf Selma (1858–1940)- Swedish writer, author of the children's book " Wonderful trip Nils Holgersson" and others, the first woman to receive Nobel Prize on literature.
Larni Martti Johannes (1909–1993) - Finnish writer, poet, journalist. Author of the novels “Dear Poor and Their Motley Company”, “Impatient Passion”, “Heaven Came to Earth”, “The Fourth Vertebrae, or the Reluctant Fraud”, “The Beautiful Pig Farm, or Memoirs of Economic Adviser Minna Karlsson-Kananen”, “About This Out Loud” do not speak".
Lafontaine Jean de (1621–1695) - French fabulist, playwright, writer, thinker and satirist.
Lem Stanislav(R. 1921) - Polish science fiction writer, whose works have been translated into more than 40 languages, philosopher, futurologist, author of “Star Diaries”, stories “Solaris”, “Return from the Stars”, etc.
Lermontov Mikhail Yurievich (1814–1841) - Russian poet, classic of Russian literature. His poems, poems, the story “Hero of Our Time,” along with the works of A. S. Pushkin, became textbooks (“On the Death of a Poet,” “Borodino,” poems “Mtsyri,” “Demon,” etc.).
Leskov Nikolai Semenovich (1831–1895) - Russian writer, author of many stories and tales from folk life, a great master of language.
Li Bo (711-762) - Chinese poet, one of the most revered poets in the history of Chinese literature. He left behind about 1,100 works.
Lindgren Astrid Anna Emilia (1907-2002) - Swedish writer, author of world-famous works for children “Pippi Longstocking”, “Carlson Who Lives on the Roof”, “Emil from Lenneberga”, etc.
Longfellow Henry Wadsworth (1807–1882) - American poet. Author of "The Song of Hiawatha" and other poems and poems.
London Jack (Griffith John)(1876–1916) - American writer. Stories about the life of the North, the utopian novel “The Iron Heel”, the novel “Martin Eden”, etc.
Lorca Federico Garcia(1898–1936) - an outstanding Spanish poet and playwright, author of many poems characterized by a fiery temperament and a premonition of a tragic end.
Lucian(c. 120–190) - ancient Greek writer. Lucian's work, which has not come down to us in the originals, is extensive and includes philosophical dialogues, satires, biographies and novels of adventure and travel (often openly parodic), related to the prehistory of science fiction.
Lucretius (Car Titus Lucretius)(c. 99–55 BC) - Roman poet and philosopher. In the poetic poem “On the Nature of Things” he systematically outlined the materialist philosophy of antiquity.
Mine Reed (Reed Thomas Mine)(1818–1883) - English writer, author of fascinating adventure novels (“The Headless Horseman”, etc.).
Mandelstam Osip Emilievich(1891–1938) - Russian poet, one of the creators of Acmeism, was distinguished by his vivid and imaginative perception of the world. Repressed, died in the camps (poetry collection “Stone”, cycle of poems “Voronezh Notebooks”, etc.)
Mann Thomas(1875–1955) - great German writer, essayist, master of the epic novel, Nobel Prize laureate in literature. The novel "Buddenbrooks" and others.
Marshak Samuil Yakovlevich(1887–1964) - Russian Soviet poet, translator, classic of literature for children.
Matsuo Basho (Munefusa)(1644–1694) - a great Japanese poet who played a major role in the development of the haikai (haiku) poetic genre.
Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich(1893–1930) - Russian Soviet poet, reformer of the poetic genre, author of numerous poems and poems (“Cloud in pants”, “About this”, “At the top of my voice”, etc.).
Melville Herman(1819–1891) - American writer. As a young man, Melville spent several years among a tribe of cannibals in the Marquesas Islands. The writer’s most famous work is the novel “Moby Dick, or the White Whale” - a complex work full of monologues, philosophical digressions, stories about the life of whales (which at times look like pages from a biology textbook) and the intricacies of whaling.
Merimee Prosper(1803–1870) - French writer, master of short stories (including Carmen, which served as the basis for the opera by J. Wiese), as well as historical novels and plays.
Milne Allen Alexander(1882–1956) - English writer, author of poems and fairy tales for children (“Winnie the Pooh and all-all-all”, etc.).
Milton John(1608–1674) - English poet and publicist, author of poems (“ Lost heaven", "Paradise Regained", etc.).
Mishima Yukio (Hiraoka Kimitake)(1925–1970) - Japanese writer, playwright, theater and film director, actor. The author of 40 novels, 15 of which were filmed during his lifetime, as well as many plays, short stories, and several volumes of literary essays. On November 25, 1970, together with several comrades, he tried to seize a military base and call on fellow citizens to carry out a coup d'etat. After the failure of this attempt, he committed suicide by committing seppuku.
Mitchell Margaret Munerlyn(1900–1949) - American writer, known as the author of the novel " gone With the Wind"(1936).
Mickiewicz Adam(1798–1855) - Polish poet, founder of romanticism, considered a national poet and one of the greatest representatives of Slavic literature.
Moliere (Poquelin Jean Baptiste)(1622–1673) - French playwright and actor. He created a new type of comedy, exposing social vices, the greatest comedian of France and new Europe, creator of classical comedy, actor by profession, theater director. Comedies “Don Juan”, “Tartuffe”, “The Misanthrope”, etc.
Maupassant Guy de(1850–1893) - French writer. He exposed the hypocrisy, spiritual squalor, and hypocrisy of his contemporary society (novels “Life”, “Mont-Ariol”, “Dear Friend”, etc.).
Nabokov Vladimir(1899–1977) - Russian and American writer. He wrote in Russian, and since the 1940s - in English language. Among the most famous examples of creativity are the novels “Mashenka”, “The Defense of Luzhin”, “Invitation to Execution”, “The Gift”. The writer gained fame among the general public after the publication of the scandalous novel “Lolita,” which was later adapted into several film adaptations.
Navoi Nizam-ad-din (Mir Alisher)(1441–1501) - Uzbek writer, poet, scientist. The pinnacle of creativity is the book “Five” (“Khamse”), which contains five poems, including the most famous “Leili and Majnun”.
Nekrasov Nikolay Alekseevich(1821–1878) - Russian poet. Many of his poems became textbooks, and those set to music became folk songs.
Neruda Pablo (Basualto Naftali Ricardo Reyes)(1904–1973) - Chilean poet (“General Song”, etc.), Nobel Prize laureate.
Nizami Ganjavi (Abu Muhammad Ilyas ibn Yusuf) (1141–1209) - Azerbaijani poet and thinker, author of many lyrical poems and poems, including “Seven Beauties” and others.
Ovid (Naso Publius Ovid) (43 BC e. - OK. 18 n. BC) - Roman poet, author mythological epic"Metamorphoses", poems and poems about love.
Okudzhava Bulat Shalvovich(1924–1997) - Russian poet, bard, writer. His poems and historical stories are distinguished by deep lyricism and humanity.
Orwell George (Eric Arthur Blair)(1903–1950) - English writer and publicist, master of social dystopia exposing the totalitarian system (“Animal Farm”, “1984”).
Ostrovsky Alexander Nikolaevich(1823–1886) - Russian playwright, recognized as the founder of the Russian movement in the history of world drama.
Pavic Milorad(b. 1929) - Serbian writer, poet, translator and literary historian. The novel “The Khazar Dictionary” brought Pavich worldwide fame.
Palahniuk (Palagniuk) Chuck(b. 1962) - contemporary American writer and journalist. He is best known as the author of the book “Fight Club,” which was made into a film of the same name in 1999.
Pasternak Boris Leonidovich(1890–1960) - Russian poet, prose writer, translator (“My Sister is Life”, “Doctor Zhivago”, etc.), who created works distinguished by the depth of thinking and the beauty of poetic language.
Paustovsky Konstantin Georgievich(1892–1968) - Russian Soviet writer, romanticist, master of lyrical prose (“Golden Rose”, etc.).
Perrault Charles(1628–1703) - French writer and storyteller (“Puss in Boots”, “Cinderella”, etc.).
Petofi Sandor(1823–1849) - Hungarian poet, revolutionary, national hero, author of poems (“Vityaz Janos”, etc.).
Petrarch Francesco(1304–1374) - Italian poet, head of the older generation of humanists, one of the greatest figures of the Italian Renaissance.
Petrov Evgeniy (Evgeniy Petrovich Kataev)(1903–1942) - Russian Soviet writer, author (together with I. Ilf) of the novels “The Twelve Chairs” and “The Golden Calf”, many satirical stories and feuilletons.
Platonov Andrey Platonovich(1899–1951) - an outstanding Russian Soviet writer, whose works (“Chevengur”, “The Pit”, “The Juvenile Sea”, etc.) did not fit into the official literature.
By Edgar Allan(1809–1849) - one of greatest writers American literature, a poet who is considered a harbinger of symbolism.
Prus Boleslav (Alexander Glowacki)(1847–1912) - Polish writer. Stories about children (“Orphan’s Share”), stories “Return Wave”, “Outpost”, novels “Doll”, “Pharaoh”.
Proust Marcel(1871–1922) - French writer who sought to show inner life of a person as a “stream of consciousness” (cycle “In Search of Lost Time”, volumes I–XVI).
Pushkin, Alexander Sergeyevich(1799–1837) - great Russian poet and writer. He created numerous works of different genres and great significance. Poems, poems, a novel in verse (“Eugene Onegin”), the cycle “Belkin’s Tales”, “Little Tragedies”, the tragedy “Boris Godunov”, historical works and etc.
Rabelais Francois(1494–1553) - French writer, humanist and satirist. The novel “Gargantua and Pantagruel” is a kind of encyclopedia of the culture of the French Renaissance.
Remarque Erich Maria(1898–1970) - one of the most famous and widely read German writers of the 20th century. The writer's most famous works are the novels All Quiet on the Western Front, Three Comrades, Arc de Triomphe, and Night in Lisbon.
Rimbaud Arthur (1854–1891) was a French symbolist poet who had a significant influence on later poetry.
Rodari Gianni(1920–1980) - Italian children's writer.
Rolland Romain(1866–1944) - an outstanding French writer and playwright, author of the story “Cola Brugnon”, the novel “Jean Christophe”, etc.
Rostand Edmond(1868–1918) - French poet and playwright. After the resounding triumph of the poetic play Cyrano de Bergerac, Rostand was recognized as one of the most famous European playwrights.
Rowling Joan(b. 1965) - English writer, author of the Harry Potter series of novels.
Rudaki Abu Abdallah Jafar(860–941) - Tajik and Persian poet, the founder of poetry in the Farsi language.
Rousseau Jean Jacques (1712–1778)- French philosopher, thinker, sentimentalist writer (novels “Julia, or New Heloise”, “Confession”, etc.).
Rustaveli Shota(XII century) - classic of Georgian literature, author of the poem “The Knight in the Tiger’s Skin.”
Ryleev Kondraty Fedorovich(1795–1826) - Russian poet, romantic, Decembrist, creator of the almanac “Polar Star”.
Rylsky Maxim Faddeevich(1895–1964) - prominent Ukrainian lyricist (“Roses and Grapes”, etc.), translator, public figure.
Saadi Muslihiddin(c. 1203-c. 1291) - Persian lyric poet, thinker (poem “Bustan”, etc.).
Sagan Francoise (Couare Francoise)(1935–2004) - French writer and playwright. Sagan became famous for her novel Hello, Sadness, which was published when she was 19 years old.
Saltykov-Shchedrin (Saltykov Mikhail Evgrafovich)(1826–1889) - Russian satirist writer, master of the grotesque (“Gentlemen Golovlevs”, etc.).
Sappho (Sappho) (VII–VI centuries BC BC) - ancient Greek poetess, representative of melic (musical and song) lyrics, a native of the lesbian (on the island of Lesbos) city of Eres.
Swift Jonathan(1667–1745) - English satirist, author of the satirical novel Gulliver's Travels.
Severyanin Igor (Igor Vasilievich Lotarev)(1887–1941) - Russian poet (“Pineapples in Champagne”, etc.). His poems were distinguished by their sophistication of form and musicality.
Senkevich Henryk(1846–1916) - Polish writer (historical novels “With Fire and Sword”, “Without Dogma”, etc.).
Saint-Exupéry Antoine de(1900–1944) - French writer, pilot, died during World War II (“Land of Men”, “ A little prince" and etc.).
Cervantes Saavedra Miguel de(1547–1616) - great Spanish writer (“The Cunning Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha”, etc.).
Simenon Georges(1903–1989) - French writer, classic of the detective genre.
Simonov Konstantin (Kirill) Mikhailovich(1915–1979) - Russian Soviet writer and poet (collections of poems “With You and Without You”, “Friends and Enemies”, trilogy “The Living and the Dead”, etc.).
Skovoroda Grigory Savvich(1722–1794) - an outstanding Ukrainian philosopher, poet and teacher, author of poems, fables in prose (“Kharkov Fables”, etc.).
Scott Walter(1771–1832) - English writer who is considered the founder of the historical novel genre, the author of many historical novels (Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Waverley, etc.) and romantic poems.
Solzhenitsyn Alexander Isaevich(b. 1918) - Russian writer and public figure, author of the novels “The Gulag Archipelago”, “Cancer Ward” and others. A Nobel laureate, he became widely known not only for his works, but also for his personal struggle against communist ideology and the Soviet regime.
Sophocles(c. 496–406 BC) - Athenian playwright, considered along with Aeschylus and Euripides one of the three greatest tragic poets of ancient Greece. The tragedies “Ajax”, “Antigone”, “Oedipus the King”, “Philoctetes”, “The Trachinian Women”, “Electra”, “Oedipus at Colonus” have survived to this day.
Steinbeck John Ernst(1902–1968) - classic of American literature (novels “The Winter of Our Trouble”, etc.). Nobel laureate.
Stendhal (Bayle Henri Marie)(1783–1842) - French writer, author of numerous novels, including “Red and Black”, “The Parma Monastery”, etc.
Stevenson Robert Lewis(1850–1894) - English writer, author of adventure (“Treasure Island”, etc.), historical (“Black Arrow”, etc.), psychological (“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”) novels.
Strugatsky (Strugatsky brothers), Arkady Natanovich(1925–1991) and Boris Natanovich(1933) - Russian writers, screenwriters, classics of modern science and social fiction (novels “Predatory Things of the Century”, “Doomed City”, stories “Monday Begins on Saturday”, “A Billion Years Before the End of the World”, etc.).
Salinger Jerome David(b. 1919) - American writer. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye brought him enormous success. After 1965, Jerome Salinger did not publish any more works, turning into one of the most mysterious “hermits” and “silent people” in world literature.
Tagore Rabindranath(1861–1941) - Indian writer, poet, composer, artist, public figure (“The Mountain”, “Home and the World”, etc.). Nobel laureate.
Tvardovsky Alexander Trifonovich(1910–1971) - Russian Soviet poet, author of the poems “The Country of Ant”, “Vasily Terkin” and others.
Twain Mark (Samuel Clemens) (1835–1910) - prominent American writer, satirist, journalist and lecturer. At his peak, he was probably the most popular figure in the United States.
Thackeray William Makepeace(1811–1863) - English novelist (“Vanity Fair”, etc.).
Tolkien John Ronald Ruel(1892–1973) - English writer, linguist, philologist. Tolkien became famous worldwide for his novel The Hobbit, or There and Back Again and the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Tolstoy Alexey Konstantinovich(1817–1875) - Russian poet, writer, satirist, one of the authors of K. Prutkov (poems, poems, novel “Prince Silver”, etc.).
Tolstoy Alexey Nikolaevich(1883–1945) - Russian Soviet writer (novels “Peter I”, trilogy “Walking in Torment”, story “Bread”, etc.).
Tolstoy Lev Nikolaevich(1828–1910) - Russian writer, publicist and religious thinker, ideologist of the Tolstoyan movement (short stories, novellas, epic novel “War and Peace”, novels “Anna Karenina”, “Resurrection”, etc.). Tolstoy had a huge influence on the evolution of European humanism and on the development of realistic traditions in world literature.
Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich(1818–1883) - Russian writer (“Notes of a Hunter”, “Fathers and Sons”, etc.). He brought out images of the new heroes of his era - commoners.
Tynyanov Yuri Nikolaevich(1894–1943) - Russian Soviet writer, literary critic, master of the historical novel (“Kyukhlya”, “The Death of Vazir-Mukhtar”, etc.).
Tychina Pavlo (Pavel Grigorievich)(1891–1967) - Ukrainian Soviet poet and statesman, innovator of poetic form.
Tyutchev Fedor Ivanovich(1803–1873) - Russian poet, master of verse, soulful lyricist and thinker.
Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wheels(1854–1900) - English writer close to the Symbolists. He is best known for his numerous plays, catchphrases and aphorisms, as well as for his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891).
Williams Tennessee(1911–1983) - American playwright and novelist. Williams became famous for his play A Streetcar Named Desire. The playwright's plays have been filmed several times.
Whitman Walt(1819–1892) - American poet and philosopher (collection “Leaves of Grass”, etc.), reformer of American poetry.
Ukrainian Lesya (Kosach-Kvitka Larisa Petrovna)(1871–1913) - Ukrainian poetess (lyric poems, extravaganza “Forest Song”, etc.).
Wells Herbert George(1866–1946) - English writer, classic of science fiction literature (“The Invisible Man”, “War of the Worlds”, etc.).
Fowles John(1926–2005) - English writer and poet, one of the most significant English writers of the second half of the 20th century. Among the most famous works of John Fowles are the novels “The Collector”, “The French Lieutenant’s Girlfriend”, “The Worm”, etc.
Feuchtwanger Lyon(1884–1958) - German novelist and publicist (historical novels, including “False Nero”, “Success”, etc.).
Fet (Shenshin) Afanasy Afanasyevich(1820–1892) - Russian poet, adherent of “pure art”, subtle lyricist.
Ferdowsi Abulqasim(934-c. 1020) - Persian poet, author of the poem “Shahnameh”, which had a great influence on the literature of the East; the poem “Yusuf and Zuleikha” is also attributed to him.
Flaubert Gustave(1821–1880) - French writer (novel “Madame Bovary”, etc.), successor to the traditions of O. Balzac.
Franko Ivan Yakovlevich(1856–1916) - an outstanding Ukrainian writer, poet, fiction writer, scientist, publicist and leader of the revolutionary movement in western Ukraine, a classic of Ukrainian literature (“Eternal Revolutionary”, “Zakhar Berkut”, etc.).
France Anatole (Thibault Anatole Francois)(1844–1924) - French writer (“Penguin Island”, etc.), publicist, satirist. Nobel laureate.
Khayyam Omar(1048-c. 1123) - great Persian poet and mathematician. Known for his quatrains - rubai full of humor and wisdom.
Heller Joseph(1923–1999) - American novelist. The author of the grotesque satirical novel “Amendment-22” (Catch-22, in some translations - “Catch-22”), which has become a classic of the “black comedy” genre.
Hemingway Ernest Miller(1899–1961) - American writer. Hemingway received wide recognition thanks to his novels and numerous stories, on the one hand, and his life full of adventures and surprises, on the other. His style, concise and intense, had a huge influence on world literature XX century (“Fiesta”, “A Farewell to Arms!”, “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, etc.).
Khlebnikov Velemir (Viktor Vladimirovich)(1885–1922) - Russian poet, innovator of words. He strove to create a “new mythology” and the language of the future free humanity.
Zweig Stefan(1881–1942) - Austrian writer, master of psychological short stories (“Amok”, “Confusion of Feelings”, etc.), novelized biographies of famous historical figures.
Tsvetaeva Marina Ivanovna(1892–1941) - Russian poetess, prose writer, translator, one of the most read and original Russian poetesses of the 20th century.
Cicero Marcus Tullius(106-43 BC) - ancient Roman orator and writer.
Capek Karel(1890–1938) - one of the most famous Czech writers of the 20th century, prose writer and playwright (“War with the Newts,” “White Disease,” etc.).
Chernyshevsky Nikolai Gavrilovich(1828–1889) - Russian writer, philosopher and critic (novels “What is to be done?”, “Prologue”, etc., stories).
Chekhov Anton Pavlovich(1860–1904) - an outstanding Russian writer and playwright (“The Lady with the Dog”, “Three Sisters”, etc.). Chekhov's work had a huge influence on Russian and world literature.
Chukovsky Korney Ivanovich(1882–1969) - Russian poet, writer, translator, literary critic (monumental work “Nekrasov’s Mastery”, “ High art”, very popular children's fairy tales and poems - “Moidodyr”, “The Adventures of Aibolit”, etc.).
Shevchenko Taras Grigorievich(1814–1861) - great Ukrainian poet and writer, classic of Ukrainian literature, artist (book of poetic works “Kobzar”, poems “Katerina”, “Blind”, “Haydamaky”, etc.).
Shakespeare William(1564–1616) - great English playwright and poet (tragedies “King Lear”, “Macbeth”, “Hamlet”, “Othello”, etc., comedies “The Taming of the Shrew”, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, etc., sonnets and etc.). Deep philosophical thought and a wealth of poetic and dramatic means made Shakespeare's work one of the pinnacles of world art.
Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft(1797–1851) - English writer, author of Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, wife of the romantic poet Percy Shelley.
Shelley Percy Bysshe(1792–1822) - one of the greatest English poets of the 19th century. (“Queen Mab”, “Prometheus Unbound”, etc.).
Schiller Johann Friedrich(1759–1805) - German poet and playwright (“Cunning and Love”, “The Maid of Orleans”, “William Tell”, etc.).
Sholom Aleichem (Rabinovich Sholom Nokhumovich)(1859–1916) - an outstanding Jewish writer and playwright (drama “Tevye the Milkman”, novel “Wandering Stars”, etc.).
Sholokhov Mikhail Alexandrovich(1905–1984) - classic of Russian Soviet literature. Novels " Quiet Don", "Virgin Soil Upturned" and others. Nobel laureate.
Aesop (VI V. BC BC) is an ancient Greek fabulist, a legendary folk sage, to whom the plots of almost all fables known in antiquity were attributed.
Eco Umberto(b. 1932) - Italian prose writer, scientist, cultural critic, essayist. Novels “The Name of the Rose”, “Foucault’s Pendulum”, etc.
Aeschylus(525–456 BC), ancient Greek playwright. In antiquity, about 80 were known dramatic works Aeschylus, of which only seven have survived: “The Persians”, “Seven against Thebes”, the “Oresteia” trilogy (“Agamemnon”, “Choephori”, “Eumenides”); tragedies “The Petitioners, or the Prayers” and “Prometheus Bound”.
Poets and Writers Suicide is popular among the creative elite around the world. So, in the 20th century. Russian poets V. Mayakovsky, S. Yesenin, M. Tsvetaeva, German poet and playwright Ernst Toller, writer S. Zweig (Austria), E. Hemingway (USA), Yu.
From book Complete encyclopedia modern educational games for children. From birth to 12 years author Voznyuk Natalia Grigorievna“Poets” The players take a large sheet of paper and write a poem on it. The idea is that everyone comes up with 2 lines that rhyme with each other and wraps the sheet so that the next player does not know what the previous one wrote about. Then the sheet is unfolded and read
From the book Berlin. Guide by Bergmann JurgenFAMOUS DESIGNERS Friedrichstadt Passages, block 206, Friedrichstr. 71, metro station Franzosische Straße on line U6 or Stadtmitte on line U2. Cerruti, Gucci, Moschino, Yves Saint Laurent, Strenesse, Rive Gauche, Louis Vuitton, Etro, La Perla are represented here. Many designers have their own boutiques on Kurfürstendamm, for example, Burberry, Chanel, Jil Sander,
author Kolosova SvetlanaPoets and writers ancient Greece and Rome 4 Aesop - ancient Greek fabulist of the 6th century BC. e.5 Aeschylus - ancient Greek poet-playwright of the 5th century BC. e.6 Leonidas, Tarentum - ancient Greek poet of the late IV - early III centuries BC. e. Lucian - ancient Greek poet of the 2nd century BC. e. Sophocles
From the book Crossword Guide author Kolosova SvetlanaPoets of the 13th–16th centuries 4 Baif, Jean Antoine - French poet of the 16th century. Vega, Garcilaso de la - Spanish poet of the 16th century. Donne, John - English poet of the late 16th - early 17th centuries. Labe, Louise - French poetess of the 16th century. Leon , Luis de - Spanish poet of the 16th century. Lobo, Francisco Rodriguez -
From the book Crossword Guide author Kolosova SvetlanaWriters and poets of the 17th century 3 Vio, Théophile de - French poet.4 Vega, Carpio Lope de - Spanish playwright. Melo, Francisco Manuel de - Portuguese poet. Opitz, Martin - German poet.5 Barro, Jacques Vallee de - French poet. Boileau, Nicola - French poet. Bacon, Francis -
From the book Crossword Guide author Kolosova SvetlanaWriters and poets of the 18th century 4 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang - German writer. Defoe, Daniel - English writer. 5 Burns, Robert - Scottish poet. Diderot, Denis - French writer, philosopher. Laclau, Pierre de - French writer. Lesage, Alain Rene - French writer. Rousseau,
From the book Crossword Guide author Kolosova SvetlanaWriters and poets of the 19th century centuries 2 Poe, Edgar - American writer.4 Blok, Alexander Alexandrovich - Russian poet. Verne, Jules - French writer. Hugo, Victor - French writer. Dumas, Alexander - French writer. Zola, Emil - French writer. Prus, Boleslav -
From the book Crossword Guide author Kolosova SvetlanaWriters and poets of the 20th century 3 Gide, Andre - French writer. Shaw, George Bernard - English writer. 4 Blaise, Cendrars - French writer. Green, Alexander Stepanovich - Russian writer. Green, Graham - English writer. Doyle, Arthur Conan - English writer. Ilf, Ilya
From the book Crossword Guide author Kolosova SvetlanaFamous hunters 3 Min - Russian hunter, writer.5 Lvov, L.A. - Russian hunter, author of books about hunting. Palen - Russian hunter, count. Urvan - Russian hunter.6 Paskin - Russian hunter.7 Lukashin - hunter from the Pskov province. Nazimov, A.V. – Tver hunter.8 Karpushka
From the book Crossword Guide author Kolosova SvetlanaFamous hippologists 4 Witt, V.O.5 Griso, F. Orlov-Chesmensky, A.G.6 James, F. Shishkin7 Kabanov Kuleshov8 Guerinier, F.R. Caprilli,
authorPoets A poet is a light, winged and sacred creature. Plato (c. 427-c. 347 BC), ancient Greek philosopher. Whoever Jupiter wants to punish, he makes a poet. Heinrich Heine (1797–1856), German poet Anyone who cannot compose two lines is a dullard; and who composed as many as four -
From the book In the beginning there was a word. Aphorisms author Dushenko Konstantin VasilievichRussian poets about each other He is original with us - because he thinks. Alexander Pushkin about Evgeny Baratynsky Khlebnikov is not a poet for consumers. Khlebnikov - poet for the manufacturer Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930), poet Great entertainer of the Russian land. Ilya Selvinsky about
From the book In the beginning there was a word. Aphorisms author Dushenko Konstantin VasilievichProse writers and poets... So that a prose writer becomes a poet, and a poet becomes a demigod. Boris Pasternak (1890–1960), poet The speaker should not blindly imitate poets. Poetry can only be admired from afar. Quintilian (c. 35-c. 96), Roman teacher of eloquence Prose writer gets tired of writing
From the book In the beginning there was a word. Aphorisms author Dushenko Konstantin VasilievichCritics and Poets The job of critics is to follow the poet, but to follow the critics is not the job of the poet. William Gaslitt (1778–1830), English essayist Every good poet is also a critic; but not vice versa. William Shenstone (1714–1763), English poet It is hardly necessary to be
With the passing of Ray Bradbury, the world's literary Olympus has become noticeably more empty. Let's remember the most outstanding writers from among our contemporaries - those who still live and create to the delight of their readers. If someone is not on the list, please add in the comments!1. Gabriel José de la Concordia "Gabo" García Márquez(b. March 6, 1927, Aracataca, Colombia) - famous Colombian prose writer, journalist, publisher and politician; winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1982. Representative literary direction"magical realism". His novel One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad, 1967) brought him worldwide fame.
2. Umberto Eco(b. January 5, 1932, Alessandria, Italy) - Italian scientist-philosopher, medievalist historian, semiotics specialist, literary critic, writer. The most famous novels are The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum.
3. Otfried Preusler(b. October 20, 1923) - German children's writer, by nationality - Lusatian (Lusatian Serb). The most famous works: “Little Baba Yaga”, “Little Ghost”, “Little Waterman” and “Krabat, or Legends of the Old Mill”.
4. Boris Lvovich Vasiliev(born May 21, 1924) - Soviet and Russian writer. Author of the story “The Dawns Here Are Quiet” (1969), the novel “Not on the Lists” (1974), etc.
5. Ion Druta(b. 09/03/1928) - Moldavian and Russian writer and playwright.
6. Fazil Abdulovich Iskander(03/06/1929, Sukhum, Abkhazia, USSR) - an outstanding Soviet and Russian prose writer and poet of Abkhaz origin.
7. Daniil Alexandrovich Granin(b. January 1, 1919, Volsk, Saratov province, according to other sources - Volyn, Kursk region) - Russian writer and public figure. Knight of the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called, Hero of Socialist Labor (1989), President of the Society of Friends of the Russian National Library; Chairman of the Board of the International Charitable Foundation. D. S. Likhacheva.
8. Milan Kundera(b. April 1, 1929) is a modern Czech prose writer who has lived in France since 1975. He writes in both Czech and French.
9. Thomas Tranströmer(b. April 15, 1931 in Stockholm) is the largest Swedish poet of the 20th century. Winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the way his brief, translucent images give us a renewed view of reality."
10. Max Gallo(b. January 7, 1932, Nice) - French writer, historian and politician. Member of the French Academy
11. Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa(b. 03/28/1936) - Peruvian-Spanish prose writer and playwright, publicist, politician, winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature.
12. Terry Pratchett(b. April 28, 1948) is a popular English writer. The most popular is his satirical fantasy series about the Discworld. The total circulation of his books is about 50 million copies.
13. Yuri Vasilievich Bondarev(b. 03/15/1924) - Russian Soviet writer. Author of the novel “Hot Snow”, the story “Battalions Ask for Fire”, etc.
14. Stephen Edwin King(b. September 21, 1947, Portland, Maine, USA) is an American writer working in various genres, including horror, thriller, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, drama.
15. Victor Olegovich Pelevin(born November 22, 1962, Moscow) - Russian writer. The most famous works: “The Life of Insects”, “Chapaev and Emptiness”, “Generation “P””
16. Joan Rowling(b. July 31, 1965, Yate, Gloucestershire, England) is a British writer, author of the Harry Potter series of novels, translated into more than 65 languages and sold (as of 2008) more than 400 million copies.
The day before world day writer "Levada Center" wondered who in the minds of Russian residents is worthy of entering list of the most outstanding domestic writers . 1,600 residents completed the survey Russian Federation over 18 years old. The results can be called predictable: the top ten reflects the composition school curriculum on literature.
Human rights activist Solzhenitsyn joined her almost closely (5%). Kuprin, Bunin and Nekrasov finished at the same time - each received 4% of the votes. And then, among the names familiar from textbooks, new ones began to appear, for example, Dontsova and Akunin took a place next to Griboyedov and Ostrovsky (3% each), and Ustinova, Ivanov, Marinina and Pelevin stood on the same level as Goncharov, Pasternak, Platonov and Chernyshevsky ( 1%).
10. Lermontov
The top 10 most outstanding writers of Russia opens with a misanthropic poet, full of contempt for the soulless world, creator of demonic characters and singer of Caucasian exoticism in the form of mountain rivers and young Circassian women. However, even stylistic errors like “a lioness with a shaggy mane on her spine” or “a familiar corpse” did not prevent him from ascending the Parnassus of Russian literature and taking tenth place in the rating with a score of 6%.
9. Gorky
In the USSR he was considered the founder of Soviet literature and socialist realism, and ideological opponents denied Gorky his literary talent and intellectual scope and accused him of cheap sentimentalism. Received 7% of the votes.
8. Turgenev
He dreamed of a career as a philosopher and even tried to get a master's degree, but he failed to become a scientist. But he became a writer. And he was quite a successful writer - his fees were among the highest in Russia. With this money (and income from the estate), Turgenev supported the entire family of his beloved Pauline Viardot, including her children and husband. The survey scored 9%.
7. Bulgakov
Russia rediscovered this writer only twenty-five years ago, after perestroika. Bulgakov was one of the first to encounter the horrors of communal apartments and obstacles on the way to Moscow registration, which was later reflected in The Master and Margarita. His contribution to literature was appreciated by 11% of Russians.
6. Sholokhov
It is still unknown who exactly wrote “Quiet Don” - unknown writer from the “white” camp, or a group of comrades from the NKVD, or Sholokhov himself, who later received the Nobel Prize for the novel. In the meantime, he ranks sixth in the list of outstanding writers with a score of 13%.
5. Gogol
They love him not for his moralizing, but for his door to the world of the grotesque and phantasmagoria, intricately intertwined with real life. Scored the same number of points with Sholokhov.
4. Pushkin
In his youth, he loved to play pranks (for example, to shock the inhabitants of Yekaterinoslav with an outfit of translucent muslin pantaloons without underwear), was proud of his thin waist and tried with all his might to get rid of the status of a “writer.” Moreover, already during his lifetime he was considered a genius, the first Russian poet and creator of the Russian literary language. In the minds of today's readers, it ranks fourth with a score of 15%.
3. Chekhov
The author of humorous stories and the founder of tragicomedy in Russian literature in the world is considered a kind of “ business card"Russian drama. The Russians give him an honorable third place, giving him 18% of the votes.
2. Dostoevsky
Five books by a former convict and an inveterate gambler were included in the list of “One Hundred best books of all times" according to the Norwegian Nobel Institute. Dostoevsky knows better than anyone and describes with utmost honesty the dark and painful depths human soul. He took second place in the ranking with a score of 23%.
1. Leo Tolstoy
“The Seasoned Man” earned the fame of a brilliant writer and classic of Russian literature during his lifetime. His works have been published and republished many times in Russia and abroad and have appeared on the silver screen many times. Anna Karenina alone was filmed 32 times, Resurrection 22 times, War and Peace 11 times. Even his life itself served as material for several films. Perhaps it was thanks to recent high-profile film adaptations that he earned the fame of the first writer in Russia, receiving 45% of the votes.
ABRAMOV Fedor Alexandrovich (1920-1983), Russian writer. Main works: the trilogy “Pryasliny” (1958-1973), “Pelageya” (1969), “Wooden Horses” (1970), “A Trip to the Past” (1974), -Home. (1978).
ABE Kobo (1924-1993), Japanese writer and playwright. Main works: “Woman in the Sands” (1962), “Alien Face” (1964), “The Burnt Map” (1967), “Box Man” (1973), “Sakura Ark” (1984), “The Man Who Turned into baton" (1969).
AVERCHENKO Arkady Timofeevich (1881-1925), Russian writer. Collections of stories, plays and feuilletons: “Merry Oysters” (1910), “About Essentially Good People” (1914), the novel “The Patron’s Joke” (1925).
AGUILERA MALTA Dimetreo (born 1909), Ecuadorian writer, essayist, playwright. Major works: “The Canal Zone” (1935), “The Virgin Island” (1942), “Requiem for the Devil” (1978), “Cross on the Sierra Maear” (1963), “Seven Moons and Seven Snakes” (1970).
AZHAEV Vasily Nikolaevich (1915-1968), Russian writer. Main works: “Far from Moscow” (1948), “Wagon” (1955-1964).
Isaac AZIMOV (1920-1992), American science fiction writer. Main works: “Foundation and Empire” (1952), “The Edge of Foundation” (1982), “Foundation and Earth” (1986), “The Gods Themselves” (1972).
AINI (real name Sadriddin Said Murodzoda) (1878-1954), Tajik writer, scientist, public figure. Main works: “Dohunda” (1930), “Slaves” (1934), “Memoirs” (1949-1954).
AKSAKOV Sergei Timofeevich (1791-1859), Russian writer. Main works: “Family Chronicle” (1856), “Childhood of Bagrov the Grandson” (1858), “The Scarlet Flower” (1858), “Notes on Fishing” (1847), “Notes of a Gun Hunter” (1852).
AKSENOV Vasily Pavlovich (1932), Russian writer. Main works: “Oranges from Morocco” (1963), “Colleagues” (1960), “Star Ticket” (1961), “Burn” (1980), “Island of Crimea” (1981).
ALDANOV Mark Alexandrovich (present, surname Landau) (1886-1957), Russian writer. Main works: historical tetralogy “The Thinker” (1921-1927), “The Key” (1928-1929), “Origins” (1950).
ALEXIN Anatoly Georgievich (born 1924), Russian writer. Main works: “Meanwhile, somewhere...” (1967), “My brother plays the clarinet” (1968), “ Characters and performers" (1975), "Late Child" (1976), "Third, in the fifth row" (1977), "Mad Evdokia" (1978), "Signalers and buglers" (1985).
ALIGER Margarita Iosifovna (1915-1992), Russian poetess. Main works: “In Memory of the Brave” (1942), “Zoya” (1942), “Lenin Mountains- (1953), “Blue Hour” (1970), “Quarter of a Century” (1981).
ALCEUS (late 7th century - 1st half of the 6th century BC), ancient Greek lyric poet.
ALBERTI Rafael (1902-1999), Spanish poet and playwright. Main works: collections “Poems about Love” (1967), “Stanzas of Juan Panadero” (1949), “Poems of Exile and Hope” (1976), play “Night of War at the Prado Museum” (1956), “Pablo Picasso” (1977) ).
ALFIERI Vittorno (1749-1803), Italian writer and playwright. Main works: “Cleopatra” (1770), “Mary Stuart” (1777-1786), “Saul” (1782), “Life of Vittorno Alfieri” (1806).
AMADO Jorge (1912-2001), Brazilian writer. Main works: “Endless Lands. (1943), “The City of Ilheus” (1944), “Red Shoots” (1946), “Freedom Underground” (1952), “Return of the Prodigal Daughter” (1977), “Military jacket, academic uniform, nightgown” (1979) .
ANACREON (Anacreon) (c. 570-478 BC), ancient Greek lyric poet.
ANANEV Anatoly Andreevich (born 1925), Russian writer. Main works: “Small Barrier” (1959), “Tanks are moving in a diamond pattern” (1963), “Milestones of Love” (1971), “Years without War” (1975-1981), “Boundary” (1969), “Memory of the Heart” (1975), “Reminder of Old Truths” (1982).
ANDERSEN Hans Christian (1805-1875), Danish writer and playwright. Main works: “Flint”, “The Steadfast Tin Soldier”, “The Ugly Duckling”, “The Little Mermaid”, “ The Snow Queen", "Improviser", "Only a violinist", "The Tale of My Life".
ANDERSEN-NEKSE Martin (1869-1954), Danish writer. Main works: novels “Pelle the Conqueror” (1906–1910), “Ditte, the Child of Man” (1917–1921).
Andrzejewski Jerzy (.1909-1983), Polish writer. Main works: “Ashes and Diamond” (1948), “He goes and gallops through the mountains” (1963), “Kroshevo” (1981).
ANDREEV Leonid Nikolaevich (1871 -1919), Russian writer, playwright. Main works: “Bargamot and Garaska” (1898), “The Life of Vasily Fiveysky” (1904), “Red Laughter” (1905), “Savva” (1906), “The Life of a Man” (1907), “The Tale of the Seven Incarcerated” (1908), Days of Our Lives (1908), Anathema (1908).
ANNENSKY Innokenty Fedorovich (1855-1909), Russian poet. Main works: collections “Quiet Songs” (1904), “Cypress Casket” (1910), “Posthumous Poems” (1923), “Book of Reflections” (vols. 1-2, 1906-1909).
ANUY Jean (1910-1987), French playwright. Major works: “The Traveler Without Luggage” (1937), “The Savage” (1938), “Dinner at Senlis” (1942), “Antigone” (1943), “The Lark” (1953), “Beckett, or the Honor of God” ( 1959), "Basement" (1961).
APUKHTIN Alexey Nikolaevich (1840-1893), Russian poet. Main works: “Crazy Nights”, “To Forget So Soon”, “Does Day Reign”, “Poems by A. N. Apukhtin” (1886), “A Year in the Monastery” (1883), “An Unfinished Story” (1896), “ Archive of Countess D", "A Tale in Letters" (1895), "The Diary of Pavlik Dolsky" (1891-1895), "Between Life and Death" (1895).
ARAGON Louis (1897-1982), French writer and poet. Main works: “The Parisian Peasant” (1922), “Knife in the Heart” (1941), “Holy Week” (1958).
ARBUZOV Alexey Nikolaevich (1908-1986), Russian playwright. Main works: “Tanya” (1938), “Years of Wandering” (1954), “The Irkutsk Story” (1959), “Old-Fashioned Comedy” (1975), “Cruel Intentions” (1978), “Victorious” (1983).
ARIOSTO Ludovico (1474-1533), Italian poet. Main works: “The Furious Roland” (1516), “The Warlock” (1520), “The Pimp” (1528).
ASEEV Nikolai Nikolaevich (1889-1963), Russian writer. Main works: “Zor” (1914), “Budyonny” (1923), “Twenty Six” (1924), “Semyon Proskakov” (1928), “Mayakovsky Begins” (1940), “Why and Who Needs Poetry” (1961 ).
ASTAFYEV Viktor Petrovich (1924-2001), Russian writer. Main works: “Starfall” (1960), “Theft” (1966), “The Shepherd and the Shepherdess” (1971), “The Fish King” (1976), “The Sad Detective” (1986), “Lyudochka” (1990), "Cursed and Killed" (1992-1993).
AKHMADULINA Bella Akhatovna (born 1937), Russian poetess. Main works: collections “String” (1962), “Music Lessons” (1970), “Garden” (1987), “Candle” (1977), “Mystery” (1983), “Dreams about Georgia” (1977).
AKHMATOVA Anna Andreevna (present, surname Gorenko) (1889-1966), Russian poetess. Main works: collections “The Running of Time” (1909-1965), “Evening” (1912), “Rosary” (1914), “White Flock” (1917), “Requiem” (1935-1940), “Poem without a Hero” (1940-1965).
BABEL Isaac Emmanuilovich (1894-1940), Russian writer. Main works: collections “Cavalry” (1926) and “Odessa Stories” (1931), plays “Sunset” (1928) and “Maria” (1935).
BAGRITSKY Eduard Georgievich (present, surname Dzyubin) (1895-1934), Russian poet. Main works: “The Birdcatcher” (1918), “Till Eulenspiegel” (1926), “The Tale of the Sea, Sailors and the Flying Dutchman” (1922), “The Thought of Opanas” (1926), “The Death of a Pioneer” (1932).
BAZHOV Pavel Petrovich (1879-1950), Russian writer. Main works: “The Ural Were” (1924), “ Malachite Box"(1939), "The Green Filly" (1939), "Far - Close" (1949).
BYRON George Noel Gordon (1788-1824), English romantic poet. Main works: “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” (1812), “The Bronze Age” (1823), “Manfred. (1817), "Cain" (1821), "Don Juan" (1819-1824, unfinished).
BALZAC Honore de (1799-1850), French writer. Main work: the epic “The Human Comedy”, consisting of 90 novels and short stories.
BALMONT Konstantin Dmitrievich (1867-1942), Russian poet, translator. Main works: collections “Burning Buildings” (1900), “Let’s Be Like the Sun” (1903), “Under the Northern Sky” (1894), “In the Vast” (1895), “Only Love” (1903), “Firebird” . Slav's pipe" (1907), "Green Vertograd, a kissing word" (1909), "Gift of the Earth" (1921), "Mine is His. Poem about Russia" (1923), "Northern Lights" (1923), "Blue Horseshoe" (1937).
BARATYNSKY (BORATYNSKY) Evgeny Abramovich (1800-1844), Russian poet. Main works: “Finland”, “Two Shares”, “Confession”, “Disbelief”, “Eda”, “Ball”, collection “Twilight”.
BARTO Agnia Lvovna (1906-1981), Russian poetess, writer. Main works: Poems for Children" (1949), "Find a Person" (1968), "For Flowers in the Winter Forest" (1970), "Notes of a Children's Poet" (1976).
BATYUSHKOV Konstantin Nikolaevich (1787-1855), Russian poet. Main works: “The Bacchante”, “The Merry Hour”, “My Penates”, Hope”, “To a Friend”, “Separation”, “My Genius”, “The Dying Tass”, “The Saying of Melchizedek”.
BEK Alexander Alfredovich (1902/1903-1972), Russian writer. Main works: the story “Volokolamsk Highway” (1943-1944), the novels “The Life of Berezhkov” and “New Appointment”.
BECKETT Samuel (1906-1989), Irish playwright. Major works: Waiting for Godot (1952), End Game (1957), Molloy (1951), Catastrophe (1982).
BELINSKY Vissarion Grigorievich (1811-1848), Russian literary critic, publicist, philosopher. He collaborated with the magazines “Telescope”, “Otechestvennye zapiski” and “Sovremennik”.
BELL Heinrich (1917-1985), German writer. Major works: “Where have you been, Adam?” (1951), “Billiards at half past nine” (1959), “Through the Eyes of a Clown” (1963), “Group Portrait with a Lady” (1971), “Women by the Rhine” (1985).
BELY Andrei (present, first and last name Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev) (1880-1934), Russian writer, critic, literary critic. Main works: collections “Gold in Azure” (1904), “Urna” (1909), “Ashes” (1909), the novel “Petersburg” (1913-1914), books “The Tragedy of Creativity. Dostoevsky and Tolstoy" (1910-1911), "Symbolism" (1912), "Memories of Blok" (1922-1923), "Rhythm as dialectics and " Bronze Horseman"(1929), "Gogol's Mastery" (1934).
BELYAEV Alexander Romanovich (1884-1942), Russian science fiction writer. Main works: “The Head of Professor Dowell” (1925), “The Island of Lost Ships” (1927), “The Amphibian Man” (1928), “The Star of the KETS” (1936), “Dublve Laboratory” (1938).
BENNETT Arnold (1867-1931), English writer. Main works: “Anna of the Five Cities” (1902), “The Tale of Old Women” (1908), “Lord Raingo” (1926).
BERANGE Pierre Jean (1780-1857), French writer. Main works: “King Yveto” (1813), “Capuchins”, “Guardian Angel”, “Mad Men”.
Anthony BURGESS (1917-1993) English writer. Major works: “Right of Reply” (1960), “A Clockwork Orange” (1962), “Testament to a Clockwork World” (1974), “News for the End of the World” (1982).
Frances Eliza BURNETT (1849-1924), American writer. Main works: “Little Lord Fauntleroy” (1886), “The Little Princess” (1905).
BURNS Robert (1759-1796), Scottish poet. Main works: “The Two Shepherds” (1784), “The Prayer of Saint Willie” (1785).
BERNHARD Thomas (1931-1989), Austrian writer. Main works: “Cold” (1963), “Madness” (1967), “Proofreading” (1975), “Shutdown” (1986).
BIANCHI Vitaly Valentinovich (1894-1959), Russian writer. Main works: “Forest Newspaper for Every Year” (1928), “Forest There Were and Fables” (1957).
BLASCO IBAÑEZ Vicente (1867-1928), Spanish writer. Main works: “The Uninvited Guest” (1904), “The Horde” (1905), “The Naked Maha” (1906), “In Search of the Great Khan” (1928).
BLOK Alexander Alexandrovich (1880-1921), Russian poet. Main works: “Poems about a Beautiful Lady” (1904), “City” (1904-1908), “Showroom” (1906), “Iambics” (1907), “Motherland” (1907-1916), “Scary World” ( 1908-1916), “Retribution” (1910-1921), “Rose and Cross” (1912-1913), “The Twelve” (1918), “Russia and the Intelligentsia”.
Johan BOYER (1872-1959), Norwegian writer. Major works: The Great Hunger (1916), The Last Viking (1921), Men by the Sea (1929), The Young Man (1946).
BOCCACCIO Giovanni (1313-1375), Italian poet and writer. Main works: “Fiammetta” (1343), “Decameron” (1350-1353), “Life of Dante Alighieri” (c. 1360).
BEAUMARCHAIS Pierre Aupostin (1732-1799), French playwright. Main works: “The Barber of Seville” (1775), “The Marriage of Figaro” (1784).
BONDAREV Yuri Vasilievich (born 1924), Russian writer. Main works: “Battalions Ask for Fire” (1957), “Last Salvos” (1959), “Silence” (1962), “Hot Snow” (1969), “Shore” (1975), “Choice” (1980), “ Game" (1985).
Hristo BOTEV (1848-1876), Bulgarian poet, publicist, one of the founders of Bulgarian literary criticism. Main works: “Elegy” (1871), “Struggle” (1871).
BRAIN John (1922-1986), English writer. Major works: “The Way Up” (1957), “Life at the Top” (1962), “The Jealous God” (1964).
BRECHT Bertolt (1898-1956), German playwright and poet. Main works: “The Threepenny Opera” (1928), “Mother Courage and Her Children” (1939), “The Good Man from Szechwan” (1938-1940), “Caucasian chalk circle"(1949).
BRODSKY Joseph Alexandrovich (1940-1996), Russian poet. Main collections: “Poems and Poems” (1965), “Stop in the Desert” (1967), “The End of a Beautiful Era” (1972), “Part of Speech” (1972), “In England” (1977), “Roman Elegies” (1982), “New Stanzas for Augusta” (1983), “Urania” (1987).
BRONTE Charlotte (1816-1855) and Emily (1818-1848), English writers. Major works: “Jane Eyre” (1847), “Shirley” (1849), “Wuthering Heights” (1847).
BRADBURY Ray Douglas (b.)