Literature

Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and journalist. Regarded as one of the greatest novelists in world literature, with highly influential masterpieces.

Russian writer regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature and Nobel Peace Prize.

Novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Known for his economical and understated style, which had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction. Awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature.

English writer and social critic. Created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.

Novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Best known for his works Moby-Dick, Typee, and the posthumously published Billy Budd, Sailor.

Novelist, poet, and literary critic. Notable for his contributions to the modernist avant-garde movement. Known for the landmark novel Ulysses (1922) and other works such as Dubliners (1914), A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916), and Finnegans Wake (1939).

German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Known for highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas that explore the psychology of the artist and intellectual. Influenced by Goethe, Nietzsche, and Schopenhauer.

Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist. Winner of the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel "Los detectives salvajes" and posthumously awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for his novel "2666". Described as the most significant Latin American literary voice of his generation.

American novelist known for his work in transgressional fiction. Published 19 novels, including Fight Club which was adapted into a film.