Ann Rand
American politician from Maine
Creator
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism
Ayn Rand
Russian-American writer and philosopher
Dawn Powell
Award-winning novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and short story writer
Claudia Rankine
American poet, essayist, playwright, and the editor of several anthologies
Thomas Powers
American author and intelligence expert
Arthur Ransome
English author and journalist
John Cowper Powys
English philosopher, lecturer, novelist, critic and poet born in Shirley, Derbyshire, where his father was vicar of the parish church in 18711879. Powys appeared with a volume of verse in 1896 and a first novel in 1915, but gained success only with his novel Wolf Solent in 1929. He has been seen as a successor to Thomas Hardy, and Wolf Solent, A Glastonbury Romance , Weymouth Sands , and Maiden Castle have been called his Wessex novels
Frederic Raphael
American-born, British BAFTA and Academy Award winning screenwriter, biographer, nonfiction writer, novelist and journalist.
Mario Praz
Italian-born critic of art and literature, and a scholar of English literature