Thomas Hardy
English novelist and poet
English novelist and poet
British veterinary surgeon and author
American writer, best known for a series of suspense novels about his most famous character, Hannibal Lecter
Russian writer and thinker known as the “father of Russian socialism” and one of the main fathers of agrarian populism . With his writings, many composed while exiled in London, he attempted to influence the situation in Russia, contributing to a political climate that led to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. He published the important social novel Who is to Blame? . His autobiography, My Past and Thoughts , is often considered one of the best examples of that genre in Russian literature.
Professor of literature at Stanford University, where he is Rosina Pierotti Professor in Italian Literature in the Department of French & Italian.
German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter
American playwright, librettist, and theatre director.
English novelist and short-story writer, in both the regency romance and detective fiction genres
American poet
Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany and geography