20th-century american male writers

Jack Vance

American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer

American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit, erudition, and patrician manner

American writer

American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, whose posthumously published novel A Confederacy of Dunces won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

American poet and novelist commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissance, though he actively resisted the association, and modernism

American essayist, novelist, playwright, and media critic

American journalist and author who founded the gonzo journalism movement

American cartoonist, author, humorist, journalist, playwright, and celebrated wit

Franco-American literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist, and educator

American writer known for his works of speculative fiction