Virginia Woolf
English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device
20th-century essayists
Rebecca West
British author, journalist, literary critic, and travel writer
H. G. Wells
English writer
Leo Tolstoy
Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time
Hunter S. Thompson
American journalist and author who founded the gonzo journalism movement
Wislawa Szymborska
Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language
Zadie Smith
English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer
Ayn Rand
Russian-American writer and philosopher
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel In Search of Lost Time , originally published in French in seven volumes between 1913 and 1927. He is considered by critics and writers to be one of the most influential authors of the 20th century.