british

Tobias Smollett

Scottish poet and author

Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language

Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist.

French woman of letters and political theorist, the daughter of banker and French finance minister Jacques Necker

English war poet, writer, and soldier

English historian specialising in art history, Dutch history, Jewish history, and French history

Indian novelist and poet

English playwright, poet and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s greatest dramatist

Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist

English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus , which is considered an early example of science fiction