A.

Authors from
North America

Author / Writer Greatest works / information

Edgar Allan Poe The raven- American short story writer, poet, critic, and editor who is famous for
his cultivation of mystery and macabre. His tale “The murders in true rue morgue.
William Faulkner The sound and fury- All are hunted by the figure of Caddy, the only daughter whom
Faulkner describe as “ A beautiful and tragic little girl”
Herman Melville Moby - Dick - is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville The book is the
sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling
ship Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that on the
ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee.
Flannery O’ Connor His story is full of violence, mordant comedy, and a fierce catholic vision that is
bent on human salvation at any cost- A full cavalcade of what critics came to all
“Grosteques”
Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby- He also write The flappers, The bootleg gin, The careless and
lastly, Giddy wealth.
Mark Twain Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Heming way proclaimed that “All modern
American literature” comes from… Huckleberry Finn
Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire is a play written by Tennessee Williams first performed
on Broadway on December 3, 1947.

B. Authors from
Europe

Leo Tolstoy The epic war and peace- He was a master realist fiction and well-known throughout his life
for his moralistic views and opinions
Franz Kafka The Trial, The Castle, and The Metamorphosis- He is considered one of the most influential
writers ever.
Henrik ibsen He was a Norweigian playwright, He’s given the moniker of the “Father of Realism”
Ibsen's best-known plays included A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Peer Gynt, The Wild
Duck, Brand, and Rosmersholm.
Victor Hugo Victor Hugo is a 19th century French author who wrote The Hunchback of Notre Dame and
Les Miserable
Dante Alighieri He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina
commedia (The Divine Comedy). Dante's Divine Comedy, a landmark in Italian literature and
among the greatest works of all medieval European literature, is a profound Christian
vision of humankind's temporal and eternal destiny.
Miguel de Miguel de Cervantes is the most important and celebrated figure in Spanish literature. He is
Cervantes best known for being the author of Don Quixote (1605, 1615), a widely read literary classic.
He also was noted for his short story collection Novelas exemplares (1613; Exemplary
Stories) and several plays and poems.
Johann Wolfgang The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774), the first novel of the Sturm und Drang movement,
von Goethe and for Faust (Part I, 1808; Part II, 1832), a play about a man who sells his soul to the Devil
that is sometimes considered Germany's greatest contribution to world literature.