Well-Known Authors

TEACHING ASSESSMENT OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SURVEY OF
AUTHORS
LOCAL & INTERNATIONAL
SECOND TOPIC
CALINGASAN, KING ARJAY E. / BSED II ENGLISH
SURVEY OF AUTHORS: LOCAL & INTERNATIONAL
TOPICS TO DISCUSS
LIST OF FAMOUS LIST OF FAMOUS
FILIPINO AUTHORS INT'L AUTHORS

INTRODUCTION
AUTHOR
An author is a source of some form
of intellectual or creative work;
especially, one who composes a
book, article, poem, play, or other
literary work intended for
publication.

LIST OF
FAMOUS FILIPINO
AUTHORS

EDITH L. TIEMPO (1919 - 2011)
Edith L. Tiempo is a poet, fictionist, teacher,

and literary critic. She is one of the finest
Filipino writers in English whose works are
characterized by a remarkable fusion of style
and substance, of craftsmanship and insight.
She is an influential tradition in Philippine
literature in English. Together with her late
husband, Edilberto K. Tiempo, she founded
and directed the Silliman National Writers
Workshop in Dumaguete City, which has
produced some. of the country's best writers.

EDITH L. TIEMPO (1919 - 2011)
Tiempo's published works include

the novel A Blade of Fern (1978), The
Native Coast (1979), and The Alien
Corn (1992); the poetry collections, The
Tracks of Babylon and Other Poems
(1966), and The Charmer's Box and
Other Poems (1993); and the short
story collection Abide, Joshua, and
Other Stories (1964).

BIENVENIDO LUMBERA (1932 - 2021)
Bienvenido Lumbera, is a poet, librettist,

and scholar. As a poet, he introduced to
Tagalog literature what is now known as
Bagay poetry, a landmark aesthetic
tendency that has helped to change the
vernacular poetic tradition. As a librettist
for the Tales of the Manuvu and Rama
Hari, he pioneered the creative fusion of
fine arts and popular imagination.

BIENVENIDO LUMBERA (1932 - 2021)
He is the author of the following works:

Likhang Dila, Likhang Diwa (poems in Filipino
and English), 1993; Balaybay, Mga Tulang Lunot
at Manibalang, 2002; Sa Sariling Bayan, Apat
na Dulang May Musika, 2004; "Agunyas sa
Hacienda Luisita," Pakikiramay, 2004.
As a scholar, his major books include the
following: Tagalog Poetry, 1570-1898: Tradition
and Influences in its Development; Philippine
Literature: A History and Anthology, Revaluation:
Essays on Philippine Literature, Writing the
Nation/Pag-akda ng Bansa.

NESTOR VICENTE MADALI GONZALEZ (1915 - 1999)
Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez, better

known as N.V.M. Gonzalez, fictionist, essayist,
poet, and teacher, articulated the Filipino
spirit in rural, and urban landscapes. He is
said to be the "Father of Philippine Essay." He
became U.P.’s |nternational-Writer-In-
Residence and a member of the Board of
Advisers of the U.P. Creative Writing Center.
In 1987, U.P. conferred on him the Doctor of
Humane Letters, honoris causa, its highest
academic recognition.

NESTOR VICENTE MADALI GONZALEZ (1915 - 1999)
Major works of N.V.M Gonzalez include

the following: The Winds of April, Seven
Hills Away, Children of the Ash-Covered
Loam and Other Stories, The Bamboo
Dancers, Look Stranger, on this Island
Now, Mindoro and Beyond: Twenty -One
Stories, The Bread of Salt and Other
Stories, Work on the Mountain, The Novel
of Justice: Selected Essays 1968-1994, A
Grammar of Dreams and Other Stories.

VIRGILIO S. ALMARIO (1944 - PRESENT)
Virgilio S. Almario, also known as Rio Alma, is

a poet, literary historian, and critic, who has
revived and reinvented traditional Filipino poetic
forms, even as he championed modernist
poetics. He headed the National Commission for
Culture and the Arts as Executive Director, (from
1998 to 2001) ably steering the Commission
towards its goals. But more than anything else,
what Almario accomplished was that he put a
face to the Filipino writer in the country, one
strong face determinedly wielding a pen into
untruths, hypocrisy, injustice, among others.

VIRGILIO S. ALMARIO (1944 - PRESENT)
In 34 years, he has published 12 books of poetry,

which include the seminal Makinasyon and
Peregrinasyon, and the landmark trilogy
Doktrinang Anakpawis, Mga Retrato at Rekwerdo
and Muli, Sa Kandungan ng Lupa. He has also
redefined how the Filipino poetry is viewed and
paved the way for the discussion of the same in
his 10 books of criticisms and anthologies, among
which are Ang Makata sa Panahon ng Makina,
Balagtasismo versus Modernismo, Walong
Dekada ng Makabagong Tula Pilipino, Mutyang
Dilim and Barlaan at Josaphat.

CIRILO F. BAUTISTA (1941 - 2018)
Cirilo F. Bautista is a poet, fictionist, and

essayist with exceptional achievements and
significant contributions to the development of
the country's literary arts. He is acknowledged
by peers and critics, and the nation at large as
the foremost writer of his generation.
Throughout his career which spans more than
four decades, he has established a reputation
for fine and profound artistry; his books,
lectures, poetry readings, and creative writing
workshops continue to influence his peers and
generations of young writers.

CIRILO F. BAUTISTA (1941 - 2018)
Bautista continues to contribute to the

development of Philippine literature: as a
writer, through his significant body of works;
as a teacher, through his discovery and
encouragement of young writers in workshops
and lectures; and as a critic, through his
essays that provide insights into the craft of
writing and correctives to misconceptions
about art. Major works: Summer Suns (1963),
Words and Battlefields (1998), The Trilogy of
Saint Lazarus (2001), Galaw ng Asoge (2003).

NICK JOAQUIN (1917 - 2004)
Nick Joaquin, is regarded by many as the most

distinguished Filipino writer in English writing so
variedly and so well about so many aspects of the
Filipino. Nick Joaquin has also enriched the English
language with critics coining “Joaquinesque" to
describe his baroque Spanish-flavored English or his
reinventions of English based on Filipinisms.
As a journalist, Joaquin used the pen name Quijano
de Manila. He started as a proofreader at the
Philippines Free Press, then rose to the literary editor.
He later became editor of the Asia-Philippines Leader
and Philippine Graphic magazine and publisher of
Women's Weekly.

NICK JOAQUIN (1917 - 2004)
Among his voluminous works were The

Woman Who Had Two Navels, A Portrait
of the Artist as Filipino, Manila, My Manila:
A History for the Young, The Ballad of the
Five Battles, Rizal in Saga, Almanac for
Manileños, Cave and Shadows. Nick
Joaquin died on April 29, 2004.

F. SIONIL JOSÉ (1924 - 2022)
F. Sionil Jose's writings since the late 60s, when
taken collectively can best be described as epic. Its
sheer volume puts him at the forefront of Philippine
writing in English. But ultimately, it is the consistent
espousal of the aspirations of the Filipino—for national
sovereignty and social justice—that guarantees the
value of his oeuvre.
F. Sionil Jose is also a publisher, lecturer on cultural
issues, and the founder of the Philippine chapter of
the international organization PEN. He was bestowed
the CCP Centennial Honors for the Arts in 1999; the
Outstanding Fulbrighters Award for Literature in 1988;
and the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism,
Literature, and Creative Communication Arts in 1980.

F. SIONIL JOSÉ (1924 - 2022)
In the five—novel masterpiece, the Rosales

saga, consisting of The Pretenders, Tree, My
Brother, My Executioner, Mass, and Po-on, he
captures the sweep of Philippine history while
simultaneously narrating the lives of
generations of the Samsons whose personal
lives intertwine with the social struggles of the
nation. Because of their international appeal,
his works, including his many short stories,
have been published and translated into
various languages.

AMADO V. HERNANDEZ (1903 - 1970)
Amado V. Hernandez, poet, playwright, and
novelist, is among the Filipino writers who practiced
“committed art”. In his view, the function of the
writer is to act as the conscience of society and to
affirm the greatness of the human spirit in the face
of inequity and oppression. Hernandez’s
contribution to the development of Tagalog prose is
considerable — he stripped Tagalog of its ornate
character and wrote in prose closer to the colloquial
than the “official” style permitted. His novel Mga
lbong Mandaragit, first written by Hernandez while
in prison, is the first Filipino socio-political novel
that exposes the ills of the society as evident in the
agrarian problems of the 50s.

AMADO V. HERNANDEZ (1903 - 1970)
Hernandez's other works include

Bayang Malaya, Isang Dipang Langit,
Luha ng Buwaya, Amado V. Hernandez:
Tudla at Tudling: Katipunan ng mga
Nalathalang Tula 1921-1970, Langaw sa
Isang Basong Gatas at Iba Pang Kuwento
ni Amado V. Hernandez, Magkabilang
Mukha ng Isang Bagol at Iba Pang Akda
ni Amado V. Hernandez.

LAZARO A. FRANCISCO (1898 - 1980)
Lazaro A. Francisco, prize-winning writer
developed the social realist tradition in
Philippine fiction. His eleven novels, now
acknowledged classics of Philippine literature,
embodies the author's commitment to
nationalism.
Francisco gained prominence as a writer not
only for his social conscience but also for his
“masterful handling of the Tagalog language"
and “supple prose style”. With his literary output
in Tagalog, he contributed to the enrichment of
the Filipino language and literature for which he
is a staunch advocate.

LAZARO A. FRANCISCO (1898 - 1980)
His reputation as the “Master of the Tagalog
Novel” is backed up by numerous awards he
received for his meritorious novels in particular
and for his contribution to Philippine literature
and culture in general. His masterpiece novels—
Ama, Bayang Nagpatiwakal, Maganda Pa Ang
Daigdig, and Daluyong—affirm his eminent
place in Philippine literature. In 1997, he was
honored by the University of the Philippines with
a special convocation, where he was cited as
the “foremost Filipino novelist of his generation”
and “champion of the Filipino writer’s struggle
for national identity.”

ALEJANDRO ROCES (1924 - 2011)
Alejandro Roces, is a short story writer

and essayist, and considered as the
country's best writer of comic short stories.
Ever the champion of Filipino culture, Roces
brought to public attention the aesthetics
of the country's fiestas.
His unflinching love of country led him to
become a guerilla during the Second World
War, to defy martial law and to found the
major opposition party under the
dictatorship.

ALEJANDRO ROCES (1924 - 2011)
He is known for his widely anthologized “My

Brother's Peculiar Chicken." In his
innumerable newspaper columns, he has
always focused on the neglected aspects of
the Filipino cultural heritage. His works have
been published in various international
magazines and has received national and
international awards, including several
decorations from various governments. He
once said “You cannot be a great writer; first,
you have to be a good person".

CARLOS P. ROMULO (1899 - 1985)
Carlos P. Romulo‘s multifaceted career

spanned 50 years of public service as
educator, soldier, university president,
journalist and diplomat. It is common
knowledge that he was the first Asian
President of the United Nations General
Assembly, then Philippine Ambassador to
Washington, D.C., and later minister of foreign
affairs. Essentially though, Romulo was very
much into writing: he was a reporter at 16, a
newspaper editor by the age of 20, and a
publisher at 32.

CARLOS P. ROMULO (1899 - 1985)
He was the only Asian to win America's coveted

Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for a series of articles
predicting the outbreak of World War II. Romulo, in
all, wrote and published 18 books, a range of
literary works which included The United (novel), I
Walked with Heroes (autobiography), I Saw the
Fall of the Philippines, Mother America, I See the
Philippines Rise (war—time memoirs).
His other books include his memoirs of his
many years’ affiliations with United Nations (UN),
Forty Years: A Third World Soldier at the UN, and
The Philippine Presidents, his oral history of his
experiences sewing all the Philippine presidents.

JOSE GARCIA VILLA (1908 - 1997)
Jose Garcia Villa is considered as one of the

finest contemporary poets regardless of race or
language. Villa, who lived in Singalong, Manila,
introduced the reversed consonance rhyme
scheme, including the comma poems that made
full use of the punctuation mark in an innovative,
poetic way.
He used Doveglion (Dove, Eagle, Lion) as
penname, the very characters he attributed to
himself, and the same ones explored by e.e.
cummings in the poem he wrote for Villa
(Doveglion, Adventures in Value). Villa is also
known for the tartness of his tongue.

JOSE GARCIA VILLA (1908 - 1997)
Villa's works have been collected into the

following books: Footnote to Youth, Many
Voices, Poems by Doveglion, Poems 55,
Poems in Praise of Love: The Best Love
Poems of Jose Garcia Villa as Chosen By
Himself, Selected Stories, The Portable
Villa, The Essential Villa, Mir-i-nisa,
Storymasters 3: Selected Stories from
Footnote to Youth, 55 Poems: Selected and
Translated into Tagalog by Hilario S.
Francia.

ROLANDO S. TINIO (1937 - 1997)
Rolando S. Tinio, playwright, thespian, poet,

teacher, critic and translator, marked his
career with prolific artistic productions. Tinio‘s
chief distinction is as a stage director whose
original insights into the scripts he handled
brought forth productions notable for their
visual impact and intellectual cogency.
Subsequently, after staging productions for
the Ateneo Experimental Theater (its organizer
and administrator as well), he took on Teatro
Pilipino.

ROLANDO S. TINIO (1937 - 1997)
Aside from his collections of poetry

(Sitsit sa Kuliglig, Dunung - Dunungan,
Kristal na Uniberso, A Trick of Mirrors)
among his works were the following: film
scripts for Now and Forever, Gamitin Mo
Ako, Bayad Puri and Milagros; sarswelas
Ang Mestisa, Ako, Ang Kiri, Ana Maria;
the komedya Orosman at Zafira; and
Larawan, the musical.

FRANCISCO ARCELLANA (1916 - 2002)
Francisco Arcellana, writer, poet, essayist,

critic, journalist and teacher, is one of the most
important progenitors of the modern Filipino
short story in English. He pioneered the
development of the short story as a lyrical prose
—poetic form. For Arcellana, the pride of fiction
is "that it is able to render truth, that is able to
present reality". Arcellana kept alive the
experimental tradition in fiction, and had been
most daring in exploring new literary forms to
express the sensibility of the Filipino people.

FRANCISCO ARCELLANA (1916 - 2002)
Arcellana‘s published books are Selected
Stories (1962), Poetry and Politics: The State of
Original Writing in English in the Philippines
Today (1977), The Francisco Arcellana Sampler
(1990).
Some of his short stories are Frankie, The
Man Who Would Be Poe, Death in a Factory,
Lina, A Clown Remembers, Divided by Two, The
Mats, and his poems being The Other Woman,
This Being the Third Poem, This Poem is for
Mathilda, To Touch You and I Touched Her
among others.

LEVI CELERIO (1910 - 2002)
Levi Celerio, deceased, was a prolific

Filipino composer and songwriter. During his
career, Celerio wrote over 4,000 songs. He
made it to the Guinness Book of World
Records as the only person able to make
music using just a leaf. A great number of his
songs have been written for the local movies,
which earned for him the Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Film Academy
of the Philippines.

LEVI CELERIO (1910 - 2002)
At one time or another, no Filipino could miss the tune

or lyrics of Levi’s Christmas songs: Pasko na Naman,
Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon (Ang
Pasko ay Sumapit), and Misa de Gallo. His more popular
love songs include: Saan Ka Man Naroroon?, Kahit
Konting Pagtingin, Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal, Kapag
Puso’y Sinugatan, and Ikaw, O Maliwanag na Buwan,
Dahil Sa Isang Bulaklak, Sa Ugoy ng Duyan, Bagong
Pagsilang, and Sapagkat Kami’y Tao Lamang, while his
folk songs include Ang Pipit, Tinikling, Tunay na Tunay,
Itik-Itik, Waray-Waray, Pitong Gatang, Ako ay May
Singsing, Alibangbang and many more. Celerio also
wrote nationalistic songs such as Ang Bagong Lipunan,
Lupang Pangarap, and Tinig ng Bayan.

CARLOS QUIRINO (1910 - 1999)
Carlos Quirino, a biographer, has the distinction
of having written one of the earliest biographies of
Jose Rizal titled The Great Malayan. Quirino’s books
and articles span the whole gamut of Philippine
history and culture-from Bonifacio’s trial to
Aguinaldo’s biography, from Philippine cartography
to culinary arts, from cash crops to tycoons and
presidents lives, among so many subjects. In 1997,
Pres. Fidel Ramos created historical literature as a
new category in the National Artist Awards and
Quirino was its first recipient. He made a record
earlier on when he became the very first Filipino
correspondent for the United Press Institute.

CARLOS QUIRINO (1910 - 1999)
His book Maps and Views of Old Manila is

considered the best book on the subject.
His other books include Quezon, Man of
Destiny, Magsaysay of the Philippines,
Lives of the Philippine Presidents,
Philippine Cartography, The History of
Philippine Sugar Industry, Filipino Heritage:
The Making of a Nation, Filipinos at War:
The Fight for Freedom from Mactan to
EDSA.

LIST OF
FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL
AUTHORS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
English poet and playwright. Famous plays
include Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Merchant of
Venice and Hamlet. Shakespeare is widely
considered the seminal writer of the English
1564 - 1616 language.
JONATHAN SWIFT
Anglo-Irish writer born in Dublin. Swift was a
prominent satirist, essayist and author. Notable
works include Gulliver’s Travels (1726), A Modest
1667 - 1745
Proposal and A Tale of a Tub.

SAMUEL JOHNSON
British author best-known for his compilation of
the English dictionary. Although not the first
attempt at a dictionary, it was widely considered
to be the most comprehensive – setting the
1709 - 1784 standard for later dictionaries.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

German poet, playwright, and author. Notable
works of Goethe include Faust, Wilhelm Meister’s
Apprenticeship and Elective Affinities.
1749 - 1832

JANE AUSTEN
English author who wrote romantic fiction
combined with social realism. Her novels include
Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice
(1813) and Emma (1816).
1775 - 1817
HONORE DE BALZAC
French novelist and short story writer. Balzac was
an influential realist writer who created characters
of moral ambiguity – often based on his own real-
life examples. His greatest work was the collection
1799 - 1850 of short stories La Comédie Humaine.

ALEXANDRE DUMAS
French author of historical dramas, including –
The Count of Monte Cristo (1844), and The Three
Musketeers (1844). Also prolific author of
magazine articles, pamphlets and travel books.
1802 - 1870
VICTOR HUGO
French author and poet. Hugo’s novels include Les
Misérables, (1862) and Notre-Dame de Paris
(1831).
1802 - 1885

CHARLES DICKENS
English writer and social critic. His best-known
works include novels such as Oliver Twist, David
Copperfield and A Christmas Carol.
1812 - 1870
CHARLOTTE BRONTE
English novelist and poet, from Haworth. Her best-
known novel is ‘Jane Eyre’ (1847).
1816 - 1855

HENRY DAVID THOREAU
American poet, writer and leading member of the
Transcendentalist movement. Thoreau’s “Walden”
(1854) was a unique account of living close to
nature.
1817 - 1862
EMILY BRONTE
English novelist. Emily Bronte is best known for her
novel Wuthering Heights (1847), and her poetry.
1818 - 1848

GEORGE ELIOT
Pen name of Mary Ann Evans. Wrote novels, The
Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861),
Middlemarch (1871–72), and Daniel Deronda
(1876)
1819 - 1880
LEO TOLSTOY
Russian novelist and moral philosopher. Famous
works include the epic novels – War and Peace
(1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). Tolstoy also
became an influential philosopher with his brand
1828 - 1910 of Christian pacificism.

FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
Russian novelist, journalist and philosopher.
Notable works include Notes from Underground,
Crime and Punishment and The Idiot.
1821 - 1881
LEWIS CARROLL
Oxford mathematician and author. Famous for
Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass,
and poems like The Snark.
1832 - 1898

MARK TWAIN
American writer and humorist, considered the
‘father of American literature’. Famous works
include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885).
1835 - 1910
THOMAS HARDY
English novelist and poet. Hardy was a Victorian realist
who was influenced by Romanticism. He wrote about
problems of Victorian society – in particular, declining
rural life. Notable works include: Far from the Madding
Crowd (1874), Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891), and Jude
1832 - 1898 the Obscure (1895).
OSCAR WILDE
Irish writer and poet. Wilde wrote humorous,
satirical plays, such as ‘The Importance of Being
Earnest‘ and ‘The Picture of Dorian Grey’.
1854 - 1900
KENNETH GRAHAME
Author of the Wind in the Willows (1908), a classic
of children’s literature.
1859 - 1932

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Irish playwright and wit. Famous works include:
Pygmalion (1912), Man and Superman (1903) and
Back to Methuselah (1921)
1856 - 1950
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

British author of historical novels and plays. Most
famous for his short stories about the detective –
Sherlock Holmes, such as The Hound of the
Baskervilles (1902) and Sign of Four (1890).
1859 - 1930

BEATRIX POTTER
English conservationist and author of imaginative
children’s books, such as the Tales of Peter Rabbit
(1902).
1866 - 1943
MARCEL PROUST
French author. Best known for epic novel l À la
recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost
Time) published in seven parts between 1913 and
1927.
1871 - 1922

WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM
British novelist and writer. One of the most popular
authors of 1930s. Notable works included The
Moon and Sixpence (1916), The Razor’s Edge
1874 - 1965 (1944), and Of Human Bondage (1915)
PELHAM GRENVILLE (P.G.) WODEHOUSE

English comic writer. Best known for his humorous
and satirical stories about the English upper
classes, such as Jeeves and Wooster and
Blandings Castle.
1881 - 1975

VIRGINIA WOOLF
English modernist writer, a member of the
Bloomsbury group. Famous novels include Mrs.
Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and
1882 - 1941 Orlando (1928).
JAMES JOYCE
Irish writer from Dublin. Joyce was one of most influential
modernist avant-garde writers of the Twentieth Century.
His novel Ulysses (1922), was ground-breaking for its
stream of consciousness style. Other works include
1882 - 1941 Dubliners (1914) and Finnegans Wake (1939).

DAVID HERBERT (D.H.) LAWRENCE
English poet, novelist and writer. Best known works
include Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in
Love and Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1928) – which
1885 - 1930 was banned for many years.
AGATHA CHRISTIE
British fictional crime writer. Many of her books
focused on series featuring her detectives, Poirot’
and Mrs Marple.
1890 - 1976

JOHN RONALD REUEL (J.R.R.) TOLKIEN
Professor of Anglo-Saxon and English at Oxford
University. Tolkien wrote the best-selling mythical
trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. Other works include
The Hobbit and The Silmarillion, and a translation
1892 - 1973 of Beowulf.
VERA BRITTAIN
British writer best known for her autobiography –
Testament of Youth (1933) – sharing her traumatic
experiences of the First World War.
1893 - 1970

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY FITZGERALD
American author. An iconic writer of the ‘jazz age’.
Notable works include The Great Gatsby (1925),
and Tender Is the Night (1934) – cautionary tales
about the ‘Jazz decade’ and the American Dream
1896 - 1940 based on pleasure and materialism.
ENID BLYTON
British children’s writer, known for her series of
children’s books – The Famous Five and The
Secret Seven. Blyton wrote an estimated 800
1897 - 1968
books over 40 years.

CLIVE STAPLES (C.S.) LEWIS
Irish / English author and professor at Oxford
University. Lewis is best known for The Chronicles
of Narnia, a children’s fantasy series. Also well
known as a Christian apologist.
1898 - 1963
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
Groundbreaking modernist American writer.
Famous works included For Whom The Bell Tolls
(1940) and A Farewell to Arms (1929).
1899 - 1961

VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Russian author who is noted for his complex plots,
clever word play, daring metaphors, and prose
style capable of both parody and intense lyricism.
He gained both fame and notoriety with his novel
1899 - 1977 Lolita (1955)
BARBARA CARTLAND
One of most prolific and best selling authors of the
romantic fiction genre with 723 novels. Some
suggest she has sold over 2 billion copies
worldwide. She's Princess Diana's step
1901 - 2000 grandmother.

JOHN STEINBECK
American writer who captured the social change
experienced in the US around the time of the Great
Depression. Famous works include – Of Mice and
Men (1937), The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and East
1902 - 1968 of Eden (1952).
GEORGE ORWELL
English author. Famous works include Animal Farm, and
1984. – Both stark warnings about the dangers of
totalitarian states, Orwell was also a democratic socialist
who fought in the Spanish Civil War, documenting his
1903 - 1950 experiences in “Homage to Catalonia” (1938).

SAMUEL BECKETT
Irish avant garde, modernist writer. Beckett wrote
minimalist and thought provoking plays, such as
‘Waiting for Godot’ (1953) and ‘Endgame‘ (1957).
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in
1906 - 1989 1969.
ALBERT CAMUS
French author, journalist, and philosopher.
Associated with existentialism and absurdism.
Famous works included The Myth of Sisyphus, The
Stranger and The Plague.
1913 - 1960

ROALD DAHL
English author, best known for his children’s books,
such as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,
James and The Giant Peach and The BFG.
1916 - 1990
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN
Russian author, historian and political critic.
Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1970 for his work in exposing the
nature of Soviet totalitarianism. e.g, The Gulag
1918 - 2008 Archipelago (1965-67).

JEROME DAVID (J.D.) SALINGER
American author. Most influential novel The
Catcher in the Rye (1951). Wrote many short
stories for New Yorker magazine, such as “A
Perfect Day for Bananafish.”
1919 - 2010
JOSEPH HELLER
American novelist, who wrote satirical and black
comedy. His most famous work is ‘Catch 22’ (1961)
– a satire on the futility of war.
1923 - 1999

GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ
Colombian author. Wrote: One Hundred Years of
Solitude (1967), The Autumn of the Patriarch
(1975) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985).
Nobel Prize in Literature (1982).
1927 - 2014
ANNE FRANK
Dutch-Jewish diarist. Known for her diary ‘Anne
Frank‘ Published posthumously by her father –
recalling her life hiding from Gestapo in occupied
Holland.
1929 - 1945

SALMAN RUSHDIE
Anglo-Indian author. His works combine elements
of magic realism, satire and historical fiction –
often based on Indian sub-continent. Notable
works include Midnight’s Children (1981), Shame
1947 - PRESENT (1983) and Satanic Verses (1988).
STEPHEN KING
American author of contemporary horror,
supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and
fantasy. One of the best selling authors of modern
times.
1947 - PRESENT

GEORGE RAYMOND RICHARD (R.R.) MARTIN
American author of epic fantasy series – A Song of
Ice and Fire, – his international best-selling series
of fantasy has been adapted for the screen as
“The Game of Thrones.”
1948 - PRESENT
DOUGLAS ADAMS
British writer of humorous and obscure science
fiction. Adams wrote a best selling trilogy (of five
books) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy –
which began as a BBC play.
1952 - 2001

JOANNE KATHLEEN (J.K.) ROWLING
British author of the Harry Potter Series – which has
become the best-selling book series of all time. Her first
book was Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997).
Rowling has also published adult fiction, such as The
1965 - PRESENT Casual Vacancy (2012) and The Cuckoo’s Calling (2013).
KHALED HOSSEINI
Afghan born American writer. Notable works
include: The Kite Runner (2003) A Thousand
Splendid Suns (2007) And the Mountains Echoed
(2013
1965 - PRESENT

NICHOLAS SPARKS
American novelist, known for his best-selling tales of
romance and heartbreak. Determined to become a
professional writer, Sparks spent several months working
on The Notebook, his first published novel, which hit The
New York Times best-seller list immediately after it
1965 - PRESENT reached the public in 1996.
SUZANNE COLLINS
American author and screenwriter, best known for
the immensely popular Hunger Games series of
young-adult novels.
1962 - PRESENT

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