Henry James

Henry James

male, deceased (1916)
death by stroke author writer Irish-American point of view British … literary criticism
Henry James, OM (–), son of theologian Henry James Sr. and brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James, was an... More
C. S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis

male, deceased (1963)
Christian The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe philosopher Old Malvernian Narnia
Clive Staples Lewis, commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an Irish author and scholar. Lewis is known for his work on medieval literature,... More
Harold Bloom

Harold Bloom

male, 78 years old
professor Cornell University alumni Shakespeare academia from New York City Berg Professor Literary critic … literary criticism Marxist literary criticism feminist literary criticism
Harold Bloom (b. July 11 1930) is an American professor and prominent literary and cultural critic. Bloom defended 19th-century Romantic poets at a... More
D. H. Lawrence

D. H. Lawrence

male, deceased (1930)
David Herbert Richards Lawrence Bisexual writer English Feminist Alumni of the University of Nottingham … literary criticism
David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September, 1885 - 2 March, 1930) was a very important and controversial English writer of the 20th century,... More
John Updike

John Updike

male, 76 years old
Pennsylvania writer Massachusetts writer Literary critic poet Pulitzer Prize winner rabbit … literary criticism
John Hoyer Updike (born March 18 1932 in Shillington, Pennsylvania) is an American writer. Updike's most famous work is his Rabbit series ("Rabbit,... More
Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

female, 69 years old
Canadian Feminist Governor General's Award winning fiction writer Governor General's Award winning poet Authors selected for Canada Reads literary criticism
Margaret Eleanor Atwood, OC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian writer. A prolific poet, novelist, literary critic, feminist and LGBT activist,... More
Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges

male, deceased (1986)
writer blind El Aleph H.G. Wells Légion d'honneur recipient Magic realism writer … literary criticism
Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentine writer. Best-known in the English speaking world for his short stories and fictive essays, Borges was also a... More
James Wood

James Wood

male, 43 years old
Harvard University faculty New York Times the new republic n+1 Financial Times Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge … literary criticism
James Wood (born 1965 in Durham, United Kingdom) is a literary critic and novelist.
Edmund Wilson

Edmund Wilson

male, deceased (1972)
poet Princeton University alumni tax resister Literary critic literary criticism American
Edmund Wilson (May 8, 1895 - June 12 1972) was an American writer, noted chiefly for his literary criticism. Most literary experts considered... More
Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre

male, deceased (1980) (United States)
philosopher existentialism French French philosophy polyamory twentieth-century French philosophy … literary criticism
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (June 21, 1905 - April 15, 1980), normally known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre (pronounced:), was a French... More