Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll

male, deceased (1898)
writer mathematician Alice's Adventures in Wonderland fantasy British children's literature Through the Looking-Glass … literary nonsense
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27 1832 - January 14 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician,... More
Edward Lear

Edward Lear

male, deceased (1888)
Humorous poet literary nonsense Writer-illustrator Victorian poetry alfred tennyson fantasy writer
Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator and writer known for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a... More
Sukumar Ray

Sukumar Ray

male, deceased (1923)
literary nonsense brahmos Indian writer bengal alice in wonderland
Sukumar Ray (Bangla:সুকুমার রায় was a Bengali humorous poet, story writer and playwright. As perhaps the most famous Indian practitioner of litera... More
Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Peake

male, deceased (1968)
literary nonsense Parkinson's disease British in China Writer-illustrator War artist God
Mervyn Laurence Peake was an English modernist writer, artist, poet and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the... More
Laura E. Richards

Laura E. Richards

female, deceased (1943)
1917 Pulitzer Prize Julia Ward Howe Eletelephony American women writer literary nonsense paper mill
Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (February 27, 1850 - January 14, 1943) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life,... More
Hugh Haughton

Hugh Haughton

male
British lecturer Penguin Books through the looking glass University of York University of Oxford … literary nonsense
Hugh Haughton, academic, author, editor and specialist in Irish literature and the literature of nonsense. Born in Cork in the Republic of Ireland... More