Oriana Fallaci

Oriana Fallaci

female, deceased (2006)
Italian, corriere della sera, Lung cancer death, columnist, Critic of Islam, journalist…Essayist
Oriana Fallaci (June 29 1929 - September 15 2006) was an Italian journalist, author, and political interviewer. A former partisan during World War...
Robert Anton Wilson

Robert Anton Wilson

male, deceased (2007)
Occult writer, Discordians, Essayist, philosopher, Conspiracy theory, anarchist
Robert Anton Wilson or RAW (January 18, 1932 - January 11, 2007) was a prolific American novelist, essayist, philosopher, psychologist,...
Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe

male, deceased (1731)
from Chadwell St Mary, Kingdom of Great Britain, Literary dunce, robinson crusoe, writer, economic journalism…Essayist
Daniel Defoe was an English writer, journalist and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel "Robinson Crusoe". Defoe is notable for being one of...
Jean Giraudoux

Jean Giraudoux

male, deceased (1944)
la folle de chaillot, La guerre de troien'aura pas lieu, diplomat, Essayist, dramatist, French
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (October 29, 1882 - January 31, 1944) was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the...
John Fowles

John Fowles

male, deceased (2005)
The Collector, nobel prize in literature, novelist, The French Lieutenant's Woman, English, Essayist
John Robert Fowles (March 31, 1926 - November 5, 2005) was an English novelist and essayist. He was born in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, England, the son...
Harry Mulisch

Harry Mulisch

male, 82 years old
De aanslag, Het stenen bruidsbed, De ontdekking van de hemel, siegfried, nederland, W.F. Hermans…Essayist
Harry Mulisch (born July 29, 1927) is a Dutch author. Along with W.F. Hermans and Gerard Reve, he is considered one of the "Great Three" of Dutch...
Ariel Dorfman

Ariel Dorfman

male, 67 years old (Durham, North Carolina, United States)
Academic, Literary critic, Chile coup, military coup, Latin Americanist, Latin American Studies…Essayist
Ariel Dorfman (born May 6 1942 Buenos Aires) is an Argentine-Chilean novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist. Dorfman,...
Marguerite Yourcenar

Marguerite Yourcenar

female, deceased (1987)
French American, Académie Française, Essayist, naturalized citizen of the United States, from Maine, novelist
Marguerite Yourcenar was the pseudonym of French novelist Marguerite Cleenewerck de Crayencour (June 8, 1903 - December 17, 1987). She was the...
John Dryden

John Dryden

male, deceased (1700)
buried at Westminster Abbey, Literary dunce, Translator, Fellow of the Royal Society, writer, Playwright…Essayist
John Dryden (August 19 {August 9 O.S.1631 – May 12 {May 1 O.S.}, 1700) was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator and pl...
David Mamet

David Mamet

male, 62 years old (Chicago, Illinois, United States)
Screenwriter, Essayist, Goddard College alumni, Acting theorist, Bambi vs. Godzilla, from Chicago
David Alan Mamet (born) is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. His works are known for their clever, terse,...