Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy

male, deceased (1910)
author, writer, philosopher, Russian, Biographies and critiques, Russian spiritual writer…Essayist
Leo Tolstoy dedicated websites *Leo Tolstoy museum in Yasnaya Polyana *State Leo Tolstoy Museum in Moscow Biographies and critiques *Illustrated...
Leigh Hunt

Leigh Hunt

male, deceased (1859)
buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, Christ's Hospital Old Blue, quaker, Victorian poetry, From southgate, War Office…Essayist
James Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 - August 28, 1859) was an English essayist, poet and writer. He was born at Southgate, London, Middlesex,...
David Hume

David Hume

male, deceased (1776)
philosopher, historian, Skepticism, Scottish, The History of England, Essayist
David Hume (April 26, 1711 - August 25, 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. He is considered one of the most important...
Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess

male, deceased (1993)
Essayist, writer, a clockwork orange, poet, journalist, English
Anthony Burgess (February 25, 1917 - November 22, 1993) was a British novelist, critic and composer. He was also active as a librettist, poet,...
Joseph Brodsky

Joseph Brodsky

male, deceased (1996)
buried at Isola di San Michele, American Poet Laureate, Russian, Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky, buried in San Michele, poet…Essayist
Joseph Brodsky (May 24, 1940 - January 28, 1996), born Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky was a Russian poet and essayist who won the Nobel Prize in...
John Ruskin

John Ruskin

male, deceased (1900)
poet, artist, Academic, Essayist, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Conchologist
John Ruskin (February 8, 1819 - January 20, 1900) is best known for his work as an art critic and social critic, but is remembered as an author,...

Paul Valéry

male, deceased (1945)
Aphorists, aphorism, Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry, from Languedoc-Roussillon, Essayist, philosopher
Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry (October 30, 1871 – July 20, 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. His interests were suf...
Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

male, deceased (2005)
Playwright, American, writer, Jewish American, from New York City, pulitzer prize…Essayist
Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American literature and cinema for over 61 years, writing...
Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold

male, deceased (1888)
Victorian poetry, from Laleham, cultural critic, Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, Tom Brown's Schooldays, Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford…Essayist
Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 - 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic, who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of...
André Gide

André Gide

male, deceased (1951)
anticolonialism, anti-imperialism, autobiographical, autobiography, Communism, French…Essayist
André Paul Guillaume Gide was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947. Gide's career spanned from the symbolist m...