Aesop

Aesop

male
Aesop (also spelled Æsop, from the Greek "' - Aisōpos"'), known only for the genre of fables ascribed to him, was by tradition a slave (δ...
Nalo Hopkinson

Nalo Hopkinson

female, 48 years old
Nalo Hopkinson (born December 20, 1960) is a Jamaican-born writer and editor who lives in Canada. Her science fiction and fantasy novels ("Brown...
Ivan Krylov

Ivan Krylov

male, deceased (1844)
Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (February 13, 1769 - November 21, 1844) is Russia's best known fabulist. While many of his earlier fables were loosely...
Phaedrus

Phaedrus

male, deceased (50)
Phaedrus, Roman fabulist, was by birth a Macedonian and lived in the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius and Claudius.
Bill Willingham

Bill Willingham

male, 53 years old
Bill Willingham (born December 1956 in Fort Belvoir, Virginia) is an American writer and artist of graphic novels. In the late 1970s to early 1980s...
Carol Emshwiller

Carol Emshwiller

female, 88 years old
Carol Emshwiller (b. 1921 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is a writer of avant garde short stories and science fiction who has won prizes ranging from the...
John Gay

John Gay

male, deceased (1732)
John Gay (30 June,1685 - 4 December,1732) was an English poet and dramatist. He is best remembered for "The Beggar's Opera" (1728), set to music by...
Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter

female, deceased (1943)
(Helen) Beatrix Potter was an English author and illustrator, botanist, and conservationist, best known for her children's books, which featured...

Biernat Of Lublin

male
Biernat of Lublin (Polish: "Biernat z Lublina", 1465? - after 1529) was a Polish poet, fabulist and physician. He was one of the first...
Anton Pann

Anton Pann

male, deceased (1854)
Anton Pann (born Antonie Pantoleon-Petroveanu, and also mentioned as "Anton Pantoleon" or "Petrovici"; 1790s-November 2, 1854), was an Ottoman-born...