- male, deceased (1930)
- Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May, 1859 - 7 July, 1930) was a Scottish born author most noted for his stories about the detective...
- male, deceased (1924) (New York, United States)
- What will be my fate as a writer is very simple. My talent for portraying my dreamlike inner life has thrust all matters into the background; my...
- female, 45 years old
- Suzan-Lori Parks (b. 1964) is an award-winning American playwright and screenwriter. She was a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant...
- male, 76 years old
- Michael Frayn (born 8 September 1933) is an English playwright and novelist. He is best known as the author of the farce "Noises Off" and the...
- male, deceased (1939)
- William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. He was a driving force behind the...
- male, deceased (1967)
- Joe Orton (1 January, 1933, Leicester, England - 9 August, 1967, Islington, London), born John Kingsley Orton, was a satirical modern playwright....
- male, 77 years old
- Harold Athol Lannigan Fugard (b. June 11 1932, Middleburg, South Africa), better known as Athol Fugard, is a South African playwright. His wife,...
- male, deceased (1987)
- James Arthur Baldwin was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, and essayist, best known for his novel "Go Tell It on the...
- male, 59 years old
- John Patrick Shanley (born in 1950) is a playwright from the Bronx. He was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers and the Sisters of Charity. He...
- female, deceased (1965)
- Lorraine Hansberry (May 19, 1930 - January 12, 1965) was an American playwright and litigant in the United States Supreme Court case, "Hansberry v....
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