Boris Pasternak

Boris Pasternak

male, deceased (1960)
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (May 30, 1960) was a Nobel Prize-winning Russian poet and writer, in the West best known for his epic novel "Doctor...
Michael Smith

Michael Smith

male, 67 years old
Michael Smith (born 1942) is an Irish poet, author and translator. He was one of the founders of New Writers Press in Dublin (together with Trevor...
Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle

male, deceased (1881)
Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, whose work was hugely influential during the Victorian era. Coming from a strictly...
Salam Pax

Salam Pax

male
Salam Pax is a pseudonymous blogger from Iraq whose site "Where is Raed?" (see external links) received notable media attention during (and after)...
Richard Howard

Richard Howard

male, 80 years old
Richard Howard (b. 13 October 1929) is a distinguished American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator. He was born in Cleveland,...

David McDuff

male
David McDuff, a Scottish publicist, was born in Sale, Cheshire, England in 1945. He attended the University of Edinburgh, where he studied German...
Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe

male, deceased (1593)
Christopher "Kit" Marlowe was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William...
Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess

male, deceased (1993)
Anthony Burgess (February 25, 1917 - November 22, 1993) was a British novelist, critic and composer. He was also active as a librettist, poet,...
Edith Grossman

Edith Grossman

female
Edith Grossman, born March 22, 1936, is an award-winning U.S. Spanish to English literary translator. She is one of the most important translators...
Robert Pinsky

Robert Pinsky

male, 69 years old
Robert Pinsky is the author of six books of poetry including The Figured Wheel: New and Collected Poems 1966-1996 , which won the Lenore Marshall...