Martin Luther

Martin Luther

male, deceased (1546)
Martin Luther was a German monk, theologian, and church reformer. Luther's theology challenged the authority of the papacy by emphasizing the Bible...
Walter Benjamin

Walter Benjamin

male, deceased (1940)
Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin was a German Marxist literary critic, essayist, translator, and philosopher. He was at times associated with the F...
Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

male, deceased (1977)
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a Russian-American author. Nabokov wrote his first literary works in Russian, but rose to international...
John Wycliffe

John Wycliffe

male, deceased (1384)
John Wycliffe (mid-1320s – 31 December 1384) was an English theologian and an early dissident in the Roman Catholic Church during the 14th ce...
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,...
Patrick O'Brian

Patrick O'Brian

male, deceased (2000)
Patrick O'Brian was an English novelist and translator, best known for his "Aubrey–Maturin series" of novels set in the Royal Navy during the Na...
Robert Fagles

Robert Fagles

male, 76 years old (Princeton, New Jersey, United States)
Robert Fagles (born September 11, 1933) is an American professor, poet, and academic, best known for his many translations of ancient Greek...
Eduardo Galeano

Eduardo Galeano

male, 69 years old (Uruguay)
Eduardo Hughes Galeano (born September 3, 1940) is an Uruguayan journalist whose books have been translated into many languages. His works...
Li Bai

Li Bai

male, deceased (762)
Li Bai or Li Po (701-762) was a Chinese poet who lived during the Tang Dynasty. Called the Poet Immortal, Li Bai is often regarded, along with Du...
Anne Carson

Anne Carson

female, 59 years old
Anne Carson is a Canadian poet, essayist, and translator, as well as a professor of Classics and comparative literature at the University of...