KalidasaKālidāsa (Sanskrit: कालिदास, "Servant of Kali"; 4th–5th century CE) was a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright. His…View analysis →
Roger AschamRoger Ascham (/ˈæskəm/; c. 1515 – 30 December 1568) was an English scholar and didactic writer, famous for his prose style, his promotion of the vernacular, and his theories of…View analysis →
RaffiRaffi Cavoukian CC OBC (Armenian: Րաֆֆի, born 8 July 1948), known professionally by the mononym Raffi, is an Armenian-Canadian singer-lyricist and author. A performer of…View analysis →
Adalbert StifterAdalbert Stifter (German: ; 23 October 1805 – 28 January 1868) was an Austrian writer, poet, painter and pedagogue of German Bohemian origin. He was notable for the vivid natural…View analysis →
Anna SeghersAnna Reiling, known by the pen name Anna Seghers (German: [ˈana ˈzeːɡɛʁs] ⓘ, 19 November 1900 – 1 June 1983), was a German writer. She was notable for exploring and depicting the…View analysis →
EadmerEadmer or Edmer (/ˈɛdmər/; c. 1060 – c. 1126), also known as Eadmer of Canterbury OSB (Latin: Eadmerus Cantuariensis) was an English historian, theologian, and ecclesiastic. He…View analysis →
Patrick BrontëPatrick Brontë (/ˈbrɒnti/, commonly /-teɪ/; born Patrick Brunty; 17 March 1777 – 7 June 1861) was an Irish Anglican clergyman and author who spent most of his adult life in…View analysis →
Edith SödergranEdith Irene Södergran (4 April 1892 – 24 June 1923) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish poet. One of the first modernists within Swedish-language literature, her influences came from…View analysis →
Sidney BlumenthalSidney Stone Blumenthal (born November 6, 1948) is an American journalist, political operative, and Abraham Lincoln scholar. A former aide to President Bill Clinton, he is a…View analysis →
Peter GalbraithPeter Woodard Galbraith (born December 31, 1950) is an American author, academic, commentator, politician, policy advisor, and former diplomat.View analysis →
LucanMarcus Annaeus Lucanus (3 November AD 39 – 30 April AD 65), better known in English as Lucan (/ˈluːkən/ ⓘ), was a Roman poet, born in Corduba, Hispania Baetica (present-day…View analysis →
Velleius PaterculusMarcus Velleius Paterculus (/vɛˈliːəs, -ˈleɪəs/; c. 19 BC – c. AD 31) was a Roman historian, soldier and senator. His Roman history, written in a highly rhetorical style, covered…View analysis →
RainisJānis Pliekšāns (11 September 1865 – 11 September 1929), known by his pseudonym Rainis, was a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician. Rainis' works include the…View analysis →
Simonides of CeosSimonides of Ceos (/saɪˈmɒnɪˌdiːz/; Ancient Greek: Σιμωνίδης ὁ Κεῖος; c. 556 – 468 BC) was a Greek lyric poet, born in Ioulis on Ceos. The scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria…View analysis →
Samuel ChartersSamuel Barclay Charters IV (August 1, 1929 – March 18, 2015) was an American music historian, writer, record producer, musician, and poet. He was a widely published author on the…View analysis →
Dan HarmonDaniel James Harmon (born January 3, 1973) is an American television writer, producer, and actor. He is best known as the creator and producer of the NBC sitcom Community…View analysis →
László NémethLászló Németh (18 April 1901 – 3 March 1975) was a Hungarian writer, dramatist and essayist.View analysis →
LadyfagRayne Baron, known professionally as Ladyfag, is a New York City-based writer, performer, nightlife personality, and events producer.View analysis →
JayatirthaJayatirtha (Jaya-tīrtha), also known as Teekacharya (Ṭīkācārya) (c.1345 – c.1388), was a Hindu philosopher, dialectician, polemicist and the sixth pontiff of Madhvacharya Peetha…View analysis →
Brian LambBrian Patrick Lamb (/læm/; born October 9, 1941) is an American journalist. He is the founder, executive chairman, and the now-retired CEO of C-SPAN, an American cable network…View analysis →
James GleickJames Gleick (/ɡlɪk/; born August 1, 1954) is an American author and historian of science whose work has chronicled the cultural impact of modern technology. Recognized for his…View analysis →
Hampton SidesWade Hampton Sides (born 1962) is an American historian, author and journalist. He is the author of Hellhound on His Trail, Ghost Soldiers, Blood and Thunder, On Desperate…View analysis →
Adele SchopenhauerLuise Adelaide Lavinia Schopenhauer, known as Adele Schopenhauer (12 June 1797 – 25 August 1849), was a German author. She was the sister of the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer…View analysis →
David RenwickDavid Peter Renwick (REN-wick; born 4 September 1951) is an English retired author, television writer, director and executive producer. He created the sitcom One Foot in the…View analysis →
Robin MooreRobert Lowell Moore Jr. (October 31, 1925 – February 21, 2008) was an American writer who wrote The Green Berets, The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and…View analysis →
Brian EvensonBrian Evenson (born August 12, 1966) is an American academic and writer of both literary fiction and popular fiction, some of the latter being published under B. K. Evenson. His…View analysis →
Spencer AckermanSpencer Ackerman (born June 1, 1980) is an American journalist and writer. Focusing primarily on national security, he began his career at The New Republic in 2002 before writing…View analysis →
Anna SewardAnna Seward (12 December 1742 – 25 March 1809) was an English Romantic poet, often called the Swan of Lichfield. She benefited from her father's progressive views on female…View analysis →
Mark HalperinMark Evan Halperin (born January 11, 1965) is an American journalist, political commentator, author, and founder of the interactive media platform 2WAY. He previously was…View analysis →
Michael BlissJohn William Michael Bliss (January 18, 1941 – May 18, 2017) was a Canadian historian and author. Though his early works focused on business and political history, he also wrote…View analysis →
Phil McGrawPhillip Calvin McGraw (born September 1, 1950), better known as Dr. Phil, is an American television personality and author who hosted the talk show Dr. Phil. He holds a doctorate…View analysis →
Robert HenrysonRobert Henryson (Middle Scots: Robert Henrysoun) was a poet who flourished in Scotland in the period c. 1460–1500. Counted among the Scots makars, he lived in the royal burgh of…View analysis →
Semonides of AmorgosSemonides of Amorgos (/sɪˈmɒnɪˌdiːz/; Ancient Greek: Σημωνίδης ὁ Ἀμοργῖνος, variantly Σιμωνίδης; fl. 7th century BC) was a Greek iambic and elegiac poet who is believed to have…View analysis →
Graydon CarterEdward Graydon Carter, Order of Canada (CM), is a Canadian journalist who was the editor of Vanity Fair from 1992 until 2017. He co-founded, with Kurt Andersen and Thomas L…View analysis →
CratinusCratinus (Ancient Greek: Κρατῖνος; c. 519 BC – c. 422 BC) was an Athenian comic poet of the Old Comedy.View analysis →
Christopher HibbertArthur Raymond Hibbert (5 March 1924 – 21 December 2008), known as Christopher Hibbert, was an English author, popular historian and biographer. He has been called "a pearl of…View analysis →
