Douglas Adams was a British author, humorist, screenwriter, dramatist, and even game designer. He is known for his book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Johann David Wyss was an author, folklorist, and editor hailing from Switzerland. His best-known novel is The Swiss Family Robinson.
Anthony Burgess was an English writer, poet, and composer. Mr. Burgess is known for his comic, dystopian works; the best known of them is A Clockwork Orange.
Sholem Aleichem was a famous Jewish author and playwright who wrote in Yiddish, Hebrew, and Russian. He is known for his play Fiddler on the Roof
Sidney Sheldon was an award-winning writer, director and producer. His career included Broadway plays, motion pictures, as well as television work.
Pierre de Marivaux was a French novelist and playwright, considered to be on the of the most important playwrights of the 18th century.
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (28 January, 1873 – 3 August, 1954) was the foremost female French author of her time, known for her famous story Gigi
Davíð Stefánsson (21 January, 1895 – 1 March, 1964), born in Fagriskógur, Eyjafjördur, was a well-known poet and novelist from Iceland.
Zora Neale Hurston was an author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She is known for portraying the racial struggles in the early 1900s American South.
Frank Marshall Davis was an African-American poet, as well as a journalist. Mr. Davis’ poet protested the racial inequality of the 1930s and 40s.