Michel de Montaigne was one of the most important philosophers of the French Renaissance. One of the things he’s known for making the essay a literary genre
W. H. Auden was a poet who wrote about the dissolution of culture and civilization. He won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for his poem The Age of Anxiety
I enjoyed the nuances of Shakespeare, making him a real character, a struggling playwright and actor. I found the author’s historical research to be excellent
Alberto de Lacerda – A prominent Portuguese poet and radio personality. Mr. Lacerda is considered to be Portugal’s most admired and distinguished poets.
Machado de Assis was a Brazilian poet, novelist, and playwright. He is considered to be one of the greatest Brazilian writers of all time.
John Bartlett was a writer publisher and editor from Massachusetts. He published and edited Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations since 1855
Dezső Kosztolányi was a Hungarian poet, writer, and translator. He is considered to be one of the outstanding poets of Hungarian literature.
Samuel Pepys (23 February, 1633 – 26 May, 1703) – An English diarist & politician. His diary, which he kept for decades, gives us a glimpse of 17th-century life
Alexander Woollcott (19 January, 1887 – 23 January, 1943) was a drama critic, playwright, radio personality, and commentator for The New Yorker.
Mihály Vörösmarty (1 December, 1800 -19 November, 1855) was one of the most important poets in Hungary, still considered one of the Magyars’ greatest poets
