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

George Jean Nathan was a drama critic and editor from Indiana. He brought the literary magazine The Smart Set to prominence as the editor

Frederik Paludan-Müller (7 February, 1809 – 27 December, 1876) was a poet of the late Romantic movement from Denmark

Hector St. John de Crèvecœur was a French-American author, diplomat, and farmer. He is remembered mostly for his book Letters from an American Farmer

Pierre Beaumarchais (24 January, 1732 – 18 May, 1799) was a French playwright, inventor, diplomat and many other evolution over his life

Pedro Calderón de la Barca (17 January, 1600 – 25 May, 1681) was a Spanish poet and writer. He is one of the premier poets of Spain’s Golden Age

Joyce Kilmer (6 December, 1886 – 30 July, 1918) was a prolific American poet who is known for celebrating nature, famous for his poem Trees

Andrés Bello (29 November, 1781 – 15 October, 1865) was a Venezuelan poet, diplomat, educator, and philosopher. He is the intellectual father of South America

José Maria de Heredia (22 November, 1842 – 3 October, 1905) was a poet, born in Cuba, exiled in France, known for his masterful sonnets.