Charles Perrault (12 January, 1628 – 15 May, 1703) was a French author and writer. He is known for creating the fairy tale literary genre.
Miklós Zrínyi was a Hungarian poet, statesman and military leader. His poem The Peril of Sziget is the first epic poem in Hungarian literature
William Gaddis was an American novelist and satirist. Mr. Gaddis is known for his novel, The Recognitions which was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 best novels
Muriel Rukeyser was an American writer, biographer, and political activist. She is know for her poems on social justice, Judaism, equality, and feminism
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian politician, poet and novelist. He is considered to be one of the four great Norwegian writers
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
On 24 November, 1642 Charles Darwin published his seminal work On the Origin of Species which changed the way we view evaluation.
Joost van den Vondel is one of the great Dutch writers. His status as a national poet was cemented when the country was evolving as a national state
Alison Lurie was an American writer of novels, short stories, essays, and children’s books. Her book, Foreign Affairs won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction
Enid Bangold (27 October, 1889 – 31 March, 1981) was a British writer, feminist, and autobiographer. She is known for her story National Velvet.