Thomas Love Peacock (18 October, 1785 – 23 January, 1866) was an English poet and novelist who satirized the novels of his day.

Steen Steensen Blicher (11 October, 1782 – 26 March, 1848) was a Danish author and poet, know for pioneering the short story in Denmark.

Damon Runyon (4 October, 1880 – 10 December, 1946) was a short story writer and journalist best known for his short stories celebrating Broadway

Josef Škvorecký was an award-winning Czech-Canadian writer whose books deal with repression, totalitarianism, jazz, and being a stranger in a strange land

Alberto de Lacerda – A prominent Portuguese poet and radio personality. Mr. Lacerda is considered to be Portugal’s most admired and distinguished poets.

Sherwood Anderson (13 September, 1876 – 8 March, 1941) was a novelist and short story writer from Camden, OH. Later on he settled in Chicago, IL

Julien Green – A prolific American writer of novels, essays, plays, and even a biography. Mr. Green was born in France, and wrote in both French and English

Elizabeth Longford was a British historian, biographer and considered to be one of them most brilliant woman of her generation

Edgar Lee Masters was an attorney, poet and biographer. He is known for his collections of poems, as well as bios of Mark Twain, Lincoln, and Walt Whitman

Jules Laforgue (16 August, 1860 – 20 August, 1887) is considered to be a Symbolist poet, who dabbled in impressionism. His career was short but very prolific