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.

Teofilo Folengo (8 November 1491 – 9 December 1544) was an Italian poet, a Benedictine monk, who wrote in Latin under several nom de plumes.

Georg Philipp Harsdörffer (1 November, 1607 – 17 September, 1658) was a German poet and translator from the Baroque period.

Benjamin Constant (25 Oct, 1767 – 8 December, 1830), a decedent of French Huguenots was a Franco-Swiss political writer and novelist.

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