Category: Novelists
Categories: Fiction Writers | Occupations by Name
- This category contains profiles of novelists
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Person Profiles (259)
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Donald Barthelme
07 Apr 1931 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 23 Jul 1989
Dorothea (Benton) Frank
12 Sep 1951 Sullivans Island, Charleston, South Carolina - 02 Sep 2019
Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard
09 Feb 1931 Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland - 12 Feb 1989
Henryk Beydo-Rzewuski
03 May 1791 Sławuta - 28 Feb 1866
Steen Blicher
11 Oct 1782 Vium, Lysgård, Viborg, Danmark - 26 Mar 1848
Solomon Bloom
01 Jan 1913 Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa - 28 Jul 1981
Ethel (Boole) Voynich
11 May 1864 Ballintemple, Cork, Ireland - 27 Jul 1960
George Borrow
05 Jul 1803 East Dereham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom - 26 Jul 1881
Joseph Boyden
1960s
Leigh (Brackett) Hamilton
07 Dec 1915 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States - 18 Mar 1978
Harry Brown
30 Apr 1917 Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States - 02 Nov 1986
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Ada Cambridge
21 Nov 1844 Wiggenhall St Germans, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom - 19 Jul 1926
Jan Carew
24 Sep 1920 Guyana - 06 Dec 2012
Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary
07 Dec 1888 Londonderry, Ireland - 29 Mar 1957
George Chamberlain
15 Mar 1879 São Paulo, Brazil - 04 Mar 1966
Kendell Crossen
25 Jul 1910 Albany, Athens, Ohio, United States - 29 Nov 1981
Living Curtis
Ellen Cusack
21 Sep 1902 Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia - 19 Oct 1981
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Norris (Davey) Sargeson
23 Mar 1903 Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand - 01 Mar 1982
George Davis
abt 24 Feb 1906 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America - 25 Nov 1957
Catherine (Dawson) Scott
Aug 1865 Dulwich, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 04 Nov 1934
James Dobie
26 Sep 1888 Live Oak, Texas - 18 Sep 1964
Martha (Dodd) Stern
08 Oct 1908 Ashland, Hanover, Virginia, United States - 10 Aug 1990
Michael Dorris
30 Jan 1945 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States - 10 Apr 1997
Betsy (Drake) Grant
11 Sep 1923 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France - 27 Oct 2015
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Cyprian Ekwensi
26 Sep 1921 Minna, Chanchaga, Niger, Nigeria - 04 Nov 2007
Louise Erdrich
1950s
Gérard Vergniaud Étienne
28 May 1936 Cap-Haïtien, Nord, Haïti - 14 Dec 2008
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Howard Fast
11 Nov 1914 New York City, New York, United States - 12 Mar 2003
Leslie Dianne Feinberg
01 Sep 1949 Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States - 15 Nov 2014
Paul Ford
23 Mar 1865 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States - 08 May 1902
Janet (Frame) Clutha
28 Aug 1924 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand - 29 Jan 2004
Carlo Franzero
21 Dec 1892 Turin, Piedmont, Italy - 29 Jun 1986
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Émile Gaboriau
09 Nov 1832 Saujon, Charente-Maritime, France - 28 Sep 1873
Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez
06 Mar 1927 Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia - 17 Apr 2014
William Alexander Gerhardi
21 Nov 1895 - 15 Jul 1977
Ellen Gilchrist
20 Feb 1935 Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, United States - 30 Jan 2024
Alison Gordon
19 Jan 1943 New York, United States - 12 Feb 2015
Marie Sophie (Gutermann von Gutershofen) von La Roche
06 Dec 1730 Kaufbeuren - 18 Feb 1807
Lauretta Gladys Nozizwe Duyu (Gwina) Ngcobo
13 Sep 1931 Ixopo, Ixopo, Natal, South Africa - 03 Nov 2015
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Gene Hackman
1930s
Lois (Hammersberg) Lowry
1930s
Thomas Hardy
02 Jun 1840 Upper Bockhampton, Dorset, England - 11 Jan 1928
Robert Heinlein
07 Jul 1907 Butler, Bates, Missouri, United States - 08 May 1988
Barney (Henry) Smith
abt 07 Aug 1914 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - 02 May 2000
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Hermann Karl Hesse
02 Jul 1877 Calw, Württemberg, Deutsches Reich - 09 Aug 1962
Ludvig Holberg
03 Dec 1684 Bergen, Norway - 27 Jan 1754
David Horner
29 Jul 1900 Mells, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. - 1983
Elizabeth (Howard) Amis
26 Mar 1923 London, England, United Kingdom - 02 Jan 2014
Kerry Hulme
09 Mar 1947 Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand - 27 Dec 2021
Ferguson Hume
08 Jul 1859 Powick, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom - 12 Jul 1932
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Cyril James
04 Jan 1901 Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago - 31 May 1989
Mona (Jandali) Simpson
1950s
Tove Jansson
09 Aug 1914 Helsingfors, Nylands Län, Finland - 27 Jun 2001
Theodora Jewett
03 Sep 1849 South Berwick, York, Maine, USA - 24 Jun 1909
James Jones
06 Nov 1921 Robinson, Crawford, Illinois, United States - 09 May 1977
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Nikos Kazantzakis
18 Feb 1883 Kandiye, Crete, Ottoman Empire - 26 Oct 1957
Living Kennedy
William Kennedy
1920s
Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm (Kleist) von Kleist
18 Oct 1777 Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg, Preußen, Heiliges Römisches Reich - 21 Nov 1811
Winifred (Knox) Peck
abt 1882 Headington, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 20 Nov 1962
Friedrich Kohner
25 Sep 1905 Teplitz Schönau, Teplitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary - 07 Jul 1986
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August Heinrich Julius Lafontaine
05 Oct 1758 Braunschweig, Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Heiliges Römisches Reich - 20 Apr 1831
Hillyer Lamkin
02 Nov 1927 Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, United States - 03 May 2011
George Lamming
08 Jun 1927 Carrington, Saint Michael, Barbados - 04 Jun 2022
Anna (Lane) Petry
abt 12 Oct 1908 Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States - 28 Apr 1997
Albert Leffingwell
24 Apr 1895 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - abt 1946
Alison Lurie
03 Sep 1926 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 03 Dec 2020
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Margaret Mahy
21 Mar 1936 Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand - 23 Jul 2012
Rodger Mais
11 Aug 1905 Kingston, Jamaica - 20 Jun 1955
Jacqueline Manicom
01 Apr 1935 Le Moule, Guadeloupe - 22 Apr 1976
René Maran
08 Nov 1887 At sea en route to Fort-de-France, Martinique - 09 May 1960
Frans Laurent Wilhelmina Adolf Lodewijk Masereel
30 Jul 1889 Blankenberge, West-Vlaanderen, België - 03 Jan 1972
Jean Jacques Philippe Martin Decius Métellus
30 Apr 1937 Jacmel, Sud-Est, Haïti - 04 Jan 2014
Agnes (Mitchell) Adams
15 Jul 1890 - 22 Aug 1968
Isabel Mitchell
25 Aug 1893 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 24 Jul 1973
Janet Mitchell
03 Nov 1896 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 06 Sep 1957
Brian Moore
25 Aug 1921 Belfast, Ireland - 11 Jan 1999
Frederick Moore
24 Dec 1881 Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States - 16 Jan 1947
Zsigmond Móricz
29 Jun 1879 Tiszacsécse, Szatmár, Hungary - 04 Sep 1942
Jean Murdoch
15 Jul 1919 Phibsborough, Dublin, Ireland - 08 Feb 1999
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Carlos Nakatani
1934 Ciudad de México, México - 02 Feb 2004
Robert Nathan
02 Jan 1894 Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - 25 May 1985
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Clive (Nicol) ニコル
17 Jul 1940 Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom - 03 Apr 2020
Alice (Nourse) Hobart
28 Jan 1882 Lockport, Niagara, New York, United States - 14 Mar 1967
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Nuala O’Faolain
01 Mar 1940 Clontarf, Co. Dublin, Ireland - 09 May 2008
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Arto Paasilinna
20 Apr 1942 Kittilä, Lapland, Finland - 15 Oct 2018
Angélique Anne (Papot) Souvestre
17 Dec 1806 Vieillevigne, Loire-Atlantique, France - 17 Nov 1886
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Alan Paton
11 Jan 1903 Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa - 12 Apr 1988
John Patric
22 May 1902 Snohomish, Washington, United States - 31 Aug 1985
Thomas Peacock
18 Oct 1785 Weymouth, Dorset, England - 23 Jan 1866
Truman (Persons) Capote
30 Sep 1924 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 25 Aug 1984
Edwin Pugh
1874 Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 05 Feb 1930
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Robert Raynolds
abt 1902 New Mexico, United States - 1965
William Rees
08 Nov 1802 Chwibren-isaf, Llansannan, Denbighshire, Wales - 08 Nov 1883
Władysław Rejment
07 May 1867 Kobiele Wielkie, Radomsko, Łódzkie, Polska - 05 Dec 1925
Cale Rice
07 Dec 1872 Dixon, Webster, Kentucky, United States - 23 Jan 1943
Ethel (Richardson) Robertson
03 Jan 1870 Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria - 20 Mar 1946
Conrad Richter
13 Oct 1890 Tremont, Pennsylvania, USA - 30 Oct 1968
Jean-Marc Roberts
03 May 1954 Paris, Seine, France - 25 Mar 2013
Susan (Rosenblatt) Sontag
16 Jan 1933 New York, United States - 28 Dec 2004
Philip Roth
19 Mar 1933 Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States - 22 May 2018
Basile Routhier
08 May 1839 Saint-Benoît, Bas-Canada - 27 Jun 1920
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Maurice Samuel
08 Feb 1895 Măcin, Tulcea, Romania - 04 May 1972
Ellen Scanlan
15 Jan 1882 Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand - 05 Oct 1968
Sydney Schiff
Dec 1868 London, England, United Kingdom - 29 Oct 1944
Walter Scott
15 Aug 1771 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 21 Sep 1832
Michael Shaara
23 Jun 1928 Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States - 05 May 1988
Dora (Shafe) Saint
17 Apr 1913 South Norwood, London, England, United Kingdom - 07 Apr 2012
Henryk Sienkiewicz
05 May 1846 Wola Okrzejska, Poland - 15 Nov 1916
Kurt Siodmak
10 Aug 1902 Dresden, Saxony, Germany - 02 Sep 2000
Agnes (Sligh) Turnbull
14 Oct 1888 New Alexandria, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States - 31 Jan 1982
Antoni Słonimski
15 Nov 1895 Warszawa, Imperium Rosyjskie - 04 Jul 1976
Terry Southern
01 May 1924 Alvarado, Johnson, Texas, United States - 29 Oct 1995
James Still
16 Jul 1906 Chambers County, Alabama, United States - 28 Apr 2001
Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm
15 Sep 1817 Husum, Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland - 04 Jul 1888
Winifred (Suter) Walker
21 Nov 1908 London, England - 27 Jul 1997
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Pál (Tábori) Tabori
15 Aug 1908 Budapest, Magyarország - 09 Nov 1974
Newton Tarkington
29 Jul 1869 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States - 19 May 1946
Maria (Toof) Lauder
20 Feb 1833 Saint-Armand, Missisquoi, Bas-Canada - 01 Jun 1922
John Toole
17 Dec 1937 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 26 Mar 1969
Nathan Toomer
26 Dec 1894 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 30 Mar 1967
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Alfredo Viazzi
1921 Savona, Liguria, Italy - 28 Dec 1987
Benedict Wallet Vilakazi
06 Jan 1906 Stanger, Lower Tugela, Natal - 26 Oct 1947
Carl Joachim Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim
26 Jan 1781 Berlin, Brandenburg, Preußen, Heiliges Römisches Reich - 21 Jan 1831
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Dorothea (Wegman) Raphaelson
27 Nov 1904 Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - 07 Nov 2005
James Welch
18 Nov 1940 Browning, Glacier, Montana, United States - 04 Aug 2003
Franz Viktor Werfel
abt 10 Sep 1890 Prag, Böhmen, Österreich-Ungarn - 26 Aug 1945
Edward Westcott
27 Sep 1847 Onondaga, New York, United States - 31 Mar 1898
Stanley Weyman
07 Aug 1855 Ludlow, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom - 10 Apr 1928
Bertrice (Williams) Small
09 Dec 1937 Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - 24 Feb 2015
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Pavlo Zahrebelnyi
25 Aug 1924 Soloshyne, Poltava, Ukraine, Soviet Union - 03 Feb 2009
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