Artists

Molière was the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (January 15, 1622 – February 17, 1673), a French actor and playwright, autor of
- Le Malade imaginaire
- Le Misanthrope
- L'École des femmes
- Tartuffe ou L'Imposteur
- L'Avare
- Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
and many other plays.

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist author of
- Sense and Sensibility
- Pride and Prejudice
- Mansfield Park
- Emma
- Northanger Abbey
- Persuasion
and other fictions.

Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (September 9, 1828 – November 20, 1910) was a Russian writer of novels and short stories. His most famous works are 'War and Peace' and 'Anna Karenina'.

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish novelist, playwriter and poet. Author of
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (novel)
- Lady Windermere's Fan (play)
- A Woman of No Importance (play)
- The Ballad of Reading Gaol (poem)

Paul-Marie Verlaine (30 March 1844 – 8 January 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. Author of 'Poèmes saturniens' and 'Les poètes maudits'.



Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet, considered an enfant prodige and author of 'Une Saison en Enfer'.

Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English author and illustrator, famous for her 23 tales about animals such as 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit'.

Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and one of the leading figures of the Beat Generation. His best known collection of poetry is 'Howl and Other Poems'.

Francis "Frank" McCourt (August 19, 1930 – July 19, 2009) was an Irish novelist, author of 'Angela's ashes'

Sylvia Plath (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist and short story writer.
Some of her poetry books are:
-Crossing the Water (1971)
-Winter Trees (1971)

Reinaldo Arenas (July 16, 1943 – December 7, 1990) was a Cuban poet, novelist and playwright. Some of his works are:
-El mundo alucinante
-Antes que anochezca (Before Night Falls)

Elizabeth Lee Wurtzel (born July 31, 1967) is an American writer and journalist. Her most famous novel is 'Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America: A Memoir'.