Author: Swati Kaushal Profile: Swati Kaushal is an Indian author and novelist, born and brought up in New Delhi. The stories she writes are based on her personal experiences. She is the author of five best-selling novels. She completed her education at Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Indian and
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T.S. EliotT.S. Eliot
Author: T.S. Eliot Profile: T. S. Eliot was an American born British poet, playwright, editor, essayist, critic and publisher. He is considered as one of the major poets of the twentieth century. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. and died in London, England. He completed his education at
Truman CapoteTruman Capote
Author: Truman Capote Profile: Truman Capote was an American short story writer, novelist, actor, playwright and screenwriter. His alternative title was Truman Streckfus Persons and his nickname was Bulldog. Many of his plays, novels and short stories have been accredited as literary classics including the true crime novel, In Cold
Vamsee JuluriVamsee Juluri
Author: Vamsee Juluri Profile: Vamsee Juluri is a professor of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco. He completed his education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In the year 1999 he received a PhD in Communication. Vamsee Juluri has written for various publications including Huffington Post, Times of
Vikram BalagopalVikram Balagopal
Author: Vikram Balagopal Profile: Vikram Balagopal is an Indian award winning author. He is also a published poet, cartoonist and illustrator a number of magazines. He works on film projects constantly, as he is a well trained filmmaker. After completing his training at the New York Film Academy, New York,
Vikram ChandraVikram Chandra
Author: Vikram Chandra Profile: Vikram Chandra is an American-Indian writer. He was born in New Delhi and completed his education at Mayo College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, Kenyon College, United States, did his BA at Pomona College, Claremont, California, Columbia University School of the Arts and M.A. at
Vikram SethVikram Seth
Author: Vikram Seth Profile: Vikram Seth is an Indian poet and novelist and has written numerous poetry books and novels for which he has received many awards. Vikram Seth has published three novels and eight poetry books. Born in Kolkata he completed his education at the Doon School, Corpus Christi
Vineet BajpaiVineet Bajpai
Author: Vineet Bajpai Profile: Vineet Bajpai is an Indian author and entrepreneur. He is an author of self-help books and is also a motivational speaker. As a motivational speaker he has featured in the well known program ‘Young Turks’ by CNBC TV18 where he has been featured as being one
Walter BordenWalter Borden
Author: Walter Borden Profile: Walter Marven Borden better known as Walter Borden is a Canadian actor, playwright and poet. He was born in Halifax, Canada and is originally from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. He gained prominence as a stage actor and later in 1972 he joined Halifax’s Neptune Theatre Company.
W.H. AudenW.H. Auden
Author: W.H. Auden Profile: W. H. Auden was an Anglo-American poet. He was born in York, United Kingdom and died in Vienna, Austria. His name is Wystan Hugh Auden. He is a man of letters and an English-born poet who attained fame early in life during the period of Great
Will AitkenWill Aitken
Author: Will Aitken Profile: Will Aitken is an American-Canadian novelist, film critic and journalist. Though he is based in Montreal, Quebec, he is from Terre Haute, Indiana. In 1972 he moved to Montreal to complete his education at McGill University. In 1973 he was the co-founder of Librairie L’Androgyne, the
Willa CatherWilla Cather
Author: Willa Cather Profile: Published Texts: Wilella Sibert Cather better known as Willa Cather was an American writer. She achieved appreciation for her novels of frontier life on The Song of the Lark, the Great Plains, My Antonia and O Pioneers! She was born in Gore, Virginia, United States and
R.C. MajumdarR.C. Majumdar
Author: R.C. Majumdar Profile: Ramesh Chandra Majumdar popularly known as R.C. Majumdar was a professor of Indian history. Born in Bangladesh in a Vaidya family he went on later to become the former Sheriff of Kolkata. He completed his education at Presidency University, Surendranath College and University of Calcutta with
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson is one of the premier poets of the 19th century, from America. She was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on December 10, 1830. On May 15, 1886, at the age of 56 she died in Amherst Massachusetts, United States. She had been a part of a prominent family that
Henrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsen (March 20, 1828 – May 23, 1906) also known as ‘The Father of Realism’ was a profound poetic dramatist, theatre director and playwright from Norway. He was born in a merchant family in Telemark County. He wrote his plays in the Danish language which were published by
Arthur MillerArthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an essayist, playwright and cult figure in the American theatre in the twentieth century born in Harlem in the New York City. All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953) and A View from the
Margaret AtwoodMargaret Atwood
Margaret Eleanor Atwood is a poet, essayist, environmental activist, novelist, and inventor born in Ontario, Ottawa, Canada on November 18, 1939. She has won the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade and is also winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award. Five times, she was shortlisted for the Booker
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath
Personal profile Sylvia Plath born in Boston, America, (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was a short story writer, novelist and poet. Before being acclaimed as a writer and poet, she studied at the University of Cambridge, Newnham College and Smith College where she excelled academically. In 1956 she
Xavier VillaurrutiaXavier Villaurrutia
Author: Xavier Villaurrutia Profile: Xavier Villaurrutia was a Mexican poet, literary critic and playwright. The short theatrical dramas called Autos profanos published in the year 1953 are his most popular works compiled in the work Poesia y teatro completes. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico and died in Mexico
S.1. Vita Sackville-WestS.1. Vita Sackville-West
Author: Vita Sackville-West Profile: Vita Sackville-West was an English author, novelist, poet and a garden designer. She was born in Knole House, Kent, England and died in Sissinghurst Castle, Kent, England. Harold Nicolson is her spouse. Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson is popularly known as Vita Sackville-West. Not only was
VirgilVirgil
Author: Virgil Profile: Publius Vergilius Maro was popularly known as Virgil or Vergil in English. Virgil was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. Virgil was born near Mantua, Cisalpine Gaul, Roman Republic, in Virgilio, Italy and died in Brindisium, Roman Empire, Italy. He completed his education in Cremona,
Valerie TaylorValerie Taylor
Author: Valerie Taylor Profile: Valerie Taylor was born as Velma Nacella Yung in rural Illinois. She was an American novelist and author. She has also published as Francine Davenport (under which she wrote her romances), Nacella Young, (under which she wrote her poetry) and Velma Tate. During the Great Depression,
Stephen SpenderStephen Spender
Author: Stephen Spender Profile: Sir Stephen Harold Spender is better known as Stephen Spender. Stephen Spender was an English poet, essayist and novelist. He was born in Kensington, London, England and died in St. John’s Wood, London, England. He completed his education at Hall School in Hampstead, then Gresham’s School,
Sinclair RossSinclair Ross
Author: Sinclair Ross Profile: Sinclair Ross was a Canadian author and banker. He was born in a homestead near Shellbrook, Saskatchewan, Canada and died in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Sinclair Ross’s genre is fiction. His most notable and best known work is As For Me and My House. His parents
Sara TeasdaleSara Teasdale
Author: Sara Teasdale Profile: Sara Teasdale was an American lyric poet. She was born Sarah Trevor Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. and died in New York City, New York, U.S. From the year 1914, after she married Ernst Filsinger, she used the name Sara Teasdale Filsinger. Flame and Shadow
SapphoSappho
Author: Sappho Profile: Sappho was an Archaic Greek poet from the island of Lesbos. Sappho was considered to be one of the finest lyric poets. Names like ‘The Poetess’ and ‘Tenth Muse’ were given to her. Much of her poetry is whatever is available is in the form of fragments
Ruth VanitaRuth Vanita
Author: Ruth Vanita Profile: Ruth Vanita is an Indian author, activist and academic. Ruth also writes and teaches Hindu philosophy. She was born in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). She received her B.A., M.A. and Ph.D degree in English at Delhi University. She worked in the Department of English at Delhi University
Peterson ToscanoPeterson Toscano
Author: Peterson Toscano Profile: Peterson Toscano is born in Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. He is an actor, playwright, podcaster, Bible scholar, blogger, a gay rights activist and an advocate against global warming. He completed his education at City College of New York. Glen Retief is his spouse. Nearly 20 years were
Perry Deane YoungPerry Deane Young
Author: Perry Deane Young Profile: Perry Deane Young was born in Woodfin, near Asheville, North Carolina in the U.S. and died of cancer at the age of 77 years at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He completed his education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Out of his
Paul VerlainePaul Verlaine
Author: Paul Verlaine Profile: Paul Verlaine was a French poet. He was associated with the Decadent Movement and the Symbolist Movement. In French and international poetry, Paul is considered to be one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle. He was born in Metz, France and died in