literary figures
Notable published authors
Literary figures are persons known for their contributions to literature, such as poets, novelists, playwrights, and essayists.
The term typically refers to writers of recognized importance or lasting influence, from Shakespeare to Toni Morrison.
Literary figures may also appear as characters within literature itself, though this sense is less common.
The course covered major literary figures of the Harlem Renaissance.
- DickensSurname of Victorian novelist
- AustenLiterary family name
- Lost GenerationDisillusioned postwar literary cohort
- Great GatsbyEnigmatic 1920s protagonist
- KafkaCzech-Jewish literary surname
Jane Eyre · Hemingway · Hamlet · Tolstoy · Susan Sontag · Oscar Wilde · Dorian Gray · Anna Karenina · tragic hero · Woolf · Shakespeare · Poe · unreliable narrator · Dostoevsky · Don Quixote · Morrison · Sherlock Holmes · Cervantes
- Americanspresidents, senators, governors, generals, authors
- literaturebooks, book, fiction, poetry, stories
- character typesprotagonist, hero, antagonist, villain, heroes
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, leaders, writers, scientists
- Mexican IconsFrida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Salma Hayek, Guillermo del Toro, cultural icons
- French LivesFrench authors, French artists, French philosophers, French chefs, French designers
literary figuresanonymous authors
Writers whose identities are hidden
literary figuresmanual laborers
Workers using physical effort
tradespeople · businessmen · industrialists · merchants · craftsmen