William Henry Davies

William Henry Davies (1871-1940) was a Welsh poet, born in Monmouth. Short Biography: He went to the USA where he lived tile life of a hobo, or vagrant, and lost his right foot...

William Faulkner

William Faulkner (1897-1962) was an American novelist who wrote in an experimental stream-of-consciousness style. Short Biography: His works include The Sound and the Fury in...

William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was a regular contributor to Fraser's Magazine and Punch. Short Biography: Vanity Fair 1847-1848 was his first novel, followed by Pendennis...

Whittaker Chambers

Whittaker Chambers was born on Monday, April 01, 1901 in Philadelphia and he was a famous author from United States.Life in Brief: - Being born on Apr 01, Whittaker was an Aries. -...

Wladyslaw Reymont

Wladyslaw Reymont (real name Wladyslaw Stanislaw Rejment) was born on May 1, 1867 in Kobiele Wielkie, near Piotrkow, Poland. He is a famous Polish writer who won the Nobel Prize for...

William Hudson

William Henry Hudson (1841-1892) was an Anglo-American author, born of US parents at Florencio near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Short Biography: He was inspired by recollections...

William Saroyan

William Saroyan, an American dramatist and writer, was born on Monday, August 31, 1908. Most of his stories and writings were based on the depiction of Armenian-American life in California. Biography...

Washington Irving

Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American essayist and short-story writer. Short Biography: He published a mock-heroic History of New York in 1809, supposedly written by...

William Hazlitt

William Hazlitt (1778-1830) was a British essayist and critic, noted for his invective, scathing irony and gift for epigram. Short Biography: His critical essays include Characters...

Wilkie Collins

Wilkie "William" Collins (1824-1889) was a English novelist, author of mystery and suspense novels, including "The Woman in White" in 1860 (with its fat villain Count Fosco), often...

William Harrison Ainsworth

William Harrison Ainsworth was born on Monday, February 04, 1805 in Manchester, England and he was a famous novelist from England. He produced in all some 40 novels and helped popularize...

Walter de la Mare

Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was a English poet, best known for his verse for children, such as Songs of Childhood in 1902, and the novels The Three Royal Monkeys in 1910 for children...

William Burroughs

William Burroughs (born in 1914) was an American novelist, born in Saint Louis, Missouri. He dropped out and, as part of the beat generation, wrote "Junkie" in 1953, "The Naked...

William Dean Howells

William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American novelist and editor. Short Biography: The "dean" of US letters in the post-Civil War era, and editor of the Atlantic Monthly...

W. S. Gilbert

William Schwenk Gilbert (1836-1911) was a British humorist and dramatist who collaborated with Arthur OSullivan, providing the libretti for their series of light comic operas from 1871;...

Wolfgang Borchert

Wolfgang Borchert (1921-1947) was a German playwright and prose writer. Short Biography: Borchert was sent home wounded during World War II while serving on the Russian front...

Wilfred Thesiger

Wilfred Patrick Thesiger (1912-2003) travels and military adventures in Abyssinia, North Africa, and Arabia are recounted in a number of books including Arabian Sands in 1959, Desert...

Winifred Holtby

Winifred Holtby (1898-1935) was a English novelist, poet, and journalist. Short Biography: She was an ardent advocate of women's freedom and racial equality, and wrote the novel...

Wystan Hugh Auden

Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973) wrote some of his most original poetry, such as "Look, Stranger!" in 1936, in the 1930s when he led the influential left-wing literary group that included...

William Edmondstoune Aytoun

William Edntonstoune Aytoun (1813-1865) was a Scottish poet, born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Short Biography: Chiefly remembered for his "Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers" in 1848...

William Frank Buckley

William Frank Buckley (1925-2008) was an American conservative political writer, novelist, and founder-editor of the National Review in 1955. Short Biography: In such books as...