Famous Novelists - List of Famous Novelists - page 10

A novel is a fictional prose often written as a narrative that portrays characters and events in the form of a long story, usually set in a sequence of events and the people who write them are called novelists. Novels are considerably lengthy and complex in terms of themes, character descriptions, and story settings. They, as a genre of literary fiction, are the longest of narrative prose. This tendency of being lengthy has led to the considerable debate regarding what should constitute the minimum word limit for a piece of prose to be considered a novel. It is generally accepted that any piece of prose fiction longer than 40,000 words be categorized as a novel. Writing a novel takes immense efforts; it is no easy task to develop a plot, create fictional characters, and build a story revolving around them that is interesting enough to make the readers read the entire book and make them want to read more. It is a trend that many a times novelists start out as journalists or short story writers before they attempt writing a novel. If you want to acquaint yourself with some of the most famous people from this profession just go through the biographies presented below. They contain the life stories, professional and personal information, timelines and trivia about some famous novelists.

The Most Famous Novelists

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Charles BukowskiAugust 16, 1920German, AmericanCharles Bukowski was a German-born American novelist, short story writer and poet
Lucy HawkingNovember 2, 1970BritishLucy Hawking is an English journalist, novelist, educator, and philanthropist
Milan KunderaApril 1, 1929Czech, FrenchMilan Kundera is a Czech-born French writer known for his erotic and political writings
Ahlam MosteghanemiApril 13, 1953AlgerianAhlam Mosteghanemi is a contemporary Algerian poet and novelist
Jeff KinneyFebruary 19, 1971AmericanJeff Kinney is an American author, cartoonist, game designer, and producer
Justine MuskSeptember 2, 1972CanadianJustine Musk is a Canadian author who was once married to billionaire Elon Musk
Rachel Renée RussellMarch 13, 1959AmericanRachel Renée Russell is an American attorney and author of children’s books
Asia ArgentoSeptember 20, 1975ItalianAsia Argento is an Italian actress, model, writer, and director
Neil GaimanNovember 10, 1960BritishNeil Gaiman is an English writer of novels, short stories, children’s books and other literature
Guy de MaupassantAugust 5, 1850FrenchGuy de Maupassant was an acclaimed French short story writer and novelist

Kazi Nazrul Islam

Kazi Nazrul Islam was a Bengali poet and musician and is the ‘National Poet of Bangladesh’

BangladeshiMay 24, 1899126 views
Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright

FrenchMay 20, 1799136 views

Amrita Pritam

Amrita Pritam was an Indian writer and poet best known for the poem ‘Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu’

IndianAugust 31, 1919225 views

Malcolm Cowley

Malcolm Cowley was an American literary critic, novelist poet, editor and a social historian

AmericanAugust 24, 189884 views

Nadine Gordimer

Nadine Gordimer was a Nobel Laureate in literature known for her work on racial issues

Sherwood Anderson

Sherwood Anderson was a notable writer who contributed extensively in the 1920s and 30s

AmericanSeptember 13, 1876144 views

Nirad C. Chaudhuri

Bengali-English writer Nirad C

IndianNovember 23, 1897105 views

Mulk Raj Anand

Mulk Raj Anand was one of the first Indian writers in English to gain international fame

IndianDecember 12, 1905261 views

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay/Chatterjee was a famous Bengali writer, poet and journalist

IndianJune 27, 1838162 views

Khushwant Singh

Khushwant Singh was a popular Indian journalist, author and lawyer

IndianFebruary 2, 1915165 views