Famous Novelists - List of Famous Novelists - page 13
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 | |||
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Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
Charles Bukowski | August 16, 1920 | German, American | Charles Bukowski was a German-born American novelist, short story writer and poet |
Lucy Hawking | November 2, 1970 | British | Lucy Hawking is an English journalist, novelist, educator, and philanthropist |
Milan Kundera | April 1, 1929 | Czech, French | Milan Kundera is a Czech-born French writer known for his erotic and political writings |
Ahlam Mosteghanemi | April 13, 1953 | Algerian | Ahlam Mosteghanemi is a contemporary Algerian poet and novelist |
Jeff Kinney | February 19, 1971 | American | Jeff Kinney is an American author, cartoonist, game designer, and producer |
Justine Musk | September 2, 1972 | Canadian | Justine Musk is a Canadian author who was once married to billionaire Elon Musk |
Rachel Renée Russell | March 13, 1959 | American | Rachel Renée Russell is an American attorney and author of children’s books |
Asia Argento | September 20, 1975 | Italian | Asia Argento is an Italian actress, model, writer, and director |
Neil Gaiman | November 10, 1960 | British | Neil Gaiman is an English writer of novels, short stories, children’s books and other literature |
Guy de Maupassant | August 5, 1850 | French | Guy de Maupassant was an acclaimed French short story writer and novelist |
Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant was an acclaimed French short story writer and novelist
Erich Maria Remarque
Erich Maria Remarque was a German writer best known for his novel 'All Quiet on the Western Front.' This biography profiles his childhood, life, works, career and timeline.
Danielle Steel
Danielle Steel is an American novelist, one of the bestselling authors of all time
Cesare Pavese
Cesare Pavese was an Italian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator
Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud was a prolific American writer and winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson was an acclaimed English playwright, poet, and literary critic
Anna Katharine Green
Anna Katherine Green was an American poet and novelist, famously dubbed as the ‘Mother of the detective novel’
Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang was a Scottish literary critic best known for collecting fairy tales
Andre Dubus
Andre Dubus was an American short story writer and novelist, hailed as one of the best American short story writers of the 20th century