Famous Novelists - List of Famous Novelists - page 2
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.
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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 |
Maxim Gorky
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, better known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian author
Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth is an Indian novelist, poet, and travel writer, best known for his epic novel ‘A Suitably Boy’
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Thomas Bailey Aldrich was an American poet, editor and novelist
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay or Sarat Chandra Chatterjee was one of Bengal’s most prolific and popular novelists and short story writers
Grazia Deledda
Grazia Deledda was a Nobel Prize winning Italian novelist and short story writer
Ivan Bunin
Ivan Bunin was an eminent Russian poet and novelist and the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1933
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset was Norwegian novelist and a Nobel Prize winner
Boris Pasternak
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was a Russian novelist, poet and translator