Famous Novelists - List of Famous Novelists - page 26

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
Asia ArgentoSeptember 20, 1975ItalianAsia Argento is an Italian actress, model, writer, and director
Rachel Renée RussellMarch 13, 1959AmericanRachel Renée Russell is an American attorney and author of children’s books
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
Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes was an African-American poet who made significant contributions to the Harlem Renaissance

A.P. Herbert

Alan Patrick Herbert was an English humorist, novelist, law reform activist

BritishSeptember 24, 1890158 views

Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an English writer famous for her novels, ‘Pride and Prejudice’, ‘Emma’ and ‘Sense and Sensibility’

BritishDecember 16, 1775339 views

Jean Paul

Jean Paul was a German writer best known for his humorous works

GermanMarch 21, 1763116 views

James Baldwin

James Baldwin was an American writer and social critic, best known for his debut novel, ‘Go Tell It on the Mountain’

AmericanAugust 2, 1924184 views

James Joyce

James Joyce was an acclaimed Irish author

IrishFebruary 2, 1882138 views

August Strindberg

Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright and often referred to as the ‘Father of modern Swedish literature’

SwedishJanuary 22, 1849165 views

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Poland-born Jewish-American writer and the winner of Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978

PolishNovember 21, 1902210 views