Famous Novelists - List of Famous Novelists - page 3
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 |
Patrick Modiano
Jean Patrick Modiano is a French novelist and recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in literature
John Galsworthy
John Galsworthy was an English novelist and playwright, who won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932
Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow was a celebrated Canadian-born American writer and novelist
Patrick White
Patrick Victor Martindale White was an Australian novelist and playwright
Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun was a Norwegian writer, poet, dramatist, and social critic
Elfriede Jelinek
Elfriede Jelinek is a Nobel Prize winning Austrian novelist and playwright
Herta Müller
Herta Müller is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet, essayist who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature
Camilo José Cela
Camilo José Cela was a renowned Spanish writer from the post war Spanish literature period
Andre Malraux
André Malraux was a French novelist and art theorist who became France’s first ‘Minister of Cultural Affairs’
Leonora Carrington
Leonora Carrington was an English-born Mexican artist and painter