Famous Novelists - List of Famous Novelists - page 6

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
Walter Scott

Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott was a Scottish historical poet, novelist and playwright

ScottishAugust 15, 1771110 views

Romain Gary

Romain Gary was a French diplomat, novelist and a World War II pilot

FrenchMay 21, 1914251 views

Sholem Aleichem

Sholem Aleichem was a renowned Yiddish novelist, essayist and playwright

AmericanMarch 2, 185994 views

Tayeb Salih

Tayeb Salih was a Sudanese author who shot to fame through his novel ‘Season of Migration to the North’

SudaneseJuly 12, 1929197 views

José Saramago

Jose Saramago was a renowned Portuguese novelist and a Nobel Prize winner in Literature

Bryce Courtenay

Bryce Courtenay was an Australian novelist, one of the country’s best-selling authors

Caroline Norton

Caroline Norton was a significant literary figure and social reformer of the Victorian era

BritishMarch 22, 180894 views

Günter Grass

Gunter Grass was a German author who won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature

GermanOctober 16, 192789 views

Shahabuddin Nagari

Shahabuddin Nagari is a distinguished Bangladeshi poet, author and musician

Miguel Ãngel Asturias

Miguel Ángel Asturias was a literary figure of Guatemala who was honoured with the ‘Nobel Prize’ for literature

GuamanianOctober 19, 1899103 views