Famous essayists
person who writes essays
976 people
Arundhati Roy
1961
· Age 64
Alive
Paul Valéry
1871
– 1945
· Age 73
Deceased
Henry Miller
1891
– 1980
· Age 88
Deceased
Susan Sontag
1933
– 2004
· Age 71
Deceased
Miguel de Unamuno
1864
– 1936
· Age 72
Deceased
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
1852
– 1934
· Age 82
Deceased
Ilya Repin
1844
– 1930
· Age 86
Deceased
Julio Cortázar peme
1914
– 1984
· Age 69
Deceased
Philip Roth
1933
– 2018
· Age 85
Deceased
Alice Walker
1944
· Age 82
Alive
John Updike
1932
– 2009
· Age 76
Deceased
Marguerite Yourcenar
1903
– 1987
· Age 84
Deceased
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
1806
– 1861
· Age 55
Deceased
Primo Levi
1918
– 1987
· Age 68
Deceased
Johannes V. Jensen
1873
– 1950
· Age 77
Deceased
André Breton
1896
– 1966
· Age 70
Deceased
Italo Calvino
1923
– 1985
· Age 61
Deceased
Mihai Eminescu
1850
– 1889
· Age 39
Deceased
Ivan Goncharov
1812
– 1891
· Age 79
Deceased
Joseph Addison
1672
– 1719
· Age 47
Deceased
Paul Krugman
1953
· Age 73
Alive
Langston Hughes
1902
– 1967
· Age 65
Deceased
Norman Mailer
1923
– 2007
· Age 84
Deceased
Robert Musil
1880
– 1942
· Age 61
Deceased
José Ortega y Gasset
1883
– 1955
· Age 72
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q11774202