Famous literary critics

cultural journalist who reviews new literary books

608 people

All Alive Deceased
Walter Scott

Walter Scott

1771 – 1832 · Age 61
Deceased
José Saramago

José Saramago

1922 – 2010 · Age 87
Deceased
Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

1709 – 1784 · Age 75
Deceased
Mario Vargas Llosa

Mario Vargas Llosa

1936 – 2025 · Age 89
Deceased
C. S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis

1898 – 1963 · Age 64
Deceased
Anna Akhmatova

Anna Akhmatova

1889 – 1966 · Age 76
Deceased
Herman Melville

Herman Melville

1819 – 1891 · Age 72
Deceased
Lu Xun

Lu Xun

1881 – 1936 · Age 55
Deceased
Antonio Gramsci

Antonio Gramsci

1891 – 1937 · Age 46
Deceased
Elfriede Jelinek

Elfriede Jelinek

1946 · Age 79
Alive
Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault

1926 – 1984 · Age 57
Deceased
Stefan Zweig

Stefan Zweig

1881 – 1942 · Age 60
Deceased
Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand

1905 – 1982 · Age 77
Deceased
Giosuè Carducci

Giosuè Carducci

1835 – 1907 · Age 71
Deceased
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1772 – 1834 · Age 61
Deceased
Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle

1795 – 1881 · Age 85
Deceased
Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska

1923 – 2012 · Age 88
Deceased
François Mauriac

François Mauriac

1885 – 1970 · Age 84
Deceased
G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

1874 – 1936 · Age 62
Deceased
John Ruskin

John Ruskin

1819 – 1900 · Age 80
Deceased
Liu Xiaobo

Liu Xiaobo

1955 – 2017 · Age 61
Deceased
William Somerset Maugham

William Somerset Maugham

1874 – 1965 · Age 91
Deceased
Giacomo Leopardi

Giacomo Leopardi

1798 – 1837 · Age 38
Deceased
Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound

1885 – 1972 · Age 87
Deceased
Karel Čapek

Karel Čapek

1890 – 1938 · Age 48
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q4263842