Famous prose writers

person who writes in prose

875 people

All Alive Deceased
Jack London

Jack London

1876 – 1916 · Age 40
Deceased
Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe

1660 – 1731 · Age 70
Deceased
Boris Pasternak

Boris Pasternak

1890 – 1960 · Age 70
Deceased
Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley

1894 – 1963 · Age 69
Deceased
Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

1533 – 1592 · Age 59
Deceased
Romain Rolland

Romain Rolland

1866 – 1944 · Age 78
Deceased
André Gide

André Gide

1869 – 1951 · Age 81
Deceased
Pearl S. Buck

Pearl S. Buck

1892 – 1973 · Age 80
Deceased
Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

1737 – 1809 · Age 72
Deceased
Taras Shevchenko

Taras Shevchenko

1814 – 1861 · Age 47
Deceased
Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing

1919 – 2013 · Age 94
Deceased
Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

1709 – 1784 · Age 75
Deceased
Mario Vargas Llosa

Mario Vargas Llosa

1936 – 2025 · Age 89
Deceased
Mikhail Lermontov

Mikhail Lermontov

1814 – 1841 · Age 26
Deceased
Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami

1949 · Age 77
Alive
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

1832 – 1910 · Age 77
Deceased
Stefan Zweig

Stefan Zweig

1881 – 1942 · Age 60
Deceased
Nadine Gordimer

Nadine Gordimer

1923 – 2014 · Age 90
Deceased
Ivan Bunin

Ivan Bunin

1870 – 1953 · Age 83
Deceased
John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy

1867 – 1933 · Age 65
Deceased
Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

1889 – 1963 · Age 74
Deceased
Grazia Deledda

Grazia Deledda

1871 – 1936 · Age 64
Deceased
Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

1920 – 2012 · Age 91
Deceased
Vladimir Vysotsky

Vladimir Vysotsky

1938 – 1980 · Age 42
Deceased
Mikhail Sholokhov

Mikhail Sholokhov

1905 – 1984 · Age 78
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q12144794