20th-century American essayists

American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor (1933–1982)

American science fiction author (1923–2020)

Lithuanian American rabbi (1881-1983)

American author and historian (1933–2018)

American writer and journalist (1967–2020)

American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet (1890–1957)

American writer (born 1945)

American writer

American activist (1935–1998)

American science fiction author

American science fiction writer, journalist, and scientist (1933-2017)

American writer and military strategist

American poet, novelist, and essayist (1937–2016)

American writer (1910–1970)

American writer

American philosopher (1876–1957)

American philosopher (1929–2023)

American poet (1888–1974)

American poet, essayist and social commentator (1899–1979)

American fiction writer, critic, philosophy professor

American science fiction, horror and mystery novelist (1929–2016)

American naturalist and essayist (1837-1921)

American bishop (1931–2021)

African American writer and performance artist (1948-2018)

American philosopher (1921-2012)

American novelist (1882–1961)

American philosopher (1883–1964)

American rabbi and author (1929–2002)

German-American science and science-fiction writer (1906–1969)

American writer and lawyer (1942–2021)

American physicist, science writer, essayist, novelist

American novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer (1860–1940)

American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, playwright, editor and publisher

American poet, essayist, playwright, feminist, bisexual activist

American writer (born 1955)

American writer (1902–1971)

Novelist, short story writer, essayist

American philosopher

American politician (1910-1999)

playwright, essayist and author

American physician, poet and educator (1913-1993)

novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer

American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter (1894-1988)

American essayist (1855–1950)

American writer (1874–1935)

American poet, editor, literary critic, soldier (1886–1918)

Dutch writer (1931–2008)

American academic

Memoirist, novelist, poet, essayist, critic, playwright (1868–1934)

American poet and academic (born 1947)

American author (1887–1951)

American journalist (1831–1910)

American writer (born 1948)

American author, journalist and film critic

American producer

American writer

American philosopher and academic

American author (b. 1935)

Canadian composer and musicologist

American poet, essayist, playwright, and the president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation since 2018. (born 1962)