20th-century American essayists

American author

American logician (1942–2000)

American statistician (1861–1964)

American novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist (1924-2013)

American writer (born 1934)

American writer

British writer (1881-1966)

American writer (1941-2012)

American journalist

American author, playwright, poet and painter

American academic

American writer

American scholar (1909–1985)

American philosopher

American essayist, journalist and magazine editor

American journalist and author

American writer

American writer (1881-1963)

American historian (1860–1908)

American journalist and science writer (born 1952)

African-American writer (1898-1971)

American writer

American writer and photographer (1938–2008)

American novelist, playwright, theater producer and essayist

American logician (1918–2016)

American writer (1850-1934)

American journalist (1864–1937)

American novelist, short story writer and essayist

American university teacher (1905-1990)

American historian

American writer (1861-1920)

Fiction writer, memoirist, teacher (1936–2005)

American essayist

American philosopher, writer, educator, scholar, poet and iconographer (1873-1939)

Novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher

American poet (1893–1968)

United States writer

journalist and essayist (1873-1945)

American activist (1935–1994)

American novelist, screenwriter and playwright (1888-1962)

American author

American writer

American writer (1921–1977)

American literary critic (1912–1994)

American businessman and anti-communist conspiracy theorist (1899–1985)

American poet, children's book author, and essayist (1888-1941)

American writer

American writer and sheepdog handler

American businessman (1899-1992)

American writer (born 1936)

English-American novelist and essayist

American writer (1932–2020)

American visual artist (1915-2010)

American anarchist (1870–1941)

American poet and author (born 1947)

American sportswriter and film critic

American philosopher, born 1949

American literary critic

American philosopher

American novelist, essayist, and teacher