20th-century short story writers

Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)

US-British poet (1888–1965)

British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer, and short story writer (1919–2013)

Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic (1930-2013)

Guatemalan writer and diplomat (1899–1974)

Polish science fiction author, philosopher and futurologist, studied medical doctor (1921–2006)

American novelist and screenwriter (1888–1959)

Finnish children's writer and illustrator (1914–2001)

Polish novelist (born 1948)

Polish novelist (1847–1912)

1st General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

Serbian writer (1929–2009)

Serbian and Yugoslav novelist (1935–1989)

Paraguayan writer (1917–2005)

Palestinian writer (1936-1972)

Nigerian-born British poet and novelist (1959-)

Polish writer (1889–1965)

Ghanaian author and poet

Croatian writer (1874–1938)

Indonesian writer (1925–2006)

Finnish author and journalist (1861-1921)

Mozambican writer

Nepalese politician and writer (1914-1982)

Finnish poet and writer (1931–2008)

First democratically elected President of the Dominican Republic (1909-2001)

Ukrainian writer and feminist (1863–1942)

Finnish writer (1928–2015)

Nicaraguan writer and politician

French writer (1884–1960)

Nigerian writer

Polish author (1909–1983)

Slovenian writer (1904-1981)

Lithuanian writer (1961-2007)

Sudanese writer and playwright

Guatemalan writer (1921–2003)

Argentine author (1978-)

South African born Botswanan writer and teacher (1937–1986)

Croatian writer (1873–1914)

Uzbekistani writer (1903–1966)

Mozambican writer

Ivorian writer and academic

Lithuanian writer (1882-1954)

Chinese American author

Finnish writer, translator, critic and journalist (1881-1934)

Zimbabwean writer (1964–2005)

Polish writer (1887-1936)

Czech writer and translator (1882–1967)

Uzbek and Soviet poet, literary translator, and writer (1894–1938)

Indonesian Batak journalist and novelist (1922–2004)

Armenian writer (1869-1926)

Slovenian writer (1893-1950)

Spanish journalist, writer and novelist

Senegalese and Guinean writer and historian (1932–2021)

(1936-2019) Panamanian obstetrician gynecologist and writer

Austrian journalist, actor and writer (1914–1998)

Ukrainian Soviet journalist and playwright (1902–1949)

Uruguay-Spanish writer

Montenegrin writer (1913-1989)

Palestinian writer

Macedonian prosaist and publicist (1910–1963)