20th-century translators

Polish-American poet and Nobel laureate (1911–2004)

South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)

Nigerian writer (born 1934)

Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922–1999)

Korean independence activist (1864-1945)

Nepalese poet, lyricist, playwright, translator and artist

French Algerian writer and film director (1936-2015)

Bohemian-Israeli author, composer, and journalist (1884–1968)

Korean Joseon dynasty and Japanese-ruled Korean bureaucrat, politician, liberalism and social activists (1872-1959)

Jānis Pliekšāns (11 September 1865 – 11 September 1929), known by his pseudonym Rainis, was a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician. Rainis' works include the classic plays Uguns un nakts (Fire and Night, 1905) and Indulis un Ārija (Indulis and Ārija, 1911), and a highly regarded translation of Goethe's Faust. His works had a profound influence on the literary Latvian language, and the ethnic symbolism he employed in his major works has been central to Latvian nationalism.

playwright (1908-1970)

Nicaraguan priest and politician (1925-2020)

South Asian Islamic scholar, Founder of Jamaat-e-Islami (1903–1979)

Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, The Princess Royal (born 2 April 1955) is a member of the Thai royal family. She is the second daughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) and Queen Sirikit, and the younger sister of King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X).

Peruvian writer (1911–1969)

Lebanese-Palestinian writer (1886-1941)

Peruvian archaeologist, mathematician and technical translator

President of Mauritania from 1960 to 1978

Cuban writer

Nicaraguan writer (1924-2018)

Faroese Danish-language writer (1900-1991)

Jewish theologian and philosopher (1886–1929)

Nepali poet (1909-1959)

Czech-Canadian writer and publisher (1924-2012)

Ukrainian journalist

Soviet politician (1892-1940)

Uruguayan writer (born 1941)

Indonesian poet (1911-1946)

Spanish writer (1941-2005)

Guinean writer

Canadian-American poet, essayist, translator (1934–2014)

Montenegrin physician and translator

Hungarian Italian writer and film director

Romanian writer

tatar translator, journalist and teacher, distinguished for her cultural contributions

Uzbekistani writer (1903–1966)

Ukrainian writer, critic, and translator (1926–2022)

Russian-born Jewish poet and playwright (1840–1908)

Macedonian writer (1921–1993)

Swedish-American actor (1879–1938)

Belgian-Australian writer, sinologist and essayist

Uruguayan poet, essayist and literary critic (1920-2009)

Kyrgyzstani poet

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

Galician poet and translator (1914-1990)

Polish writer

Mongolian writer and linguist (1908–1986)

writer, poet (1909–1944)

Faroese novelist and translator (1901–1987)

poet, critic, essayist, novelist, dramatist, translator and university professor (1919–1978)

Macedonian poet (1929–2018)

Canadian/German linguist and Albanologist (1950–2017)

Georgian poet (1924–2008)

Uzbekistani poet

Swedish writer (1912–2003)

Greek-British poet, author, doctor, scientist and naturalist

playwright (1871–1942)

Israeli poet, translator and editor (1900-1973)

Mongolian academic (1905-1977)

Ecuadorian writer (1926-2009)