Absurdist writers

French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)

Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)

Irish writer (1906–1989)

British writer and poet (1916–1990)

English fantasy author (1948–2015)

Romanian-French playwright (1909–1994)

French novelist, playwright, poet and political activist (1910-1986)

French writer (1873–1907)

Russian writer (1905–1942)

American writer

American novelist

Russian poet with formidable influence on "unofficial" and avant-garde art during and after the times of the Soviet Union

Urmuz (, pen name of Demetru Dem. Demetrescu-Buzău, also known as Hurmuz or Ciriviș, born Dimitrie Dim. Ionescu-Buzeu; March 17, 1883 – November 23, 1923) was a Romanian writer, lawyer and civil servant, who became a cult hero in Romania's avant-garde scene. His scattered work, consisting of absurdist short prose and poetry, opened a new genre in Romanian letters and humor, and captured the imagination of modernists for several generations. Urmuz's Bizarre (or Weird) Pages were largely independent of European modernism, even though some may have been triggered by Futurism; their valorization o

American author, editor and satirist (1862–1922)

Brazilian singer-songwriter, poet and essayist (born 1956)

American writer

Romanian writer, playwright and screenwriter (1932-2011)