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Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his pen name Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity (especially of the Catholic Church) and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.

Kahlil Gibran
Lebanese-American writer, poet, and painter (1883–1931)
Vladimir Nabokov
Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)

Joseph Conrad
Polish-British writer (1857–1924)
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
Czesław Miłosz
Polish-American poet and Nobel laureate (1911–2004)

Joseph Brodsky
Russian-American poet (1940-1996)
Kazuo Ishiguro
British novelist (born 1954)

Milan Kundera
Franco-Czechoslovak poet and novelist (1929—2023)
Fernando Pessoa
Portuguese poet, writer, and philosopher (1888–1935); creator of the heteronymic system including Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis, Álvaro de Campos, and Bernardo Soares
Chinua Achebe
Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic (1930-2013)
Jack Kerouac
American writer (1922–1969)
Khaled Hosseini
Afghan novelist
Elif Şafak
Turkish writer (born 1971)

Ramon Llull
Majorcan writer and philosopher (c.1232–1315/6)
Arthur Koestler
Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983)
Amin Maalouf
Francophone Lebanese writer based in Frances

Jhumpa Lahiri
American author of Indian origin (born 1967)

Tom Stoppard
Sir Tom Stoppard was a British playwright and screenwriter. He wrote for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covered the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical bases of society. Stoppard, a playwright of the Royal National Theatre, was one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation and was critically compared with William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. He was knighted for his contribution to theatre in 1997 and awarded the Order of Merit in 2000.

Clarice Lispector
Ukrainian-Brazilian writer, poet, and journalist (1920–1977)
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Hungarian Swiss writer, poet, novelist and playwright (1935–2011)

Jerzy Kosiński
Polish-American novelist
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Moroccan naturalized French writer
André Brink
South African writer (1935–2015)

Jonathan Littell
American-French writer
Yasmina Khadra
Algerian writer
Stefan Heym
German writer (1913-2001)
Prvoslav Vujcic
Serbian Canadian poet

Nancy Huston
Canadian-born novelist and essayist who writes primarily in French

Atiq Rahimi
French-Afghan writer

Yoko Tawada
Japanese writer (1960-)
Aleksandar Hemon
Bosnian-American author, novelist, columnist
Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar
Iranian poet (1906–1988)
Ha Jin
author and poet
Merab Mamardashvili
Georgian philosopher (1930-1990)
Yiyun Li
Chinese American writer
Anselm Turmeda
Mallorcan writer and translator
Abraham Cahan
Journalist, novelist, short story writer, memoirist (1860-1951)
Xiaolu Guo
Chinese-British novelist and film director
Joseph Blanco White
Spanish journalist, poet and theologian
Najat El Hachmi
Moroccan-Spanish writer
Gary Shteyngart
American journalist and writer
Nadeem Aslam
British writer
Téa Obreht
American fiction writer
Józef Retinger
Polish diplomat (1888-1960)

Steve Tesich
Serbian-American screenwriter, playwright and novelist (1942-1996)
Dejan Stojanović
Serbian poet, writer, and businessman
Hideo Levy
American writer
Rolando Hinojosa
American writer
Héctor Tobar
American journalist

Matthew Tree
British writer

Jerzy Kolendo
Polish archaeologist

Théodore de Korwin Szymanowski
Polish political writer and poet
Tahar Lamri
Algerian writer
Sahle Sellassie
Ethiopian writer

C. W. Nicol
Welsh-born Japanese writer (1940-2020)