French–English translators

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin and her mother was the philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft.

English writer and intellectual (1759–1797)

British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)

English crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian writer (1893-1957)

English essayist and writer (1778–1830)

English writer and poet (1892–1962)

British writer (1670-1729)

American composer and writer (1910–1999)

English author and journalist (1884–1967)

American writer (born 1947)

writer, gardener and diarist (1620-1706)

Canadian-born novelist and essayist who writes primarily in French

French-born British natural philosopher and clergyman

American poet (1921-2017)

English novelist (1914–2000)

American journalist, children's writer (1848–1908)

English writer, editor (1823–1901)

British writer and translator (1939–2024)

English writer (1867-1900)

Scottish writer, journalist, translator, film critic and poet (1944–2011)

British writer and feminist (1853–1922)

English novelist, essayist, playwright and translator (1724-1789)

English writer, poet, activist (1893-1978)

Czech-born American author and activist (1934–1985)

American poet, who wrote mostly in the French language (1863-1915)

American translator

French academic (1728-1819)

Dutch writer (1931–2008)

Scottish writer and translator

English nobleman, courtier, and writer (1442-1483); younger brother of Elizabeth Woodville

American poet (1927–2014)

Irish poet (1941–2020)

American translator, writer and academic (1901–1985)

British feminist historian and poet (1781-1864)

American author (1930 – 2017)

British writer (1799–1861)

English editor/translator from German

American poet and literary critic (1929–2022)

American writer and translator (born 1942)

English translator (1936-2018)

American editor, translator and writer

American linguist, writer

Jamaican-american poet

British-based playwright, screenplay writer, and translator (born 1951)

British and American translator

Nigerian photographer

English writer of boys' adventure novels (1814–1880)

British philosopher

English novelist and translator (1865-1960)

British translator and author

American philosopher (1933-2025)

English novelist (1791-1874)

British buddhist nun (1911-1977)

English linguist and feminist (1683-1756)

American academic

Scottish writer (1889-1930)

English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist (1847-1922)

English noblewoman

British novelist and literary critic (1923–2012)

Argentine writer