Male essayists

Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BCE–65 CE)

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)

Peruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer (1936–2025)

Polish-British writer (1857–1924)

Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer (1939–2013)

Danish author (1873-1950)

Tanzanian-born British writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2021) (born 1948)

Kenyan writer (1938–2025)

Danish-Norwegian writer, philosopher and historian (1684–1754)

National poet of Bangladesh (1899-1976)

Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet (1920-2009)

Peruvian writer and academic (1894–1930)

Peruvian writer (1911–1969)

Ukrainian writer, poet, essayist and translator

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

British writer (1618–1667)

Russian academic

Venezuelan writer

Trinidadian historian, journalist and Marxist (1901–1989)

Iranian film director (1938-2025)

Kenyan writer (1971–2019)

Ghanaian writer (born 1939)

Armenian playwright (1835–1888)

Moldavian polymath (1788-1869)

Venezuelan-born Spanish writer

Swedish politician and writer (1939-2018)

Ukrainian/writer/essayist/journalist

Peruvian politician (1844-1918)

Moroccan politician (1919-2017)

Chilean writer (1952–2015)

Ecuadorian writer (1926-2009)

South African writer and essayist (1936–2010)

Aromanian writer, politician (1874–1952)

Nicaraguan revolutionary (1930-2012)

Uruguayan writer, philosopher and doctor (1893-1975)

Ukrainian poet and writer

Equatoguinean writer

Haitian politician

Colombian novelist, essayist, journalist and editor (born 1958)

poet

Costa Rican writer and painter (1900–1947)

Moroccan writer (1908–1989)

Moroccan diplomat and writer (1921-2015)

poet, essayist, and art and literary critic (1870-1922)

moldavian-born Imperial Russian and Romanian aristocrat

Swiss poet and translator

Moroccan philosopher, novelist and poet (1922–1993)

Taiwanese Hakka writer

Moroccan writer

Swedish writer

Finland Swedish author, academic and war veteran (1921-2009)

linguist, university teacher, romanist, philologist, essayist, hispanist (1902-1984)

Haitian writer, playwright and scriptwriter (born 1958)

Swedish writer (1924–2006)

Peruvian painter (1888-1956)

(1861-1957) Colombian writer

Romanian diplomat and writer (1886-1954)

Nigerian poet, short story writer, musicologist, and founder of ''Apotheosis Art House''

Uruguayan writer (1921-2006)

Romanian politician, historian, and novelist (1853-1926)