Postmodern writers

Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)

Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)

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

Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)

Turkish novelist, academic and Nobel laureate (born 1952)

Japanese writer (born 1949)

Chilean poet, diplomat and educator (1889–1957)

Canadian-American writer (1915–2005)

South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)

Franco-Czechoslovak poet and novelist (1929—2023)

Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)

French writer and Nobel Prize winner (born 1940)

French philosopher (1930–2004)

Argentine writer (1914–1984)

Italian journalist and writer (1923-1985)

French sociologist, philosopher and cultural theorist (1929–2007)

Mexican writer (1928–2012)

Belgian Francophone writer (born 1966)

French writer and film director (1914-1996)

Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor

László Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian writer, novelist and screenwriter. Krasznahorkai is known for his difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, which explore dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, including his novels Satantango (1985) and The Melancholy of Resistance (1989), have been adapted into feature films by the director Béla Tarr.

Polish philosopher and sociologist (1925-2017)

American-Canadian speculative fiction writer (born 1948)

French writer and diplomat (1914–1980)

French philosopher (1924–1998)

Ukrainian-Brazilian writer, poet, and journalist (1920–1977)

French novelist and poet (1903–1976)

Russian author (born 1962)

American novelist and screenwriter

French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist (1936–1982)

Serbian writer (1929–2009)

Chilean author

Croatian writer (1949–2023)

Italian germanist, medievalist, translator and writer (1933-2016)

Serbian and Yugoslav novelist (1935–1989)

Irish writer (born 1945)

Japanese writer

Russian writer (born 1955)

Polish-American novelist

Argentinian poet (1936-1972)

Hungarian writer (1950–2016)

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Ukrainian writer, poet, essayist and translator

Brazilian novelist (1908-1967)

Swiss writer (1895-1981)

Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and graphic designer (born 1961)

Irish writer (1911-1966)

Russian writer (1938–1990)

Cuban writer

Uruguayan writer (1892–1979)

Hungarian writer and photographer

Swiss novelist and journalist (born 1966)

Romanian writer

Indo-Pakistani novelist, playwright and writer (1912-1955)

French writer

French writer

Spanish writer

Georgian writer, playwright

Iranian film director (1938-2025)

Greek writer and playwright (born 1966)