Satirical dramatists and playwrights

Aristophanes (; ; ) was an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens. He wrote forty plays, of which eleven survive virtually complete. The majority of his surviving plays belong to the genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy and are considered its most valuable examples. Aristophanes's plays were performed at the religious festivals of Athens, mostly the City Dionysia and the Lenaia, and several of them won the first prize in their respective competitions.

Spanish writer (1866-1954)

Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist (1876-1918)

Polish novelist, prose writer, publicist, feuilletonist, theatre critic, stage actress (1857–1921)

Portuguese writer (1465-1536)

Bulgarian writer (1941–2000)

Lebanese musician and writer

Norwegian-Danish writer

Australian dramatist and playwright

Pakistani writer

South African writer