Writers from Geneva

English playwright and author (1874–1965)

Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)

Swiss philosopher and poet (1821-1881)

Swiss Muslim scholar

Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricature artist (1799-1846)

Swiss writer

Swiss explorer and author (1877-1904)

Swiss linguist (1865-1947)

Swiss writer (1920-2019)

Swiss Esperantist (1887-1920)

Francophone Swiss Esperantist, historian, university professor, author, journalist and peace activist (1889-1962)

Swiss writer, artist and traveller (1929–1998)

French writer

Swiss mathematician and Esperantist (1868-1943)

Swiss philosopher (1910-2000)

novelist and author (1829-1899)

German noble (1852-1923)

French playwright (1923–2003)

Swiss linguist (1799-1875)

Swiss woman of letters (1813-1894)

Swiss writer and poet (1805-1864)

Swiss writer (1901-1998)

English scion and writer (1910–1970)

French-American journalist and biographer

Swiss philologist (1915–1995)

Genevan pastor and church historian (1794–1872)

British chess historian

Swiss suffragist (1879-1946)

French statesman and author (1810-1871)

Swiss writer (1904-1980)

Portuguese noble

Spanish writer

Swiss orientalist (1820-1902)

Swiss literary critic (1897-1981)

Swiss writer (1870-1958)

British novelist and literary critic (1923–2012)

Swiss writer, journalist and fascist politician (1896-1960)

Swiss-French writer (1874-1963)

Swiss writer

Swiss literary critic (1910-2002)

writer (1878-1963)

Swiss epigraphist (1863-1921)

Swiss journalist and photographer (1937–2023)

Swiss archaeologist (1892–1984)

Swiss sinologist, officer in the French Navy and historian of astronomy (1866-1925)

Swiss theologian, bible translator (1810-1885)

Esperantist (1891-1967)

Swiss writer and artist

French playwright and screenwriter (1868–1933)

Canadian writer

French-Swiss writer and journalist

Swiss writer, artist, interior and designer (1965–2022)

Swiss writer (1864-1911)

Swiss writer (1883-1954)

Turkish writer (born 1945)

Swiss writer and translator (1920-2012)

Swiss journalist

French geographer (1901-1991)

Jean-Auguste-Gustave Binet (3 June 1875 – 20 April 1940), also known as Binet-Valmer, was a Franco-Swiss novelist and journalist. The trademark element of his style was the almost clinical precision with which he dissected the psychologies and motivations of his characters.

French food writer (1877–1936)