Writers from Portsmouth

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and journalist. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today.

English American author and journalist (1949–2011)

British novelist and poet (1828–1909)

English writer and poet (1892–1962)

English novelist and historian (1836–1901)

British writer and poet (1908–1980)

British Byzantinist (1923–2003)

British scholar of Middle East Studies (1905–1969)

Poet, screenwriter, actor (1926-2011)

British science fiction author

British writer and illustrator (1865–1916)

British fiction and children's writer (1841–1926)

British author (1939–2025)

English children's writer

Welsh philosopher (1922–1982)

British film director and screenwriter

British writer and art historian (1933-2020)

English crime writer

British writer for stage, screen and radio (born 1955)

British television personality (1942–2025)

British playwright and screenwriter (1942-)

British artist

British-Australian linguist