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May 18, 2020 · Paule Marshall’s novels, like Brown Girl, Brownstones, and Praisesong for the Widow are considered groundbreaking works of African-American literature, but they should be required reading for ...
Nov 28, 2023 · Over the years, American literature has produced countless masterpieces that have captured the hearts of readers across the globe. From the pioneering works of Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper to the modern literary icons like J.D. Salinger and Maya Angelou, the American literary landscape has been a melting pot of diverse voices and styles.
Nov 19, 2018 · Quim Llenas/Cover/Getty Images. Chilean-American author Isabel Allende wrote her debut novel, "House of Spirits," to great acclaim in 1982. The novel began as a letter to her dying grandfather and is a work of magical realism charting the history of Chile.
Francis Scott Fitzgerald was an American novelist, widely regarded as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, American writers of the 20th century. He is best known for his novel, The Great Gatsby, which vies for the title ‘Great American Novel’ with Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. Fitzgerald’s place ...
Mar 15, 2023 · Victor LaValle is also one of the most famous horror authors today. He is a prolific American author who has received critical acclaim for his works, which span different genres such as horror, science fiction, and fantasy. LaValle was born in New York City in 1972 and grew up in Queens.
This list of American writers is alphabetically ordered by period. The term writers is broadly defined to include philosophers, scientists, cookbook writers, critics, journalists, sociologists, historians, and even explorers, as well as poets and novelists. This list is limited, however, to those
Sep 18, 2020 · We’ve had a go at defining the world’s most famous authors, and the best American writers elsewhere, but here we present the ten best English authors (excluding the Bard of Avon). It was no easy task given the huge volume of high-quality English writers over the years, plus any list of great authors is going to be – at least on some level ...
