Authors
Who they were and what you can read by each of them.
Anónimo (Lazarillo de Tormes)
The unidentified authorship of Lazarillo de Tormes, a foundational work of Spanish fiction.
1 work
Armando Palacio Valdés
An Asturian novelist and journalist whose work reached readers in Spain and abroad.
2 works
Benito Pérez Galdós
A Spanish novelist and playwright, central to nineteenth-century realist fiction.
2 works
David
The biblical figure traditionally associated with part of the poetry of the Psalms.
1 work
Edgar Allan Poe
A writer of tales and poetry, associated with mystery literature and the beginnings of detective fiction.
2 works
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
A Spanish poet and prose writer whose work combines intimate lyricism with Romantic imagination.
1 work
Leopoldo Alas, Clarín
A Spanish novelist, short story writer and critic who published as Clarín.
1 work
Marco Aurelio
A Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, author of the reflections known as Meditations.
1 work
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
A Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, and the author of Don Quixote.
1 work
Miguel de Unamuno
A Spanish writer and thinker whose work spans fiction, essays, poetry and drama.
2 works
Moisés
A central biblical figure to whom the Pentateuch is traditionally attributed.
2 works
O. Henry
O. Henry was the pen name of William Sidney Porter, known for his short fiction.
1 work
Percy Bysshe Shelley
An English Romantic poet who wrote lyric poetry, long poems and poetic drama.
1 work
Rainer Maria Rilke
A German-language poet who also wrote fiction and works about art.
1 work
Rubén Darío
A Nicaraguan poet and a decisive figure in Spanish-language Modernismo.
1 work
Saki
Saki was the pen name of Hector Hugh Munro, a writer of short stories and novels in English.
1 work
San Juan de la Cruz
A Spanish Carmelite poet and writer of mystical verse and prose explanations of that verse.
1 work
Teresa de Jesús
A Spanish Carmelite writer and reformer, known for spiritual and autobiographical prose.
1 work
Tres Iniciados
The collective pen name under which The Kybalion appeared in the early twentieth century.
1 work