Biography of Toni Morrison Many people consider American novelist, essayist, editor, and lecturer Toni Morrison (February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019) to be among the most important and influential writers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. She was the second child in a working-class African American family of four, having been born Chloe … Read more
Biography of Gabriel Garcia Marquez Colombian novelist, journalist, and Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) is well-known for creating the literary form known as magical realism and for his contributions to Latin American literature. One Hundred Years of Solitude, his most well-known book is regarded as one of the best novels of the 20th century … Read more
Biography of Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) was a well-known modernist writer from England who is renowned for her novel literary achievements and her examination of the inner lives of her characters. Her writings include the novels Orlando, To the Lighthouse, and Mrs. Dalloway. She is praised for her contribution to the modernist literary movement … Read more
Biography of Jane Austen English novelist Jane Austen (1775–1817) is well known for her six seminal works that analyse, interpret, and make observations about the British landed aristocracy at the close of the eighteenth century. She is praised for her humour, irony, and realism, and her writings examine topics of morality, marriage, love, and socioeconomic … Read more