THE MOST

FAMUOS WRITERS
 William Shakespear
19th century
Shakespeare was a respected poet and
playwright in his own day.

The Romantics, in particular, acclaimed

Shakespeare's genius.

His plays remain highly popular

today and are constantly studied,
performed, and reinterpreted in
diverse cultural and political
contexts throughout the world.
 Victor Hugo
(18021885)

Victor Hugo was a French poet, novelist and

playwright and a leading supporter of the
Romantic Movement in France.

His best novels include Les Miserables and

Notre-Dame de Paris (in English, The
Hunchback of Notre Dame) and Les Travailleurs
de la Mer.

He is regarded as the leading figure in the

history of French literature and politics.
 Edgar Allan Poe
(1809-1849)
Was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, who
was also associated with the American Romantic Movement.
He was better known for his tales of mystery and macabre. He
was amongst the earliest American practitioners of short story
and was generally considered as the inventor of the detective-
fiction genre.
Poe is also credited for his
contribution in the emerging genre of
science fiction.
He became famous for his popular
poems like, "The Raven" and
"Annabel Lee".
Henry Van Dyke
(1852-1933)
A multitalented personality, Henry Van Dyke
was an American author, educator, and
clergyman, known for his works which included
short stories, poems, and essays.

He was an influential writer and contributed in

various other fields such as religion, literature,
education, diplomacy, public service, and
nature.

His important works include "The Poetry of

Tennyson" ,"The Other Wise Man" and "The
First Christmas Tree.
 Mario Puzo
(1920-1999)
Mario Puzo was an Italian-
American author and
screenwriter who introduced
and acquired fame for his
Mario Puzo wrote his first mastery in the crime fiction.
novel The Dark Arena
during the World War and
brought him the fame that
was followed by his second
and third novel The
Fortunate Pilgrim and The
Runaway Summer of Davie
Shaw respectively.
 Mark Twain
(1835-1910)
Samuel Langhorne
Clemens, better
known by his pen
name Mark
Twain
was an American author, essayist, lecturer and humorist who
wrote a series of famous books including Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Mark's first important work . Most of all, the author is
known for his notable and insightful satires that gained him
reverence from both critics as well as his contemporaries
who call him the 'father of the English literature'.
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By _ Reni Maria