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Who is considered the father of horror stories?
Who is considered the father of horror stories?
Who is known as the 'Bard of Avon'?
Who is known as the 'Bard of Avon'?
Who is known as the father of American literature?
Who is known as the father of American literature?
Who is the first black Nigerian writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature?
Who is the first black Nigerian writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature?
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Who is a Filipino writer whose stories and poems depict Filipino-Spanish cultural beliefs and traditions?
Who is a Filipino writer whose stories and poems depict Filipino-Spanish cultural beliefs and traditions?
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Who is regarded as the greatest haiku poet?
Who is regarded as the greatest haiku poet?
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Who is known as the master of 'local color' because of his Pickwick Papers?
Who is known as the master of 'local color' because of his Pickwick Papers?
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Who wrote the most exquisite love poems of her time in 'Sonnets from the Portuguese'?
Who wrote the most exquisite love poems of her time in 'Sonnets from the Portuguese'?
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Who is a Japanese poet who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1968?
Who is a Japanese poet who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1968?
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Who is known as the 'Morning Star' of English literature?
Who is known as the 'Morning Star' of English literature?
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Famous Writers and Literary Figures
- Rabindranath Tagore is the first Asian writer to receive the Nobel Prize.
- William Shakespeare is considered the greatest English writer and is known as the "Bard of Avon".
- Edgar Allan Poe is known as the father of horror stories.
- Francis Bacon is known as the Father of Essays.
- Nick Joaquin is a Filipino writer who depicts Filipino-Spanish cultural beliefs and traditions in his stories and poems.
- Jose Garcia Villa is the first Filipino National Artist for Literature, awarded in 1973.
- Bienvenido Santos is a Filipino migrant whose fiction stories reflect the Filipino's concept of American culture.
- Kalidasa is known as the greatest Indian writer of all time.
- Geoffrey Chaucer is called the "Morning Star" of English literature.
- Thales of Melitus is the first man to replace myth with natural laws.
- Matsuo Basho is regarded as the greatest haiku poet.
- Washington Irving is recognized as the father of American literature.
- Homer is the first mythical geographer, recognized for his vivid descriptions of lands and people encountered by his hero, Ulysses.
- Luis San Pedro is a famous composer from Angono, Rizal, and was given a National Artist Award.
- Charles Dickens is known as the master of "local color" because of his Pickwick Papers.
- Jose Garcia Villa is a Philippine National Artist awardee for Literature, who used free verse and espoused the dictum, "Art for art's sake".
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote the most exquisite love poems of her time in "Sonnets from the Portuguese".
- Yasunari Kawabata is a Japanese poet who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1968.
- Christopher Marlowe is known as the Father of Tragedy.
- Wole Soyinka is the first black Nigerian writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986.
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Test your knowledge about renowned writers and literary figures from around the world, including Nobel Prize winners and masters of various genres.
