List of essayists

{{Short description|none}} This is a '''list of essayists'''—people notable for their essay-writing.

'''Note:''' Birthplaces (as listed) do not always indicate nationality. {{Dynamic list}} ==A== {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *Augurio Abeto (1900–1977, Philippines) *André Aciman (born 1951, Egypt) *Joseph Addison (1672–1719, England) *Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969, Germany) *Sheetal Agashe (born 1977, India) *José de Alencar (1829–1877, Brazil) *Kingsley Amis (1922–1995, United Kingdom) *Martin Amis (1949–2023, United Kingdom) *Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954, Brazil) *Jacob M. Appel (born 1973, United States) *Helena Araújo Ortiz (1934–2015, Colombia) *Matthew Arnold (1822–1888, United Kingdom) *Anastasia Ashman (born 1964, United States) *Margaret Atwood (born 1939, Canada) *Isaac Asimov (1920–1992, Russia) *W. H. Auden (1907–1973, United Kingdom) *Joxe Azurmendi (1941–2025, Spain) }}

==B== {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *Rebeca Baceiredo (born 1979, Spain) *Rambriksh Benipuri (1902–1968, India) *Francis Bacon (1561–1626, England) *Walter Bagehot (1826–1877, England) *James Baldwin (1924–1987, United States) *Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, England) *John Perry Barlow (1947–2018, United States) *Julian Barnes (born 1946, United Kingdom) *Jacques Barzun (1907–2012, France) *Enis Batur (born 1952, Turkey) *Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867, France) *Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953, United Kingdom) *Walter Benjamin (1892–1940, Germany) *Wendell Berry (born 1934, United States) *Jens Bjørneboe (1920–1976, Norway) *Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986, Argentina) *Alain de Botton (born 1969, Switzerland) *Giannina Braschi (born 1953, Puerto Rico) *William Brandon (1914–2002, United States) *Alfred Brendel (1931–2025, Czech Republic) *Christopher Buckley (born 1952, United States) *Anthony Burgess (1917–1993, United Kingdom) *Richard de Bury (1287–1345, England) }}

==C-D== {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *Erskine Caldwell (1903–2007, United States) *Italo Calvino (1923–1985, Italy) *Albert Camus (1913–1960, Algeria) *Rafael Cansinos Assens (1882–1964, Spain) *Orson Scott Card (born 1951, United States) *John Carey (born 1934, United Kingdom) *Simon Carmiggelt (1913–1987, Netherlands) *Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978, Austria) *Harriet Frances Carpenter (1868/75 – 1956, United States) *Saveria Chemotti (born 1947, Italy) *Kelly Cherry (1940–2022, United States) *G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936, United Kingdom) *Panashe Chigumadzi (DOB unknown, living, Zimbabwe) *Noam Chomsky (born 1928, United States) *Winston Churchill (1874–1965, Great Britain) *Emil Cioran (1911–1995, Romania) *J. M. Coetzee (born 1940, South Africa) *William Cobbett (1763–1835, Great Britain) *Anthony Collins (1676–1729, England) *Charles Caleb Colton (1780–1832, Great Britain) *Cyril Connolly (1903–1974, United Kingdom) *Abraham Cowley (1618–1667, Great Britain) *A. J. Cronin (1896–1981, Scotland) *Samuel McChord Crothers (1857–1927, United States) *Richard Dawkins (born 1941, United Kingdom) *Mike Daisey (born 1976, United States) *Theodore Dalrymple (born 1949, United Kingdom) *Nik De Dominic (born 1981, United States) *Joan Didion (1934–2021, United States) *Annie Dillard (born 1945, United States) *Babacar Sedikh Diouf (born 1928, Senegal) *Alfred Döblin (1878–1957, Germany) *John Dolan (1955–1981, United States) *Joe Dolce (born 1947, Australia) *Denis Donoghue (1928–2021, Ireland) *John Dryden (1631–1700, England) }}

==E-G== {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *Klaus Ebner (born 1964, Austria) *Umberto Eco (1932–2016, Italy) *T. S. Eliot (1888–1965, United States) *Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882, United States) *Joseph Epstein (born 1937, United States) *Filip Erceg (born 1979, Croatia) *Barbara Ehrenreich (1941–2022, United States) *Jaime Eyzaguirre (1908–1968, Chile) *Anne Fadiman (born 1953, United States) *Femi Fani-Kayode (born 1960, Nigeria) *Frantz Fanon (1925–1961, Martinique) *Richard Farmer (1735–1797, England) *Gérard Fauré (born 1946, Morocco) *Benito Jerónimo Feijoo e Montenegro (1676–1764, Spain) *Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021, United States) *Predrag Finci (born 1946, Bosnia and Herzegovina) *Élisabeth de Fontenay (born 1934, France) *E. M. Forster (1879–1970, England) *John Foster (1770–1843, United Kingdom) *Ian Frazier (born 1951, United States) *Robert Fulghum (born 1937, United States) *Joan Fuster (1922–1992, Spain) *Harry Gamboa, Jr. (born 1951, United States) *William H. Gass (1924–2017, United States) *Karl-Markus Gauß (born 1954, Austria) *Malcolm Gladwell (born 1963, United Kingdom) *Adam Gopnik (born 1956, United States) *Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002, United States) *Mohammed Lotfy Gomaa (1886–1953, Egypt) *Paul Graham (born 1964, England) *Clement Greenberg (1909–1994, United States) *A. C. Grayling (born 1949, United Kingdom) *Gordon Grice (born 1965, United States) *Stanka Gjurić (born 1966, Croatia) }}

==H-J== {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *Carla Harryman (born 1952, United States) *William Hazlitt (1778–1830, England) *Peter Handke (born 1942 Griffen, Austria) *Saeko Himuro (1957–2008, Japan) *Fumi Hirano (born 1955, Japan) *Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011, United Kingdom) *Peter Hitchens (born 1951, United Kingdom) *Hugh Hood (1928–2000, Canada) *Langston Hughes (1902–1967, United States) *David Hume (1711–1776, United Kingdom) *Hamid Rashidi (1961–2020, Iran) *Leigh Hunt (1784–1859, England) * Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894–1963, England) *Lucie Fulton Isaacs (1841–1916, United States) *Shigesato Itoi (born 1948, Japan) *Molly Ivins (1944–2007, United States) *Jwalamukhi (1938–2008, India) *Michael Johns (born 1964, United States) *Diane Johnson (born 1934, United States) *Electa Amanda Wright Johnson (1938–1929, United States) *Samuel Johnson (1709–1784, England) *June Jordan (1936–2002, United States) *Rebecca Richardson Joslin (1846–1934, United States) }}

==K-L== {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *Steven G. Kellman (born 1947, United States) *Ted Kaczynski (1942–2023, United States) *Shakuntala Karandikar (1931–2018, India) *Frank Kermode (1919–2010, United Kingdom) *Tracy Kidder (born 1945, United States) *Chuck Klosterman (born 1972, United States) *Rudy Kousbroek (1929–2010, Netherlands) *Hans Krieger (1933–2023, Germany) *Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981, Croatia) *Tomislav Ladan (1932–2008, Serbia) *Laila Lalami (born 1968, Morocco) *Anne Richelieu Lamb (1807–1878, Scotland) *Charles Lamb (1775–1834, England) *Shankar Lamichhane (Nepal) *Anne Lamott (born 1954, United States) *Corinne Lee (United States) *Gottfried Leibniz (1646–1716, Germany) *Albert Leung (born 1961, Hong Kong) *C. S. Lewis (1898–1963, Ireland) *Li Ao (1935–2018, China, Taiwan) *Liang Shiqiu (1903–1987, China, Taiwan) *Lin Yutang (1895–1976, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong) *Alan Lightman (born 1948, United States) *Tim Lilburn (born 1950, Canada) *Lin Wenyue (1933–2023, Taiwan) *Joan Lindsay (1896–1984, Australia) *María López Sández (born 1973, Spain) *E. V. Lucas (1868–1938, England)<ref name=dnb>Knox, E V, revised by Katharine Chubbuck. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34622 "Lucas, Edward Verrall (1868–1938)"], Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 13 March 2013 {{ODNBsub}}</ref> *Lu Xun (1881–1936, China) }}

==M-N== {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949), Belgium) *Norman Mailer (1923–2007, United States) *Jorge Majfud (born 1969, Uruguay) *Laura Mancinelli (1933–2016, Italy) *Francis T. McAndrew (born 1953, Germany) *Nathan McCall (born 1955, United States) *Mary McCarthy (1912–1989, United States) *John McPhee (born 1931, United States) *Louis Menand (born 1952, United States) *H. L. Mencken (1880–1956, United States) *Arthur Miller (1915–2005, United States) *Pankaj Mishra (born 1969, India) *Donald Grant Mitchell (1822–1908, United States) *Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592, France) *Angela Morales (born 1966, United States) *Michele Moramarco (born 1953, Italy) *V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018, Trinidad and Tobago) *Nakane Kōtei (1839–1913, Japan) *Ukichiro Nakaya (1900–1962, Japan) *Marie NDiaye (born 1967, France) * John Neal (1793–1876, United States) *Virgil Nemoianu (1940–2025, Romania) *Natias Neutert (born 1947, Germany)

*Kathleen Norris (born 1947, United States)}}

==O-R== {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938, United States) *George Orwell (1903–1950, United Kingdom) *Borislav Pekić (1930–1992, Serbia) *Noel Perrin (1927–2004, United States) *Samuel F. Pickering Jr. (born 1941, United States) *Stanley Plumly (1939–2019, United States) *Mestrius Plutarch (46–127, Boeotia, Ancient Greece) *Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849, United States) *Katherine Ann Porter (1890–1980, United States) *Rebecca N. Porter (1883-1963, United States) *Anna M. Longshore Potts (1829–1912, United States) *J.B. Priestley (1894–1984, England) *Kevin Prufer (born 1969, United States) *Thomas de Quincey (1785–1859, England) *Indra Bahadur Rai (1927–2018, India) *Fanny Raoul (1771–1833, France) *María del Carmen Reina Jiménez (born 1942, Spain) *Emily Browne Powell (1847-1938, United States) *Gabrielle Réval (1869–1938, France) *Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1985, United States) *Marilynne Robinson (born 1943, United States) *Tjalie Robinson (1911–1974, Netherlands) *Richard Rodriguez (born 1944, United States) *Arundhati Roy (born 1961, India) *Bertrand Russell (1872–1970, United Kingdom) }}

==S== {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *Rahul Sankrityayan (1893–1963, India) *Edward Said (1935–2003, Palestine) *John Ralston Saul (born 1947, Canada) *Dan Schneider (born 1965, United States) *Robert Schumann (1810–1856, Germany) *Roger Scruton (1944–2020, England) *David Sedaris (born 1956, United States) *John Robert Seeley (1834–1895, England) *Rafael Calvo Serer (1916–1988, Spain) *George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950, Ireland) *Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822, England) *Fannie Isabelle Sherrick ({{fl.}} 1860–1880, United States) *David Shields (born 1956, United States) *Clay Shirky (born 1964, United States) *Simeon Simev (born 1949, Republic of Macedonia) *Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' (1908–1974, India) *Matias Skard (1846–1927, Norway) *Jean Edward Smith (1932–2019, United States) *Zadie Smith (born 1975, England) *Amelia Solar de Claro (1836–1915, Chile) *Walid Soliman (born 1975, Tunisia) *Rebecca Solnit (born 1961, United States) *Susan Sontag (1933–2004, United States) *Dejan Stojanović (born 1959, Serbia) *Lytton Strachey (1880–1932, United Kingdom) *Cheryl Strayed (born 1968, United States) }}

==T-Z== {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941, India) *Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1960, Lebanon) *Alain Tasso (born 1962, Lebanon) *Vijay Tendulkar (1928–2008, India) *Issa Laye Thiaw (1943–2017, Senegal) *Colm Tóibín (born 1955, Ireland) *Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910, Russia) *Lionel Trilling (1905–1975, United States) *George W. S. Trow (1943–2006, United States) *Andrew Vachss (1942–2021, United States) *Paul Valéry (1871–1945, France) *Erico Verissimo (1905–1975, Brazil) *Gore Vidal (1925–2012, United States) *Voltaire (1694–1778, France) *Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007, United States) *Richard Wagner (1813–1883, Germany) *David Foster Wallace (1962–2008, United States) *Rebecca West (1892–1983, United Kingdom) *E. B. White (1899–1985, United States) *Oscar Wilde (1852–1900, Ireland) *Tom Wolfe (1931–2018, United States) *Virginia Woolf (1882–1941, United Kingdom) *Yang Jiang (1911–2016, China) *Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987, France) *Asunción de Zea-Bermúdez (1862–1936, Spain) }}

==References== {{reflist}}

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