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American writer Henry Miller developed a new type of prose, a semi-autobiographical novel. Born in New York, he spent some of his best years in France, rubbed off surrealism, the stream of consciousness, and some other vibrant Paris art scene benefits.

With this image, we celebrate American writer Kurt Vonnegut.

Georges Bataille was a French poet and novelist, but is better known as an intelectual whose philosophical, social and even economic theories had wide appeal and influenced the Western thought. One of his most famous books is La Part Maudite (The Accursed Share).

Artaud was a part of the surrealist movement, wrote poetry, acted in films, directed and produced theatre plays, wrote a script for the first surrealist film that influenced Bunuel and Dali, etc. He was everywhere, and he left a deep mark in our culture.

Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) published his works under tens of pen-names. His fame came posthumously. Today, he is seen as one of the greatest Portuguese poets and one of the most significant twentieth-century writers.

Ernst Toller was the president of a short-lived state called the Bavarian Soviet Republic. His presidency lasted for only six days. During his five years in Prison, Toller started writing theater plays and became a highly recognized expressionist playwright. Some of his titles are Transformation and Hoppla - We are Alive. He gave all of his money to refugees of the Spanish Civil War. In 1939, Toller killed himself in his hotel room in New York. W. H. Auden dedicated to him a poem, “In Memory of Ernst Toller.”

This exceptional writer gave us at least one true masterpiece - The Old Man and the Sea. Many writers deeply respected Hemingway's work; the list includes Hunter S. Thompson and Charles Bukowski.

She was known as an eccentric and as a loner who was passionate about gardening. Thanks to her sister Lavinia, who published her poems posthumously, we now have a towering figure in American poetry.

One of the most influential writers of the 20th century, Marcel Proust, is famous for his seven novels wrapped under the common title In Search of Lost Time.

Nobody went so far into the depth of the human soul, as Dostoyevsky did. That turns out to be a disturbing and scary place. Note> His last name is commonly written both as Dostoyevsky and Dostoevsky.

Ginsberg, Burroughs, Kerouac and others! In short, the Beat Generation!

With this image, we celebrate American poet Ezra Pound.

Writer Jack London in a boxing pose.

Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936) is one of the most significant Spanish language poets of the twentieth century and perhaps the one who is most famous internationally.

Carson McCullers wrote about the deep South, and her work is frequently described as Southern Gothic. Despite her poor health and the series of strokes that tormented her since her youth, she gave us a significant number of excellent books: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Reflections in a Golden Eye, The Member of the Wedding, The Ballad of the Sad Café. She was a close friend of Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) was a Puerto Rican and American poet and writer. He was a modernist, associated with the movement of imagism (Ezra Pound), and he wanted to make a fusion of painting and poetry. Some of his books' titles directly express this platform, i.e., " Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems". This book won him the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1963.

Marcel Proust was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. His string of seven novels, wrapped under the common title In Search of Lost Time, is a challenging and delightful read.

Jasujiro Ozu is a favorite film director of many film directors. Seemingly ordinary stories are elevated to the level of poetry and spirituality. In the 2012 poll by magazine Sight & Sound, Ozu's Tokyo Story was voted the best film of all time. His other famous titles are Late Spring, Floating Weeds, An Autumn Afternoon.

Painfully sincere, hungover and funny, Bukowski based most of his prose on his own character. But what a character he was! He also wrote great poetry!

This image celebrates Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, remembered by classics like Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Dersu Uzala, Yojimbo, Kagemusha, etc.

With this design, we celebrate motion pictures in general. We do it by featuring famous historical photo of Russian Jewish cinematographer and photographer Mikhail Kaufman.

Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) published his works under tens of pen-names. His fame came posthumously. Today, he is seen as one of the greatest Portuguese poets and one of the most significant twentieth-century writers.

English poet, painter, and illustrator William Blake (1757-1827) is usually associated with the Romantic Age but is hard to put on any shelf. Both in his visual arts and his literature, Blake often elaborates motifs from the religious narrative. He did it with the passion and brilliancy of a genius. Even though he was almost unknown in his lifetime, every century that passed held Blake in higher regard. This image is based on his historical self-portrait.

A tough and traumatic childhood didn't stop Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) from becoming one of the essential modernist writers. She was a pioneer of stream of consciousness narration. Her most famous works are the novels Mrs. Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse (1927).

Zitkala-Ša or Red Bird was a Native American writer, musician, educator, and activist. In her autobiographical prose, she described what happens when you are born in one culture but have to live in another. She also collected Native folk stories and legends, preserving them and raising the self-awareness of young generations. In 1926, she co-founded the National Council of American Indians and served as its president until she died in 1938. She is recognized as one of the most influential Native American activists of the twentieth century.

In Italy, he is called "the supreme poet" and is considered the Italian language's father. Dante (1265 – 1321) was the first to compose verses in the tongue of ordinary folks, extensively using words from his Tuscan dialect. He lived in a turbulent time and ended his life in exile. After seven centuries, Dante's name shines much brighter than those he had to fear. His most famous work is Divine Comedy.

This image celebrates Mikhail Bulgakov, the writer of Master and Margarita, one of the true masterpieces of the twentieth century.

Writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston was an essential member of the Harlem Renaissance. She researched the African-American folklore and daily life, drawing inspiration from it. Her most recognized work was Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Italo Calvino (1923-1985) was an Italian writer and journalist whose stories and novels gained significant popularity in Western countries. At the time of his death, he was the most translated Italian writer. In 1981, the French government decorated him with the Legion of Honour.

A striking black and red graphic depiction shows a stylized, angular creature that resembles a a dog or a wolf. The angular lines and shapes create a dynamic and somewhat aggressive visual effect, suggestive of movement and ferocity.

Anton Chekov was a true master of the short story, and the writer of exceptional theater plays. This image celebrates his play The Seagull.

With this image, we celebrate Puerto Rican poet and civil rights activist Julia de Burgos.

A colorful portrait is segmented into various shapes and hues, featuring a central figure of Mexican painter Frida Khalo with an intense gaze and earrings.

In 1993, Toni Morrison was the first black woman who won the Nobel Prize in Literature. This was the conclusion of successful publishing and academic career. The list of awards she had received is long, and it includes the American Book Award, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and many others. In 2006, The New York Times Book Review chose her novel Beloved as the best work in American fiction in the previous 25 years! Ms. Morrison died in 2019 at the age of 88.

Her destiny was to be the first woman in Ecuador to graduate from high school. She was the first woman of Equador who exercised the right to vote, the first woman to hold an elected office, and the first woman to receive a doctorate in medicine. Above all, she was a poet. Her name was Matilde Hidalgo.

This portrait might be bringing an unexpected unexpected vision of one of the best writers of detective novels. But why not?