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An '''author''' is someone who [[writes]] a piece of [[literature]] such as might appear in a [[book]] or a [[magazine]] article. | An '''author''' is someone who [[writes]] a piece of [[literature]] such as might appear in a [[book]] or a [[magazine]] article. | ||
| − | The term author is usually used with works that have been mass produced either in written or electronic form and have the capability to be widely read and distributed. | + | The term author is usually used with works that have been mass-produced either in written or electronic form and have the capability to be widely read and distributed. |
== Authors and Books == | == Authors and Books == | ||
There are several lists of "Top authors" or "Best seller" books. Some include: | There are several lists of "Top authors" or "Best seller" books. Some include: | ||
| − | + | [[Image:Repin LeoTolstoy.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Leo Tolstoy by Ilya Yefimovich Repin]] | |
* ''The Ugly Duckling'' by [[Hans Christian Andersen]] | * ''The Ugly Duckling'' by [[Hans Christian Andersen]] | ||
* ''Pride and Prejudice'' by [[Jane Austen]] | * ''Pride and Prejudice'' by [[Jane Austen]] | ||
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* ''Miffy'' by [[Dick Bruna]] | * ''Miffy'' by [[Dick Bruna]] | ||
* ''Answered Prayers'' by [[Truman Capote]] | * ''Answered Prayers'' by [[Truman Capote]] | ||
| − | * ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' by [[Lewis Carroll]] | + | * ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' by [[Lewis Carroll]] |
* ''The Plague'' by [[Albert Camus]] | * ''The Plague'' by [[Albert Camus]] | ||
* ''[[Don Quixote]]'' by [[Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra]] | * ''[[Don Quixote]]'' by [[Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra]] | ||
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* ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]] | * ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]] | ||
* ''The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson'' | * ''The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson'' | ||
| − | * ''The Brothers Karamazov'' by [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]] | + | * ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'' by [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]] |
* ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' by Sir [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] | * ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' by Sir [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] | ||
| − | * ''Middlemarch'' by [[George Eliot]] | + | * ''[[Middlemarch]]'' by [[George Eliot]] |
* ''The Praise of Folly'' by [[Erasmus|Desiderius Erasmus]] | * ''The Praise of Folly'' by [[Erasmus|Desiderius Erasmus]] | ||
* ''[[The Sound and the Fury]]'' by [[William Faulkner]] | * ''[[The Sound and the Fury]]'' by [[William Faulkner]] | ||
| − | * ''The Great Gatsby'' by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]] | + | * ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]] |
* ''Madame Bovary'' by [[Gustave Flaubert]] | * ''Madame Bovary'' by [[Gustave Flaubert]] | ||
* ''The Death of Artemio Cruz'' by [[Carlos Fuentes]] | * ''The Death of Artemio Cruz'' by [[Carlos Fuentes]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Goethe Y.jpg|thumb|J. W. von Goethe (1749 - 1832)]] | ||
* ''[[The Sorrows of Young Werther]]'' by [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] | * ''[[The Sorrows of Young Werther]]'' by [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] | ||
* ''Don Juan'' by [[George Gordon, Lord Byron]] <!--May be alphabetized wrong--> | * ''Don Juan'' by [[George Gordon, Lord Byron]] <!--May be alphabetized wrong--> | ||
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* ''A Farewell to Arms'' by [[Ernest Hemingway]] | * ''A Farewell to Arms'' by [[Ernest Hemingway]] | ||
* ''[[Iliad|The Iliad]]'' by [[Homer]] | * ''[[Iliad|The Iliad]]'' by [[Homer]] | ||
| − | * ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' by [[Victor Hugo]] | + | * ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' by [[Victor Hugo]] |
* ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' by [[Washington Irving]] | * ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' by [[Washington Irving]] | ||
* ''The Turn of The Screw'' by [[Henry James]] | * ''The Turn of The Screw'' by [[Henry James]] | ||
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* ''The Jungle Books'' by [[Rudyard Kipling]] | * ''The Jungle Books'' by [[Rudyard Kipling]] | ||
* ''Guin Saga'' by [[Kaoru Kurimoto]] | * ''Guin Saga'' by [[Kaoru Kurimoto]] | ||
| + | * ''Tess of the D'Urbervilles'' by [[Thomas Hardy]] | ||
* ''Independent People'' by Halldor Laxness | * ''Independent People'' by Halldor Laxness | ||
* ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' by [[C.S. Lewis]] | * ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' by [[C.S. Lewis]] | ||
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* ''Meditations'' by Marcus Aurelius | * ''Meditations'' by Marcus Aurelius | ||
* ''One Hundred Years of Solitude'' by [[Gabriel García Márquez]] | * ''One Hundred Years of Solitude'' by [[Gabriel García Márquez]] | ||
| − | * ''Of Human Bondage'' by [[W. Somerset Maugham]] | + | * ''Of Human Bondage'' by [[Somerset Maugham|W. Somerset Maugham]] |
* ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'' by [[Margaret Mitchell]] | * ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'' by [[Margaret Mitchell]] | ||
* ''Pale Fire'' by [[Vladimir Nabokov]] | * ''Pale Fire'' by [[Vladimir Nabokov]] | ||
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* ''The Godfather'' by [[Mario Puzo]] | * ''The Godfather'' by [[Mario Puzo]] | ||
* ''Wolf Totem'' by Jiang Rong | * ''Wolf Totem'' by Jiang Rong | ||
| − | * ''Pedro Paramo'' by Juan Rulfo | + | * ''Pedro Paramo'' by [[Juan Rulfo]] |
* ''Scaramouche'' by Rafael Sabatini | * ''Scaramouche'' by Rafael Sabatini | ||
* ''Le Petit Prince'' by [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]] | * ''Le Petit Prince'' by [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]] | ||
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* ''[[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' by [[Mark Twain]] | * ''[[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' by [[Mark Twain]] | ||
* ''The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Peoples'' by [[Miguel de Unamuno]] | * ''The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Peoples'' by [[Miguel de Unamuno]] | ||
| − | * '' | + | * ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]'' by [[Jules Verne]] |
* ''The Purpose Driven Life'' by Rick Warren | * ''The Purpose Driven Life'' by Rick Warren | ||
| − | * ''The War of the Worlds'' by [[H. G. Wells]] | + | * ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' by [[H. G. Wells]] |
* ''A Man in Full'' by [[Tom Wolfe]] | * ''A Man in Full'' by [[Tom Wolfe]] | ||
* ''Musashi'' by Eiji Yoshikawa | * ''Musashi'' by Eiji Yoshikawa | ||
| − | + | * ''The Railway Children'' by [[E. Nesbit]] | |
[[Category:Professions]] | [[Category:Professions]] | ||
[[Category:Literature]] | [[Category:Literature]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Authors]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:10, June 28, 2016
An author is someone who writes a piece of literature such as might appear in a book or a magazine article.
The term author is usually used with works that have been mass-produced either in written or electronic form and have the capability to be widely read and distributed.
Authors and Books
There are several lists of "Top authors" or "Best seller" books. Some include:
- The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- The Treasury of Oz by L. Frank Baum
- Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens
- Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
- Miffy by Dick Bruna
- Answered Prayers by Truman Capote
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- The Plague by Albert Camus
- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- The Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
- Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy
- Shōgun by James Clavell
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad
- House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
- The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Middlemarch by George Eliot
- The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus
- The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
- The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes
- The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Don Juan by George Gordon, Lord Byron
- The Big Sky by A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
- A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
- The Iliad by Homer
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
- The Turn of The Screw by Henry James
- Ulysses by James Joyce
- The Stand by Stephen King
- The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling
- Guin Saga by Kaoru Kurimoto
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
- Independent People by Halldor Laxness
- The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
- The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
- Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
- Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
- Late and Posthumous Poems by Pablo Neruda
- U.S.A. by John Dos Passos
- The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
- In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
- The Double Flame by Octavio Paz
- The Godfather by Mario Puzo
- Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong
- Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo
- Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
- Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Blindness by Jose Saramago
- Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
- A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
- Hamlet by William Shakespeare
- The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead
- Perfume by Patrick Süskind
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes by Yoshiki Tanaka
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Peoples by Miguel de Unamuno
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
- The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
- The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
- A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe
- Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa
- The Railway Children by E. Nesbit