A-Z of Authors Last Names

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Didn't know whether this belonged in the Literary Section or not but here is a quiz to entice book lovers of the forum to impart knowledge of material that may have had or has an initial bearing on the influence of the reader.
Of course, you might wish to impart an author because you have heard of them somewhere.
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Carmine Abate (born 24 October 1954) is an Italian writer. He has written numerous short stories, novels and essays, mainly focusing on issues of migration and the encounters between disparate cultures

Just to note, this quiz is structured alphabetically in order of last names, as it is easier to search for one, should someone want to participate. They may or may not include a short description.

Sean and Judy Barron-Mother and son co-authors of "There's A Boy In Here"

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772 -1834

Lake District Poet at the height of Romanticism, Literary Critic
Attended Cambridge
Father of Hartley Coleridge, correspondent of Branwell and Charlotte Brontë
Most famous for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Christabel and Kubla Khan
Opioid addict
Inspired JS Mill

Ruddy Doyle

George Eliot (pseudonym of MaryAnn Evans) 1819 - 1880

Poet, novelist, realist, critic
Influenced by German philosophy
Considered one of the greatest Victorian novelists
Her novel Middlemarch is heralded as the greatest novel in the English language
Famous for her countercultural lifestyle -- living with George Henry Lewes, who was in an open marriage
Sadly, she is also known for being exceedingly "ugly" -- and was harshly criticised for her appearance

Novels:
Adam Bede, 1859
The Mill on the Floss, 1860
Silas Marner, 1861
Romola, 1863
Felix Holt, the Radical, 1866
Middlemarch, 1871–72
Daniel Deronda, 1876

Viktor Frankl - author of Man’s Search for Meaning

Elizabeth Gaskell 1810 - 1865

Novelist, short story writer, biographer
Began writing to assuage depression, after the death of her infant son
Friend and correspondent of Charlotte Brontë following the deaths of Branwell, Emily and Anne (1848 - 1849)
The first biographer of Charlotte Brontë, following Charlotte's death in 1855
Her novels focus on contemporary women's issues in Victorian England

Novels:
Mary Barton (1848)
Ruth (1853)
North and South (1854–55)
Sylvia's Lovers (1863)
Wives and Daughters: An Everyday Story (1865)

Biography:
The Life of Charlotte Brontë (1857)

Ernest Hemingway

Washington Irving 1783 - 1859

Short story writer, essayist, biographer

Most notable works:
Rip Van Winkle (1819)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820)

Sounds like someone I need to read!

James Joyce

Marie Killilea

Author of Karen and With Love From Karen

Gaskell is one of the most overlooked Victorian authors. Her biography of Charlotte is controversial, but her novels are brilliant. I'm rereading Ruth right now. I'd recommend it first. It's a fallen woman, unwed mother theme.


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Margaret Laurence 1926 - 1987

Canadian novelist, poet, critic
Wrote of Métis themes
Lived between Canada and England
Writer in Residence at University of Toronto
Awarded the Governor General's Award and The Order of Canada
Died by suicide, suffering from lung cancer

Novels
This Side Jordan (1960)
The Stone Angel (1964)
A Jest of God (1966)
The Fire-Dwellers (1969)
The Diviners (1974)

Herman Melville

Moby Dick
Typee
Omoo

Vladimir Nabokov

H.G. Wells

Author of The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds and more!

George Orwell

Animal Farm
1984