Famous Writers

An alphabetical listing of all the famous writers posted on the ArtQuotes.net website. New authors will be listed each month with poets, novelists, essayists, biographers, art critics, historians, self help authors and more.

To see writers listed by genre or other categorizations see the Big List of Writers here.

All Famous Writers A to Z

• Jane Austen – Novelist Quotes – Popular English writer and novelist known for books like ‘Sense and Sensibility’ and ‘Pride and Prejudice.’
• Francis Bacon – Philosopher Quotes – Famous English philosopher, essayist, and statesman known for his thoughts on empiricism.
• Charles Baudelaire – Poetry Quotes – Famous French poet, art critic, translator, and philosopher.
• Nick Cave – Music Quotes – Famous Australian musician, poet, songwriter, composer, novelist and singer.
• Ernest Hemingway – Novelist Quotes – Popular American author, novelist, journalist, essayist and short story writer.
• Robert Hughes – Art Critic Quotes – Famous Australian born writer, art critic, historian and television presenter.
• Arthur Rimbaud – Poet Quotes – Popular French poet that influenced modernist literature and art movements.
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti – Art Quotes – Notable English painter and poet associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood art movement.
• John Ruskin – Art Quotes – Notable British writer, art critic, philosopher, poet and essayist who promoted the Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood artists.
• William Shakespeare – Playwright Quotes – One of the greatest playwrights and dramatists of the English speaking world.
• Patti Smith – Singer Quotes – American punk-rock singer, poet, songwriter, activist, feminist and published author.
• Andy Warhol – Art Quotes – Biography – Famous American artist and leading pop artist know for his commercially driven prints and paintings.
• Oscar Wilde – Playwright Quotes – Famous Irish playwright, poet, novelist and essayist known for his popular plays and quotable quotes.

More on the List of Notable Authors

I’ll be updating this list of famous writers every week. Let me know in the comments below which authors are missing from the list. I’m only adding writers who are very well known so they’ve probably written at least a few books. See our big list of Famous Writer Quotes where there’s one quotation or saying from each of the authors listed above.

See also our list of Famous Artists.