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- A Cheery SoulA Cheery Soul is a 1963 play by Australian writer Patrick White set in the fictional Sydne
- A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other StoriesA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories (published in the United Kingdom as The Artif
- A Small Family BusinessA Small Family Business is a play by Alan Ayckbourn about the eponymous business and deali
- A. A. MilneEnglish writer (1882–1956)
- A. D. HopeAustralian poet and essayist (1907–2000)
- A. E. HousmanEnglish classicist and poet (1859–1936)
- A. E. van VogtCanadian-American science fiction writer (1912–2000)
- A. S. ByattBritish writer (1936–2023)
- Abai QunanbaiulyKazakh poet and composer (1845–1904)
- Abbé PrévostFrench novelist (1697–1763)
- Abd al-Rahman al-MajdoubMoroccan poet, Sufi and mystic (1506–1568)
- Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazzAbbasid prince, poet and politician (861–908)
- Abdul Rahim Khan-i-KhananMughal court poet and minister (1556–1627)
- Abdulrazak GurnahNovelist and Nobel laureate (born 1948)
- Aboul-Qacem EchebbiTunisian poet (1909–1934)
- Abraham Cowley17th-century English writer
- Absurd Person SingularAbsurd Person Singular is a 1972 play by Alan Ayckbourn. Divided into three acts, it docum
- Abu al-AtahiyaArab poet of the Abbasid period (c.748-c.828)
- Abu TammamMuslim Arab poet of Abbasid era (died 850)
- Achim von ArnimGerman poet and novelist (1781–1831)
- Ada Louise HuxtableAmerican architecture writer (1921–2013)
- Adam HargreavesAdam Hargreaves (born 18 June 1963) is an English author and illustrator. The son of the l
- Adam Lindsay GordonBritish-Australian poet, horseman, police officer and politician
- Adelaide Anne ProcterEnglish poet and philanthropist (1825–1864)
- Adi ibn Zayd6th-century Arab Christian poet
- Adjunct professors in North AmericaIn North America, an adjunct professor, also known as an adjunct lecturer or adjunct instr
- Adonis (poet)Syrian poet, writer and translator (born 1930)
- Adrian CurlewisSir Adrian Herbert Curlewis, CVO, CBE (13 January 1901 – 16 June 1985) was an Australian b
- Afanasy FetRussian poet (1820–1892)
- Affleck baronetsThe Affleck Baronetcy, of Dalham Hall in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronet
- AfsanehAfsaneh (Persian: افسانه) is a poem by Nima Yooshij, published in December 1923 which is c
- Agha Hashar KashmiriUrdu poet and playwright (1879-1935)
- Agnes SmedleyAmerican journalist and writer
- Agness UnderwoodAmerican journalist and newspaper editor (1902-1984)
- Agrippa d'AubignéFrench poet (1552–1630)
- Ahlam MosteghanemiAlgerian writer
- Ahmed Ali (writer)Indian writer and diplomat (1910–1994)
- Ahmed Fouad NegmEgyptian poet
- Aimé CésaireMartinican writer, poet and politician (1913–2008)
- Al-Akhtal al-TaghlibiIraqi poet (640-708)
- Al-FarazdaqArab poet (c. 641-728/30)
- Al-Hariri of BasraArab poet and scholar (1054–1122)
- Al-MutanabbiArab poet (c. 915 – 965)
- Alain MabanckouCongolese writer (born 1966)
- Alan AyckbournEnglish playwright (born 1939)
- Alan Campbell (screenwriter)Alan K. Campbell (February 21, 1904 – June 14, 1963) was an American writer, stage actor,
- Alan HollinghurstEnglish novelist (born 1954)
- Alan I. GreenAlan Ivan Green (November 7, 1943 – November 26, 2020) was an American psychiatrist. He wa
- Alan LightmanAmerican physicist, writer, and novelist (born 1948)
- Alan MooreBritish writer (born 1953)
- Alan MooreheadAustralian journalist and war correspondent
- Alan PatonSouth African author (1903–1988)
- Alan S. C. RossAlan Strode Campbell Ross (1 February 1907 – 23 September 1980) was a British academic spe
- Albert Cohen (novelist)Greek-born Swiss novelist (1895–1981)
- Albert FaceyAustralian writer and World War I veteran (1894–1982)
- Albert Joseph MooreAlbert Joseph Moore (4 September 1841 – 25 September 1893) was an English painter, known f
- Albert WendtSamoan poet and writer
- Alberto de OliveiraBrazilian poet, pharmacist and professor
- Alberto MoraviaItalian novelist and journalist (1907–1990)
- AlcaeusGreek lyric poet (c. 625/620 – c. 580 BC)
- Aldous HuxleyEnglish writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
- Aleksandr I. KuprinRussian author (1870–1938)
- Aleksei KruchyonykhRussian futurist poet and artist
- Aleksey Konstantinovich TolstoyRussian poet, novelist, and playwright
- Aleksey Nikolayevich TolstoyRussian and Soviet writer (1883–1945)
- Aleksey PisemskyRussian novelist and dramatist (1821–1881)
- Aleksey RemizovRussian author
- Aleksis KiviNational writer of Finland (1834–1872)
- Alessandro ManzoniItalian poet and novelist (1785–1873)
- Alessandro StriggioAlessandro Striggio (c. 1536/1537 – 29 February 1592) was an Italian composer, instrumenta
- Alessandro Striggio the YoungerItalian opera librettist
- Alex HaleyAmerican writer (1921–1992)
- Alexander BelyaevSoviet writer (1884–1942)
- Alexander BlokRussian poet (1880–1921)
- Alexander Fadeyev (writer)Soviet writer and politician (1901–1956)
- Alexander GriboyedovRussian diplomat, playwright, poet and composer (1795-1829)
- Alexander GrinRussian writer (1880–1932)
- Alexander KiellandNorwegian realist writer (1849–1906)
- Alexander OstrovskyRussian playwright (1823–1886)
- Alexander RadishchevRussian author (1749–1802)
- Alexander SumarokovRussian poet and playwright (1717–1777)
- Alexandra StyronClaire Alexandra Styron, known as Alexandra Styron, is an American author and professor.
- Alexandre Dumas filsFrench writer and dramatist (1824–1895)
- Alfonsina StorniArgentine poet (1892–1938)
- Alfred AustinEnglish poet (1835–1913)
- Alfred de MussetFrench writer (1810–1857)
- Alfred de VignyFrench poet, playwright, and novelist (1797–1863)
- Alfred DöblinGerman novelist, essayist, and doctor (1878–1957)
- Alfred EisenstaedtGerman-born American photojournalist (1898–1995)
- Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount NorthcliffeBritish newspaper and publishing magnate (1865–1922)
- Alfred JarryFrench symbolist writer (1873–1907)
- Alfred NoyesEnglish poet (1880–1958)
- Ali-Shir Nava'iTurkic poet and politician (1441–1501)
- Alice MunroCanadian short story writer (1931–2024)
- Alice WalkerAmerican author and activist (born 1944)
- Alistair MacLeanScottish writer (1922–1987)
- Alki ZeiGreek writer (1923–2020)
- Allan Ramsay (poet)Scottish poet (1686–1758)
- Allen GinsbergAmerican poet and writer (1926–1997)
- AlmazánAlmazán (Spanish pronunciation: ) is a municipality located in the province of Soria, Cast
- Almighty dollar"Almighty dollar" is an idiom often used to satirize obsession with material wealth, or wi
- Aloysius BertrandFrench poet (1807–1841)
- Aluísio AzevedoBrazilian writer and diplomat (1857–1913)
- Ama Ata AidooGhanaian writer and politician (1942–2023)
- AmbatofotsyAmbatofotsy is a town and commune in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Ikongo, whi
- Ambrose BierceAmerican writer (1842 – c. 1914)
- Amelia OpieEnglish novelist and abolitionist (1769–1853)
- American modernismAmerican modernism, much like the modernism movement in general, is a trend of philosophic
- Amir HamzahIndonesian poet (1911–1946)
- Amiri BarakaAfrican-American writer (1934–2014)
- Amok (novella)Amok is a novella by the Austrian author Stefan Zweig. First printed in the newspaper Neue
- Amos OzIsraeli writer, journalist and intellectual (1939–2018)
- Amos TutuolaNigerian writer (1920–1997)
- Amr ibn KulthumPoet and chieftain of the Taghlib tribe
- Amy LowellAmerican poet (1874–1925)
- Amy TanAmerican novelist (born 1952)
- Anaïs NinFrench-born American author (1903–1977)
- Anatole FranceFrench author and journalist (1844–1924)
- Anders Castus SvarstadAnders Castus Svarstad (22 May 1869 – 22 August 1943) was a Norwegian painter, most freque
- Anderson CooperAmerican journalist (born 1967)
- André BretonFrench co-founder of Surrealism (1896–1966)
- André ChénierFrench poet (1762–1794)
- Andrei BelyRussian poet, writer and critic (1880–1934)
- Andrei PlatonovRussian author
- Andrew Hamilton (lawyer)Andrew Hamilton (c.1676 – August 4, 1741) was a Scottish lawyer in the Thirteen Colonies w
- Andrew MarvellEnglish poet and politician (1621–1678)
- Andrew MotionEnglish poet and writer (born 1952)
- Andrzej SapkowskiPolish fantasy writer
- Anecdote of the Jar"Anecdote of the Jar" is a poem from Wallace Stevens's first book of poetry, Harmonium. Wa
- Àngel GuimeràSpanish writer, poet and playwright
- Angra dos ReisAngra dos Reis (Portuguese pronunciation: ; Portuguese for cove or bay of the Kings) is a
- AnhelliAnhelli is a prose poem written by Polish Romantic-era poet and dramatist Juliusz Słowacki
- Ann CoulterAmerican conservative political activist (born 1961)
- Ann M. MartinAmerican writer of children's literature
- Ann RadcliffeEnglish novelist (1764–1823)
- Ann RuleAmerican true crime author (1931–2015)
- Anna Laetitia BarbauldEnglish author (1743–1825)
- Anna Louise StrongAmerican journalist (1885–1970)
- Anna PolitkovskayaRussian journalist (1958–2006)
- Anna SewellEnglish novelist (1820–1878)
- Anna WintourBritish and American media executive (born 1949)
- Anne BradstreetAnglo-American poet (1612–1672)
- Anne Bradstreet (Salem witch trials)Anne Wood Price Bradstreet (c. 1650 – 1707) was the wife of Dudley Bradstreet and accused
- Anne BrontëEnglish novelist and poet (1820–1849)
- Anne EnrightIrish writer (born 1962)
- Anne GolonFrench author (1921–2017)
- Anne McCaffreyIrish science fiction writer (1926–2011)
- Anne PerryEnglish author (1938–2023)
- Anne RiceAmerican author (1941–2021)
- Anne SextonAmerican poet (1928–1974)
- Anne TylerAmerican novelist (born 1941)
- Annie M.G. SchmidtDutch writer (1911–1995)
- Another Day of LifeAnother Day of Life (Polish: Jeszcze dzień życia) is a non-fiction record of three months
- Antarah ibn ShaddadArabian warrior and poet (525-608)
- Anthony BurgesAnthony Burges or Burgess (died 1664) was a Nonconformist English clergyman, a prolific pr
- Anthony BurgessEnglish writer and composer (1917–1993)
- Anthony PowellEnglish novelist (1905–2000)
- Anthony ThwaiteAnthony Simon Thwaite OBE (23 June 1930 – 22 April 2021) was an English poet and critic, w
- Anthony TrollopeEnglish novelist (1815–1882)
- Antiochus KantemirMoldavian diplomat (1708–1744)
- Antoine de RivarolFrench writer (1753–1801)
- Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFrench writer and aviator (1900–1944)
- Antoine GallandFrench orientalist, numismatist and translator (1646–1715)
- Anton DonchevBulgarian author (1930–2022)
- Anton Wildgans PrizeThe Anton Wildgans Prize of Austrian Industry is a literary award that was endowed in 1962
- Antonio CandidoAntonio Candido de Mello e Souza (July 24, 1918 – May 12, 2017) was a Brazilian writer, pr
- Antonio García GutiérrezSpanish Romantic dramatist
- Antonio GhislanzoniItalian journalist, poet, and novelist
- Antonio Gil y ZárateAntonio Gil y Zárate (1 December 1793–27 January 1861) was a Spanish dramatist and pedagog
- Antonio MachadoSpanish poet (1875–1939)
- Antonio Machado (Madrid Metro)Antonio Machado is a station on Line 7 of the Madrid Metro, near the Calle de Antonio Mach
- Aphra BehnEnglish playwright, poet and spy (1640–1689)
- Aravind AdigaIndian journalist and author
- ArchilochusAncient Greek lyric poet (c. 680 – c. 645 BC)
- Ariwara no MotokataAriwara no Motokata (在原元方, dates unknown, fl. late 800s – 900s CE) was a Japanese waka poe
- Ariwara no NarihiraJapanese writer, courtier and waka poet (825–880)
- Arkady and Boris StrugatskySoviet and Russian brothers, writer duo
- Arne GarborgNorwegian writer (1851–1924)
- Arrigo BoitoItalian librettist and composer (1842–1918)
- Arsen KotsoyevOssetian writer (1872–1944)
- Art ShayArt Shay (March 31, 1922 – April 28, 2018) was an American photographer and writer.
- Art SpiegelmanAmerican cartoonist (born 1948)
- Arthur Bell NichollsArthur Bell Nicholls (6 January 1819 – 2 December 1906) was the husband of the English nov
- Arthur HaileyBritish Canadian writer (1920–2004)
- Arthur KramerArthur Kramer (January 10, 1927 − January 26, 2008) was the founding partner of law firm K
- Artur AzevedoArtur Nabantino Gonçalves de Azevedo (7 July 1855 – 22 October 1908) was a Brazilian playw
- Arturo Pérez-ReverteSpanish writer and journalist
- Arundhati RoyIndian author and activist (born 1961)
- Assia DjebarAlgerian feminist novelist (1936–2015)
- Athol FugardSouth African playwright (1932–2025)
- Atlantic, PennsylvaniaAtlantic is a census-designated place (CDP) in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United State
- Attempted exclusion of Egon Kisch from AustraliaIn late 1934 and early 1935, the United Australia Party government of Joseph Lyons failed
- Attila JózsefHungarian poet (1905–1937)
- Auden GroupThe Auden Group, also called Auden Generation and sometimes simply the Thirties poets, was
- Audre LordeAmerican writer and feminist activist (1934–1992)
- August WilsonAmerican playwright (1945–2005)
- Augusta WilsonAugusta Jane Wilson (née Evans; May 8, 1835 – May 9, 1909), was an American author of Sout
- Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-AdamFrench symbolist writer
- Augusto dos AnjosBrazilian poet and teacher
- Augusto Roa BastosParaguayan writer (1917–2005)
- Aunt Jane's Nieces at WorkAunt Jane's Nieces at Work is a 1909 young adult novel, written by L. Frank Baum, famous a
- Australian Women's Army ServiceThe Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) was a non-medical women's service established i
- Axel SpringerGerman publisher (1912–1985)