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- O. HenryAmerican writer (1862–1910)
- Occupe-toi d'Amélie!Occupe-toi d'Amélie is a three-act farce by Georges Feydeau. It was first produced at the
- Occupy MelbourneOccupy Melbourne was a social movement which took place from late 2011 to mid 2012 in Melb
- Occupy SydneyOccupy Sydney was a social movement and protest as part of the global Occupy movements, in
- Octave MirbeauFrench writer, art critic and journalist (1848–1917)
- Octave Mirbeau (sculpture)Octave Mirbeau is an 1895 plaster relief by Auguste Rodin of the writer Octave Mirbeau, no
- Octavia E. ButlerAmerican science fiction writer (1947–2006)
- Octavio PazMexican writer, poet and diplomat (1914–1998)
- Odysseas ElytisGreek poet and art critic
- Offending the AudienceOffending the Audience is a play by Austrian writer Peter Handke. It is sometimes called a
- Offensive backfieldThe offensive backfield is an ambiguous generic term of football, which includes: (1) a pl
- Ogden NashAmerican poet (1902–1971)
- Oh What a Paradise It SeemsOh What a Paradise It Seems is a 1982 novella by John Cheever. It is Cheever's last work o
- Okakura KakuzōJapanese scholar and art critic (1863–1913)
- Olaf StapledonEnglish novelist and philosopher (1886–1950)
- Olaudah EquianoBlack British abolitionist and writer (c. 1745 – 1797)
- Olavo BilacBrazilian Parnassian poet, journalist and translator
- Old Man Minick"Old Man Minick" is a short story by American author Edna Ferber first published in 1922.
- Olga BerggoltsRussian and Soviet poet
- Olga TokarczukPolish writer and activist (born 1962)
- Oliver GoldsmithAnglo-Irish writer (1728–1774)
- Ono no KomachiJapanese waka poet
- Oodgeroo NoonuccalAboriginal Australian poet, artist, teacher and campaigner for Indigenous rights
- Opéra bouffeOpéra bouffe (French pronunciation: , plural: opéras bouffes) is a genre of mid- to late 1
- Oriana FallaciItalian journalist and author (1929–2006)
- Orson Scott CardAmerican science fiction novelist (born 1951)
- Osamu DazaiJapanese writer (1909–1948)
- Osbert SitwellEnglish writer (1892–1969)
- Ōshikōchi no MitsuneŌshikōchi no Mitsune (凡河内 躬恒) was an early Heian administrator and waka poet of the Japane
- Osip MandelstamRussian and Soviet poet (1891–1938)
- Oswald de AndradeBrazilian poet novelist and cultural critic
- Ōtomo no YakamochiJapanese writer (718–785)
- Oton ŽupančičSlovene poet, translator, and playwright
- Ottavio RinucciniOttavio Rinuccini (20 January 1563 – 28 March 1621) was an Italian poet, courtier, and ope
- Ozaki KōyōJapanese writer (1868–1903)