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- R. C. SherriffEnglish playwright and novelist (1896–1975)
- R. K. NarayanIndian writer (1906–2001)
- R. L. StineAmerican writer and producer (born 1943)
- Rachel de QueirozBrazilian author, translator and journalist (1910–2003)
- Ragged DickRagged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks is a Bildungsroman by Horati
- Raimundo CorreiaRaimundo da Mota de Azevedo Correia (13 May 1859 – 13 September 1911) was a Brazilian Parn
- Raimundo Díaz PachecoRaimundo Díaz Pacheco (1906 - October 30, 1950) was a political activist and the Treasurer
- Raja RaoIndian-American English writer
- Ralph EllisonAmerican novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1913–1994)
- Ralph J. GleasonAmerican music critic (1917–1975)
- Rasul GamzatovAvar poet (1923–2003)
- Raul PompeiaBrazilian writer (1863–1895)
- Raymond CarverAmerican story writer and poet (1938–1988)
- Raymond QueneauFrench novelist and poet (1903–1976)
- Rebecca WalkerAmerican writer (born 1969)
- Rebecca WestBritish author and journalist (1892–1983)
- RecanatiRecanati (Italian pronunciation: ) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Macerata,
- Remembering BabylonRemembering Babylon is a book by David Malouf, published in 1993. It won the inaugural Int
- Renato SimoniItalian journalist, playwright, writer and critic
- René BelbenoîtFrench criminal and author (1899–1959)
- René CharFrench poet and resistance member (1907–1988)
- Rex StoutAmerican writer (1886–1975)
- RexurdimentoThe Rexurdimento (Galician for Resurgence) was a period in the History of Galicia during t
- Ricardo GüiraldesArgentine novelist and poet (1886–1927)
- Richard AldingtonEnglish writer and poet (1892–1962)
- Richard CrashawEnglish poet and cleric (c.1613 – 1649)
- Richard FlanaganAustralian novelist
- Richard GenéeAustrian librettist, playwright and composer (1823–1895)
- Richard SteeleAnglo-Irish writer and politician (1671–1729)
- Richard Wright (author)American novelist and poet (1908–1960)
- Richard Yates (novelist)American writer (1926–1992)
- Rick RiordanAmerican author (born 1964)
- Robert BridgesBritish poet (1844-1930)
- Robert BrowningEnglish poet and playwright (1812–1889)
- Robert Caesar ChildersRobert Caesar Childers (; 1838 – 25 July 1876) was a British Orientalist and the compiler
- Robert CapaHungarian-American photographer (1913–1954)
- Robert ChristgauAmerican music journalist (born 1942)
- Robert DesnosFrench writer
- Robert DoisneauFrench photographer
- Robert E. HowardAmerican pulp fiction writer (1906–1936)
- Robert E. SherwoodAmerican writer (1896–1955)
- Robert FergussonScottish poet and writer
- Robert FiskEnglish writer and journalist (1946–2020)
- Robert G. ShaverRobert Glenn Shaver (April 18, 1831 – January 13, 1915) was an American lawyer, militia le
- Robert GravesEnglish poet, novelist and critic (1895–1985)
- Robert Henryson15th-century Scottish makar (poet)
- Robert Herrick (poet)English poet and cleric (1591–1674)
- Robert Hughes (critic)Australian art critic (1938–2012)
- Robert LowellAmerican poet (1917–1977)
- Robert LudlumAmerican novelist (1927–2001)
- Robert MusilAustrian philosophical writer (1880–1942)
- Robert Parker (wine critic)American wine critic
- Robert Penn WarrenAmerican poet, novelist, and literary critic (1905–1989)
- Robert PingetFrench writer (1919–1997)
- Robert SoutheyEnglish romantic poet (1774–1843)
- Robert Southwell (priest)English Jesuit
- Roberto BolañoChilean writer (1953–2003)
- Roberto NobleArgentine politician, journalist and publisher
- Robin MorganAmerican poet, writer and activist (1941–2026)
- Roddy DoyleIrish author and screenwriter (born 1958)
- RodłoThe Rodło is a Polish emblem used since 1932 by the Union of Poles in Germany. It is a sty
- Roger HargreavesEnglish author and illustrator (1935–1988)
- Roger Martin du GardFrench novelist (1881-1958)
- RokkasenThe Rokkasen (六歌仙, "six poetry immortals") are six Japanese poets of the mid-ninth century
- RollotRollot (French pronunciation: ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in
- Rómulo GallegosVenezuelan politician and writer (1884–1969)
- Ronan FarrowAmerican journalist (born 1987)
- Rosa CollazoRosa Collazo a.k.a. Rosa Cortez-Collazo (1904 – May 1988) was a political activist and tre
- Rosalía de CastroSpanish Galician poet, writer (1837–1885)
- Rosario CastellanosMexican poet and author (1925–1974)
- Rose Hawthorne LathropRose Hawthorne Lathrop, OP, also known as Mother Mary Alphonsa (May 20, 1851 – July 9, 192
- Ross MacdonaldAmerican writer (1915–1983)
- Rota (poem)Rota ("The Oath") is an early 20th-century Polish poem, as well as a celebratory anthem, o
- Roxane GayAmerican writer (born 1974)
- Royal Freeman NashRoyal Freeman Nash (February 22, 1885 – April 28, 1982) was an American civil rights activ
- Royal Sussex RegimentThe Royal Sussex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was in exi
- Rubén DaríoNicaraguan poet, journalist and writer (1867–1916)
- Rudolf AugsteinGerman journalist (1923–2002)
- Rupert BrookeEnglish poet (1887–1915)
- Rupi KaurIndian-Canadian poet (born 1992)
- Rush LimbaughAmerican political commentator (1951–2021)
- Russian postmodernismRussian postmodernism refers to the cultural, artistic, and philosophical condition in Rus
- Russian symbolismRussian symbolism was an intellectual, literary and artistic movement predominant at the e
- Ruth ParkNew Zealand-born Australian writer (1917–2010)
- Ruth Prawer JhabvalaBritish-American writer (1927–2013)
- Ryōtarō ShibaJapanese writer (1923–1996)
- Ryszard KapuścińskiPolish journalist, photographer and author (1932–2007)