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- V. S. NaipaulTrinidadian writer (1932–2018)
- Vaishnava Matabja BhaskaraThe Vaishnava Matabja Bhaskara (IAST: Vaiṣṇava Mātābja Bhāskara, Sanskrit: वैष्णवमताब्जभास
- VeveyTown in Vaud, Switzerland
- Victor HugoFrench writer and politician (1802–1885)
- Victorian literatureEnglish literature during the era of Queen Victoria
- Vinaya PatrikaHindu hymn
- Virgil1st-century-BC Roman poet
- Virginia WoolfEnglish modernist writer (1882–1941)
- Vitalie Rimbaud (1858–1875)Vitalie Rimbaud (born Jeanne Rosalie Vitalie Rimbaud; 15 June 1858 in Charleville – 18 Dec
- Vladimir MayakovskyRussian poet (1893–1930)
- Vladimir NabokovRussian and American novelist (1899–1977)
- VoltaireFrench writer and philosopher (1694–1778)