List of centenarians (authors, poets and journalists)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as authors, poets and journalists – known for reasons other than their longevity

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Name	Lifespan	Age	Notability
Said Akl Said Akl Said Akl is a Lebanese poet, writer, and playwright. He is considered one of the most important modern Lebanese poets. He is also a staunch advocate of Lebanese identity and nationalism and the Lebanese language, designing a Latin-based Lebanese alphabet made up of 37 letters.-Early life:Akl was...	1911–		Lebanese writer and poet
Francisco Ayala Francisco Ayala (novelist) Francisco Ayala García-Duarte was a Spanish writer, the last representative of the Generation of '27.- Biography :...	1906–2009	103	Spanish novelist
Ba Jin Ba Jin Li Yaotang , courtesy name Feigan , is considered to be one of the most important and widely-read Chinese writers of the 20th century. He wrote under the pen name of Ba Jin , Pa Chin, Li Fei-Kan, Li Pei-Kan, Pa Kin, allegedly taking his pseudonym from Russian anarchists Bakunin and Kropotkin...	1904–2005	100	Chinese author
Ralph Bates Ralph Bates (writer) Ralph Bates was an English novelist. He is best known for his writings on pre–Civil War Spain.-Life:Bates was born in Swindon, England in 1899 and as a teenager worked at the Great Western Railway factory...	1899–2000	101	English novelist
Georgina Battiscombe Georgina Battiscombe Georgina Battiscombe was a British biographer, specialising mainly in lives from the Victorian era....	1905–2006	100	British biographer
Pierre Béarn Pierre Béarn Pierre Béarn was a French writer. He was born Louis-Gabriel Besnard in Bucharest, Romania.He is known to Anglophones for his poem "Couleurs d'usine", which includes the line Métro boulot bistrots mégots dodo zéro A multifaceted personality, at one time a journalist, novelist,...	1902–2004	102	French poet
José Bello José Bello José "Pepín" Bello Lasierra was a Spanish intellectual and writer.Bello, born in Huesca, Aragon, was the son of engineer Severino Poëysuan Bello. His parents were friends of such Spanish intellectuals as Joaquin Costa, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, and Francisco Giner de los Rios...	1904–2008	103	Spanish writer
Harry Bernstein Harry Bernstein Harry Louis Bernstein was a British-born American writer whose first published book, The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers, dealt with his long suffering mother Ada's struggles to feed her six children; an abusive, alcoholic father, Yankel; the anti-Semitism Bernstein and his Jewish...	1910–2011	101	English-American author
H. J. Blackham H. J. Blackham Harold John Blackham was a leading British humanist and writer on philosophical and historical subjects....	1903–2009	105	British humanist Secular humanism Secular Humanism, alternatively known as Humanism , is a secular philosophy that embraces human reason, ethics, justice, and the search for human fulfillment... author and philosopher
Lesley Blanch Lesley Blanch Lesley Blanch, MBE, FRSL was an English writer, fashion editor and writer of history....	1904–2007	102	English author and fashion critic
Ralph de Boissière Ralph de Boissière Ralph Anthony Charles de Boissière was an Trinidad-born Australian social realist novelist.Ralph de Boissière was born in Port of Spain, the son of Armand de Boissière, a solicitor, and Maude Harper, an English woman who died three weeks later...	1907–2008	100	Trinidadian-Australian author
Arthur Judson Brown Arthur Judson Brown Arthur Judson Brown was an influential American clergyman, missionary and prolific author.Brown was born in Holliston, Massachusetts, and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1883...	1856–1963	106	American clergy Clergy Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. A clergyman, churchman or cleric is a member of the clergy, especially one who is a priest, preacher, pastor, or other religious professional.... man, missionary Missionary A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin... and author
Fulgence Charpentier Fulgence Charpentier Fulgence Charpentier, OC was a French-Canadian journalist, editor and publisher.Born in Sainte-Anne-de-Prescott, Ontario, Charpentier's career included diplomatic, political and bureaucratic positions, but his first love had been journalism ever since he began his reporting career at Montreal's Le...	1897–2001	103	Canadian journalist Journalist A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A... and columnist Columnist A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs....
Nirad C. Chaudhuri Nirad C. Chaudhuri Italic textNirad C. Chaudhuri was a Bengali−English writer and cultural commentator...	1897–1999	101	Bengali-Indian writer
Yehuda Chitrik Yehuda Chitrik Rabbi Yehuda Chitrik was an author and Mashpia in the Chabad Hasidic community in Brooklyn, New York.-Early life:...	1899–2006	106	American-Jewish author and Mashpia Mashpia Mashpia lit. "person of influence", pl. Mashpi'im is the title of a rabbi or rebbetzin who serves as a spiritual mentor in Tomchei Temimim , in a girls' seminary belonging to the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, or in a Chabad community.-Definition:Although counterparts to the mashpia exist in...
Julia Clements Julia Clements Julia, Lady Clements OBE was an English flower arranger and lecturer on floral arranging whose career spanned over sixty years. She wrote some 20 bestselling books on the subject of flower arranging, as well as contributing to a variety of publications on gardening...	1906–2010	104	English author and flower arranger
Norman Corwin Norman Corwin Norman Lewis Corwin was an American writer, screenwriter, producer, essayist and teacher of journalism and writing...	1910–2011	101	American writer, screenwriter, and producer
Victoriano Crémer Victoriano Crémer Victoriano Crémer was a Spanish poet, journalist and "official chronicler of the city of León, Spain." The Latin American Herald Tribune described Cremer as Spain's "longest lived poet" in 2009....	1906–2009	102	Spanish poet
Fleur Cowles Fleur Cowles Fleur Fenton Cowles was an American writer, editor and artist best known as the creative force behind the short-lived Flair magazine.-Personal:...	1908–2009	101	American author, editor Copy editing Copy editing is the work that an editor does to improve the formatting, style, and accuracy of text. Unlike general editing, copy editing might not involve changing the substance of the text. Copy refers to written or typewritten text for typesetting, printing, or publication... and artist
Ève Curie Ève Curie Ève Denise Curie Labouisse was a French-American writer, journalist and pianist. Ève Curie was the younger daughter of Marie Curie and Pierre Curie. Her sister was Irène Joliot-Curie and her brother-in-law Frédéric Joliot-Curie...	1904–2007	102	Daughter of Marie Curie Marie Curie Marie Skłodowska-Curie was a physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry... and American author of biography of her mother
Geoffrey Dearmer Geoffrey Dearmer Geoffrey Dearmer LVO was a British poet. He was the son of Anglican liturgist and hymnologist Percy Dearmer.During World War I, Dearmer was commissioned and served with the London Regiment at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. Many of his poems dealt with the overall brutality of war and...	1893–1996	103	British poet Poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
Annie Elizabeth Delany	1891–1995	104	American author and civil rights pioneer
Sarah Louise Delany	1889–1999	109	American author and civil rights pioneer
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Marjory Stoneman Douglas Marjory Stoneman Douglas was an American journalist, writer, feminist, and environmentalist known for her staunch defense of the Everglades against efforts to drain it and reclaim land for development...	1890–1998	108	American conservationist and writer
Milt Dunnell Milt Dunnell Milt Dunnell was a Canadian sportswriter, known chiefly for his work at the Toronto Star.Born in St. Marys, Ontario, Dunnell entered journalism with the Stratford Beacon Herald in the 1920s, later becoming the sports editor. He joined the Star as a sportswriter in 1942, becoming sports editor in...	1905–2008	102	Canadian sportswriter
Richard Eberhart Richard Eberhart Richard Ghormley Eberhart was an American poet who published more than a dozen books of poetry and approximately twenty works in total...	1904–2005	101	American Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City... winning poet
Julius Eisenstein Julius Eisenstein Julius Eisenstein was a Polish-Jewish-American writer born in Międzyrzec Podlaski, a city in Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship, Congress Poland....	1854–1956	101	Russian-American writer and historian
Jeannette Eyerly Jeannette Eyerly Jeannette Eyerly was a writer of Young-adult fiction for girls and a columnist. She was a pioneer in dealing with controversial topics in novels for young people. Among the themes that appeared in her books were teenage pregnancy, alcohol abuse, and drug use...	1908–2008	100	American writer
Juan Filloy Juan Filloy Juan Filloy was an Argentinian writer. At various times, he was also a swimmer and a boxing referee. He spoke seven languages. Most of his life was spent in Rio Cuarto, south of Córdoba, where he served as a judge....	1894–2000	105	Argentinian writer
Neta Lohnes Frazier Neta Lohnes Frazier Neta Lohnes Frazier was a children's author. Known for her books about the Pacific Northwest, she published 14 books between 1947 and 1973, most notably Stout-Hearted Seven, The Magic Ring, Secret Friend, My Love Is a Gypsy and Little Rhody.She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University...	1890–1990	100	American children's author
Mariana Frenk-Westheim Mariana Frenk-Westheim Mariana Frenk-Westheim was a writer of Spanish-Mexican prose, hispanist, lecturer of literature, museum expert and one of the most important Mexican translators....	1898–2004	106	German-Spanish writer
Dorothy Frooks Dorothy Frooks Dorothy Frooks was an American author, publisher, military figure and actress. An intriguing figure for most of her long life, Frooks was active in public affairs and in the military....	1896–1997	101	American author, publisher, military figure and actress
Luciana Frassati Gawronska Luciana Frassati Gawronska Luciana Frassati Gawronska was an Italian writer and author. Gawronska was a prominent anti-Nazi and anti-Fascist activist in both Poland and Italy and was considered a champion of Roman Catholic causes.-Early life:...	1902–2007	105	Polish-Italian author
Margot Gayle Margot Gayle Margot McCoy Gayle was an American historic preservationist and author who helped save the Victorian cast-iron architecture in New York City's SoHo district.-Life and career:...	1908–2008	100	American author and historical preservationist
Edward K. Gaylord Edward K. Gaylord Edward King Gaylord , often referred to as E.K. Gaylord, was the owner and publisher of the Daily Oklahoman newspaper , as well as a radio and television entrepreneur. Born in Kansas and educated in Colorado, he worked on several publications before moving to Oklahoma and buying an interest in the...	1873–1974	101	American newspaper publisher and philanthropist
Itche Goldberg Itche Goldberg Itche Goldberg was a Yiddish writer of children's books, poet, librettist, educator, literary critic, camp director, publisher, fundraiser, essayist, literary editor, Yiddish language and culture scholar, and left-wing political activist...	1904–2006	102	Yiddish Yiddish language Yiddish is a High German language of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, spoken throughout the world. It developed as a fusion of German dialects with Hebrew, Aramaic, Slavic languages and traces of Romance languages... writer, scholar and political activist
George F. Grant George F. Grant George F. Grant was an angler, author and conservationist from Butte, Montana. He was active for many years on the Big Hole River.-Biography:...	1906–2008	102	American author on angling Fisherman A fisherman or fisher is someone who captures fish and other animals from a body of water, or gathers shellfish. Worldwide, there are about 38 million commercial and subsistence fishermen and fish farmers. The term can also be applied to recreational fishermen and may be used to describe both men... and innovator of fly tying Fly tying Fly tying is the process of producing an artificial fly to be used by anglers to catch fish via means of fly fishing. Probably the most concise description of fly tying is the one by Helen Shaw, a preeminent American professional fly tyer in Fly-Tying....
Ruth Gruber Ruth Gruber Ruth Gruber is an American journalist, photographer, writer, humanitarian and a former United States government official.-Early life:...	1911-		American journalist and writer
Andrés Henestrosa Andrés Henestrosa Andrés Henestrosa Morales was a Mexican writer and politician. In addition to his prose and poetry, Henestrosa was elected to the federal legislature, serving three terms in the Chamber of Deputies, and as a senator for the state of Oaxaca from 1982 to 1988...	1906–2008	101	Mexican writer and politician
Clare Hollingworth Clare Hollingworth Clare Hollingworth is a British journalist and author who is noted as the first war correspondent to report the outbreak of World War II.-Career:...	1911-		British journalist, first correspondent to report on World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
William Arthur Irwin William Arthur Irwin William Arthur Irwin, often credited as W. Arthur Irwin , was a Canadian journalist and diplomat. He is best known for his work on Maclean's, a magazine with which he held various positions across a quarter of a century...	1898–1999	101	Canadian journalist and diplomat
Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh	1892–1997	105	Iranian writer
Elizabeth Jenkins Elizabeth Jenkins (author) Margaret Elizabeth Jenkins was an English novelist and biographer of Jane Austen, Henry Fielding, Lady Caroline Lamb, Joseph Lister and Elizabeth I.-Early life:...	1905–2010	104	English novelist
Ernst Jünger Ernst Jünger Ernst Jünger was a German writer. In addition to his novels and diaries, he is well known for Storm of Steel, an account of his experience during World War I. Some say he was one of Germany's greatest modern writers and a hero of the conservative revolutionary movement following World War I...	1895–1998	102	German writer
Joseph Nathan Kane Joseph Nathan Kane Joseph Nathan Kane was an American non-fiction writer.-Early life:Kane was the oldest of three children in his family born to Jewish parents. His father was Albert Kane and his mother was Hulda Kane. At the time he grew up he lived at Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York City...	1899–2002	103	American author
Bel Kaufman Bel Kaufman Bella "Bel" Kaufman is an American teacher and author, best known for writing the 1965 bestselling novel Up the Down Staircase.-Early life:...	1911 –		German-born American novelist and professor
Hans Keilson Hans Keilson Hans Alex Keilson was a Jewish German/Dutch novelist, poet, psychoanalyst, and child psychologist. He was best known for his novels set during the Second World War, during which he was an active member of the Dutch resistance....	1909–2011	101	German-Dutch novelist
Sasha Krasny Sasha Krasny Sasha Krasny was the pen-name of Aleksandr Davydovich Bryansky , a Russian poet and song-writer. His first book was published in Odessa in 1912 and the last in 1993. His son Boris Bryansky was also a poet and song-writer.- Biography :...	1882–1995	113	Russian poet
Stanley Kunitz Stanley Kunitz Stanley Jasspon Kunitz was an American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress twice, first in 1974 and then again in 2000.-Biography:...	1905–2006	100	American Poet Laureate Poet Laureate A poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events...
Michio Mado Michio Mado is a Japanese poet. He was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1994.-Early life:Mado was born as Michio Ishida in Tokuyama, Yamaguchi prefecture. He spent his childhood with his grandfather because his parents went to work in Taiwan. Later he joined his family there...	1909 –		Japanese poet
Klára Marik Klára Marik Klára Marik was a Hungarian writer. She submitted some of her work into the "Epic works" category of the art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics, but did not win a medal. At the time of her death, she was the oldest living Hungarian Olympian...	1903–2005	101	Hungarian writer and Olympic art competitor Art competitions at the Olympic Games Art competitions formed part of the modern Olympic Games during its early years, from 1912 to 1952. The competitions were part of the original intention of the Olympic Movement's founder, Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin...
Kojima Masajirō Kojima Masajiro was a Japanese novelist active during the Shōwa period of Japan.-Biography:Kojima was born in the plebian Shitaya district of Tokyo to a family of clothing merchants. While attending Keio University he studied Edo period Japanese literature and the works of European authors. He was especially...	1894–1994	100	Japanese novelist
Erik Mesterton Erik Mesterton Erik Mesterton was a Swedish author, literature critic and translator. Together with poet Karin Boye he was editor for the influential culture magazine Spektrum in the 1930s, where Modernist and Freudian readings of literature were introduced...	1903–2004	100	Swedish writer
Curt Meyer-Clason Curt Meyer-Clason Curt Meyer-Clason is a German writer and translator.After graduating from high school, Meyer-Clason worked as a commercial clerk in Bremen and from 1936 as an independent businessman in Argentina and Brazil. From 1942 to 1944, he was interned in Brazil as an illegal alien...	1910 –		German writer and translator
Naomi Mitchison Naomi Mitchison Naomi May Margaret Mitchison, CBE was a Scottish novelist and poet. She was appointed CBE in 1981; she was also entitled to call herself Lady Mitchison, CBE since 5 October 1964 .- Childhood and family background :Naomi Margaret Haldane was...	1897–1999	101	Scottish writer
Alicia Moreau de Justo Alicia Moreau de Justo Alicia Moreau de Justo was an Argentine physician, politician, pacifist and human rights activist.Born to French parents in London, United Kingdom, the Moreau family moved to Argentina while Alicia was still a child....	1885–1986	100	Argentine writer
Ruth Munce Ruth Munce Ruth H. Munce was an American romance novelist, mission teacher and founder of Keswick Christian School in St. Petersburg, Florida.- Early life, family history :...	1898–2001	103	American romance novelist and founder of the Keswick Christian School Keswick Christian School Founded originally as Grace Livingston Hill Memorial School in 1953, Keswick Christian School is a private, Pre-K-12, Christian school with an interdenominational student body, mostly of Protestant...
Carla Porta Musa Carla Porta Musa Carla Porta Musa is an Italian essayist and poet.Musa was born in Como, Italy in 1902 to Enrico Musa, a well renowned engineer in Milan, and Maria Casella...	1902 –		Italian essayist and poet
Maurice Nadeau Maurice Nadeau Maurice Nadeau is a French writer and editor. He was born in Paris. One of his well-known works, translated into several languages, is the Histoire du surréalisme , published in French in 1944 and in English 21 years later, translated by Richard Howard. Nadeau turned 100 in May 2011.- External...	1911 –		French writer and editor
Fumio Niwa Fumio Niwa was a Japanese novelist with a long list of works, the most famous in the West being his novel The Buddha Tree .-Career:...	1904–2005	100	Japanese novelist
Lillian Rogers Parks Lillian Rogers Parks Lillian Rogers Parks was an American maid and seamstress in the White House.With the journalist Frances Spatz Leighton, co-author of a number of White House memoirs, Parks published My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House. The book covers a 60-year period in the life of domestic staff in the...	1897–1997	100	American co-author of White House White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical... memoirs
Frances Partridge Frances Partridge Frances Catherine Partridge CBE was a long-lived member of the Bloomsbury Group and a writer, probably best known for the publication of her diaries...	1900–2004	103	English member of the Bloomsbury Group Bloomsbury Group The Bloomsbury Group or Bloomsbury Set was a group of writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists who held informal discussions in Bloomsbury throughout the 20th century. This English collective of friends and relatives lived, worked or studied near Bloomsbury in London during the first half...
James Larkin Pearson James Larkin Pearson James Larkin Pearson was a poet and newspaper publisher. From 1953 - 1981 he served as North Carolina's Poet Laureate, and was the second poet to hold the title.-Background:...	1879–1981	101	American Poet Laureate of North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte... (1953–1981)
Fernando Pessa Fernando Pessa Fernando Pessa, ComIH, GOM, OBE was a Portuguese journalist and reporter. Early in 2002, Pessa was hailed as the world's oldest journalist...	1902–2002	100	Portuguese journalist and radio broadcaster
Giuseppe Prezzolini Giuseppe Prezzolini Giuseppe Prezzolini was an Italian journalist, editor and writer, later an American citizen.-Biography:...	1882–1982	100	Italian journalist and writer
Ida Pollock Ida Pollock Ida Pollock, née Crowe , is a British writer of several short-stories and over a hundred romance novels under her married name, Ida Pollock, and under her numerous pseudonyms: Susan Barrie, Pamela Kent, Averil Ives, Anita Charles, Barbara Rowan, Jane Beaufort, Rose Burghley, Mary Whistler and...	1908 –		British romance novelist
Edith B. Price Edith B. Price Edith Ballinger Price was an American writer and illustrator of eighteen children's books.Starting in 1911 she studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She later studied at the New York Art Students League and the National Academy of Design.Her first book, Blue Magic, was...	1897–1997	100	American author of children's books
Carl Rakosi Carl Rakosi Carl Rakosi was the last surviving member of the original group of poets who were given the rubric Objectivist. He was still publishing and performing his poetry well into his 90s.-Early life:...	1903–2004	101	American Objectivist Objectivist poets The Objectivist poets were a loose-knit group of second-generation Modernists who emerged in the 1930s. They were mainly American and were influenced by, amongst others, Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams... poet
Pura Santillan-Castrence Pura Santillan-Castrence Pura Santillan-Castrence was a Filipino writer and diplomat. Of Filipino women writers, she was among the first to gain prominence writing in the English language. She was named a Chevalier de Légion d'honneur by the French government.-Early life:She was born in Manila in March 1905...	1905–2007	101	Filipino author and diplomat
George Seldes George Seldes George Seldes was an American investigative journalist and media critic. The writer and critic Gilbert Seldes was his younger brother. Actress Marian Seldes is his niece....	1890–1995	104	American journalist and writer
K. D. Sethna K. D. Sethna Kaikhosru Dadhaboy Sethna was an Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic. He published more than 40 books...	1904–2011	106	Indian author and poet
Edna Staebler Edna Staebler Edna Staebler, CM was a Canadian author, best known for a series of cookbooks, Food That Really Schmecks, based on Mennonite home cooking as practiced in the Waterloo Region....	1906–2006	100	Canadian writer
Barrie Stavis Barrie Stavis Barrie Stavis was a distinguished American playwright. He has authored several powerful plays about men struggling in the vortex of history. They advocate ideas, suffer, often are executed, but eventually their ideas win. The heresy of one age becomes the established truth of the next...	1906–2007	100	American playwright
Grace Zaring Stone Grace Zaring Stone Grace Zaring Stone was an American novelist and short story writer. She is perhaps best known for having three of her novels made into films: The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Winter Meeting, and Escape. She also used the pseudonym of Ethel Vance.-Biography:Stone was the great-great-granddaughter of...	1891–1991	100	American novelist
Audrey Stubbart Audrey Stubbart Audrey Stubbart was an American centenarian who worked as a proofreader and newspaper columnist for The Independence Examiner until the age of 105...	1895–2000	105	American newspaper columnist Columnist A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs....
Surdas Surdas Surdas, the 15th century sightless saint, poet and musician, is known for his devotional songs dedicated to Lord Krishna. Surdas is said to have written and composed a hundred thousand songs in his magnum opus the 'Sur Sagar' , out of which only about 8,000 are extant...	1478–1583	104–105	Indian Hindu Hinduism Hinduism is the predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Hinduism is known to its followers as , amongst many other expressions... poet and saint
Dragutin Tadijanović Dragutin Tadijanovic Dragutin Tadijanović was a renowned Croatian poet and erudite cordially referred to as 'Bard' in Croatia....	1905–2007	101	Croatian poet and writer
Gladys Tantaquidgeon Gladys Tantaquidgeon Gladys Tantaquidgeon was a Mohegan anthropologist, author, council member, and elder. In 1994 she was inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame.- Biography :...	1899–2005	106	American anthropologist Anthropology Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German... and author
Ellen Tarry Ellen Tarry Ellen Tarry was an African-American author of literature for children and young adults. Tarry was the first African American picture book author. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama. Although raised in the Congregational Church, she converted to Roman Catholicism in 1922...	1906–2008	101	American author of children's books
Jean Thomas Jean Thomas Jean Bell Thomas was an American folk festival promoter, author and photographer who specialized in the music, crafts, and language patterns of the Appalachian region of the United States.-Early life:...	1881–1982	101	American folk festival promoter, traveler and author
Frits Thors Frits Thors Frits Thors is a retired Dutch journalist and news anchor. Thors is best known as the newscaster of the NTS-Journaal from 1965 until 1972.-Life:...	1909 –		Dutch journalist and news anchor
Walter Trohan Walter Trohan Walter J. Trohan was a former Chicago Tribune reporter and bureau chief in Washington, D.C., and was regarded as the last of the metropolitan newspaper Washington bureau chiefs whose bylines made them famous....	1903–2003	100	American writer and historian
Edward Upward Edward Upward Edward Falaise Upward was a British novelist and short story writer and, prior to his death, was believed to be the UK's oldest living author.-Biography:...	1903–2009	105	English writer
Edward Wagenknecht Edward Wagenknecht Edward Wagenknecht was an American literary critic and teacher, who specialized in 19th century American literature. He wrote and edited many books on literature and movies, and taught for many years at various universities, including the University of Chicago and Boston University...	1900–2004	104	American co-author of White House memoirs
Arthur Walworth Arthur Walworth Arthur Walworth is most noted as a biographer of Woodrow Wilson. He was born in Newton, Massachusetts. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Woodrow Wilson, Volume I: American Prophet....	1903–2005	101	American writer and biographer of Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...
Curt Weibull Curt Weibull Curt Weibull was a Swedish historian, educator and author.-Biography:Curt Hugo Johannes Weibull was born in Lund, Sweden. He was a member of the noted Swedish Weibull family. He was the son of history professor Martin Weibull and the brother of Lauritz Weibull, Alexander Weibull, Julius Oscar...	1886–1991	105	Swedish historian and author
Phyllis A. Whitney Phyllis A. Whitney Phyllis Ayame Whitney was an American mystery writer. Rare for her genre, she wrote mysteries for both the juvenile and the adult markets, many of which feature exotic locations. Often described as a Gothic novelist, a review in The New York Times once dubbed her "The Queen of the American...	1903–2008	104	American mystery writer
Yang Jiang Yang Jiang Yang Jiang , born Yang Jikang , is a Chinese playwright, author, and translator. She has written several successful comedies, and was the first Chinese person to produce a complete Chinese version of Don Quixote from the Spanish original.-Biography:Yang Jiang was graduated from The University Of...	1911 –		Chinese playwright, author, and translator
Lester Ziffren Lester Ziffren Lester Ziffren was an American reporter and Hollywood screenwriter.Born in Rock Island, Illinois, Ziffren became a reporter for United Press. He was among the first to report on the Spanish Civil War in 1936. He met Ernest Hemingway in Spain, and the two became good friends. Ziffren used a cipher...	1906–2007	101	First American journalist to report on the Spanish Civil War Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...

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