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Playwright Biographies
Every archived life recorded as playwright, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Modern era
W. H. Auden
February 21, 1907 – September 29, 1973
British-American poet (1907–1973)
Modern era
Dylan Thomas
October 27, 1914 – November 9, 1953
Welsh poet and writer (1914–1953)
Modern era
Seamus Heaney
April 13, 1939 – August 30, 2013
Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer (1939–2013)
Modern era
e. e. cummings
October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962
American author (1894–1962)
Modern era
Truman Capote
September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984
American writer (1924-1984)
Modern era
Joseph Heller
May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999
American writer
Modern era
Allen Ginsberg
June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997
American poet and writer (1926–1997)
Modern era
J. M. Barrie
May 9, 1860 – June 19, 1937
Scottish writer and playwright (1860–1937)
Modern era
Guy de Maupassant
August 5, 1850 – July 6, 1893
French writer (1850-1893)
Modern era
George Sand
July 1, 1804 – June 8, 1876
French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
Modern era
Federico Garcia Lorca
June 5, 1898 – August 18, 1936
Spanish poet, dramatist and prose writer (1898–1936)
Early Modern era
Luis de Camoes
1524 – June 10, 1580
16th-century Portuguese poet
Modern era
Jose Saramago
November 16, 1922 – June 18, 2010
Portuguese novelist (1922–2010)
Modern era
Ivan Turgenev
October 28, 1818 – September 3, 1883
Russian writer (1818–1883)
Modern era
Maxim Gorky
March 16, 1868 – June 18, 1936
Russian and Soviet writer (1868–1936)
Modern era
Mikhail Bulgakov
May 3, 1891 – March 10, 1940
Russian author (1891–1940)
Modern era
Stefan Zweig
November 28, 1881 – February 23, 1942
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
Modern era
Erich Maria Remarque
June 22, 1898 – September 25, 1970
German-born novelist (1898–1970)
Modern era
Yukio Mishima
January 14, 1925 – November 25, 1970
Japanese author (1925–1970)
Modern era
Wole Soyinka
b. July 13, 1934
Nigerian writer (born 1934)
Modern era
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
January 5, 1938 – May 28, 2025
Kenyan writer (1938–2025)
Modern era
Ayn Rand
February 2, 1905 – March 6, 1982
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)