Authors

Authors


J.R. Ackerley Gyula Krúdy
Henry Adams Ruth Krauss
Céleste Albaret Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
Dante Alighieri Camara Laye
Elizabeth von Arnim Stephen Leacock
William Attaway Munro Leaf
Erich Auerbach Gert Ledig
Esther Averill Richard C. Lewontin
Dorothy Baker Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
J.A. Baker Mark Lilla
Russell Baker Jakov Lind
Honoré de Balzac Eric Linklater
Max Beerbohm Dixon & Ruthanne Long
S.N. Behrman Malcolm Lowry
Eugenia Bell Susan Lowry
Stephen Benatar Georg Lukács
Nina Berberova Gabriel García Márquez
Alexander Berkman Rose Macaulay
Isaiah Berlin Norman Mailer
Georges Bernanos Curzio Malaparte
Nancy Berner Osip Mandelstam
Rachel Bespaloff Olivia Manning
Robert Montgomery Bird J. P. Martin
Claire Huchet Bishop Harpo Marx
Caroline Blackwood John Masefield
Nicolas Bouvier Michael Massing
James Cloyd Bowman Guy de Maupassant
Malcolm Braly Daphne du Maurier
Margaret A. Brucia Mary McCarthy
Sheila Burnford James McCourt
John Horne Burns Larry McMurtry
Robert Burton Henri Michaux
Dino Buzzati Dana Micucci
Truman Capote Luke Miner
Girolamo Cardano Jessica Mitford
Don Carpenter Nancy Mitford
J. L. Carr Henry de Montherlant
Joyce Cary Alberto Moravia
Adolfo Bioy Casares Bill Moyers
Blaise Cendrars Alvaro Mutis
Eileen Chang L.H. Myers
Upamanyu Chatterjee V.S. Naipaul
Nirad C. Chaudhuri Andrew J. Nathan
Anton Chekhov E. Nesbit
Richard Cobb B. Netanyahu
David Cole Der Nister
Colette Darcy O'Brien
John Collier Fintan O'Toole
Carlo Collodi Yuri Olesha
Ivy Compton-Burnett Iona and Peter Opie
Barbara Comyns Russell Page
Evan S. Connell Julien Pascal
Julio Cortazar Boris Pasternak
Benedetta Craveri Cesare Pavese
Frederick C. Crews Luigi Pirandello
Harold W. Cruse Andrey Platonov
Astolphe de Custine John Pope-Hennessy
Tibor Déry Jessica Powell
Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire J.F. Powers
Lorenzo Da Ponte Thomas Powers
Mark Danner Christopher Priest
Elizabeth David Gilles Pudlowski
L. J. Davis Raymond Queneau
Christopher de Bellaigue Jonathan Raban
Edmond and Jules de Goncourt Raymond Radiguet
Vivant Denon Steve Radlauer
Maria Dermout Alastair Reid
G.V. Desani Jean Renoir
Joan Didion Gregor von Rezzori
Eilís Dillon Nathaniel Rich
Rosemary Dinnage Rainer Maria Rilke
Steve Dollar Tim Robinson
Arthur Conan Doyle Fr. Rolfe
Elizabeth Drew David J. Rothman
Charles Duff Sheila M. Rothman
Elaine Dundy William Roughead
Ronald Dworkin Constance Rourke
Freeman Dyson Ingrid D. Rowland
G.B. Edwards Malise Ruthven
Beth Elon Philippe-Paul de Ségur
Euripides Tayeb Salih
Félix Fénéon Gershom Scholem
Eleanor Farjeon Daniel Paul Schreber
Graham Farmelo James Schuyler
Penelope Farmer Leonardo Sciascia
J.G. Farrell John R. Searle
Eliza Fay Victor Segalen
Kenneth Fearing Victor Serge
Patrick Leigh Fermor Marina Seveso
Martin Filler Shchedrin
M.I. Finley Georges Simenon
Thomas Flanagan Charles Simic
Masanobu Fukuoka May Sinclair
Carlo Emilio Gadda Peter Singer
Mavis Gallant Barbara Sleigh
Théophile Gautier Tess Slesinger
Jean Genet Vladimir Sorokin
Sigfried Giedion Elizabeth C. Spykman
Bruce Gilley Christina Stead
John Glassco Francis Steegmuller
P.V. Glob Stendhal
Rumer Godden George R. Stewart
William Lindsay Gresham Adalbert Stifter
Emmett Grogan Theodor Storm
Vasily Grossman Howard Sturgis
Diana Reid Haig Italo Svevo
Lucretia P. Hale Harvey Swados
Oakley Hall A.J.A. Symons
Patrick Hamilton Frank Tashlin
Peter Handke François Thomazeau
Elizabeth Hardwick Henry David Thoreau
L.P. Hartley James Thurber
Nathaniel Hawthorne Tatyana Tolstaya
Sandrine Herman Sylvia Townsend Warner
Gilbert Highet Edward John Trelawny
Russell and Lillian Hoban Lionel Trilling
Janet Hobhouse Marina Tsvetayeva
Stanley Hoffmann Ivan Turgenev
Hugo von Hofmannsthal Jules Vallès
James Hogg Mark Van Doren
Julia Holmes Carl Van Vechten
Richard Holmes Edward Lewis Wallant
Alistair Horne Robert Walser
Richard Horton Rex Warner
Geoffrey Household Aleksander Wat
William Dean Howells C.V. Wedgwood
Richard Hughes Simone Weil
Maude Hutchins Steven Weinberg
Ernst Jünger H.G. Wells
Henry James Glenway Wescott
Tove Jansson Rebecca West
David Jones Edith Wharton
Joseph Joubert E.B. White
Maira Kalman Patrick White
Frigyes Karinthy T.H. White
Pamela Keech Ellen Williams
Helen Keller John Williams
Yashar Kemal Garry Wills
Murray Kempton Angus Wilson
Joseph Kerman Edmund Wilson
David Kidd Margot and Rudolf Wittkower
Robert Kirk Geoffrey Wolff
Arun Kolatkar Francis Wyndham
Dezső Kosztolányi John Wyndham
Tete-Michel Kpomassie Stefan Zweig

Introducers


André Aciman Frances Moore Lappé
Joan Acocella James Lasdun
Al Alvarez Michelle Latiolais
Roger Angell David Leavitt
Karen Armstrong David Lehman
John Ashbery Brad Leithauser
W.H. Auden Wendy Lesser
Paul Auster Jonathan Lethem
Russell Baker Suzanne Jill Levine
Russell Banks Anthony Lewis
John Banville Margot Livesey
Elizabeth Wayland Barber David Lodge
Paul T. Barber Christopher Looby
Julian Barnes Glenn Lowry
Andrea Barrett John Lukacs
Anne Barton Alison Lurie
Louis Begley Robert Macfarlane
Christopher Benfey Derek Mahon
John Berger David Malouf
Wendell Berry Hilary Mantel
Ray Bradbury Greil Marcus
Hermann Broch Adam Mars-Jones
Victor Brombert Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Anita Brookner Hisham Matar
Peter Brooks James McCourt
Stephen Budiansky John McGahern
Anthony Burgess Patrick McGrath
Ian Buruma Bill McKibben
Judith Butler Larry McMurtry
A.S. Byatt Louis Menand
Christopher Cahill Edward Mendelson
Italo Calvino Daphne Merkin
John Carey W.S. Merwin
James Carroll Christopher Middleton
Terry Castle Czeslaw Milosz
Michael Chabon Pankaj Mishra
Robert Chandler Albert Mobilio
Amit Chaudhuri Honor Moore
Nicholas Christopher Susanna Moore
Catherine Ciepiela Jan Morris
John Clute Toni Morrison
Jean Cocteau Anka Muhlstein
Billy Collins Victoria Nelson
Joseph Connors Geoffrey O'Brien
Peter Coyote Molly O'Neill
Stanley Crouch Joyce Carol Oates
John Crowley Michael Ondaatje
Michael Cunningham Grace Paley
Rachel Cusk Michael Palmer
Mark Danner Tim Parks
Arthur C. Danto Douglas Parmée
Kathryn Davis Octavio Paz
Lydia Davis George Pelecanos
Philippe de Rothschild Darryl Pinckney
Seamus Deane George Plimpton
W.S. Di Piero Robert Polito
Clarissa Dickson Wright Katha Pollitt
Joan Didion Katherine A. Powers
Rosemary Dinnage Christopher Priest
Michael Dirda Francine Prose
E.L. Doctorow Philip Pullman
Denis Donoghue Michael C. J. Putnam
Geoff Dyer Alastair Reid
Umberto Eco David Remnick
Dave Eggers Frank Rich
Deborah Eisenberg Peter Robb
John Elder Roxana Robinson
Monroe Engel Carlin Romano
Péter Esterházy Charles Rosen
Jeffrey Eugenides Arundhati Roy
Patrick Leigh Fermor Mark Rudman
Penelope Fitzgerald Norman Rush
R.W. Flint Witold Rybczynski
Amanda Foreman Oliver Sacks
E.M. Forster James Sallis
John Fowles Luc Sante
Robin Lane Fox Orville Schell
George MacDonald Fraser Cathleen Schine
P.N. Furbank George Scialabba
Paul Fussell A.O. Scott
Neil Gaiman Akhil Sharma
William H. Gass Roger Shattuck
Peter Gay Lee Siegel
Rumer Godden Charles Simic
Francisco Goldman Jane Smiley
Michael Gorra Ali Smith
Juan Goytisolo Zadie Smith
Anthony Grafton Andrew Solomon
John Gray Susan Sontag
Daniel Handler Ahdaf Soueif
Elizabeth Hardwick Bruce Sterling
Claire Harman John R. Stilgoe
Seamus Heaney Robert Stone
Robert L. Herbert Patricia Storace
Christopher Hitchens Jean Strouse
Charlotte Hobson John Sturrock
Michael Hofmann George Szirtes
Dan Hofstadter Colm Tóibín
R.J. Hollingdale Terry Teachout
Alan Hollinghurst Alexander Theroux
Richard Holmes Paul Theroux
Michael Holroyd Judith Thurman
A.M. Homes Tatyana Tolstaya
Richard Howard Nick Tosches
Fanny Howe John Updike
Gary Indiana William T. Vollmann
Ian Jack John William Ward
P.D. James Marina Warner
Diane Johnson William Weaver
Ken Kalfus Matt Weiland
Bernard Knox Eliot Weinberger
Wayne Koestenbaum Rebecca West
Hans Koning Edmund White
Michael Krüger Garry Wills
Benjamin Kunkel Edmund Wilson
Madeleine L'Engle Simon Winchester
Paul La Farge Marie Winn
Jhumpa Lahiri James Wood
Laila Lalami Barbara Wright
John Lanchester  

Editors


W.H. Auden D.B. Wyndham Lewis
Robert Baldick Mark Lilla
Russell Banks Patrick McGrath
Christopher Cahill Michael Ondaatje
Ronald Dworkin Douglas Parmée
Barbara Epstein Roxana Robinson
Edwin Frank A.O. Scott
A.C. Graham Damion Searls
Rea S. Hederman Roger Shattuck
Michael Hofmann Robert B. Silvers
Randall Jarrell Colm Tóibín
Robert Kahn D. Thin
Charles Lee