William Faulkner. Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons William Faulkner Biography and Legacy William Faulkner was an American writer and Nobel laureate, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers...
Aeschylus. Photo: Anderson, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Aeschylus Biography and Legacy The subject of this essay is a man whose influence on playwriting and theater is absolutely unparalleled. The plays we see today in...
Homer. British Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Influence of Homer The two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey are widely regarded as the foundational works of ancient Greek literature. These two...
Albert Camus. Studio Harcourt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Albert Camus Biography and Legacy Albert Camus was an Algerian-born French writer, journalist, and philosopher, whose works have contributed to the rise of the philosophical...
Toni Morrison. From dust jacket: “Photograph: Bert Andrews”, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Toni Morrison Biography and Legacy Toni Morrison was an American writer and Nobel laureate, who is widely regarded as one of...
Voltaire. Image by DEZALB from Pixabay Voltaire Biography and Legacy Few writers in history have managed to leave such an indelible mark on world literature as the great Voltaire has. This, I do not...
R.K. Narayan. R. K. Balaraman (photographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. R.K. Narayan is arguably the greatest Indian writer of the post-Independence era. He was a pioneer of Indian-English literature and one of the...
Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Gobierno CDMX, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons I had never heard of Gabriel Garcia Marquez until I began reading fiction in earnest. And that too, it took me a long time to...
Photo by Chris Lawton on Unsplash I must confess, my initial intention was to write an essay on African literature in general, not on Nigerian literature in particular. But then, I checked myself. I...
What really is the purpose of a writer? I have wondered on many occasions. Is there a purpose at all? Or is it just fun and games, wherein one does it simply because one...