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R. R. R. Dhlomo
R. R. R. Dhlomo (Rolfes Robert Reginald Dhlomo, 1901–1971) was a South African journalist and novelist who wrote in English and isiZulu, and edited Ilanga lase Natal.
R. S. Thomas
R. S. Thomas, born Ronald Stuart Thomas (1913–2000), was a Welsh poet and Anglican clergyman who served rural Welsh parishes while writing more than twenty poetry collections.
Rabbe Enckell
Rabbe Enckell (1903–1974) was a Finland-Swedish poet, critic, and painter, a founder of Finland-Swedish modernism who debuted in 1923 with Dikter and wrote about thirty poetry collections.
Rabia Balkhi
Rabia Balkhi (رابعه بلخی), known as Zayn al-Arab, was a 10th-century poet of Balkh, in present-day Afghanistan, regarded as the first woman to write poetry in New Persian.
Rabindranath Datta
Rabindranath Datta, better known by his pen name Roby Datta, was an Indian poet and educator who wrote verse in English and was nominated for the 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Rabindranath Tagore (রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর)
Rabindranath Tagore (রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর, 1861–1941) was a Bengali poet, composer, and educator, the first non-European Nobel Literature laureate (1913) for Gitanjali. He wrote India's and Bangladesh's national anthems and founded Santiniketan and Visva-Bharati.
Rachel Bluwstein
Rachel Bluwstein (Hebrew: רחל בלובשטיין), known as Rachel the Poetess, was a Russian-born Hebrew poet (1890–1931), the first major woman poet in Hebrew, whose lyrics appear on Israel's 20-shekel banknote.
Rachel Cusk
Rachel Cusk (born 1967, Saskatoon) is a Canadian-born British novelist and memoirist, author of the Outline trilogy, Second Place, Parade, and Life of M, known for autofiction that dismantles character.
Rachel de Queiroz
Rachel de Queiroz (1910–2003) was a Brazilian novelist and journalist from Fortaleza, Ceará, whose debut novel O Quinze (1930) made her a national figure at twenty.
Rachel DeLoache Williams
Rachel DeLoache Williams, American writer and former Vanity Fair photo editor from Knoxville, Tennessee; author of My Friend Anna (2019) about Anna Sorokin, whom she helped police arrest in 2017 after a $62,000 Marrakech trip.
Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Rachel Eliza Griffiths is an American poet, visual artist, and novelist based in New York City, the author of five poetry collections and the 2023 debut novel Promise.
Rachel Gillig
Rachel Gillig (born 1989), American gothic romantasy author; #1 NYT and Sunday Times bestselling writer of the Shepherd King duology (One Dark Window, Two Twisted Crowns) and the Stonewater Kingdom series (The Knight and the Moth), published by Orbit.
Rachel Jeffs
Rachel Jeffs is a daughter of FLDS prophet Warren Jeffs who left the church with her five children in 2014 and wrote the 2017 memoir Breaking Free.
Rachel Rabbit White
Rachel Rabbit White is an American poet and essayist whose work often explores erotic labor and desire. She is known for her debut collection, Porn Carnival (2019).
Rachel Reid (author)
Rachel Reid is the pen name of Canadian Nova Scotia author Rachelle Goguen (born 1980), writer of the six-book Game Changers queer hockey romance series including Heated Rivalry (2019), adapted into the 2025 Crave/HBO Max TV series; 650,000 copies sold, New York Times bestseller.
Rachid al-Daif
Rachid al-Daif (رشيد الضعيف), born 1945 in Zgharta, Lebanon, is a Lebanese novelist, poet, and academic known for spare novels treating the civil war, including Dear Mr. Kawabata.
Rachid Boudjedra
Rachid Boudjedra (رشيد بوجدرة), born in 1941, is an Algerian novelist and essayist who writes in French and Arabic and broke Maghrebi literary taboos with his 1969 novel La Répudiation.
Radhanath Ray
Radhanath Ray (ରାଧାନାଥ ରାୟ, 1848–1908) was an Indian Odia-language poet honored with the title Kabibara, regarded as the founder of the modern era in Odia poetry and known for kavyas like Chilika.
Radoje Domanović
Radoje Domanović (Радоје Домановић), 1873 to 1908, was a Serbian writer, journalist, and political activist, regarded as the founder of the allegorical-satirical short story and best known for Danga, Vođa, and Stradija.
Radoy Ralin
Radoy Ralin (Радой Ралин) was the pen name of Dimitar Stefanov Stoyanov, a Bulgarian poet and satirist considered the most prominent epigrammatist in Bulgarian poetry.
Raduan Nassar
Raduan Nassar, born in 1935, is a Brazilian writer of Lebanese descent whose sparse work, including the novel Lavoura arcaica, earned him the 2016 Prêmio Camões.
Rafael Alberti
Rafael Alberti (Rafael Alberti Merello), 1902–1999, Spanish poet of the Generation of '27 from El Puerto de Santa María; author of Marinero en tierra and Sobre los ángeles, communist militant, exile in Argentina and Rome, Cervantes Prize 1983.
Rafael Arévalo Martínez
Rafael Arévalo Martínez (1884–1975) was a Guatemalan poet, novelist, and diplomat of the Generación de 1910, known for the story "El hombre que parecía un caballo".
Rafael Barrett
Rafael Barrett (1876–1910) was a Spanish anarchist essayist and journalist whose chronicles of Paraguay made him a founder of social and anti-colonial literature in Latin America.
Rafael Cadenas
Rafael Cadenas, born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, in 1930, is a Venezuelan poet and essayist known for Los cuadernos del destierro and winner of the 2022 Premio Cervantes.
Rafael Chirbes
Rafael Chirbes (1949–2015) was a Spanish novelist and literary critic whose nine novels trace Spain's private history from the Civil War through the Transition to the 2008 crisis.
Rafael Delgado
Rafael Delgado (1853–1914) was a Mexican novelist, short-story writer, poet, and playwright based in Orizaba, Veracruz, a leading figure of the late nineteenth-century Mexican realist novel.
Rafael Landívar
Rafael Landívar (Rafael Landívar y Caballero, 1731–1793) was a Guatemalan Jesuit priest and poet, author of the Rusticatio Mexicana, a Latin epic on Mexico and Guatemala.
Rafael María de Mendive
Rafael María de Mendive y Daumy (1821–1886) was a Cuban Romantic poet, lawyer, and schoolmaster, remembered as the teacher and second father of independence leader José Martí.
Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio
Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio was a Spanish novelist, essayist, and journalist of the Generation of the 50, best known for El Jarama (1955), a landmark of postwar Spanish narrative.