Important British Authors

Jane Austen, writer

Dec 16, 1775

http://www.biography.com/people/jane-austen-9192819 Austen´s comic novels of love among the landed gentry gained popularity after 1869 and her reputation skyrocketed in the Twentieth Century.

Charles Dickens, author February 7, 1812

Feb 7, 1812

http://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087 Charles Dickens was the well-loved and prolific British author of numerous of works that are considered now classics.

Charles Dickens, writer

Feb 7, 1812

He wrote classic novels such as, "Oliver Twist", "A Christmas Carol", "Nicolas Nicklebly", "David Copperfield", "A tale of two Cities and Great Expectations". These are some of the important works Dickens did during his life.

Charlotte Brontë, April 28, 1816-March 21, 1855

Apr 28, 1816

http://www.biography.com/people/charlotte-bront-11919959 She was a 19th Century writer whose novel Jane Eyre is considered a classic of Western Literature.

Emily Brontë, July 30, 1818-December 19, 1848

Jul 30, 1818

http://www.biography.com/people/emily-bronte-9227381 She was sister of Charlotte Brontë and Anne Brontë, also famous authors.

Lewis Carroll, January 27, 1832 Author of children´s classics "Alice Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass". He died January 14, 1898.

Jan 27, 1832

http://www.biography.com/people/lewis-carroll-9239598 He wrote "Alice´s Adventures in Wonderland" that is considered a classic in our days.

Elizabeth Von Arnim, August 31, 1866

Aug 31, 1866

http://www.online-literature.com/elizabeth-arnim/ Arnim had four brothers, a sister and an adopted cousin from New Zealand, Kathleen Beauchamp, who would later marry John Middleton Murray.

George Orwell, author (1903-1950)

Jun 25, 1903

http://www.biography.com/people/george-orwell-9429833 George Orwell was an English novelist, essayist, and critic most famous for his novels Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).

Kingsley Amis, April 22, 1922-October 22, 1995

Apr 22, 1922

http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/kingsley-amis-5.php He was a novelist, poet, critic, and teacher who created in his first novel "Lucky, Jim", a comic figure that became a household word in Great Britain in the 1950´s.

A. S. Byatt, she was born in August 24, 1936

Aug 24, 1936

https://secureapps.libraries.psu.edu/PACFTB/bios/biography.cfm?AuthorID=7458

A. S. Byatt, she wrote "Possession"

Aug 24, 1936

She also wrote "The Shadow of the Sun", "The Virgin in the Garden", "Still Life", "A Whistling Woman", and "The Possession".

Julian Barnes, January 19, 1946

Jan 19, 1946

http://julianbarnes.com/bio/index.html He was a British critic and author of inventive and intellectual novels about obsessed characters about the past.

Martin Amis, novelist (born in August 25, 1949)

Aug 25, 1949

http://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Amis English satirist known for his virtuous storytelling technique and his dark views of Contemporary English society.

Duglas Adams (1952-2001), Comic writer

Mar 11, 1952

http://www.britannica.com/biography/Douglas-Adams British comic writer whose works satirize contemporary life through a luckless protagonist who deals ineptly with societal forces beyond his control. Adams is best known for the mock science-fiction series known collectively as "The Hitchhiker´s Guide to the Galaxy."

Anthony Burgess, February 25, 1917.

Dec 24, 1978

http://www.biography.com/people/anthony-burgess-9231506 English novelist, critic, and man of letters, whose fictional explorations of modern dilemmas comibine wit, moral earnestness, and note of the bizarre.

Jane Austen, writer

Dec 24, 1978

She wrote "Love and Friendship", "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice".