Novelist Playwright
1. Gustave Flaubert (1821)
Novelist Playwright
An important French writer known for his scrupulous attention to detail and word choice, he is most famous for his 1857 novel, Madame Bovary. His other major works include Memoirs...
2. Jane Bowles (1917)
Novelist Playwright
A twentieth-century American writer and playwright, she is best known for her 1943 novel, Two Serious Ladies, and for her 1953 play, In the Summer House. The latter work opened...
3. Ira Levin (1929)
Novelist Playwright
A 20th-century American author of horror fiction, he spooked readers with classic novels like Rosemary's Baby and The Stepford Wives. Both of these titles, as well as several of his...
4. Evelyn Scott (writer) (1893)
Novelist Playwright
Evelyn Scott was an American novelist playwright and poet. A modernist and experimental writer Scott was a significant literary figure in the 1920s and 1930s but she eventually sank into...
5. Florian Zeller (1979)
Novelist Playwright
Zeller is a French novelist and playwright. His work has been translated into a dozen languages including English. He won the prestigious Prix Interallié in 2004 for his novel Fascination...