Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 – 22 May 1849) was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held views on estate management, politics...

Marie Bersier her maiden name Julie Amélie Hollard. She was born in Paris on 25-07-1831 her father was Henri Louis Gabriel Marc Hollard 1801-1866 who was Doctor of Medicine in Paris III. Professor of natural history and anatomy in Lausanne, Neuchâtel and Poitiers (Vienna). Professor of zoology at th...

Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy (1650/1651 – 14 January 1705), also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her literary fairy tales. When she termed her works contes de fées (fairy tales), she originated the term that is now generally used for the genre. ...

Marthe Bertin is a French writer born in 1855, in Amboise (Indre-et-Loire).

Mathilde Alanic is a French writer, born on January 10, 1864 in Angers (Maine-et-Loire) and died on October 20, 1948 (at the age of 84) in Angers. She is the daughter of an entrepreneur in the Rue Bressigny in Angers. She was a pupil of Bergson at the Ecole Supérieure des Lettres in Angers. She wrot...

Auguste-Maurice Barrès 19 August 1862 – 4 December 1923) was a French novelist, journalist and politician. Spending some time in Italy, he became a figure in French literature with the release of his work The Cult of the Self in 1888. In politics, he was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1...

Maurice Joly (1829–1878) was a French publicist and lawyer known for his political satire titled Dialogue aux enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu ou la politique de Machiavel au XIXe siècle, that attacked the regime of Napoleon III. Available English translations include: Dialogues in Hell between...

Michel Zevaco (also written as Zévaco) (1 February 1860, Ajaccio - 8 August 1918, Eaubonne) was a French journalist, novelist, publisher, film director, and anti-clerical as well as anarchist activist.Michel Zevaco founded the anarchist weekly magazine Gueux (French, Beggars) on 27 March 1892. A mon...

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 NS) was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language, and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his novel Don Quixote, a work often cited as both the first modern nove...

Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion.He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Clarke Manning. His ancestors inclu...