A list of the most "important" writers of all time might lend itself to fewer problems.
Mozambique has produced some of Africa's most important writers and artists.
Alfred Jarry is perhaps the least known among the important writers of his generation.
And important writers like Saul Bellow have already picked at Schwartz's bones, Ruth tells Lisa.
"Angela Carter … was one of the most important writers at work in the English language".
For him, Lovecraft is among the 20th century's most important writers.
Indeed, the fate of most important writers was closely linked to the vicissitudes of national politics from the 1950s onward.
The novelist and poet Pierre Bamboté is among the Central African Republic's most important writers of the 20th century.
Probably never before in the history of Japanese literature were so many important writers working at once.
As the wives and relatives of important writers, Pelagie, Vera and Minny have an obvious place in literary history.
He loses track of their names, but he does record the gratifying presence of important writers and "thousands" of ladies — "in a word, everyone".
