Opens our list of the most famous contemporary writers Frederic Begbeder , the famous French writer.
Begbeder is one of the best writers in modern French literature. The writer was born in 1965. Before he became a writer, Begbeder had been engaged in the advertising business for about ten years. The most famous works of the writer who brought him fame are such novels as "Vacation in a coma" (1995), "99 francs" (2000), "Romantic egoist" (2005).
Michelle Welbec, a French writer.
The writer-prose writer, essayist and poet Welbec was born in 1958. For their work, Whelbek was awarded a huge number of various awards. One of such awards were: the Grand Prix award in the field of literature for his creation called "Elementary Particles" (1998), the prize of the Paris Film Festival for the novel "Platforma" (2001). Also, the writer has repeatedly been called the most popular among readers of the author of modern novels.
Umberto Eco, an Italian writer and specialist in mass culture .
Umberto Eco was repeatedly noted in the first lines on one row, where the best writers of our time took their places. His first creation, published in 1980, was a novel called "The Name of the Rose," which was ranked among the first intellectual novels in the world. This novel was translated into many languages of the world and became a classic. The novel Eco "Baudolino" critics called the most widely read in the world.
Paulo Coelho, a Brazilian writer.
Coelho is one of the few outstanding writers of the modern world. His novel The Alchemist (1988) was translated into 50 languages of the world and bears the honorary status of a cult work. To date, this novel takes the most ranking lines among the best-selling books in the world and the history of Brazil. By the way, it is for this reason that the novel was included in the Guinness Book of Records.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a Colombian writer.
The writer for life and lawyer by education Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in 1927. Famous novels of the writer are "No one writes to the Colonel" (1957), "One Hundred Years of Solitude" (1967), "Love in the Time of Cholera" (1985), "The General in his Labyrinth" (1989), "My sad whores "(2004).
In 1982, Marquez won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Beginning in 2006, the writer publishes exclusively memoirs.
Victor Pelevin, a Russian writer .
Pelevin is one of the few domestic writers of our time who was mentioned in the list of "Famous writers of the world" along with writers such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Haruki Murakami and Umberto Eco. After such a novel as "Chapaev and emptiness", Pevelin was named one of the most iconic writers.
John Irving, an American writer .
Irving is recognized as a master of psychological prose. Irving's first book was his novel entitled "A family life weighing 158 pounds," but John's second novel, "The World through the Eyes of Harp," won the National Book Award. For the same novel, or rather his adaptation, the writer received an Oscar. Another "Oscar" added to the collection of John for the screenplay for the movie "Rules of winemakers."
Bernhard Schlink, a German writer .
The writer was born in 1944. His novel The Reader was named one of the most successful books in the history of Germany. The novel was translated into a huge number of languages of the world and became one of the most popular among readers. Since 1990 Schlink has been teaching and has the status of a professor at the University of Humboldt.
Elizabeth Moon, an American writer .
Moon writes novels in the science fiction genre. Elizabeth's first book was a novel called The Path of a Mercenary (1990). On the writer's account, such prizes as: Compton Krok Award (1990), Nebula Award for Best Novel (2003) and Robert Heinlein Prize (2007).
Richard Matheson, American writer and screenwriter.
Matheson works in the genre of fantasy, horror and science fiction. Most of his works were filmed. Such famous films as the "Legend of the Hell House" (1973) - the novel "Hell House", "Where Dreams Lead" (1998), "Echo of Echoes" (1999) - novel "Echo of Echoes", "I - the legend "(2007) were filmed based on his works.
Haruki Murakami, a Japanese writer .
In 1979, the light saw his first story called "Listen to the song of the wind," in combination, it was the first part, the so-called "Trilogy of the Rat". For this book, Murakami was awarded the "Gundzo Shinjin-sho" award in the nomination of the best novice writer. By the end of the year this book was sold in a very large circulation. But in 1980, the writer published the second part of the trilogy - the story "Pinball 1973". The third part of the "Trilogy of the Rat" was published in 1982. It was a novel called "Hunting for sheep." After the release of this novel Mukakami was awarded another prize. The writer has an honorary award named after Franz Kafka (2006). Such famous novels as "All God's Children Can Dance" (2007) and "Norwegian Forest" (2010) were screened.
Isaac Adamson, an American novelist .
Known to us on the famous series of detectives about the adventures of journalist Billy Chucky in Japan, Isaac Adamson concludes our list of "Famous writers of our time". His novel, titled "Disassembly in Tokyo," was screened by the well-known company Sony Pictures Entertainment and received a positive evaluation by well-known critics.
Here they are, the most famous writers whose literary works we highly recommend you to read.