Great World Writers: Database

This biographical and literary reference set highlights the lives and worlds of ninety-three of the world’s most influential twentieth-century writers. Whether the subject is Ireland’s James Joyce, Great Britain’s Iris Murdoch, Poland’s Joseph Conrad, France’s Albert Camus, Italy’s Italo Calvino, South Africa’s Nadine Gordimer, or Japan’s Yasunari Kawabata, the set provides an excellent introduction to its featured authors. Support and thematically enriched by carefully chosen artwork, photographs, and film stills, this reference sheds light on modern literature and the personal, political, and social influences that have shaped it.