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13 de mar. de 2024 · Over 9K readers have voted on the 60+ people on Best Short Story Writers of All Time. Current Top 3: Anton Chekhov, Jorge Luis Borges, Edgar Allan Poe
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19 de ago. de 2020 · As others have pointed out before me, Le Guin’s most read and most famous short story is almost always chillingly relevant. Donald Barthelme, “The School” (1974) This one might only be iconic for writers, but considering it’s one of the best short stories ever written (according to me), I simply couldn’t exclude it.
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Mark Twain
- Ernest Hemingway
- Virginia Woolf
- James Joyce
- Ambrose Bierce
- James Baldwin
- Flannery O’Connor
- George Saunders
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The influential short story writer was born in 1809. At 24, he wrote “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” which set him on course as one of the most critically acclaimed writers ever. Edgar Allan later gained fame for his dark tales such as: 1. The Tell-Tale Heart 2. The Cask of Amontillado 3. The Raven Despite winning awards and selling out newspapers...
This prolific author was a master of satire and a genius for creating unforgettable characters. He gained international fame for works like “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Humorous Tales” and “The Million Pound Bank Note.” Twain also wrote scathingly honest social commentaries and admired lectures on various topics. He wa...
Ernest Hemingwaywas a Nobel Prize-winning journalist and hunter who greatly influenced 20th-century literature. Born in Oak Park, Illinois, he began his career as a writer while working as an ambulance driver during World War I. His works were known for their simplicity of language and modern themes. Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for Literature for...
The iconic English author became one of the famous short story authors thanks to her modernist writing style. She was a member of the Bloomsbury Group and wrote prose works such as “The Voyage Out ” (1915) and “Mrs. Dalloway” (1925). Her ground-breaking book “A Room of One’s Own” (1929) argued for equal opportunity for women in literature and broug...
Joyce was an Irish novelist, poet, and playwright. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers, celebrated worldwide for using the novelistic technique in his novels. A driving force behind modernismand a revered figure to both English language literature enthusiasts and postmodernist critics, Joyce published many short stories in ...
This celebrated American author’s career covered the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His writing style, which could be both cynical and darkly humorous, garnered him a strong following of devoted readers. Bierce’s most famous works include Killed at Resacaand Beyond the Wall. Still, he also wrote poetry, fiction, plays, essays, revie...
James Baldwin’s works elaborated on themes of racial inequality, sexuality, and religious issues during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. Born in 1924 in New York City, Baldwin struggled with his identity as an openly gay black man in America. He’s best known for his works, such as “Going to Meet the Man and “The Outing“. Most of his works f...
The passionate American writer loved to depict the Southern lifestyle from her Catholic faith-infused perspective. Flannery O’Connor was born in 1925 in Georgia and published two books of short stories and two novels during her lifetime – “Wise Blood ” and “The Violent Bear It Away.” O’Connor also wrote numerous letters and nonfictional essays that...
Sander’s unique blending of humor and pathos makes him one of today’s most famous short story authors. He has written stories, essays, novellas, novels, children’s books, and screenplays which have won him critical acclaim from critics. He penned the National Magazine Award-winning work early in his career, later expanding into a novel. His “Tenth ...
This Scottish writer became famous for creating the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes. Although he published over 200 works, including novels, poems, plays, and nonfiction, many know him for his 66 detective stories. He also wrote popular historical romances such as “The White Company” (1891) and produced formidable science fiction tales such as ...
4 de may. de 2023 · Here, then, are twenty of the greatest short story writers and their snapshots of the ordinary and the fantastic, the wonderful and the disturbing. Raymond Carver. Considered one of the greatest American writers, Carver helped breathe new life into the short story in the late 20th century.
2 de feb. de 2019 · Quick and easily shared, is the short story the form for our times? Leading authors pick their favourites. by Hilary Mantel, George Saunders, Tessa Hadley, Jhumpa Lahiri, Chris Power and...
23 de dic. de 2019 · We began with the best debut novels of the decade, and now we’re back with the best short story collections of the decade—or to be precise, the best collections published in English between 2010 and 2019. The following books were chosen after much debate (and several rounds of voting) by the Literary Hub staff.
4 de jun. de 2018 · A list of short story writers recommending their favorite collections of stories, from O'Connor's Dubliners to Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. Discover how these authors use their own voice, style and themes to create powerful and memorable stories.
