Significant Authors and Works
Famous authors and literary works of significant stature are listed in chronological order below. (Note that names of people born after 1868 are listed Western style, in accordance with Wikipedia's Manual of Style for Japanese Names). For an exhaustive list of authors see List of Japanese authors:
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Famous quotes containing the words significant, authors and/or works:
“You gave me a significant look, but significant of what?”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.”
—Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)
“All his works might well enough be embraced under the title of one of them, a good specimen brick, “On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History.” Of this department he is the Chief Professor in the World’s University, and even leaves Plutarch behind.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)