Writers
| Name | Place | Life | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcuin of York | born near York | 732-804 | an Early Middle Ages scholar, ecclesiastic, poet and teacher | |
| Alan Bennett | 1934- | playwright and actor | , | |
| Anne Brontë | born Thornton | 1820-49 | writer, author of "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" | |
| Branwell Brontë | born Thornton | 1817-48 | writer and artist | |
| Charlotte Brontë | born Thornton | 1816-55 | writer, author of "Jane Eyre" | |
| Emily Brontë | born Thornton | 1818-48 | writer, author of "Wuthering Heights" | |
| Ted Hughes | 1930-98 | poet laureate of United Kingdom | ||
| Andrew Marvell | 1621-78 | poet | ||
| J. B. Priestley | 1894–1984 | writer, novelist and broadcaster |
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“Parenthesis-proud, bracket-bold, happiest with hyphens,
The writers stagger intoxicated by terms,
adjective-unsteadied—”
—Anthony Brode (b. 1923)
“Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.”
—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)
“Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.... Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.”
—Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)