Literature
- Jessica Abel (A.B. 1991) - Comic book writer and artist.
- Saul Bellow (X. 1939) - Pulitzer Prize winner and Nobel Prize winner.
- Allan Bloom (Ph.B. 1949, A.M. 1953, Ph.D. 1955) - Influential author.
- Paul C. Borgman (Ph.D. 1973) - Religious author and professor.
- Ernest Callenbach (Ph.B. 1949, A.M. 1953) - American writer.
- Paul Carroll (A.M. 1952) - American poet.
- Hayden Carruth (A.M. 1947) - Winner of National Book Award in poetry.
- Will Cuppy (Ph.B. 1907, A.M. 1914) - Humorist.
- Mu Dan (A.M. 1951) - Chinese poet and literary translator.
- Joseph Epstein (A.B. 1959) - Essayist, literary critic, and short story writer.
- James T. Farrell (X. 1929) - Novelist, short story writer, journalist, travel writer, poet and literary critic.
- Richard Garfinkle (X. 1980) - Science fiction and fantasy author, author of Celestial Matters. Also science popularization.
- Paul Goodman (Ph.D. 1954) - Social critic.
- Gerald Graff (A.B. 1959) - President-elect of the Modern Language Association (2008).
- Katharine Graham (A.B. 1938) - Pulitzer Prize winner.
- Sebastian de Grazia (A.B. 1944, Ph.D. 1948) - Pulitzer Prize winner.
- Bette Howland (A.B. 1955) - Writer and literary critic: MacArthur Fellow.
- Greg Jao (B.A. 1990) - Christian author
- Robert Pirsig (attended but did not graduate) - Philosopher, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Lila: An Inquiry into Morals.
- Patrick Larkin (A.B. 1982) - Author of espionage, military, and historical thrillers.
- Luis Leal (A.B. 1941, Ph.D. 1950) - Literary scholar and winner of National Humanities Medal.
- Seth Lerer (Ph.D. 1986) - Former Stanford professor; Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of California, San Diego (effective January 1, 2009).
- Naomi Lindstrom (A.B. 1971), Latinamericanist literary critic.
- Jackson Mac Low (A.A. 1943) - Poet. Winner of Wallace Stevens award.
- Norman Maclean (Ph.D. 1940) - William Rainey Harper Professor of English at the University of Chicago.
- Campbell McGrath (A.B. 1984) - MacArthur Fellow.
- Susan Murphy-Milano (B.A. 1981) - Non-fiction author and victims' advocate.
- Sterling North (A.B. 1929) - Author.
- Norman Panama (A.B. 1936) - Screenwriter.
- Sara Paretsky (A.M. 1969, M.B.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1977) - Author.
- Elizabeth Peters (Ph.B. 1947, A.M. 1950, Ph.D. 1952) - Mystery author.
- Lyle Roebuck, author/classicist
- Richard Rorty (A.B. 1949, A.M. 1952) - Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literature at Stanford University; MacArthur Fellow.
- Philip Roth (A.M. 1955) - Pulitzer Prize and National Medal of Arts winner.
- Leo Rosten (Ph.B. 1930, Ph.D. 1937) - Humorist.
- John Scalzi (B.A. 1991) - Novelist.
- Susan Fromberg Schaeffer (B.A. 1961, M.A. 1963, Ph.D. 1966) - Novelist, Poet & Professor.
- Susan Sontag (A.B. 1951) - MacArthur Fellow.
- George Steiner (A.B. 1948) - Prominent literary critic.
- Herman Voaden (X) - Playwright and social activist.
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (A.M. 1971) - Author of Cat's Cradle.
- Edward F. Wente, (Ph.D 1959), professor and Egyptologist
- Yvor Winters (attended) - Influential poet and critic.
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