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)
“She had no longer any relish for her once favorite amusement of reading. And mostly she disliked those authors who have penetrated deeply into the intricate paths of vanity in the human mind, for in them her own folly was continually brought to her remembrance and presented to her view.”
—Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)
“The family that perseveres in good works will surely have an abundance of blessings.”
—Chinese proverb.