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James Joyce (詹姆斯·乔伊斯)
Irish modernist writer known for stream‑of‑consciousness technique and radical language experiments. Major works include Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. Although he lived much of his life in exile, his literary vision remained rooted in the lived experience of Dublin.
Huang Tingjian (黄庭坚)
Huang Tingjian was a Northern Song poet and calligrapher, a representative figure of the Jiangxi Poetry School.
Hu Shi (胡适)
A renowned modern Chinese scholar, thinker, educator, and diplomat. A key figure in the May Fourth Movement, he championed vernacular Chinese and pragmatism, serving as a professor at Peking University and later as the Chinese Ambassador to the United States.
Hermann Hesse (赫尔曼·黑塞)
German-born Nobel Prize–winning writer known for works that explore inner life, psychology, and the integration of Eastern philosophy, including Demian, Steppenwolf, and The Glass Bead Game.
He Luting (贺绿汀)
He Luting (1903–1999), born in Shaodong, Hunan, was a renowned composer and music educator. He blended Chinese folk and Western techniques, served as the long-term president of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and had a profound influence.
Han Yu (韩愈)
Han Yu (768–824), courtesy name Tuizhi, was a Tang dynasty writer, thinker, and official. A central figure in the Classical Prose Movement, his life moved repeatedly between literary achievement, outspoken remonstration, and political exile. His posthumous reputation far exceeded the rank he held while alive.
Gustave Flaubert (古斯塔夫·福楼拜)
A founding figure of 19th-century French realism, best known for Madame Bovary and Sentimental Education. Famous for an almost scientific discipline in writing, he traveled extensively in the Middle East, lived a complex private life, and faced declining health and family troubles in later years.
Günter Grass (君特·格拉斯)
A major German writer, poet, and sculptor, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1999. His works, including 'The Tin Drum' and the 'Danzig Trilogy', explore war and national memory, while his memoirs sparked widespread controversy.
Gu Yanwu (顾炎武)
Gu Yanwu (1613–1682), style name Ningren, sobriquet Tinglin, was a late-Ming and early-Qing thinker and scholar. He championed practical learning for real-world governance and authored works such as Records of Daily Knowledge and Treatises on the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Regions. He is remembered for the maxim, “The rise and fall of the realm concerns every person.”
George Orwell (乔治·奥威尔（埃里克·亚瑟·布莱尔）)
A major 20th-century British left-wing writer and essayist, best known for Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, whose work became emblematic of political and linguistic criticism of totalitarianism.
Gabriel García Márquez (加西亚·马尔克斯)
Colombian novelist and master of magical realism, author of *One Hundred Years of Solitude* and winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. His work blends historical memory with the supernatural.
Fyodor Dostoevsky (费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基)
A major 19th‑century Russian novelist and thinker, renowned for probing moral conflict, religious redemption, and psychological depth. His major works include Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov.