Top 100 Writers of the 20th Century
All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath."F. Scott Fitzgerald

This page honors the literary giants featured in the Writer’s Digest list of the Top 100 Writers of the 20th Century, with direct links to DailyCelebrations tributes where available. 🎉📚

TOP TEN
1. John Steinbeck
2. Ernest Hemingway 3. William Faulkner
4. Eugene O'Neill 5. T.S. Eliot 6. Willa Cather
7. Robert Frost 8. James Baldwin 9. Eudora Welty
10. E.B. White THE REST:
Edward Albee
Isabel Allende
Maya AngelouIsaac AsimovMargaret Atwood
W.H. AudenSaul BellowJudy Blume
Jorge Luis BorgesRay BradburyCharles Bukowski
Edgar Rice BurroughsOctavia E. ButlerAlbert Camus
Truman CapoteRaymond CarverJohn Cheever
Agatha ChristieWinston ChurchillArthur C. Clarke
Joseph ConradRoald DahlArthur Conan Doyle
Ralph EllisonF. Scott FitzgeraldE.M. Forster
Dr. SeussAllen GinsbergWilliam Golding
Graham GreeneJohn GrishamAlex Haley
Robert HeinleinLangston HughesZora Neale Hurston
Aldous HuxleyJohn IrvingJames Joyce
Jack KerouacStephen KingBarbara Kingsolver
Milan KunderaD. H. LawrenceUrsula Le Guin
Harper LeeC.S. LewisSinclair Lewis
Jack London

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