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Authors in Arts & Letters

106 people, across 8 fields.

Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803–1882Literature & DramaEssayist and philosopher who led the Transcendentalist movement and shaped American intellectual thought.Dr. Seuss 1904–1991Literature & DramaAuthor and illustrator whose rhythmic books transformed American children’s reading and publishing.Maya Angelou 1928–2014Literature & DramaPoet and memoirist whose I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings broke new ground in autobiographical writing.James Baldwin 1924–1987Literature & DramaEssayist and novelist whose searing explorations of race, sexuality, and identity remain profoundly relevant.Charles M. Schulz 1922–2000Visual Arts & DesignCartoonist who drew Peanuts for fifty years and made Charlie Brown a national figure.Isaac Asimov 1920–1992Literature & DramaWriter whose science fiction and popular science helped shape public imagination about robots, technology, and the future.Washington Irving 1783–1859Literature & DramaEarly American storyteller whose Sketch Book gave the country Rip Van Winkle and Sleepy Hollow.Richard Wright 1908–1960Literature & DramaNovelist whose works exposed the psychological and structural violence of racism and urban poverty in America.David Foster Wallace 1962–2008Literature & DramaNovelist and essayist whose Infinite Jest became a defining postmodern American novel.Studs Terkel 1912–2008Literature & DramaOral historian and Chicago broadcaster who recorded working Americans in book-length interview collections.Faith Ringgold 1930–2024Visual Arts & DesignArtist and author whose story quilts combine painting, quilting, and narrative to explore Black identity.