Famous Short Story Authors From Abroad

[student101]

Does anyone know any famous SHORT STORY authors who are from any country BUT NOT england, france, ireland, scotland, or north america? thanx

 

[arildno]

Alexander Kielland, very famous in Norway.
He lived in Ibsen's time, and is one of the "Great Four" of that time
(The other two were Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Jonas Lie)

Kjell Askildsen is a highly acclaimed present day writer of short stories.

 

[jma2001]

Lu Xun, very famous and influential Chinese writer of the early twentieth century.

Here's some biographical info:
http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~gallaher/luxun/luxun.html

You can read English translations of some of his stories here. Try the one called "My Old Home":
http://www.coldbacon.com/writing/luxun-calltoarms.html

 

[student101]

How about poets?

 

[jma2001]

How about poets?

How about Dante (Italian), Virgil (Roman), or Homer (Greek)? C'mon, these are too easy.

 

[arildno]

Olaf H. Hauge, Rolf R. Jacobsen, Stein Mehren, Jan Erik Vold...

 

[motai]

Don't forget about Antonin Pavlovich Chekhov, one of the fathers of the contemporary short story.

 

[arildno]

Don't forget about Antonin Pavlovich Chekhov, one of the fathers of the contemporary short story.

And by that, I remembered the Russian grandfather of short stories, Gogol..

 

[Danger]

Salman Rushdi...