List of authors / C
Approx
Cab cap
- Fernán Caballero (1796–1877), ES
- George Washington Cable (1844-1925), US
- Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929-2005), CU
- Pino Cacucci (* 1955), IT
- Caedmon (7th century), GB
- James M. Cain (1882-1977), US
- Rachel Caine (* 1962), US
- Alice Calaprice (* 1941), US
- Moyra Caldecott (1927-2015), ZA
- Nigel Calder (1931-2014), GB
- Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681), ES
- Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987), US
- Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985), GB
- Noël Calef (1907–1968), FR
- Nuran David Calis (* 1976), D
- Franz Callenbach (1663–1743), D
- Robert Calvert (1945-1988), GB
- Italo Calvino (1923–1985), IT
- Jorge Camacho (* 1966), ES
- Josef Maria Camenzind (1904–1984), CH
- Richard Owen Cambridge (1717-1802), GB
- Andrea Camilleri (1925-2019), IT
- Luís de Camões (1524-1580), PT
- Paul-Henri Campbell (* 1982), USA / D
- Thomas Campbell (1774-1844), GB
- Joachim Heinrich Campe (1746-1818), D
- Thomas Campion (1567-1620), GB
- Maximiano Campos (1941-1998), BR
- Albert Camus (1913-1960), FR
- Matilde Camus (1919-2012), ES
- Safiye Can (* 1977), D
- Trudi Canavan (* 1969), AUS
- Elias Canetti (1905-1994)
- Veza Canetti (1897-1963), AT
- Hans Caninenberg (1913-2008), D
- May Wedderburn Cannan (1893-1973), GB
- Friedrich Rudolf Ludwig von Canitz (1654–1699), D
- Ivan Cankar (1876-1918), SLO
- Cao Cao (155-220), CN
- Truman Capote (1924-1984), US
- Alex Capus (* 1961), D
Car-Caz
- Emilio Carballido (1925-2008), MEX
- Lorenzo Carcaterra (* 1954), US
- Lara Cardella (* 1969), IT
- Ernesto Cardenal (1925-2020), NIC
- Marie Cardinal (1928 / 29-2001), FR
- Giosuè Carducci (1835–1907), IT
- Viktor Car-Emin (1870-1963), HR
- Diane Carey (* 1954), US
- Henry Carey (1687-1743), GB
- Peter Carey (* 1943), AUS
- Siegfried Carl (* 1951), D
- William Carleton (1794-1869), IRL
- Gianrico Carofiglio (* 1961), IT
- Maxence Caron (* 1976), FR
- Hans Carossa (1878-1956), D
- Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980), CU
- Allen Carr (1934-2006), GB
- Caleb Carr (* 1955), US
- John Dickson Carr (1906-1977), US
- Marina Carr (born 1964), IRL
- Mary Jane Carr (1895-1988), US
- Raymond Carr (1919-2015), GB
- John le Carré (* 1931), GB
- Emmanuel Carrère (* 1957), FR
- Jean Carrière (1928-2005), FR
- Mathieu Carrière (* 1950), D
- Moritz Carrière (1817–1895), D
- Leonora Carrington (1917-2011), MX
- Jim Carroll (1949-2009), US
- Jonathan Carroll (* 1949), US
- Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), GB
- Ciaran Carson (1948-2019), IRL / GB
- Paul Carson (* 1949), GB / IRL
- Rachel Carson (1907-1964), US
- Mircea Cărtărescu (* 1956), RO
- Angela Carter (1940-1992), UK
- Lin Carter (1930-1988), US
- Stephen L. Carter (* 1954), US
- Raymond Carver (1938-1988), US
- Joyce Cary (1888-1957), IRL / GB
- Giovanni Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798), IT
- Francisco Casavella (1963-2008), ES
- Jon Cassar (* 1958), CAN
- Carlos Castaneda (1925-1998), US
- Horacio Castellanos Moya (* 1957), SLV
- Michel del Castillo (* 1933), ES / FR
- Claire Castillon (* 1975), FR
- Elisabeth Castonier (1894–1975), D
- Rainer Castor (1961–2015), D
- Carlos Castro (1945-2011), PT
- Rosalía de Castro (1837-1885), ES
- Willa Cather (1873-1947), US
- Catullus , Roman poet
- Gion Mathias Cavelty (* 1974), CH
- Jean Cayrol (1911-2005), FR
- Louis Cazamian (1877-1965), FR
Ce
- Camilo José Cela (1916-2002), ES
- Paul Celan (1920-1970)
- Gianni Celati (* 1937), IT
- Louis-Ferdinand Celine (1894–1961), FR
- Blaise Cendrars (1887-1961), CH
- CW Ceram (1915-1972), D.
- Vincenzo Cerami (1940-2013), IT
- Claretta Cerio (* 1926), D
- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), ES
- Karl Cervik (1931–2012), AT / D
- Aimé Césaire (1913–2008), FR / Martinique
- David Cesarani (1956-2015), GB
Ch
- Rosa Chacel (1898-1994), ES
- Elizabeth Chadwick (* 1957), GB
- Owen Chadwick (1916-2015), GB
- Ch'ae Man-sik (1902-1950), ROK
- Aidan Chambers (* 1934), GB
- Nicolas Chamfort (1741-1794), FR
- Frederick Chamier (1796-1870), GB
- Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838), D
- Karen Chance (* 19 **), US
- Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888-1959), US
- Jean Chapelain (1595-1674), FR
- George Chapman (1559 [?] - 1634), GB
- Desmond Chapman-Huston (1884-1952), IRL
- Maurice Chappaz (1916-2009), CH
- Michele Chinzi (* 1993), D
- René Char (1907–1988), FR
- Louis Henry Charbonneau (1924-2017), US
- Émile Chartier ( Alain; 1868–1951), FR
- Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), GB
- Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989), UK
- Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400), GB
- Nirad C. Chaudhuri (1897-1999)
- John Cheever (1912-1982), US
- Cheiro (1866-1936), IRL
- Cheon Woon-young (* 1971), ROK
- Gert Chesi (* 1940), AT
- Phyllis Chesler (* 1940), US
- Jacques Chessex (1934-2009), CH
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936), GB
- Elizabeth Chevalier
- Gabriel Chevallier (1895–1969), FR
- Robert Erskine Childers (1870-1922), IRL
- Mark Childress (1957), USA
- Rafael Chirbes (1949-2015), ES
- Hans Chlumberg (1897-1930), D
- Pierre-Ambroise-François Choderlos de Laclos (1741–1803), FR
- Ch'oe Yun (* 1953), ROK
- Choi In-hun (1936-2018), ROK
- Choi In-seok (* 1953), ROK
- Choi Seung-ho (* 1954), ROK
- Noam Chomsky (* 1928), US
- Chong Hyon-jong (* 1939), ROK
- David Chotjewitz (* 1964), D
- Peter O. Chotjewitz (1934-2010), D
- Mohamed Choukri (1935-2003), MAR
- Driss Chraïbi (1926-2007), MAR
- Chrétien de Troyes (~ 1140- ~ 1190), FR
- Ada Christen (1839–1901), AT
- Inger Christensen (1935–2009), DK
- Mathias Christiansen (* 1968), D
- Agatha Christie (1890-1976), GB
- Nils Christie (1928-2015), NO
- John Christopher (1922-2012), GB
- Ralph Chubb (1892-1960), GB
- Winston Churchill (1874-1965), GB
- Stefan Chwin (* 1949), PL
Ci
- Florian Cieslik (* 1975), D
- Emil Cioran (1911-1995), RO / FR
- Giulio Cisco (1921-1999), IT
Cl
- Tom Clancy (1947-2013), US
- John Clare (1793-1864), GB
- Christopher Clark (* 1960), AU
- Mary Higgins Clark (1927-2020), US
- Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008), UK
- Paul Claudel (1868-1955), FR
- Philippe Claudel (* 1962), FR
- Claudian (Claudius Claudianus) (~ 370–405)
- Hermann Claudius (1878–1980), D
- Matthias Claudius (1740-1815), D
- Hugo Claus (1929-2008), BE
- Connie Clausen (1923-1997), US
- Bernard Clavel (1923-2010), FR
- James Clavell (1924-1994), GB / US
- Paul Cleave (* 1974), NZ
- Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998), US
- John Cleland (1709-1789), GB
- Monika Clemens (* 1954), D
- Willem de Clercq (1795-1844), NL
- Kitty Clive (1711-1785), GB
- Stuart Cloete (1897-1976), ZA
- Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861), GB
Co
Cob-Con
- James Cobb , US
- Harlan Coben (* 1962), US
- Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), FR
- Paulo Coelho (* 1947), BR
- JM Coetzee (* 1940), ZA
- Leonard Cohen (* 1934), CAN
- Matt Cohen (1942-1999), CAN
- Stephen Colbert (* 1964), US
- George Douglas Howard Cole (1889-1959), GB
- Margaret Cole (1893-1980), GB
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), GB
- Egmont Colerus von Geldern (1888–1939), AT
- Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954), FR
- Eoin Colfer (* 1965), IRL
- Billy Collins (* 1941), US
- Jackie Collins (1937-2015), GB / US
- Max Allan Collins (* 1948), US
- Suzanne Collins (* 1962), US
- Wilkie Collins (1824-1889), GB
- William Collins (1721-1759), GB
- Carlo Collodi (1826-1890), IT
- John Robert Colombo (* 1936), CAN
- Vittoria Colonna (1490-1547), IT
- Padraic Colum (1881-1972), IRL
- Leo Colze (1870-1914), D.
- Johann Amos Comenius (1592–1670)
- Alex Comfort (1920-2000), UK
- Michael Connelly (* 1956), US
- John Connolly (* 1968), IRL
- John Connor (* 1946), GB
- Robert Conquest (1917-2015), GB
- Jo Conrad (* 1958), D
- Johannes Conrad (1929-2005), D
- Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), PL / GB
- Michael Georg Conrad (1846–1927), D
- Walter Conrad (1922-2006), D
- Hermann Conradi (1862–1890), D
- Karl Otto Conrady (1926-2020), D
- Shirley Conran (* 1932), GB
- Vincenzo Consolo (1933-2012), IT
- Karl Wilhelm Contessa (1777-1825), D
- Philip E. Converse (1928-2014), US
- Gerry Conway (* 1952), US
Coo-cow
- Bruce Alexander Cook (1932-2003), US
- Glen Cook (* 1944), US
- Nick Cook (* 1960), GB
- Richard Cook (1957-2007), GB
- Robin Cook (* 1940), US
- James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), US
- Susan Cooper (* 1935), GB / US
- Robert Coover (* 1932), US
- Wendy Cope (* 1945), GB
- Tristan Corbière (1845–1875), FR
- Michael Cordy (* 1962), GB
- Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), FR
- Ignác Cornova (1740-1822), IT
- Claudia Maria Cornwall (* 1948), CAN
- Bernard Cornwell (* 1944), GB
- Patricia Cornwell (* 1956), US
- Gregory Corso (1930-2001), US
- Julio Cortázar (1914–1984), RA (Argentina)
- Jayne Cortez (1936-2012), US
- Gottlieb Siegmund Corvinus (1677–1747), D
- Bora Ćosić (* 1932), RS
- Albert Cossery (1913-2008), EGY / FR
- Humberto Costantini (1924-1987), RA
- Júlia da Costa (1844–1911), BR
- Charles De Coster (1827-1879), BE
- Frank Cottrell Boyce (* 1961), GB
- Louis Couperus (1863-1923), NL
- Douglas Coupland (* 1961), CA
- Gil Courtemanche (1943-2011), CA
- Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867–1950), D
- Mia Couto (* 1955), MOZ
- Francis Coventry (1725-1754), GB
- Elise Cowen (1933-1962), US
- Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989), US
- William Cowper (1731-1800), GB
Cr
- Jim Crace (* 1946), GB
- Heinz von Cramer (1924–2009), D
- Tomas Cramer (1967), D
- Hart Crane (1899-1932) US
- Stephen Crane (1871-1900), US
- Quintin Craufurd (1743-1819), GB
- Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850-1887), CA
- Sharon Creech (* 1945), US
- Robert Creeley (1926-2005), USA
- Victoriano Crémer (190 * –2009), ES
- Jean-Louis Crémieux-Brilhac (1917–2015), FR
- Helmut Creutz (1923-2017), D
- Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur (1735-1813), US / FR
- Harry Crews (1935-2012), US
- Michael Crichton (1942-2008), US
- Quentin Crisp (1908-1999), GB
- Ann C. Crispin (1950-2013) US
- Edmund Crispin (1921-1978), GB
- Freeman Wills Crofts (1879-1957), IRL
- Eugen Croissant (1862-1918), D
- Anna Croissant-Rust (1860–1943), D
- Thomas Crofton Croker (1798-1854), IRL
- Deborah Crombie (* 1952), US
- Patricia Crone (1945-2015), DK
- Anthony Cronin (1928-2016), IRL
- Archibald Joseph Cronin (1896-1981), GB
- Wolf-Ulrich Cropp (* 1941), D
- Charles Cros (1842-1888), FR
- Donna Woolfolk Cross (* 1947), US
- Nicolas de Crosta (1900–1972), D
- Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), GB
- Lorna Crozier (* 1948), CAN
- Michel Crozier (1922-2013), FR
- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695), MEX
Cs
- Franz Theodor Csokor (1885–1969), A
Cu
- Countee Cullen (1903-1946), US
- Necati Cumalı (1921-2001), TR
- EE Cummings (1894-1962), US
- Michael Cunningham (* 1952), US
- Jamie Lee Curtis (* 1958), US
- James Oliver Curwood (1878-1927), US
Cz
- Heinz Czechowski (1935–2009), D
- Daniel Czepko (1605-1660), D.
- Alfons of Czibulka (1888–1969), A
- Wolfgang Cziesla (1955), D