Author

• Lamartine (1790–1869) — French poet, writer, politician
• Petrarch (1304–1374) — Italian poet, scholar, father of Renaissance humanism
• Proba Falconia (c. 322–c. 370) — Roman Christian poet, composed biblical centos from Virgil
• Racine (1639–1699) — French dramatist
• Shakespeare (1564–1616) — English dramatist and poet
• Voltaire (1694–1778) — French Enlightenment writer and philosopher