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Greatest Essayists in History

The best essayists from around the world and throughout history. An essay is a prose text that analyzes, interprets, and evaluates a topic from the author's subjective point of view, using logical arguments and personal reflection. It generally addresses a specific topic in an argumentative and expository manner, although it can have a free format. Its basic structure consists of an introduction, body, and conclusion. Vote for your favorite essay authors.
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Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag
1
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
2
Zadie Smith (Zadie Smith)
Zadie Smith
3
Zadie Smith
Cynthia Ozick
Cynthia Ozick
4
Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay
5
Joyce Carol Oates (Joyce Carol Oates)
Joyce Carol Oates
6
Joyce Carol Oates
George Orwell (1984)
George Orwell
7
1984
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
8
David Foster Wallace (David Foster Wallace)
David Foster Wallace
9
David Foster Wallace
Ralph Waldo Emerson (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
10
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Jorge Luis Borges (Borges)
Jorge Luis Borges
11
Borges
David Sedaris (David Sedaris)
David Sedaris
12
David Sedaris
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
13
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Michel Eyquem Montaigne
Michel Eyquem Montaigne
14
Samuel Johnson (Samuel Johnson)
Samuel Johnson
15
Samuel Johnson
Mark Twain (Mark Twain)
Mark Twain
16
Mark Twain
G.K. Chesterton (Chesterton)
G.K. Chesterton
17
Chesterton
Jonathan Swift (Swift)
Jonathan Swift
18
Swift
C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis
19
Joan Didion (Joan Didion)
Joan Didion
20
Joan Didion
Francis Bacon (Francis Bacon)
Francis Bacon
21
Francis Bacon
Bertrand Russell (Bertrand Russell)
Bertrand Russell
22
Bertrand Russell
Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens
23
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
24
Oscar Wilde (Oscar Wilde)
Oscar Wilde
25
Oscar Wilde
Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe
26
Edgar Allan Poe
Henry David Thoreau (Henry David Thoreau)
Henry David Thoreau
27
Henry David Thoreau
Hannah Arendt (Hannah Arendt)
Hannah Arendt
28
Hannah Arendt
Jean-Paul Sartre (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Jean-Paul Sartre
29
Jean-Paul Sartre
Simone De Beauvoir (Simone De Beauvoir)
Simone De Beauvoir
30
Simone De Beauvoir
Esther Vilar
Esther Vilar
31
Walter Benjamin (Walter Benjamin)
Walter Benjamin
32
Walter Benjamin
Mario Vargas Llosa (Mario Vargas Llosa)
Mario Vargas Llosa
33
Mario Vargas Llosa
T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot
34
Friedrich Nietzsche (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Friedrich Nietzsche
35
Friedrich Nietzsche
Octavio Paz (Octavio Paz)
Octavio Paz
36
Octavio Paz
Robert Louis Stevenson (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Robert Louis Stevenson
37
Robert Louis Stevenson
Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Rich
38
José Martí (Poet)
José Martí
39
Poet
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