It is generally said that there are "ten great writers in the world", they are:
1. Homer. Homer, ancient Greek blind poet. Homer is the author of two famous epic poems in ancient Greece, "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey". His masterpiece "Homer's Epic" has influenced Western religion, culture and ethics for a long time.
2.Dante. Alighieri Dante. An Italian poet, the founder of modern Italian, and one of the pioneering figures of the European Renaissance. He left his name to future generations with his long poem "Divine Comedy". In addition to "The Divine Comedy", Dante also wrote a collection of poems "Renaissance", a treatise on language poetics "On the Sayings", a treatise on philosophy and theology "Feast" and a political treatise "On the Empire" and other works.
3. Goethe. Goethe (1749-1832) was the most important playwright, poet, and thinker in Germany and Europe from the mid-18th century to the early 19th century. In addition to poetry, drama, and novels, Goethe also made outstanding achievements in literary theory, philosophy, history, and design. Representative works: "The Sorrows of Young Werther", "Faust" and "Prometheus".
4. Byron. Byron (1788-1824) British poet. Support the democratic ideas of the people's revolution, fight for the ideals of democracy, freedom, and national liberation throughout his life, and work hard to create. His works have great historical and progressive significance and artistic value. His major works include "The Pagans" and "Harold's Travels".
5. Shakespeare. Shakespeare (1564-1616) was a great British dramatist and poet during the Renaissance. His representative works include: four major tragedies: "Hamlet", "Othello", "Macbeth" and "King Lear", comedy: "The Merchant of Venice", and drama (tragicomedy): "Romeo and Juliet". These works express European bourgeois humanism most fully and are the culmination of Renaissance literature.
6. Hugo. Hugo (1802-1885) was a great French novelist and famous poet in the 19th century. Representative works include "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "Les Misérables." With delicate techniques, broad life pictures and rich content, his works angrily exposed and powerfully accused the evils of the autocratic system and the reactionary church, and showed sympathy for the tragic suffering of the lower class poor.
7. Tagore. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) Indian poet, novelist, dramatist, essayist, and social activist. In his lifetime, he wrote more than 50 poetry collections, 12 novels, more than 100 short stories, and more than 20 plays. Representative works: "Gitanjali", "Bird Collection", "New Moon Collection". There are also many kinds of literature, philosophy, politics, travel notes and letters.
8. Leo Tolstoy. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was the greatest Russian writer of the 19th century. He entered Kazan University in 1840 and was influenced by Enlightenment thinkers such as Rousseau and Montesquieu. His representative works include "War and Peace", "Youth", "Confessions", "Resurrection", etc.
9. Gorky. Maxim Gorky, former Soviet proletarian writer. The founder of socialist realist literature, Lenin called him "the most outstanding representative of proletarian art." Representative works include "Childhood", "In the World", "My University", etc.
10. Lu Xun. Lu Xun (1881-1936), formerly known as Zhou Shuren, was a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang. He was a great writer, thinker, revolutionary and one of the founders of modern Chinese literature. Lu Xun made great contributions to Chinese cultural undertakings throughout his life. His works include "Diary of a Madman", "The Scream", "Morning Blossoms Picked at Dusk", "The True Story of Ah Q", etc.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Top Ten Writers in the World