History
Grace King
New Orleans novelist and historian Grace King made the city and state of her birth an abiding theme in her work.
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Literature
Henry Clay Lewis
Henry Clay Lewis trained as a doctor in Louisiana and also contributed to the nineteenth-century literary genre of southwestern humor.
Literature
John Kennedy Toole
New Orleans author John Kennedy Toole is known for his posthumously published novel "A Confederacy of Dunces," which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1981.
Literature
Lafcadio Hearn
Author and journalist Lafcadio Hearn spent a number of years in New Orleans writing about Creole culture.
Literature
Lyle Saxon
Lyle Saxon published articles, short stories, books of creative nonfiction, and one novel; he also directed the Louisiana branch of the Federal Writers Project.
Literature
Poetry
Louisiana poetry ranges from early francophone works to contemporary compositions.
Literature
Rachel O'Connor
A pioneer planter in what is now West Feliciana Parish, Rachel O'Connor wrote more than one hundred letters describing antebellum plantation life in southern Louisiana.
Literature
Rebecca Wells
Rebecca Wells is a novelist, actress, and playwright from central Louisiana.
Literature
Roark Bradford
Roark Bradford was a writer and editor for The Times-Picayune and the author of numerous articles, stories, and books in the 1920s and 30s.
Literature
Robert Penn Warren
Poet, critic, novelist, and US Poet Laureate Robert Penn Warren is best known for his novel "All The King's Men", inspired by the life and death of Louisiana governor Huey Long.
Literature
Ruth McEnery Stuart
Ruth McEnery Stuart was one of the most prominent Louisiana writers of short stories and poetry in the late nineteenth century.
Literature
Shirley Ann Grau
New Orleans born writer Shirley Ann Grau is noted for her depictions of southern landscapes and Louisiana folkways in her fiction.
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