T.S. Eliot was a distinguished American-born English poet, playwright, and literary critic, best known for his groundbreaking works that revolutionized modernist poetry.
George Eliot, a prolific Victorian-era novelist and poet, whose profound works like Middlemarch and Silas Marner continue to influence modern literature.
Leo Tolstoy was a Russian author and philosopher whose works like War and Peace and Anna Karenina revolutionized literature with their profound exploration of human nature.
Émile Zola was a prominent French novelist, critic, and political activist, renowned for his naturalistic style and social reformist ideals.