Best Writers/Poets trivia quiz questions

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Which American author wrote the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
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Harper Lee
Which writer is known for his historical novel 'War and Peace'?
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Leo Tolstoy
Which Greek poet is known as the 'Father of Tragedy'?
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Aeschylus
Which Argentine author wrote 'Ficciones'?
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Jorge Luis Borges
Which writer is known for his/her children's book series 'Harry Potter'?
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J.K. Rowling
Which writer is known for his satirical novel 'Catch-22'?
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Joseph Heller
Which writer is known for his/her absurdist play 'Waiting for Godot'?
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Samuel Beckett
Which famous poet wrote 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night'?
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Dylan Thomas
Who wrote the dystopian novel 'Brave New World'?
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Aldous Huxley
Which writer is known for his epic fantasy series 'A Song of Ice and Fire'?
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George R.R. Martin
Who wrote the Gothic novel 'Frankenstein'?
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Mary Shelley
Which writer is known for his philosophical novel 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra'?
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Which Czech-born British playwright wrote 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'?
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Tom Stoppard
Which American author wrote 'Invisible Man'?
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Ralph Ellison
Which writer is known for his/her existentialist novel 'Nausea'?
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Jean-Paul Sartre
Which Nigerian author wrote 'Things Fall Apart'?
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Chinua Achebe
Which writer is known for his/her modernist novel 'Mrs Dalloway'?
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Virginia Woolf
Who wrote the poem 'The Waste Land'?
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T.S. Eliot
Which writer is known for his/her postcolonial novel 'Things Fall Apart'?
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Chinua Achebe
Who wrote the novel 'The Great Gatsby'?
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Which writer is known for his/her romantic poetry?
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William Wordsworth
Which Chilean poet won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971?
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Pablo Neruda
Who wrote the novel 'Heart of Darkness'?
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Joseph Conrad
Which poet won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995?
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Seamus Heaney
Who wrote the play 'Hamlet'?
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William Shakespeare
Who wrote the epic poem 'Paradise Lost'?
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John Milton
Who wrote the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
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Harper Lee
Which British author created the character James Bond?
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Ian Fleming
Which writer was born in 1564 and is known as the 'Bard of Avon'?
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William Shakespeare
Which writer is known for his/her dystopian novel '1984'?
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George Orwell
Who wrote the novel 'Moby-Dick'?
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Herman Melville
What was the real name of Dr. Seuss?
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Theodor Geisel
Which poet wrote 'The Raven'?
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Edgar Allan Poe
Which writer is known for his/her gothic horror stories?
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Edgar Allan Poe
Which American poet wrote 'I Hear America Singing'?
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Walt Whitman
Which Brazilian author wrote 'The Alchemist'?
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Paulo Coelho
Which Indian author wrote 'Midnight's Children'?
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Salman Rushdie
Which Irish author wrote 'Ulysses'?
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James Joyce
What pen name did Samuel Langhorne Clemens use?
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Mark Twain
Who wrote the novel 'The Catcher in the Rye'?
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J.D. Salinger
Which writer is known for his detective stories featuring Sherlock Holmes?
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Which French novelist wrote 'Les Misérables'?
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Victor Hugo
Who wrote the novel 'The Sun Also Rises'?
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Ernest Hemingway
Who wrote the novel 'Heart of Darkness'?
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Joseph Conrad
Which American poet wrote 'Leaves of Grass'?
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Walt Whitman
Which English author wrote 'Animal Farm'?
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George Orwell
Which writer is known for his/her magical realism novels?
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Which writer is known for his/her science fiction novel 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'?
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Douglas Adams
Who wrote the play 'Romeo and Juliet'?
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William Shakespeare
Which writer is known for his novel 'The Old Man and the Sea'?
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Ernest Hemingway
Who wrote the science fiction novel 'Neuromancer'?
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William Gibson
Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'Death of a Salesman'?
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Arthur Miller
Which Polish-born British writer wrote 'Lord of the Flies'?
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William Golding
Which Colombian author wrote 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'?
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Gabriel García Márquez
Which writer is known for his/her surrealist novel 'The Metamorphosis'?
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Franz Kafka
Which Russian author wrote 'War and Peace'?
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Leo Tolstoy
Which writer is known for his horror stories such as 'The Shining' and 'It'?
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Stephen King
Who wrote the novel 'The Grapes of Wrath'?
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John Steinbeck
Which American poet wrote 'Song of Myself'?
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Walt Whitman
Which Japanese author wrote 'Norwegian Wood'?
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Haruki Murakami
Which writer is known for her feminist novel 'The Second Sex'?
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Simone de Beauvoir
Who wrote the epic poem 'Paradise Lost'?
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John Milton
Which writer is known for his/her war novel 'All Quiet on the Western Front'?
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Erich Maria Remarque
Who wrote the play 'Waiting for Godot'?
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Samuel Beckett
Which writer is known for his science fiction novels such as 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'?
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Douglas Adams
Which Chinese author wrote 'Dream of the Red Chamber'?
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Cao Xueqin
Which Canadian author wrote 'The Handmaid's Tale'?
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Margaret Atwood
Which Australian author wrote 'Cloudstreet'?
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Tim Winton
Which Italian author wrote 'The Name of the Rose'?
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Umberto Eco
Which Spanish author wrote 'Don Quixote'?
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Miguel de Cervantes
Who wrote the poem 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'?
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T.S. Eliot
Who wrote the play 'Macbeth'?
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William Shakespeare
Which writer is known for her Gothic novel 'Frankenstein'?
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Mary Shelley
Which American poet wrote 'The Road Not Taken'?
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Robert Frost
Which poet wrote 'Howl'?
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Allen Ginsberg
Which writer is known for his postmodern novel 'Infinite Jest'?
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David Foster Wallace

Best Writers/Poets trivia quiz questions

Which American author wrote the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?

Which writer is known for his historical novel 'War and Peace'?

Which Greek poet is known as the 'Father of Tragedy'?

Which Argentine author wrote 'Ficciones'?

Which writer is known for his/her children's book series 'Harry Potter'?

Which writer is known for his satirical novel 'Catch-22'?

Which writer is known for his/her absurdist play 'Waiting for Godot'?

Which famous poet wrote 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night'?

Who wrote the dystopian novel 'Brave New World'?

Which writer is known for his epic fantasy series 'A Song of Ice and Fire'?

Who wrote the Gothic novel 'Frankenstein'?

Which writer is known for his philosophical novel 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra'?

Which Czech-born British playwright wrote 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'?

Which American author wrote 'Invisible Man'?

Which writer is known for his/her existentialist novel 'Nausea'?

Which Nigerian author wrote 'Things Fall Apart'?

Which writer is known for his/her modernist novel 'Mrs Dalloway'?

Who wrote the poem 'The Waste Land'?

Which writer is known for his/her postcolonial novel 'Things Fall Apart'?

Who wrote the novel 'The Great Gatsby'?

Which writer is known for his/her romantic poetry?

Which Chilean poet won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971?

Who wrote the novel 'Heart of Darkness'?

Which poet won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995?

Who wrote the play 'Hamlet'?

Who wrote the epic poem 'Paradise Lost'?

Who wrote the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?

Which British author created the character James Bond?

Which writer was born in 1564 and is known as the 'Bard of Avon'?

Which writer is known for his/her dystopian novel '1984'?

Who wrote the novel 'Moby-Dick'?

What was the real name of Dr. Seuss?

Which poet wrote 'The Raven'?

Which writer is known for his/her gothic horror stories?

Which American poet wrote 'I Hear America Singing'?

Which Brazilian author wrote 'The Alchemist'?

Which Indian author wrote 'Midnight's Children'?

Which Irish author wrote 'Ulysses'?

What pen name did Samuel Langhorne Clemens use?

Who wrote the novel 'The Catcher in the Rye'?

Which writer is known for his detective stories featuring Sherlock Holmes?

Which French novelist wrote 'Les Misérables'?

Who wrote the novel 'The Sun Also Rises'?

Who wrote the novel 'Heart of Darkness'?

Which American poet wrote 'Leaves of Grass'?

Which English author wrote 'Animal Farm'?

Which writer is known for his/her magical realism novels?

Which writer is known for his/her science fiction novel 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'?

Who wrote the play 'Romeo and Juliet'?

Which writer is known for his novel 'The Old Man and the Sea'?

Who wrote the science fiction novel 'Neuromancer'?

Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'Death of a Salesman'?

Which Polish-born British writer wrote 'Lord of the Flies'?

Which Colombian author wrote 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'?

Which writer is known for his/her surrealist novel 'The Metamorphosis'?

Which Russian author wrote 'War and Peace'?

Which writer is known for his horror stories such as 'The Shining' and 'It'?

Who wrote the novel 'The Grapes of Wrath'?

Which American poet wrote 'Song of Myself'?

Which Japanese author wrote 'Norwegian Wood'?

Which writer is known for her feminist novel 'The Second Sex'?

Who wrote the epic poem 'Paradise Lost'?

Which writer is known for his/her war novel 'All Quiet on the Western Front'?

Who wrote the play 'Waiting for Godot'?

Which writer is known for his science fiction novels such as 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'?

Which Chinese author wrote 'Dream of the Red Chamber'?

Which Canadian author wrote 'The Handmaid's Tale'?

Which Australian author wrote 'Cloudstreet'?

Which Italian author wrote 'The Name of the Rose'?

Which Spanish author wrote 'Don Quixote'?

Who wrote the poem 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'?

Who wrote the play 'Macbeth'?

Which writer is known for her Gothic novel 'Frankenstein'?

Which American poet wrote 'The Road Not Taken'?

Which poet wrote 'Howl'?

Which writer is known for his postmodern novel 'Infinite Jest'?