Name
|
Lifespan
|
Age
|
Notability
|
M. H. Abrams |
1912–2015 |
102 |
American literary critic[1]
|
Angelina Acuña |
1905–2006 |
101 |
Guatemalan educator, writer and poet[2]
|
Jacob Adler (aka: B. Kovner) |
1874–1974 |
100 |
Polish-born Jewish-American Yiddish writer, poet, and humorist[3]
|
Nan Hayden Agle |
1905–2006 |
100 |
American children's writer[4]
|
Said Akl |
1912–2014 |
102 |
Lebanese writer and poet[5]
|
Roger Angell |
1920–2022 |
101 |
American essayist, writer and poet[6]
|
Ruth Nanda Anshen |
1900–2003 |
103 |
American author and editor.[7]
|
Jaime Ardila Casamitjana |
1919–2019 |
100 |
Colombian writer[8]
|
Diana Athill |
1917–2019 |
101 |
British literary editor, novelist and memoirist[9]
|
Francisco Ayala |
1906–2009 |
103 |
Spanish novelist[10]
|
Ba Jin |
1904–2005 |
100 |
Chinese author[11]
|
Ann Barzel |
1905–2007 |
101 |
American writer, critic and lecturer on dance[12]
|
Ralph Bates |
1899–2000 |
101 |
English novelist[13]
|
Georgina Battiscombe |
1905–2006 |
100 |
British biographer[14]
|
Pierre Béarn |
1902–2004 |
102 |
French poet[15]
|
Pepin Bello |
1904–2008 |
103 |
Spanish intellectual and writer[16]
|
Eric Bentley |
1916–2020 |
103 |
American playwright and theatre critic[17]
|
Edward Bernays |
1891–1995 |
103 |
Austrian-born American publicist[18]
|
Harry Bernstein |
1910–2011 |
101 |
English-American author[19]
|
Colm de Bhailís |
1796–1906 |
109 |
Irish poet, songwriter and stonemason[20]
|
H.J. Blackham |
1903–2009 |
105 |
British humanist author and philosopher[21]
|
Lesley Blanch |
1904–2007 |
102 |
English author and fashion critic[22]
|
Ronald Blythe |
1922–2023 |
100 |
English writer[23]
|
Ralph de Boissière |
1907–2008 |
100 |
Trinidadian-Australian author[24]
|
Landrum Bolling |
1913–2018 |
104 |
American journalist, diplomat, and noted pacifist[25]
|
Georges Bonnet |
1919–2021 |
101 |
French writer and poet[26]
|
Salvador Borrego |
1915–2018 |
102 |
Mexican journalist[27]
|
E. R. Braithwaite |
1912–2016 |
104 |
Guyanese author[28]
|
George Braziller |
1916–2017 |
101 |
American book publisher[29]
|
George E. Bria |
1916–2017 |
101 |
American journalist[30]
|
Sir Harry Brittain |
1873–1974 |
100 |
British journalist and founder of the Empire Press Union[31]
|
Arthur Judson Brown |
1856–1963 |
106 |
American clergyman, missionary and author
|
William Slater Brown |
1896–1997 |
100 |
American novelist, biographer and translator[32]
|
Elfriede Brüning |
1910–2014 |
103 |
German journalist and novelist[33]
|
Geneviève Callerot |
1916– |
108 |
French novelist[34]
|
Paco Cano |
1912–2016 |
103 |
Spanish photojournalist[35]
|
Chang Ch'ung-ho |
1914–2015 |
101 |
Chinese-American poet, writer and educator[36]
|
Fulgence Charpentier |
1897–2001 |
103 |
Canadian journalist and columnist[37]
|
Nirad C. Chaudhuri |
1897–1999 |
101 |
Bengali-Indian writer[38]
|
Yehuda Chitrik |
1899–2006 |
106 |
American Chabad-Lubavitch author and Mashpia[39]
|
Georges-Emmanuel Clancier |
1914–2018 |
104 |
French poet[40]
|
Beverly Cleary |
1916–2021 |
104 |
American author[41][42][43]
|
Julia Clements |
1906–2010 |
104 |
English author and flower arranger[44]
|
Norman Corwin |
1910–2011 |
101 |
American writer, essayist, screenwriter, television producer, and teacher[45]
|
Fleur Cowles |
1908–2009 |
101 |
American author, editor and artist[46]
|
Victoriano Crémer |
1906–2009 |
102 |
Spanish poet[47]
|
Wilbur Cross |
1918–2019 |
100 |
American author[48]
|
Ève Curie |
1904–2007 |
102 |
American author and biographer; daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie[49]
|
Bernard Binlin Dadié |
1916–2019 |
103 |
Ivorian novelist, playwright and poet[50]
|
Robin Dalton |
1920–2022 |
101 |
Australian literary agent and journalist[51]
|
Hope Hale Davis |
1903–2004 |
100 |
American feminist and communist, later author and writing teacher[52]
|
Geoffrey Dearmer |
1893–1996 |
103 |
British poet[53]
|
Bessie Delany |
1891–1995 |
104 |
American dentist, author and civil rights pioneer; younger sister of fellow centenarian Sadie Delany[54]
|
Sadie Delany |
1889–1999 |
109 |
American educator, author and civil rights pioneer; elder sister of fellow centenarian Bessie Delany[54]
|
Güzin Dino |
1910–2013 |
102 |
Turkish writer[55]
|
Marjory Stoneman Douglas |
1890–1998 |
108 |
American journalist, author, women's suffrage advocate, and conservationist[56]
|
Milt Dunnell |
1905–2008 |
102 |
Canadian sportswriter[57]
|
Oscar Dystel |
1912–2014 |
101 |
American publisher[58]
|
Richard Eberhart |
1904–2005 |
101 |
American poet; Pulitzer Prize winner[59]
|
Julius Eisenstein |
1854–1956 |
101 |
Russian-American writer and historian[60]
|
Mari Ellis |
1913–2015 |
101 |
Welsh feminist writer[61]
|
Nils Elowsson |
1890–1999 |
109 |
Swedish journalist and politician[62]
|
Jeannette Eyerly |
1908–2008 |
100 |
American writer[63]
|
Lawrence Ferlinghetti |
1919–2021 |
101 |
American poet[64]
|
Charles Fern |
1892–1995 |
102 |
American journalist and aviator[65]
|
Hélio Fernandes |
1921–2021 |
100 |
Brazilian journalist[66]
|
Juan Filloy |
1894–2000 |
105 |
Argentinian writer[67]
|
Traute Foresti |
1915–2015 |
100 |
Austrian poet and actress[68]
|
Neta Lohnes Frazier |
1890–1990 |
100 |
American children's author[69]
|
Mariana Frenk-Westheim |
1898–2004 |
106 |
German-Spanish writer[70]
|
Jacque Fresco |
1916–2017 |
101 |
American futurist[71]
|
Jean Fritz |
1915–2017 |
101 |
American children's author[72]
|
Dorothy Frooks |
1896–1997 |
101 |
American author, publisher, military officer and military lawyer[73]
|
Luciana Frassati Gawronska |
1902–2007 |
105 |
Polish-Italian author[74]
|
Margot Gayle |
1908–2008 |
100 |
American author and historical preservationist[75]
|
Edward K. Gaylord |
1873–1974 |
101 |
American newspaper publisher and philanthropist[76]
|
Itche Goldberg |
1904–2006 |
102 |
Yiddish writer, scholar and political activist[77]
|
Miriam Goldberg |
1916–2017 |
100 |
American newspaper publisher and editor[78]
|
Bernice Gordon |
1914–2015 |
101 |
American cruciverbalist[79]
|
Javare Gowda |
1915–2016 |
100 |
Indian Kannada language author[80]
|
George F. Grant |
1906–2008 |
102 |
American author on angling and innovator of fly tying[81]
|
Francesc Gras Salas |
1921–2022 |
101 |
Catalan ophthalmologist and writer[82]
|
Ruth Gruber |
1911–2016 |
105 |
American journalist and writer[83]
|
Doris Grumbach |
1918–2022 |
104 |
American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist[84]
|
Charles H. Hayward |
1898–1998 |
100 |
British author, editor, and illustrator of books and magazines on woodworking; also a cabinet maker[85][86]
|
Andrés Henestrosa |
1906–2008 |
101 |
Mexican writer[87]
|
Học Phi |
1913–2014 |
101 |
Vietnamese dramatist[88]
|
Drue Heinz |
1915–2018 |
103 |
American literary publisher (The Paris Review) and patron (Drue Heinz Literature Prize)[89]
|
Clare Hollingworth |
1911–2017 |
105 |
British journalist, first correspondent to report on World War II[90]
|
Joan Hollobon |
1920–2024 |
104 |
Welsh-born Canadian writer and journalist[91]
|
Edith Iglauer |
1917–2019 |
101 |
American writer[92]
|
William Arthur Irwin |
1898–1999 |
101 |
Canadian journalist and diplomat[93]
|
Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh |
1892–1997 |
105 |
Iranian writer[94]
|
Elizabeth Jenkins |
1905–2010 |
104 |
English novelist[95]
|
Satya Mohan Joshi |
1920–2022 |
102 |
Nepalese writer and scholar[96]
|
Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo |
1915–2017 |
102 |
Indian nationalist writer and scholar[97]
|
Ernst Jünger |
1895–1998 |
102 |
German writer[98]
|
Irena Jurgielewiczowa |
1903–2003 |
100 |
Polish author[99]
|
Bernard Kalb |
1922–2023 |
100 |
American journalist, moderator, and author[100]
|
Joseph Nathan Kane |
1899–2002 |
103 |
American author[101]
|
Bel Kaufman |
1911–2014 |
103 |
German-born American novelist and professor[102]
|
Hans Keilson |
1909–2011 |
101 |
German-Dutch novelist, poet, psychoanalyst and child psychologist[103]
|
Hossein Wahid Khorasani |
1921– |
103 |
Iranian author and ayatollah[104]
|
Ted Knap |
1920–2023 |
102 |
American journalist[105]
|
Masajirō Kojima |
1894–1994 |
100 |
Japanese novelist[106]
|
William Krehm |
1913–2019 |
105 |
Canadian author, foreign correspondent and Spanish Civil War volunteer[107]
|
Stanley Kunitz |
1905–2006 |
100 |
American poet; two-time Poet Laureate (1974 and 2000)[108]
|
André Lafargue |
1917–2017 |
100 |
French journalist and theatre critic[109]
|
Marc Lamunière |
1921–2021 |
100 |
Swiss writer[110]
|
Anthony Lawrence |
1912–2013 |
101 |
British journalist[111]
|
Erna Lazarus |
1903–2006 |
102 |
American screenwriter[112]
|
Chin Yang Lee |
1915–2018 |
102 |
Chinese-American author[113]
|
Frances M. López-Morillas |
1918–2018 |
100 |
American translator of Spanish literature[114]
|
Krystyna Łyczywek |
1920–2021 |
100 |
Polish photographer, translator and journalist[115]
|
Ma Shitu |
1915–2024 |
109 |
Chinese writer and politician[116]
|
Dorothy Maclean |
1920–2020 |
100 |
Canadian writer and educator[117]
|
Michio Mado |
1909–2014 |
104 |
Japanese poet[118]
|
George Mandel |
1920–2021 |
101 |
American Beat writer[119]
|
Clément Marchand |
1912–2013 |
100 |
Canadian author, poet, journalist and publisher[120]
|
Claire Martin |
1914–2014 |
100 |
Canadian novelist[121]
|
Lambert Mascarenhas |
1914–2021 |
106 |
Indian journalist (The Navhind Times and Goa Today), independence activist and writer[122]
|
Mildred Shapley Matthews |
1915–2016 |
101 |
American book editor and writer, best known for her astronomy books[123][124]
|
Lorna McDonald |
1916–2017 |
100 |
Australian author and historian[125]
|
Joe Medicine Crow |
1913–2016 |
102 |
American Crow historian and author[126]
|
Louise Meriwether |
1923–2023 |
100 |
American author and activist[127]
|
Erik Mesterton |
1903–2004 |
100 |
Swedish author, literary critic and translator[128]
|
Curt Meyer-Clason |
1910–2012 |
101 |
German writer and translator[129]
|
Morton Mintz |
1922– |
102 |
American journalist[130]
|
Naomi Mitchison |
1897–1999 |
101 |
Scottish writer[131]
|
Alicia Moreau de Justo |
1885–1986 |
100 |
Argentine writer[132]
|
Henry Morgenthau III |
1917–2018 |
101 |
American writer[133]
|
John Godfrey Morris |
1916–2017 |
100 |
American author, photojournalist and picture editor[134]
|
Ruth Munce |
1898–2001 |
103 |
American romance novelist
|
Carla Porta Musa |
1902–2012 |
110 |
Italian essayist and poet[135]
|
Maurice Nadeau |
1911–2013 |
102 |
French writer and editor[136]
|
Fumio Niwa |
1904–2005 |
100 |
Japanese novelist[137]
|
Lise Nørgaard |
1917–2023 |
105 |
Danish journalist and writer[138]
|
Eleanor Owen |
1921–2022 |
101 |
American journalist, playwright, actress, professor and mental health advocate[139]
|
Boris Pahor |
1913–2022 |
108 |
Italian Slovenian novelist and concentration camp survivor[140]
|
Lillian Rogers Parks |
1897–1997 |
100 |
American writer[141]
|
Nicanor Parra |
1914–2018 |
103 |
Chilean poet[142]
|
Frances Partridge |
1900–2004 |
103 |
English diarist; member of the Bloomsbury Group[143]
|
James Larkin Pearson |
1879–1981 |
101 |
American poet; Poet Laureate of North Carolina (1953–81)
|
Michel Peyramaure |
1922–2023 |
101 |
French writer[144]
|
José Osvaldo de Meira Penna |
1917–2017 |
100 |
Brazilian classical liberal writer[145]
|
Fernando Pessa |
1902–2002 |
100 |
Portuguese journalist and radio broadcaster[146]
|
Chapman Pincher |
1914–2014 |
100 |
British writer[147]
|
Nilawan Pintong |
1915–2017 |
101 |
Thai feminist writer[148]
|
Gertrude Poe |
1915–2017 |
101 |
American journalist, lawyer and real estate agent[149]
|
Ida Pollock |
1908–2013 |
105 |
British romance novelist[150]
|
Tao Porchon-Lynch |
1918–2020 |
101 |
American author, dancer and yogi[151]
|
Giuseppe Prezzolini |
1882–1982 |
100 |
Italian journalist and writer[152]
|
Edith B. Price |
1897–1997 |
100 |
American author of children's books[153]
|
Carl Rakosi |
1903–2004 |
101 |
American Objectivist poet[154]
|
Joana Raspall i Juanola |
1913–2013 |
100 |
Spanish writer[155]
|
Naomi Replansky |
1918–2023 |
104 |
American poet[156]
|
Ahmad Samii Gilani |
1921–2023 |
102 |
Iranian translator and editor[157]
|
Pura Santillan-Castrence |
1905–2007 |
101 |
Filipino author and diplomat[158]
|
Constance Savery |
1897–1999 |
101 |
English author, principally of children's books[159]
|
Gil Savery |
1917–2018 |
101 |
American journalist[160]
|
Marian Cannon Schlesinger |
1912–2017 |
105 |
American artist and author[161]
|
Claude Seignolle |
1917–2018 |
101 |
French author[162]
|
George Seldes |
1890–1995 |
104 |
American journalist and writer[163]
|
K. D. Sethna |
1904–2011 |
106 |
Indian author and poet[164]
|
Mildred Shapley Matthews |
1915–2016 |
100 |
American book editor[165]
|
Toyo Shibata |
1911–2013 |
101 |
Japanese poet[166]
|
Vera Shlakman |
1909–2017 |
108 |
American Marxist writer and academic[167]
|
Jakob Skarstein |
1921–2021 |
100 |
Norwegian journalist and radio personality[168][169]
|
Barbosa Lima Sobrinho |
1897–2000 |
103 |
Brazilian historian, writer and journalist[170]
|
Marga Spiegel |
1912–2014 |
101 |
German writer[171]
|
Edna Staebler |
1906–2006 |
100 |
Canadian writer
|
Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka |
1914–2014 |
100 |
Latvian writer[172]
|
Barrie Stavis |
1906–2007 |
100 |
American playwright[173]
|
Grace Zaring Stone |
1891–1991 |
100 |
American novelist[174]
|
Audrey Stubbart |
1895–2000 |
105 |
American newspaper columnist[175]
|
Peter Stursberg |
1913–2014 |
101 |
Canadian writer and broadcaster[176]
|
Dragutin Tadijanović |
1905–2007 |
101 |
Croatian poet and writer[177]
|
Gladys Tantaquidgeon |
1899–2005 |
106 |
American anthropologist and author[178]
|
Ellen Tarry |
1906–2008 |
101 |
American writer specialized in children's literature[179]
|
Ruth Ashton Taylor |
1922–2024 |
101 |
American television and radio newscaster[180]
|
Jean Bell Thomas |
1881–1982 |
101 |
American folk festival promoter, traveler and author[181]
|
Frits Thors |
1909–2014 |
104 |
Dutch journalist and news anchor[182]
|
Vance Trimble |
1913–2021 |
107 |
American journalist[183]
|
Walter Trohan |
1903–2003 |
100 |
American writer and historian[184]
|
Daisy Turner |
1883–1988 |
104 |
American storyteller and poet[185]
|
William Ungar |
1913–2013 |
100 |
Polish-born American author[186]
|
Edward Upward |
1903–2009 |
105 |
English writer[187]
|
Henri Vernes |
1918–2021 |
102 |
Belgian author[188]
|
Edward Wagenknecht |
1900–2004 |
104 |
American co-author of White House memoirs[189]
|
Alison Waley |
1901–2001 |
100 |
New Zealand poet and author[190]
|
Arthur Walworth |
1903–2005 |
101 |
American writer and biographer of Woodrow Wilson[191]
|
Curt Weibull |
1886–1991 |
105 |
Swedish historian and author[192]
|
Phyllis A. Whitney |
1903–2008 |
104 |
American mystery writer[193]
|
Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx |
1916–2018 |
102 |
English poet; wife of British Prime Minister Harold Wilson[194]
|
Herman Wouk |
1915–2019 |
103 |
American author[195]
|
Yang Jiang |
1911–2016 |
104 |
Chinese playwright, author and translator[196]
|
Donald Zec |
1919–2021 |
102 |
British journalist[197][198]
|
Zheng Min |
1920–2022 |
101 |
Chinese poet[199]
|
Lester Ziffren |
1906–2007 |
101 |
First American journalist to report on the Spanish Civil War[200]
|
Juan Eduardo Zúñiga |
1919–2020 |
101 |
Spanish author and literary scholar[201][202]
|