The greatest in the world are some of the famous ones: 1. William Shakespeare: regarded as one of the most important poets of the renaissance. His representative works include hamlet, the tempest, and so on. 2 Charles Dickens: He is considered one of the most important novelists of the 19th century. His representative works include A Tale of Two Cities and David Copperfield. 3 Victor Hugo: He is one of the important representatives of French romantic literature. His representative works include "Notre-Dame de Paris" and "Miserables". George Orwell was one of the most famous British novelists of the 20th century. His representative works include War and Peace and Glory. 5. Ernest Ernest: One of the most famous American novelists of the 20th century. His representative works include The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms. 6 Faulkner (John F. Kennedy): One of the most famous American novelists of the 20th century. His representative works include The Sound and the Fury, 1928, and so on. William Somerset Maugham was one of the most famous British novelists of the 20th century. His representative works included The Moon and Sixpence and The Shackles of Human Nature. 8. Calvino (Giorgia Arm Armonico): A famous Italian novelist and dramatist. His representative works include Requiem, Paradise Theater, etc. These were considered classics.