List of centenarians (authors, poets and journalists)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as authors, poets and journalists – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

Name	Lifespan	Age	Notability
AbramsM. H. Abrams	1912–2015	102	American literary critic[1]
AgleNan Agle	1905–2006	100	American children's writer[2]
AklSaid Akl	1911/1912–2014	102/103	Lebanese writer and poet[3]
AyalaFrancisco Ayala	1906–2009	103	Spanish novelist[4]
Ba JinBa Jin	1904–2005	100	Chinese author
BatesRalph Bates	1899–2000	101	English novelist
BattiscombeGeorgina Battiscombe	1905–2006	100	British biographer
BearnPierre Béarn	1902–2004	102	French poet
BelloJosé Bello	1904–2008	103	Spanish writer[5]
BernaysEdward Bernays	1891–1995	103	Austrian-born American publicist[6]
BernsteinHarry Bernstein	1910–2011	101	English-American author[7]
BhailisColm de Bhailís	1796–1906	109	Irish poet and songwriter[8]
BlackhamH. J. Blackham	1903–2009	105	British humanist author and philosopher[9]
BlanchLesley Blanch	1904–2007	102	English author and fashion critic[10]
BoissiereRalph de Boissière	1907–2008	100	Trinidadian-Australian author[11]
BorregoSalvador Borrego	1915–	100	Mexican journalist[12]
Brown, ArthurArthur Judson Brown	1856–1963	106	American clergyman, missionary, and author
Brown, WilliamWilliam Slater Brown	1896–1997	100	American novelist, biographer, and translator[13]
BruningElfriede Brüning	1910–2014	103	German journalist and novelist[14]
CharpentierFulgence Charpentier	1897–2001	103	Canadian journalist and columnist
ChaudhuriNirad C. Chaudhuri	1897–1999	101	Bengali-Indian writer
ChitrikYehuda Chitrik	1899–2006	106	American-Jewish author and Mashpia
ClancierGeorges-Emmanuel Clancier	1914–	101	French poet[15]
ClearyBeverly Cleary	1916–	100	American author[16]
ClementsJulia Clements	1906–2010	104	English author and flower arranger[17]
CorwinNorman Corwin	1910–2011	101	American writer, screenwriter, and producer[18]
CowlesFleur Cowles	1908–2009	101	American author, editor and artist[19]
CremerVictoriano Crémer	1906–2009	102	Spanish poet[20]
CurieÈve Curie	1904–2007	102	Daughter of Marie Curie and American author of biography of her mother
DearmerGeoffrey Dearmer	1893–1996	103	British poet
DelanyAnnie Elizabeth Delany	1891–1995	104	American author and civil rights pioneer[21]
DelanySarah Louise Delany	1889–1999	109	American author and civil rights pioneer[21]
DinoGüzin Dino	1910–2013	102	Turkish writer[22]
DouglasMarjory Stoneman Douglas	1890–1998	108	American conservationist and writer
DunnellMilt Dunnell	1905–2008	102	Canadian sportswriter[23]
DystelOscar Dystel	1912–2014	101	American publisher[24]
EberhartRichard Eberhart	1904–2005	101	American Pulitzer Prize winning poet
EisensteinJulius Eisenstein	1854–1956	101	Russian-American writer and historian
EyerlyJeannette Eyerly	1908–2008	100	American writer[25]
FernCharles Fern	1892–1995	102	American journalist and aviator[26]
FilloyJuan Filloy	1894–2000	105	Argentinian writer[27]
FrazierNeta Lohnes Frazier	1890–1990	100	American children's author
Frenk-WestheimMariana Frenk-Westheim	1898–2004	106	German-Spanish writer
FrescoJacque Fresco	1916–	100	American futurist[28]
FritzJean Fritz	1915–	100	American children's author[29]
FrooksDorothy Frooks	1896–1997	101	American author, publisher, military figure and actress
GawronskaLuciana Frassati Gawronska	1902–2007	105	Polish-Italian author
GayleMargot Gayle	1908–2008	100	American author and historical preservationist[30]
GaylordEdward K. Gaylord	1873–1974	101	American newspaper publisher and philanthropist
GoldbergItche Goldberg	1904–2006	102	Yiddish writer, scholar and political activist
GordonBernice Gordon	1914–2015	101	American cruciverbalist[31]
GrantGeorge F. Grant	1906–2008	102	American author on angling and innovator of fly tying[32]
GruberRuth Gruber	1911–	104	American journalist and writer[33]
HenestrosaAndrés Henestrosa	1906–2008	101	Mexican writer and politician[34]
HocHọc Phi	1913–2014	101	Vietnamese dramatist[35]
HollingworthClare Hollingworth	1911–	104	British journalist, first correspondent to report on World War II[36]
IrwinWilliam Arthur Irwin	1898–1999	101	Canadian journalist and diplomat[37]
JamalzadehMohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh	1892–1997	105	Iranian writer
JenkinsElizabeth Jenkins	1905–2010	104	English novelist[38]
JungerErnst Jünger	1895–1998	102	German writer
JurgielewiczowaIrena Jurgielewiczowa	1903–2003	100	Polish author[39]
KaneJoseph Nathan Kane	1899–2002	103	American author
KaufmanBel Kaufman	1911–2014	103	German-born American novelist and professor[40]
KeilsonHans Keilson	1909–2011	101	German-Dutch novelist[41]
KrasnySasha Krasny	1882–1995	112	Russian poet[42]
KunitzStanley Kunitz	1905–2006	100	American Poet Laureate
LawrenceAnthony Lawrence	1912–2013	101	British journalist[43]
MadoMichio Mado	1909–2014	104	Japanese poet[44]
MarchandClément Marchand	1912–2013	100	Canadian author, poet and journalist and publisher[45]
MarikKlára Marik	1903–2005	101	Hungarian writer and Olympic art competitor[46]
MartinClaire Martin	1914–2014	100	Canadian writer[47]
MasajiroKojima Masajirō	1894–1994	100	Japanese novelist
Medicine CrowJoe Medicine Crow	1913–2016	102	American Crow historian and author[48]
MestertonErik Mesterton	1903–2004	100	Swedish writer
Meyer-ClasonCurt Meyer-Clason	1910–2012	101	German writer and translator[49]
MickaharicDraja Mickaharic	1912–	104	American author and occulist[50]
MitchisonNaomi Mitchison	1897–1999	101	Scottish writer
MoreauAlicia Moreau de Justo	1885–1986	100	Argentine writer
MunceRuth Munce	1898–2001	103	American romance novelist and founder of the Keswick Christian School
MusaCarla Porta Musa	1902–2012	110	Italian essayist and poet[51]
NadeauMaurice Nadeau	1911–2013	102	French writer and editor[52]
NiwaFumio Niwa	1904–2005	100	Japanese novelist
PahorBoris Pahor	1913–	102	Slovene writer[53]
ParksLillian Rogers Parks	1897–1997	100	American co-author of White House memoirs
PartridgeFrances Partridge	1900–2004	103	English member of the Bloomsbury Group[54]
PearsonJames Larkin Pearson	1879–1981	101	American Poet Laureate of North Carolina (1953–1981)
ParraNicanor Parra	1914–	101	Chilean poet[55]
PessaFernando Pessa	1902–2002	100	Portuguese journalist and radio broadcaster
PincherChapman Pincher	1914–2014	100	British writer[56]
PollockIda Pollock	1908–2013	105	British romance novelist[57]
PrezzoliniGiuseppe Prezzolini	1882–1982	100	Italian journalist and writer[58]
PriceEdith B. Price	1897–1997	100	American author of children's books
RakosiCarl Rakosi	1903–2004	101	American Objectivist poet
RaspallJoana Raspall i Juanola	1913–2013	100	Spanish writer[59]
Santillan-CastrencePura Santillan-Castrence	1905–2007	101	Filipino author and diplomat
SeldesGeorge Seldes	1890–1995	104	American journalist and writer
SethnaK. D. Sethna	1904–2011	106	Indian author and poet[60]
ShibataToyo Shibata	1911–2013	101	Japanese poet[61]
SobrinhoBarbosa Lima Sobrinho	1897–2000	103	Brazilian historian, writer and journalist[62]
SpiegelMarga Spiegel	1912–2014	101	German writer[63]
StaeblerEdna Staebler	1906–2006	100	Canadian writer
StarasteMargarita Stāraste-Bordevīka	1914–2014	100	Latvian writer[64]
StavisBarrie Stavis	1906–2007	100	American playwright
StoneGrace Zaring Stone	1891–1991	100	American novelist[65]
StubbartAudrey Stubbart	1895–2000	105	American newspaper columnist[66]
StursbergPeter Stursberg	1913–2014	101	Canadian writer and broadcaster[67]
Surdas	1478–1583	104–105	Indian Hindu poet and saint[68]
TadijanovicDragutin Tadijanović	1905–2007	101	Croatian poet and writer
TantaquidgeonGladys Tantaquidgeon	1899–2005	106	American anthropologist and author[69]
TarryEllen Tarry	1906–2008	101	American author of children's books[70]
ThomasJean Bell Thomas	1881–1982	101	American folk festival promoter, traveler and author
ThorsFrits Thors	1909–2014	104	Dutch journalist and news anchor[71]
TrohanWalter Trohan	1903–2003	100	American writer and historian
TurnerDaisy Turner	1883–1988	104	American storyteller and poet[72]
UngarWilliam Ungar	1913–2013	100	Polish-born American author[73]
UpwardEdward Upward	1903–2009	105	English writer
WagenknechtEdward Wagenknecht	1900–2004	104	American co-author of White House memoirs
WalworthArthur Walworth	1903–2005	101	American writer and biographer of Woodrow Wilson
WeibullCurt Weibull	1886–1991	105	Swedish historian and author
WhitneyPhyllis A. Whitney	1903–2008	104	American mystery writer[74]
WilsonMary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx	1916–	100	English poet and spouse of British Prime Minister Harold Wilson[75]
WoukHerman Wouk	1915–	100	American author[76]
YangYang Jiang	1911–	104	Chinese playwright, author, and translator[77]
ZiffrenLester Ziffren	1906–2007	101	First American journalist to report on the Spanish Civil War

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