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Famous authors and poets

Name a famous author or poet. Hopdown accepts 1,161 answers here. Common answers keep your bunny near the surface; rare ones dig deeper.

Most common answers

• Stephen KingExtremely common
• William ShakespeareExtremely common
• Kahlil GibranExtremely common
• Jane AustenCommon
• Charles DickensCommon
• J. K. RowlingCommon
• Jalaluddin RumiCommon
• Mark TwainCommon
• Ernest HemingwayUncommon
• Oscar WildeUncommon
• Leonard CohenUncommon
• Harper LeeUncommon
• David WalliamsUncommon
• Li BaiUncommon
• William GoldingUncommon

Rare answers

• Ahmad FarazRare
• Gwendolyn BrooksRare
• J. M. CoetzeeRare
• Jibanananda DasRare
• Andre GideRare
• Tennessee WilliamsRarePlaywright, accepted
• Rainbow RowellRare
• Banana YoshimotoVery rare
• Lauren BeukesVery rare
• Matsuo BashoVery rare
• Yvonne OwuorVery rare
• Francisco BalagtasVery rare
• Friedrich HolderlinVery rare
• Elechi AmadiVery rare
• Maj SjowallVery rare

Deep cuts

The answers almost nobody gives.

• Alexandre DumasDeep cut
• ApuleiusDeep cut
• Christine de PizanDeep cut
• David Foster WallaceDeep cut
• Honore de BalzacDeep cut
• Sindiwe MagonaDeep cut
• Miriam TlaliDeep cut
• OvidDeep cut
• Wole SoyinkaDeep cut
• Toni Cade BambaraDeep cut

Plus 1,121 more answers you'll have to find yourself.