The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as authors, editors, poets and journalists – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.
Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability |
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1912–2015 | 102 | American literary critic[1] | |
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] |
1905–2006 | 100 | American children's writer[4] | |
1912–2014 | 102 | Lebanese writer and poet[5] | |
1920–2022 | 101 | American essayist, writer and poet[6] | |
1900–2003 | 103 | American author and editor.[7] | |
1919–2019 | 100 | Colombian writer[8] | |
1917–2019 | 101 | British literary editor, novelist and memoirist[9] | |
1906–2009 | 103 | Spanish novelist[10] | |
1904–2005 | 100 | Chinese author[11] | |
1905–2007 | 101 | American writer, critic and lecturer on dance[12] | |
1899–2000 | 101 | English novelist[13] | |
1905–2006 | 100 | British biographer[14] | |
1902–2004 | 102 | French poet[15] | |
1904–2008 | 103 | Spanish intellectual and writer[16] | |
1916–2020 | 103 | American playwright and theatre critic[17] | |
1891–1995 | 103 | Austrian-born American publicist[18] | |
1910–2011 | 101 | English-American author[19] | |
1796–1906 | 109 | Irish poet, songwriter and stonemason[20] | |
1903–2009 | 105 | British humanist author and philosopher[21] | |
1904–2007 | 102 | English author and fashion critic[22] | |
1922–2023 | 100 | English writer[23] | |
1907–2008 | 100 | Trinidadian-Australian author[24] | |
1913–2018 | 104 | American journalist, diplomat, and noted pacifist[25] | |
1919–2021 | 101 | French writer and poet[26] | |
1915–2018 | 102 | Mexican journalist[27] | |
1912–2016 | 104 | Guyanese author[28] | |
1916–2017 | 101 | American book publisher[29] | |
1916–2017 | 101 | American journalist[30] | |
1873–1974 | 100 | British journalist and founder of the Empire Press Union[31] | |
1856–1963 | 106 | American clergyman, missionary and author | |
1896–1997 | 100 | American novelist, biographer and translator[32] | |
1910–2014 | 103 | German journalist and novelist[33] | |
Geneviève Callerot | 1916– | French novelist[34] | |
1912–2016 | 103 | Spanish photojournalist[35] | |
1914–2015 | 101 | Chinese-American poet, writer and educator[36] | |
1897–2001 | 103 | Canadian journalist and columnist[37] | |
1897–1999 | 101 | Bengali-Indian writer[38] | |
1899–2006 | 106 | American Chabad-Lubavitch author and Mashpia[39] | |
1914–2018 | 104 | French poet[40] | |
Beverly Cleary | 1916–2021 | 104 | American author[41] [42] [43] |
1906–2010 | 104 | English author and flower arranger[44] | |
1910–2011 | 101 | American writer, essayist, screenwriter, television producer, and teacher[45] | |
1908–2009 | 101 | American author, editor and artist[46] | |
1906–2009 | 102 | Spanish poet[47] | |
1918–2019 | 100 | American author[48] | |
1904–2007 | 102 | American author and biographer; daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie[49] | |
1916–2019 | 103 | Ivorian novelist, playwright and poet[50] | |
1920–2022 | 101 | Australian literary agent and journalist[51] | |
1903–2004 | 100 | American feminist and communist, later author and writing teacher[52] | |
1893–1996 | 103 | British poet[53] | |
1891–1995 | 104 | American dentist, author and civil rights pioneer; younger sister of fellow centenarian Sadie Delany[54] | |
1889–1999 | 109 | American educator, author and civil rights pioneer; elder sister of fellow centenarian Bessie Delany | |
1910–2013 | 102 | Turkish writer[55] | |
1890–1998 | 108 | American journalist, author, women's suffrage advocate, and conservationist[56] | |
1905–2008 | 102 | Canadian sportswriter[57] | |
1912–2014 | 101 | American publisher[58] | |
1904–2005 | 101 | American poet; Pulitzer Prize winner[59] | |
1854–1956 | 101 | Russian-American writer and historian[60] | |
1913–2015 | 101 | Welsh feminist writer[61] | |
1890–1999 | 109 | Swedish journalist and politician[62] | |
1908–2008 | 100 | American writer[63] | |
1919–2021 | 101 | American poet[64] | |
1892–1995 | 102 | American journalist and aviator[65] | |
1921–2021 | 100 | Brazilian journalist[66] | |
1894–2000 | 105 | Argentinian writer[67] | |
1915–2015 | 100 | Austrian poet and actress[68] | |
1890–1990 | 100 | American children's author[69] | |
1898–2004 | 106 | German-Spanish writer[70] | |
1916–2017 | 101 | American futurist[71] | |
1915–2017 | 101 | American children's author[72] | |
1896–1997 | 101 | American author, publisher, military officer and military lawyer[73] | |
1902–2007 | 105 | Polish-Italian author[74] | |
1908–2008 | 100 | American author and historical preservationist[75] | |
1873–1974 | 101 | American newspaper publisher and philanthropist[76] | |
1904–2006 | 102 | Yiddish writer, scholar and political activist[77] | |
1916–2017 | 100 | American newspaper publisher and editor[78] | |
1914–2015 | 101 | American cruciverbalist[79] | |
1915–2016 | 100 | Indian Kannada language author[80] | |
1906–2008 | 102 | American author on angling and innovator of fly tying[81] | |
1921–2022 | 101 | Catalan ophthalmologist and writer[82] | |
1911–2016 | 105 | American journalist and writer[83] | |
1918–2022 | 104 | American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist[84] | |
1898–1998 | 100 | British author, editor, and illustrator of books and magazines on woodworking; also a cabinet maker[85] [86] | |
1906–2008 | 101 | Mexican writer[87] | |
1913–2014 | 101 | Vietnamese dramatist[88] | |
1915–2018 | 103 | American literary publisher (The Paris Review) and patron (Drue Heinz Literature Prize)[89] | |
1911–2017 | 105 | British journalist, first correspondent to report on World War II[90] | |
1920–2024 | 104 | Welsh-born Canadian writer and journalist[91] | |
1917–2019 | 101 | American writer[92] | |
1898–1999 | 101 | Canadian journalist and diplomat[93] | |
1892–1997 | 105 | Iranian writer[94] | |
1905–2010 | 104 | English novelist[95] | |
1920–2022 | 102 | Nepalese writer and scholar[96] | |
1915–2017 | 102 | Indian nationalist writer and scholar[97] | |
1895–1998 | 102 | German writer[98] | |
1903–2003 | 100 | Polish author[99] | |
1922–2023 | 100 | American journalist, moderator, and author[100] | |
1899–2002 | 103 | American author[101] | |
1911–2014 | 103 | German-born American novelist and professor[102] | |
1909–2011 | 101 | German-Dutch novelist, poet, psychoanalyst and child psychologist[103] | |
Hossein Wahid Khorasani | 1921– | Iranian author and ayatollah[104] | |
1920–2023 | 102 | American journalist[105] | |
1894–1994 | 100 | Japanese novelist[106] | |
1913–2019 | 105 | Canadian author, foreign correspondent and Spanish Civil War volunteer[107] | |
1905–2006 | 100 | American poet; two-time Poet Laureate (1974 and 2000)[108] | |
1917–2017 | 100 | French journalist and theatre critic[109] | |
1921–2021 | 100 | Swiss writer[110] | |
1912–2013 | 101 | British journalist[111] | |
1903–2006 | 102 | American screenwriter[112] | |
1915–2018 | 102 | Chinese-American author[113] | |
1918–2018 | 100 | American translator of Spanish literature[114] | |
1920–2021 | 100 | Polish photographer, translator and journalist[115] | |
1915–2024 | 109 | Chinese writer and politician[116] | |
1920–2020 | 100 | Canadian writer and educator[117] | |
Michio Mado | 1909–2014 | 104 | Japanese poet[118] |
1920–2021 | 101 | American Beat writer[119] | |
1912–2013 | 100 | Canadian author, poet, journalist and publisher[120] | |
1914–2014 | 100 | Canadian novelist[121] | |
1914–2021 | 106 | Indian journalist (The Navhind Times and Goa Today), independence activist and writer[122] | |
1915–2016 | 101 | American book editor and writer, best known for her astronomy books[123] [124] | |
1916–2017 | 100 | Australian author and historian[125] | |
1913–2016 | 102 | American Crow historian and author[126] | |
1923–2023 | 100 | American author and activist[127] | |
1903–2004 | 100 | Swedish author, literary critic and translator[128] | |
Curt Meyer-Clason | 1910–2012 | 101 | German writer and translator[129] |
Morton Mintz | 1922– | American journalist[130] | |
1897–1999 | 101 | Scottish writer[131] | |
1885–1986 | 100 | Argentine writer[132] | |
1917–2018 | 101 | American writer[133] | |
1916–2017 | 100 | American author, photojournalist and picture editor[134] | |
1898–2001 | 103 | American romance novelist | |
1902–2012 | 110 | Italian essayist and poet[135] | |
1911–2013 | 102 | French writer and editor[136] | |
1904–2005 | 100 | Japanese novelist[137] | |
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] |
1897–1997 | 100 | American writer[141] | |
1914–2018 | 103 | Chilean poet[142] | |
1900–2004 | 103 | English diarist; member of the Bloomsbury Group[143] | |
1879–1981 | 101 | American poet; Poet Laureate of North Carolina (1953–81) | |
1922–2023 | 101 | French writer[144] | |
1917–2017 | 100 | Brazilian classical liberal writer[145] | |
1902–2002 | 100 | Portuguese journalist and radio broadcaster[146] | |
1914–2014 | 100 | British writer[147] | |
1915–2017 | 101 | Thai feminist writer[148] | |
1915–2017 | 101 | American journalist, lawyer and real estate agent[149] | |
1908–2013 | 105 | British romance novelist[150] | |
1918–2020 | 101 | American author, dancer and yogi[151] | |
1882–1982 | 100 | Italian journalist and writer[152] | |
1897–1997 | 100 | American author of children's books[153] | |
1903–2004 | 101 | American Objectivist poet[154] | |
1913–2013 | 100 | Spanish writer[155] | |
1918–2023 | 104 | American poet[156] | |
1921–2023 | 102 | Iranian translator and editor[157] | |
1905–2007 | 101 | Filipino author and diplomat[158] | |
1897–1999 | 101 | English author, principally of children's books[159] | |
1917–2018 | 101 | American journalist[160] | |
1912–2017 | 105 | American artist and author[161] | |
1917–2018 | 101 | French author[162] | |
1890–1995 | 104 | American journalist and writer[163] | |
1904–2011 | 106 | Indian author and poet[164] | |
1915–2016 | 100 | American book editor[165] | |
1911–2013 | 101 | Japanese poet[166] | |
1909–2017 | 108 | American Marxist writer and academic[167] | |
1921–2021 | 100 | Norwegian journalist and radio personality[168] [169] | |
1897–2000 | 103 | Brazilian historian, writer and journalist[170] | |
1912–2014 | 101 | German writer[171] | |
1906–2006 | 100 | Canadian writer | |
1914–2014 | 100 | Latvian writer[172] | |
1906–2007 | 100 | American playwright[173] | |
1891–1991 | 100 | American novelist[174] | |
1895–2000 | 105 | American newspaper columnist[175] | |
1913–2014 | 101 | Canadian writer and broadcaster[176] | |
1905–2007 | 101 | Croatian poet and writer[177] | |
1899–2005 | 106 | American anthropologist and author[178] | |
1906–2008 | 101 | American writer specialized in children's literature[179] | |
1922–2024 | 101 | American television and radio newscaster[180] | |
1881–1982 | 101 | American folk festival promoter, traveler and author[181] | |
1909–2014 | 104 | Dutch journalist and news anchor[182] | |
1913–2021 | 107 | American journalist[183] | |
1903–2003 | 100 | American writer and historian[184] | |
1883–1988 | 104 | American storyteller and poet[185] | |
1913–2013 | 100 | Polish-born American author[186] | |
1903–2009 | 105 | English writer[187] | |
1918–2021 | 102 | Belgian author[188] | |
1900–2004 | 104 | American co-author of White House memoirs[189] | |
1901–2001 | 100 | New Zealand poet and author[190] | |
1903–2005 | 101 | American writer and biographer of Woodrow Wilson[191] | |
1886–1991 | 105 | Swedish historian and author[192] | |
1903–2008 | 104 | American mystery writer[193] | |
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] |
1919–2021 | 102 | British journalist[197] [198] | |
1920–2022 | 101 | Chinese poet[199] | |
1906–2007 | 101 | First American journalist to report on the Spanish Civil War[200] | |
1919–2020 | 101 | Spanish author and literary scholar[201] [202] | |