Category:Authors by era

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This category and its subcategories groups authors according to the era they were born in (see the table below). Where their lives occur in two eras, the one they wrote most of their works in is used.

Eras
Era	Period
Ancient	Before AD 600
Medieval	601–1420
Renaissance	1421–1630
Early modern	1631–1899
Modern	1900–present
Contemporary	living

Subcategories

This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.

A

Ancient authors‎ (8 C, 745 P)

E

Early modern authors‎ (1 C, 32,115 P)

M

Medieval authors‎ (3 C, 839 P)
Modern authors‎ (2 C, 21,525 P)

R

Renaissance authors‎ (1 C, 1,509 P)