Monument to the Estonian author Eduard Vilde, in Tallinn, Estonia, Europe

Lifesize bronze of the late author Ernest Hemingway at the bar of El Floridita, one of his favourite haunts, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Castle Farm, Sawrey, the marital home of Beatrix Potter, famous author of children's stories, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Interior of Bogadito del Medio, walls covered in graffiti, one of late author Ernest Hemingway's favourite bars, Havana Viejo, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Secret Garden Fountain, dedicated to author Frances Hodgson Burnett, Conservatory Garden, Central Park, Manhattan, New York, United States of America, North America

Hilltop, Sawrey, near Ambleside, the home of Beatrix Potter, famous author of children's books, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Wray Castle on the shore of Lake Windermere, a holiday home of Beatrix Potter, famous author of children's stories, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Statue of James Joyce, O'Connell Street, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Karen Blixen's house, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Author's studio at the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, Old Town, Key West, Florida Keys, Florida, United States of America, North America

View of Aasta Hansteen statue and waterfront architecture in background, Aker Brygge, Oslo, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Man in hat enters bookshop in Passage Jouffroy, Paris, France

Islamic books for sales in shop, Azrou, Morocco

Author Carl Safina photographing a pair of Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus), Patagonia, Argentina, South America

Typewriter in study, Hemingway House, Key West, Florida, United States of America, North America

Typewriter in study, Hemingway House, Key West, Florida, United States of America, North America

Jersey Zoo (Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust), established by author and conservationist Gerald Durrell in 1959, Jersey, Channel Islands, Europe

Exterior, Hemingway House, Key West, Florida, United States of America, North America

Dining room, Hemingway House, Key West, Florida, United States of America, North America

Hemingway House, Key West, Florida, United States of America, North America

House of Axel Munthe, Villa San Michele, Anacapri, Capri, Campania, Italy, Europe

Statue of Victor Hugo, Candie Gardens, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, channel Islands, United Kingdom, Europe

Hilltop, the home of Beatrix Potter, from the kitchen garden, Near Sawrey, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Home of Daphne du Maurier, Bodinnick, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Birthplace of Nathaniel Hawthorne, now moved next to the House of the Seven Gables, Salem, Massachusetts, New England, United States of America, North America

Blue plaque commemorating Mark Twain, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Beatrix Potter's house, near Sawrey, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Virginia Woolf's house, Fitzroy Square, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

House of Axel Munthe, Villa San Michele, Anacapri, Capri, Campania, Italy, Europe

Anne Bronte's grave, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Statue of Oscar Wilde, Merrion Square, Dublin, Eire (Republic of Ireland), Europe

Barman mixing strawberry Daquiris in Bar El Floridita, a favourite drinking spot of late author Ernest Hemingway, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Statue of Hans Christian Andersen, Odense, Funen, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Lifesize bronze statue of author Ernest Hemingway in bar El Floridita, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Alberto Korda, photograph of revolutionary and author Ernesto Che Guevara, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Birthplace of Charles Dickens, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Illuminated sign outside Bar El Floridita, a favourite drinking spot for the late author Ernest Hemingway, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Statue of James Joyce, O'Connell Street, Dublin, Eire (Republic of Ireland), Europe

Statue of author Jorge Amado, in front of Cafe Vesuvio, Ilheus, Bahia, Brazil, South America

The Old Curiosity Shop in Holborn, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Franzosischer Dom (French Cathedral) and Schiller's Monument detail, Gendarmenmarkt, Mitte, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Sculpture of writer Multatuli, real name Eduard Douwes Dekker, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe

Hilltop, the home of Beatrix Potter, Near Sawrey, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Staircase, Society of Authors, Longoria Palace, Madrid, Spain, Europe

Victor Hugo's Bedroom, Hauteville House, Victor Hugo's House, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom, Europe

Tomb of Dante, Santa Croce church, Florence (Firenze), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Statue of Hans Christian Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Los Angeles, California, Usa A.Quinn Mural & Author Eloy Torres

Shakespeare's Head pub sign, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Statue of the writer Corneille by the PanthŽon Dome, Paris, France, Europe

Ireland, Dublin, Library, Joyce Books

Charles Dickens blue plaque, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

France, To Uraine Val-De-Loire, In Dre-Et-Loire, La Deviniere, Now A Museum Was The House Of French Writer Rabelais (Author Of Gargantua), Close Uip On Roses Tremieres

France, To Uraine Val-De-Loire, In Dre-Et-Loire, La Deviniere, Now A Museum Was The House Of French Writer Rabelais (Author Of Gargantua)

Shakespeare statue, Leicester Square, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ironwork, Society of Authors, Madrid, Spain, Europe

Author's Lounge at The Oriental Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Man in Don Quixote costume for annual Cervantino festival honoring Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes in Guanajuato, Mexico.

Statue of Dante, Piazza Dante, Naples, Campania, Italy

Junozimmer, Goethehaus at Frauenplan, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Frankfurter Goethe Haus, Blaue Stube, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Frankfurter Goethe Haus, Cornelia-Zimmer, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Junozimmer, Goethehaus at Frauenplan, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Frankfurter Goethe Haus, view from the Gemaeldekabinett towards the Zimmer der Frau Rat, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Girl climbing on Pippi Longstocking house, Astrid Lindgren Vaerld, Astrid Lindgren World, Vimmerby, Smaland, South Sweden, Europe

Girl at Astrid Lindgren Vaerld, Astrid Lindgren World, Vimmerby, Smaland, South Sweden, Europe

Girl sitting on a wooden horse, Astrid Lindgren Vaerld, Astrid Lindgren World, Vimmerby, Smaland, South Sweden, Europe

Children at Astrid Lindgren Vaerld, Astrid Lindgren World, Vimmerby, Smaland, South Sweden, Europe

Reinhold Messner in front of Sigmundskron castle with Messner Mountain museum, Alto Adige, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Frankfurter Goethe Haus, view from the Gemaeldekabinett towards the Bibliothek, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Wooden houses at Astrid Lindgren Vaerld, Astrid Lindgren World, Vimmerby, Smaland, South Sweden, Europe

Frankfurter Goethe Haus, view into the Noerdliche Seitenkabinett, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Frankfurter Goethe Haus, view from Peking towards the Noerdliche Seitenkabinett, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Frankfurter Goethe Haus, view from Peking towards the Suedliche Seitenkabinett and the Vorsaal, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Statue of Emanuel Geibel, Hanseatic City of Luebeck, Schleswig Holstein, Germany

Music room with piano from author Andre Gide from 1900, B and B Chambre Avec Vue, Luberon, France

Poetenstuebchen, Theodor Storm's study, Theodor-Storm-Haus, Husum, Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Europe

Statue of James Joyce, O'Connell Street, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Statue of Emanuel Geibel, Hanseatic City of Luebeck, Schleswig Holstein, Germany

Entrance to the manor house, Bateman's, home of the writer Rudyard Kipling, East Sussex, Great Britain

Frankfurter Goethe Haus, Peking, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Goethe Monument, Old Town Hall, Old Stock Exchange, Eating Sweet Things Market, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

People at Astrid Lindgren Vaerld, Astrid Lindgren World, Vimmerby, Smaland, South Sweden, Europe

View from Gelben Saal towards Buestenzimmer, Goethehaus at Frauenplan, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Living room at Theodor-Storm-Haus, Husum, Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Europe

Bust of Friedrich von Schiller, Schillerhaus, Schiller lived here from 1802 to 1805, Schillerstrasse 12, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Frankfurter Goethe Haus, Dichterzimmer, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Manuscripts at Theodor-Storm-Haus, Husum, Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Europe

Deutsche Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar, Goethe and Schiller Monument, Theaterplatz, Bauhaus Museum, Thuringia, Germany

Living room at Theodor-Storm-Haus, Husum, Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Europe

Goethe Rocks with inscript, Bode gorge near Thale, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Statue of songwriter A.B. Banjo Paterson, author of Waltzing Maltilda, Waltzing Maltilda Centre, Maltilda highway, Queensland, Australia

Goethe and Schiller Monument, Deutsches Nationaltheater, Theaterplatz, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany

Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Das Deutsche Literaturarchiv Marbach, Marbach am Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Detail of Theodor Fontane memorial, Neuruppin, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Buddenbrook House, Hanseatic City of Luebeck, Schleswig Holstein, Germany

Writing desk of Friedrich von Schiller, Schillerhaus, Schiller lived here from 1802 to 1805, Schillerstrasse 12, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Detail of the Lessing memorial, Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbuettel, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Schiller bust at Schiller's birthplace, the birth place of the classical poet and dramatist, Friedrich Schiller, Marbach am Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

French Cathedral and Schiller statue at night, Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin, Germany