- List of authors of erotic works
This is a list of notable authors of
erotic literature .Sex manuals
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Vatsayana -- famous for the "Kama Sutra "
* Yasodhara -- author of theJayamangala
*Kokkoka -- author of theRatirahasya
*Kalyanamalla -- author of theAnanga Ranga
* Praudha Devaraya -- author of theRatiratna Pradipika
*Ovid -- Roman author famous for the "Ars Amatoria "
*Ge Hong -- Jin dynasty author ofPao-Pu Zhi
*Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Nafzawi -- author ofThe Perfumed Garden
*Hua Tuo -- author ofOn Venereal disease .
*Sun Simiao -- author of Onthe Loss and Gain of The Chamber Art
*Wan Quan -- author ofEssentials for Extending Posterity
* Gao Lian-- author ofOn Abstinence in Sex Fiction
* [Ciana Stone] - award winning author of erotic fiction, including Wyatt's Chance and Chase'n'Ana
*Al Steiner -- prolific author of erotic novels
*Alexander Pushkin -- author of the "Gabriliad"
*Alexander Trocchi
*Anaïs Nin -- author of "Delta of Venus "
*Anne Rice , also writing asA. N. Roquelaure
*Anne Tourney also published asAlaine Hood
*Arabella Knight -- author of "Let's Play Anal Twister "
*Aran Ashe
*Barry N. Malzberg --author of "Screen" and writer/editor forOlympia Press
*Catherine Robbe-Grillet , writing asJean de Berg andJeanne de Berg
*D. H. Lawrence -- author of "Lady Chatterley's Lover "
*Emmanuelle Arsan -- author of the novel "Emmanuelle " and various other works
*Georges Bataille -- author of "Story of the Eye "
*Giovanni Boccaccio -- Italian author contemporary and friend ofPetrarch ; wrote "Decameron" a collection of 100 short stories, some of which are erotic, considered masterpieces of the genre.
*Günter Grass -- author of "The Tin Drum " and "Cat and Mouse"
*Henry Miller -- author of "Tropic of Cancer"
*Ivan Barkov
*John Cleland -- author of "Fanny Hill "
*Jun'ichirō Tanizaki -- author of "The Key ", "Naomi ", and "Quicksand"
*Kathy Acker --postmodern pornographer, author ofI Dreamt I Was A Nymphomaniac
*Kenzaburo Oe -- author of "Seventeen", "J", and "A Personal Matter "
*Laura Antoniou -- author of "The Marketplace "
*Leopold von Sacher-Masoch -- author of "Venus in Furs "
*Madeline Moore -- author of "Wild Card" and "Amanda's Young Men" and "Sarah's Education"
*Mark Twain -- author of "1601"
*Matthew Miller -- author of "Secrets and Lies" and "The Dark Lives of Men"
*Mitzi Szereto -- author of Getting Even: Revenge Stories; The New Black Lace Book of Women’s Sexual Fantasies among others.
*Nicolas Chorier – author of "L'académie des dames"
*Patrick (Pat) Califia -- author of "Macho Sluts "
*Pauline Réage -- author of "Story of O "
*Penny Birch
*Shadow Parker -- author of "The Unleashing of Sara Miller "
*Susie Bright
*Sylvia Day
*Tamara Thorne -- author of the "Sorority" series
*Tobsha Learner -- author of 2 erotica short story collections, namely "Tremble" and "Quiver"
*Vladimir Nabokov -- Russian-born English-language writer, author of "Lolita "
*Wendy Swanscombe
*William Levy
*William Simpson Potter -- author of "Romance of Lust "
*Yasunari Kawabata -- author of "Beauty and Sadness "
*Yukio Mishima -- author of the homoerotic novels "Forbidden Colors " and "Confessions of a Mask "
*Zane
*theMarquis de Sade -- author of "Justine, or the Misfortunes of Virtue "
*Caitlín R. Kiernan — author of "Frog Toes and Tentacles", "Tales from the Woeful Platypus", and "Sirenia Digest".Chinese erotica
*Li Yu -- author of "
The Carnal Prayer Mat "
*Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng -- author of "Jin Ping Mei "
*Zhang Chunfan -Tang dynasty author of The Turtle with Nine Tails
* Lu Tiancheng (b. 1580) -- Ming dynasty author of "The Embroidered Couch" (Arsenal Pulp Press) [http://www.arsenalpulp.com/bookinfo.php?index=135 link]
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* Ling Mengchu -- Ming dynasty author of "In the Inner Quarters: Erotic Stories From Ling Mengchu's Two Slaps" (Arsenal Pulp Press) [http://www.arsenalpulp.com/bookinfo.php?index=168 link]
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Ovid -- Roman erotic poet
*Catullus -- Roman erotic poet
*Sextus Propertius -- Roman poet
*Sappho -- Greek poetess from the island of Lesbos who wrote love poetry to young women.
*Petrarch -- Italian poet, considered, together withDante , the father ofRenaissance . His love sonnets dedicated to Laura are masterpieces of erotic poetry
*Bai Juyi -- Romatic poet ofTang dynasty
*King Solomon --Author, according to Judeo-Christian tradition, of theSong of Songs .
*John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester -- British 17th Centurylibertine Autobiography
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Emmanuelle Arsan , author of "Emmanuelle "
*Vanessa Duriès , author of "Le lien "
*Nancy Friday
*Henry Spencer Ashbee , author of "My Secret Life "
*Frank Harris , multiple-volume memoir "My Life and Loves"
*Catherine Millet , author of "The Sexual Life of Catherine M. "
*Georges Simenon
*Xaviera Hollander , author of "The Happy Hooker "
*Eric Van Photography
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Edison Chen , author of "Edison Chen photo scandal "
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