List of centenarians (authors, editors, poets and journalists)

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 Reason for NotabilityM. H. Abrams 1912–2015 102 American literary criticAngelina Acuña 1905–2006 101 Guatemalan educator, writer and poetJacob Adler (aka: B. Kovner) 1874–1974 100 Polish-born Jewish-American Yiddish writer, poet, and humoristNan Hayden Agle 1905–2006 100 American children's writerSaid Akl 1912–2014 102 Lebanese writer and poetAshig Alasgar 1921–1926 105 Azerbaijani ashikhttps://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp02116080 Roger Angell 1920–2022 101 American essayist, writer and poetRuth Nanda Anshen 1900–2003 103 American author and editorRuth Nanda Ashen biography, jwa.org. Accessed May 11, 2022.Jaime Ardila Casamitjana 1919–2019 100 Colombian writerFalleció Jaime Ardila, fundador del periódico El Espacio Diana Athill 1917–2019 101 British literary editor, novelist and memoiristFrancisco Ayala 1906–2009 103 Spanish novelistBa Jin 1904–2005 100 Chinese authorAnn Barzel 1905–2007 101 American writer, critic and lecturer on dance Ralph Bates 1899–2000 101 English novelistGeorgina Battiscombe 1905–2006 100 British biographerPierre Béarn 1902–2004 102 French poetPepin Bello 1904–2008 103 Spanish intellectual and writerEric Bentley 1916–2020 103 American playwright and theatre criticEdward Bernays 1891–1995 103 Austrian-born American publicistHarry Bernstein 1910–2011 101 English-American authorColm de Bhailís 1796–1906 109 Irish poet, songwriter and stonemasonH.J. Blackham 1903–2009 105 British humanist author and philosopherLesley Blanch 1904–2007 102 English author and fashion criticMcGuinness, Mark. "An eccentric romantic's life: Lesley Blanch (1904–2007)", The Sydney Morning Herald, Weekend Edition, May 19–20, 2007, p. 53Ronald Blythe 1922–2023 100 English writerThe Guardian, "Ronald Blythe at 100: 'A watchful, curious and gratefully amazed vision of life'", 5 November 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.Ralph de Boissière 1907–2008 100 Trinidadian-Australian authorLandrum Bolling 1913–2018 104 American journalist, diplomat, and noted pacifistLandrum Bolling, college president, peace activist and presidential go-between, dies at 104Georges Bonnet 1919–2021 101 French writer and poetSalvador Borrego 1915–2018 102 Mexican journalistJohn Boyd 1913–2021 108 Canadian communist journalist and editorE. R. Braithwaite 1912–2016 104 Guyanese authorGeorge Braziller 1916–2017 101 American book publisher"George Braziller, literary publisher dies at 101", Associated Press, March 17, 2017; accessed March 19, 2017.George E. Bria 1916–2017 101 American journalistSir Harry Brittain 1873–1974 100 British journalist and founder of the Empire Press UnionArthur Judson Brown 1856–1963 106 American clergyman, missionary and authorWilliam Slater Brown 1896–1997 100 American novelist, biographer and translatorElfriede Brüning 1910–2014 103 German journalist and novelistGeneviève Callerot 1916–2025 108 French novelistPaco Cano 1912–2016 103 Spanish photojournalistFallece Francisco Cano «Canito», el fotógrafo de toreros que retrató la muerte de Manolete Chang Ch'ung-ho 1914–2015 101 Chinese-American poet, writer and educatorFulgence Charpentier 1897–2001 103 Canadian journalist and columnistNirad C. Chaudhuri 1897–1999 101 Bengali-Indian writerYehuda Chitrik 1899–2006 106 American Chabad-Lubavitch author and MashpiaGeorges-Emmanuel Clancier 1914–2018 104 French poetBeverly Cleary 1916–2021 104 American authorJulia Clements 1906–2010 104 English author and flower arrangerNorman Corwin 1910–2011 101 American writer, essayist, screenwriter, television producer, and teacherFleur Cowles 1908–2009 101 American author, editor and artistVictoriano Crémer 1906–2009 102 Spanish poetWilbur Cross 1918–2019 100 American authorWilbur Cross obituaryÈve Curie 1904–2007 102 American author and biographer; daughter of Pierre and Marie CurieBernard Binlin Dadié 1916–2019 103 Ivorian novelist, playwright and poetDeuil : l'écrivain Bernard Dadié est décédé Robin Dalton 1920–2022 101 Australian literary agent, journalist and memoiristHope Hale Davis 1903–2004 100 American feminist and communist, later author and writing teacherGeoffrey Dearmer 1893–1996 103 British poetBessie Delany 1891–1995 104 American dentist, author and civil rights pioneer; younger sister of fellow centenarian Sadie DelanySadie Delany 1889–1999 109 American educator, author and civil rights pioneer; elder sister of fellow centenarian Bessie DelanyGüzin Dino 1910–2013 102 Turkish writerMarjory Stoneman Douglas 1890–1998 108 American journalist, author, women's suffrage advocate, and conservationistMilt Dunnell 1905–2008 102 Canadian sportswriterOscar Dystel 1912–2014 101 American publisherRichard Eberhart 1904–2005 101 American poet; Pulitzer Prize winnerJulius Eisenstein 1854–1956 101 Russian-American writer and historianMari Ellis 1913–2015 101 Welsh feminist writerNils Elowsson 1890–1999 109 Swedish journalist and politicianJeannette Eyerly 1908–2008 100 American writerLawrence Ferlinghetti 1919–2021 101 American poetCharles Fern 1892–1995 102 American journalist and aviatorHélio Fernandes 1921–2021 100 Brazilian journalistEdward Field 1924–2026 102 American poet and authorJuan Filloy 1894–2000 105 Argentinian writerTraute Foresti 1915–2015 100 Austrian poet and actressNeta Lohnes Frazier 1890–1990 100 American children's authorMariana Frenk-Westheim 1898–2004 106 German-Spanish writerJacque Fresco 1916–2017 101 American futuristJean Fritz 1915–2017 101 American children's authorDorothy Frooks 1896–1997 101 American author, publisher, military officer and military lawyerRuth Stiles Gannett 1923–2024 100 American children's writerLuciana Frassati Gawronska 1902–2007 105 Polish-Italian authorMargot Gayle 1908–2008 100 American author and historical preservationistEdward K. Gaylord 1873–1974 101 American newspaper publisher and philanthropistMildred Gillett1909–2014105English author on local history.Itche Goldberg 1904–2006 102 Yiddish writer, scholar and political activistMiriam Goldberg 1916–2017 100 American newspaper publisher and editorEugen Gomringer 1925–2025 100 Bolivia-born Swiss poet Obituary: Eugen Gomringer, tagesspiegel.de. Accessed 3 September 2025. (in German)Bernice Gordon 1914–2015 101 American cruciverbalistHester Gaskell Holland Gorst 1887–1992 105 British writer and artistNOTICE: THE LONDON GAZETTE, 19TH MAY 1993, thegazette.co.uk. Accessed 18 March 2026.Javare Gowda 1915–2016 100 Indian Kannada language authorGeorge F. Grant 1906–2008 102 American author on angling and innovator of fly tyingFrancesc Gras Salas 1921–2022 101 Catalan ophthalmologist and writerRuth Gruber 1911–2016 105 American journalist and writerDoris Grumbach 1918–2022 104 American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayistCharles H. Hayward 1898–1998 100 British author, editor, and illustrator of books and magazines on woodworking; also a cabinet makerJózef Hen 1923– Polish writer, screenwriter and dramaturgeAndrés Henestrosa 1906–2008 101 Mexican writerHọc Phi 1913–2014 101 Vietnamese dramatistDrue Heinz 1915–2018 103 American literary publisher (The Paris Review) and patron (Drue Heinz Literature Prize)Drue Heinz, prominent philanthropist, dies at age 103, bizjournals.com; March 30, 2018.Clare Hollingworth 1911–2017 105 British journalist, first correspondent to report on World War IIJoan Hollobon 1920–2024 104 Welsh-born Canadian writer and journalistEdith Iglauer 1917–2019 101 American writerWilliam Arthur Irwin 1898–1999 101 Canadian journalist and diplomatMohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh 1892–1997 105 Iranian writerElizabeth Jenkins 1905–2010 104 English novelistGrimes, William. "Elizabeth Jenkins, Woman of Letters, Dies at 104", The New York Times, September 8, 2010; accessed September 13, 2010.Satya Mohan Joshi 1920–2022 102 Nepalese writer and scholarMuhammad Ibrahim Joyo 1915–2017 102 Indian nationalist writer and scholarErnst Jünger 1895–1998 102 German writerIrena Jurgielewiczowa 1903–2003 100 Polish authorBernard Kalb 1922–2023 100 American journalist, moderator, and authorJoseph Nathan Kane 1899–2002 103 American authorBel Kaufman 1911–2014 103 German-born American novelist and professorHans Keilson 1909–2011 101 German-Dutch novelist, poet, psychoanalyst and child psychologistHossein Wahid Khorasani 1921– Iranian author and ayatollahTed Knap 1920–2023 102 American journalistMasajirō Kojima 1894–1994 100 Japanese novelistWilliam Krehm 1913–2019 105 Canadian author, foreign correspondent and Spanish Civil War volunteerStanley Kunitz 1905–2006 100 American poet; two-time Poet Laureate (1974 and 2000)André Lafargue 1917–2017 100 French journalist and theatre criticMarc Lamunière 1921–2021 100 Swiss writerEdipresse founder Marc Lamunière has passed away Anthony Lawrence 1912–2013 101 British journalistErna Lazarus 1903–2006 102 American screenwriterChin Yang Lee 1915–2018 102 Chinese-American authorFrances M. López-Morillas 1918–2018 100 American translator of Spanish literatureKrystyna Łyczywek 1920–2021 100 Polish photographer, translator and journalistMa Shitu 1915–2024 109 Chinese writer and politicianDorothy Maclean 1920–2020 100 Canadian writer and educatorMichio Mado 1909–2014 104 Japanese poetGeorge Mandel 1920–2021 101 American Beat writerGeorge MandelClément Marchand 1912–2013 100 Canadian author, poet, journalist and publisherClaire Martin 1914–2014 100 Canadian novelistLambert Mascarenhas 1914–2021 106 Indian journalist (The Navhind Times and Goa Today), independence activist and writerRenowned journalist and Padma Shri Lambert Mascarenhas no moreMildred Shapley Matthews 1915–2016 101 American book editor and writer, best known for her astronomy books Lorna McDonald 1916–2017 100 Australian author and historianJoe Medicine Crow 1913–2016 102 American Crow historian and authorPolly Allen Mellen 1924–2024 100 American fashion editor and stylist Louise Meriwether 1923–2023 100 American author and activistAuthor and activist Louise Meriwether, who wrote the novel ‘Daddy Was a Number Runner,’ dies at 100Erik Mesterton 1903–2004 100 Swedish author, literary critic and translatorCurt Meyer-Clason 1910–2012 101 German writer and translatorMorton Mintz 1922–2025 103 American journalistNaomi Mitchison 1897–1999 101 Scottish writerAlicia Moreau de Justo 1885–1986 100 Argentine writerHenry Morgenthau III 1917–2018 101 American writerJohn G. Morris 1916–2017 100 American author, photojournalist and picture editorRuth Munce 1898–2001 103 American romance novelistCarla Porta Musa 1902–2012 110 Italian essayist and poetMaurice Nadeau 1911–2013 102 French writer and editorFumio Niwa 1904–2005 100 Japanese novelistLise Nørgaard 1917–2023 105 Danish journalist and writerEleanor Owen 1921–2022 101 American journalist, playwright, actress, professor and mental health advocateBoris Pahor 1913–2022 108 Italian Slovenian novelist and concentration camp survivorLillian Rogers Parks 1897–1997 100 American writerNicanor Parra 1914–2018 103 Chilean poetFrances Partridge 1900–2004 103 English diarist; member of the Bloomsbury GroupJames Larkin Pearson 1879–1981 101 American poet; Poet Laureate of North Carolina (1953–81)Michel Peyramaure 1922–2023 101 French writerMort de Michel Peyramaure, considéré comme le maître du roman historique José Osvaldo de Meira Penna 1917–2017 100 Brazilian classical liberal writerFernando Pessa 1902–2002 100 Portuguese journalist and radio broadcasterChapman Pincher 1914–2014 100 British writerNilawan Pintong 1915–2017 101 Thai feminist writerGertrude Poe 1915–2017 101 American journalist, lawyer and real estate agentIda Pollock 1908–2013 105 British romance novelistTao Porchon-Lynch 1918–2020 101 American author, dancer and yogiGiuseppe Prezzolini 1882–1982 100 Italian journalist and writerEdith Ballinger Price 1897–1997 100 American author of children's booksCarl Rakosi 1903–2004 101 A