List of authors of erotic works
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This is a list of notable authors of erotic literature.
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Sex manuals
- Vatsayana -- famous for the Kama Sutra
- Yasodhara -- author of the Jayamangala
- Kokkoka -- author of the Ratirahasya
- Kalyanamalla -- author of the Ananga Ranga
- Praudha Devaraya -- author of the Ratiratna Pradipika
- Ovid -- Roman author famous for the Ars Amatoria
- Rong chen-- Han dynasty author The Yin Passage of Rongchen.
- Ge Hong-- Jin dynasty author of Pao-Pu Zhi
- Li Dongxuan-- Tang dynasty author of The Book of Dongxuan
- Su Nu-- author of The Manual of The Simple Lady
- Chong Hezi-- author of Secret Manual of the The Jade House.
- Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Nafzawi -- author of The Perfumed Garden
- Wang Shou-- author of the Recipe of The Simple Lady
- Peng Zhu-- author of Guide for the Jade House.
- Hua Tuo-- author of On Venereal disease.
- Tao Hongjing-- author of On the Loss and Gain of Intercouse with Woman
- Sun Simiao-- author of On the Loss and Gain of The Chamber Art
- Chen Zhiming--author Good Recipes for Woman
- Hong Ji-- author of The Wonder Book of The Chamber.
- Wan Quan-- author of Essentials for Extending Posterity
- Gao Lian-- author of On Abstinence in Sex
- Chen Xilei-- author of The Mystery of Chamber Art
- Eagle Bay-- author of Harry Potter and theTemple of the Screaming Electron
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Fiction
- Laura Antoniou -- author of The Marketplace
- Aran Ashe
- Ivan Barkov
- Georges Bataille -- author of Story of the Eye
- Penny Birch
- Giovanni Boccaccio -- Italian author contemporary and friend of Petrarch; wrote Decameron a collection of 100 short stories, some of which are erotic, considered masterpieces of the genre.
- Eden Bradley -- author of upcoming 2007 releases The Dark Garden, The Darker Side of Pleasure, and Sanctuary
- Susie Bright
- Patrick (Pat) Califia -- author of Macho Sluts
- John Cleland -- author of Fanny Hill
- Ann Cory -- author of Next Floor Naughty, Melting Iron, Under a Warlock's Spell, and Secrets in the Annex
- Günter Grass -- author of The Tin Drum and Cat and Mouse
- Yasunari Kawabata -- author of Beauty and Sadness
- Deckard Kincaid -- author of La Femme Michele (online novel)
- Arabella Knight
- D. H. Lawrence -- author of Lady Chatterley's Lover
- William Levy
- Melissa Lumley - author of 'Enchanted Enslavement' 'Stonecross Prison' 'The King's Slavewhore' 'Painful Pathway' and 'Colette's Initiation' (published by Olympia Press) and 'Marked For Life' (published by Pink Flamingo)
- Barry N. Malzberg--author of Screen and writer/editor for Olympia Press
- Henry Miller -- author of Tropic of Cancer
- Yukio Mishima -- author of the homoerotic novels Forbidden Colors and Confessions of a Mask
- Vladimir Nabokov -- Russian-born English-language writer, author of Lolita
- Net Wolf -- author in the online mind-control community, known for his story CAMP Ron's Journey.
- Anaïs Nin -- author of Delta of Venus
- Kenzaburo Oe -- author of Seventeen, J, and A Personal Matter
- Shadow Parker -- author of The Unleashing of Sara Miller
- William Simpson Potter -- author of Romance of Lust
- Alexander Pushkin -- author of the Gabriliad
- Pauline Réage -- author of Story of O
- Anne Rice, also writing as A. N. Roquelaure
- Catherine Robbe-Grillet, writing as Jean de Berg and Jeanne de Berg
- Leopold von Sacher-Masoch -- author of Venus in Furs
- the Marquis de Sade -- author of Justine, or the Misfortunes of Virtue
- Nick Scipio -- author of the Summer Camp series of novels, as well as Nereids and other short stories
- Al Steiner -- prolific author of erotic novels
- Wendy Swanscombe
- Junichiro Tanizaki -- author of The Key, Naomi, and Quicksand
- Tamara Thorne -- author of the Sorority series
- Alexander Trocchi
- Mark Twain -- author of 1601
- Zane
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Chinese erotica
- Li Yu -- author of The Carnal Prayer Mat
- Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng -- author of Jin Ping Mei
- Ruyijun zhuan (The Fountainhead of Chinese Erotica: The Lord of Perfect Satisfaction, translated by Charles E. Stone)
- Chen sen--author of Precious Manual for the Appreciation of Flowers.
- Xu Huai--author of Stories of the Board Walk Bridge Ladies.
- Zhang Chunfan Tang dynasty author of The Turtle with Nine Tails
- Chui Lingxin --author of Stories of Whore House
- Yu Yinxiang-- author of Dream of The Blue Chamber
- Lv Tiancheng--author of Wild Stories from an embroidered bed
- Hang Ziyun-- author of Biography of Shanghai Prostitutes.
- Sun Qi-- author of Stories of North Street
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Poetry
- Catullus -- Roman erotic poet
- Sextus Propertius -- Roman poet
- Sappho -- Greek poetess from the island of Lesbos who wrote love poetry to young women.
- Bai Hangjian--Tang dynastypoet, author of The Great Joy of Yin-Yang Intercourse of Heaven and Earth.
- Petrarch -- Italian poet, considered, together with Dante, the father of Renaissance. His love sonnets dedicated to Laura are masterpieces of erotic poetry
- Bai Juyi-- Romatic poet of Tang dynasty
- Wang Junxian--Qing Dynasty poet, author of Poem of a Bride.
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Autobiography
- Vanessa Duriès, author of Le lien
- Lisa B. Falour, author of "I Was For Sale": Confessions of a Bondage Model
- Nancy Friday
- Henry Spencer Ashbee, author of My Secret Life
- Frank Harris
- Catherine Millet, author of The Sexual Life of Catherine M.
- Georges Simenon
- Xaviera Hollander, author of The Happy Hooker
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