List of authors of erotic works

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This is a list of notable authors of erotic literature.

Contents 1 Sex manuals 2 Fiction 3 Poetry 4 Autobiography

[edit] Sex manuals

• Vatsayana -- famous for the Kama Sutra
• Yasodhara -- author of the Jayamangala
• Kokkoka -- author of the Ratirahasya
• Kalyanamalla -- author of the Ananga Ranga
• Praudhadevaraja -- 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.
• 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

[edit] Fiction

• 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
• 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.
• Patrick (Pat) Califia -- author of Macho Sluts
• John Cleland -- author of Fanny Hill
• Deckard Kincaid -- author of La Femme Michele (online novel)
• Arabella Knight
• D. H. Lawrence -- author of Lady Chatterley's Lover
• William Levy
• Leopold von Sacher-Masoch -- author of Venus in Furs
• Barry N. Malzberg--author of Screen and writer/editor for Olympia Press
• Henry Miller -- author of Tropic of Cancer
• Vladimir Nabokov -- Russian-born English-language writer, author of Lolita
• Anaïs Nin -- author of Delta of Venus
• 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
• the Marquis de Sade -- author of Justine, or the Misfortunes of Virtue
• Wendy Swanscombe
• Alexander Trocchi
• Mark Twain -- author of 1601
• Zane
• Junichiro Tanizaki -- author of The Key, Naomi, and Quicksand
• Yukio Mishima -- author of the homoerotic novels Forbidden Colors and Confessions of a Mask
• Kenzaburo Oe -- author of Seventeen, J, and A Personal Matter
• Yasunari Kawabata -- author of Beauty and Sadness
• Günter Grass -- author of The Tin Drum and Cat and Mouse
• Eden Bradley -- author of upcoming 2007 releases THE DARK GARDEN, THE DARKER SIDE OF PLEASURE AND SANCTUARY

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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
• Eric Van