He was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor. It brought to life the most beloved fantasy stories of all time, such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, creating several fictional languages and a very complex imaginary world. Unfortunately, we couldn't find photos of Tolkien on the typewriter, so we made one. The typewriter in the photo is a Hammond Varitype model, on which Tolkien is known to have written part of The Hobbit.
Born John Griffith Chaney, was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. "If typewriters hadn't been invented by the time I began to write," London reportedly once said, "I doubt if the world would ever have heard of Jack London. No one would have had the patience to read more than a page of my longhand!" In the photo, his wife is transcribing his work on a Remington standard no. 7.
Known as "Satchmo", he was an American trumpeter, songwriter, vocalist, and actor. He remained in history as one of the most important singers of jazz music. He typed every time after concerts. Not only that, but he often typed until morning. Armstrong's typewriter was a Remington Portable 5.
He was a Finnish philosopher who succeeded Ludwig Wittgenstein as a professor at Cambridge University in 1948. He is known to have used the typewriter often to transcribe his work and to correspond with publishers and editors for publishing his books. He also used the typewriter to transcribe part of Wittgenstein works. In the photo, he was using a Corona Folding typewriter.
Born Heinrich Karl Bukowski, he was an American poet, short story writer and novelist of German origin. To write his works from his youth, he used the Underwood Rhythm Touch typewriter. Later he would use other typewriters such as the Olympia SG-1 or the IBM Personal Selectric.
She was an English writer of novels, detective plays, and short stories. She was considered the best-selling writer of all time, along with William Shakespeare. Furthermore, she has published 80 novels and short stories and 19 plays, translated into over 70 languages. The typewriter that accompanies her in this photo is a Remington 2.
Born Robert Allen Zimmerman, he is an American singer, songwriter, musician and poet. He has made numerous contributions to American music. On many occasions it was photographed using several typewriter models including Olivetti Lexikon 80 and Olympia SG-1. The typewriter in the photo is a Royal Safari.
He was an Afro-American writer, essayist, poet, and activist, who spent most of his life in France and some in Turkey and Switzerland. He is said to have been inclined to borrow typewriters to write his works. The typewriter with which he appears in the photo is an Olympia SM7.
He is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades. In his youth, he bought a typewriter, asking the seller if the typewriter would last over time. The salesman told him that the typewriter would last longer than his own life. And here it is in this photo, next to the same Olympia SM3 typewriter, "as functional as on the first day" according to the director.
He was an American writer, Russian-born Jew, biochemist and author. Accepted by the vast majority as one of the most important writer of the hard science fiction genre. By the time of his death, he had published nearly 500 stories, novels, books, and essays. In the photo, appears with an IBM Selectric II typewriter.
It is the pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens who was a writer, publicist, satirist and, considered by the vast majority, as the greatest American humorist. "I will now claim - until the dispossession - that I was the first person in the world to apply the typewriter to literature" - says the author. Mark Twain was a pioneer in the use of "Type Writer". The typewriter in the illustration was Remington Rand, the first model of typewriter successfully commercialized.
He was a novelist, short story writer, prose writer, war reporter, and one of the most famous American writers in the world. Hemingway often used his typewriters to the point where they were completely worn out, causing him to collect quite a lot. The typewriter in the photo is an Underwood Standard Portable (also known as the "Underwood Portable 3 Bank").
He was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist. Considered by some critics to be one of William Shakespeare's most important English-language playwrights. In numerous photographs, he appeared alongside several typewriters, such as Remington Portable 2 and Remington Noiseless Portable. The typewriter he is typing in the next photo is a Smith Premier.
It is the literary and journalistic pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair, who was an essayist, novelist, short story writer, literary critic and British journalist, BBC radio commentator, editor and reporter. He appears in the photo next to his Remington Portable typewriter no.3. The only typewriter he (as far as is known) had.
He was a British writer and journalist, known for creating James Bond and elucidating his adventures in 12 novels and 2 short stories. He had several typewriters on which he wrote, including a Royal portable and a Gabriele Triumph. The typewriter next to him in the photo is an Olympia SF.
One of the most beloved couples in the world of writers is the case of Vera and Vladimir Nabokov. They were inseparable, always working together, he was dictating or writing and her transcribing, editing, and translating Vladimir's works on the typewriter. In this photo, Vera writes to a Royal Quiet Deluxe Portable typewriter.
Also known under the pseudonym William Lee, he was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and orator. He had several typewriters, since he constantly pawned them. Among his typewriters were Underwood, Antares, Facit Portable, Olympia SG1, Olivetti Studio 44, and many of his manuscripts were made on a Remington. In the photo, he appears next to a Hermes Rocket.
Or Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy, was a Russian writer, philosopher and political thinker. Lev Tolstoy is considered one of the most important novelists in the world. His works had a decisive influence on the development of the world novel. In this photo, the typewriter on which Tolstoy's daughter is transcribing is a Remington standard.
Was an American writer and journalist. She is famous for her only novel published during her life that brought her numerous awards. The author of the novel Gone with the Wind appears in the photo next to the Remington Portable no. 3 typewriter.
He was an important American writer of children's books, famous especially for The Wizard of Oz. He also wrote other 13 books based on The Wizard of Oz, which also take place in the Land of Oz. Also, he wrote nine other fantastic books, 82 short stories, about 200 poems, and other works. The typewriter he was typing on was a Smith Premier.