# 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 | Notability |
| M. H. Abrams | 1912–2015 | 102 | American literary critic |
| Angelina Acuña | 1905–2006 | 101 | Guatemalan educator, writer and poet |
| Jacob Adler (aka: B. Kovner) | 1874–1974 | 100 | Polish-born Jewish-American Yiddish writer, poet, and humorist |
| Nan Hayden Agle | 1905–2006 | 100 | American children's writer |
| Said Akl | 1912–2014 | 102 | Lebanese writer and poet |
| Roger Angell | 1920–2022 | 101 | American essayist, writer and poet |
| Ruth Nanda Anshen | 1900–2003 | 103 | American author and editor. |
| Jaime Ardila Casamitjana | 1919–2019 | 100 | Colombian writer |
| Diana Athill | 1917–2019 | 101 | British literary editor, novelist and memoirist |
| Francisco Ayala | 1906–2009 | 103 | Spanish novelist |
| Ba Jin | 1904–2005 | 100 | Chinese author |
| Ann Barzel | 1905–2007 | 101 | American writer, critic and lecturer on dance |
| Ralph Bates | 1899–2000 | 101 | English novelist |
| Georgina Battiscombe | 1905–2006 | 100 | British biographer |
| Pierre Béarn | 1902–2004 | 102 | French poet |
| Pepin Bello | 1904–2008 | 103 | Spanish intellectual and writer |
| Eric Bentley | 1916–2020 | 103 | American playwright and theatre critic |
| Edward Bernays | 1891–1995 | 103 | Austrian-born American publicist |
| Harry Bernstein | 1910–2011 | 101 | English-American author |
| Colm de Bhailís | 1796–1906 | 109 | Irish poet, songwriter and stonemason |
| H.J. Blackham | 1903–2009 | 105 | British humanist author and philosopher |
| Lesley Blanch | 1904–2007 | 102 | English author and fashion critic |
| Ronald Blythe | 1922–2023 | 100 | English writer |
| Ralph de Boissière | 1907–2008 | 100 | Trinidadian-Australian author |
| Landrum Bolling | 1913–2018 | 104 | American journalist, diplomat, and noted pacifist |
| Georges Bonnet | 1919–2021 | 101 | French writer and poet |
| Salvador Borrego | 1915–2018 | 102 | Mexican journalist |
| E. R. Braithwaite | 1912–2016 | 104 | Guyanese author |
| George Braziller | 1916–2017 | 101 | American book publisher |
| George E. Bria | 1916–2017 | 101 | American journalist |
| Sir Harry Brittain | 1873–1974 | 100 | British journalist and founder of the Empire Press Union |
| Arthur Judson Brown | 1856–1963 | 106 | American clergyman, missionary and author |
| William Slater Brown | 1896–1997 | 100 | American novelist, biographer and translator |
| Elfriede Brüning | 1910–2014 | 103 | German journalist and novelist |
| Geneviève Callerot | 1916–2025 | 108 | French novelist |
| Paco Cano | 1912–2016 | 103 | Spanish photojournalist |
| Chang Ch'ung-ho | 1914–2015 | 101 | Chinese-American poet, writer and educator |
| Fulgence Charpentier | 1897–2001 | 103 | Canadian journalist and columnist |
| Nirad C. Chaudhuri | 1897–1999 | 101 | Bengali-Indian writer |
| Yehuda Chitrik | 1899–2006 | 106 | American Chabad-Lubavitch author and Mashpia |
| Georges-Emmanuel Clancier | 1914–2018 | 104 | French poet |
| Beverly Cleary | 1916–2021 | 104 | American author |
| Julia Clements | 1906–2010 | 104 | English author and flower arranger |
| Norman Corwin | 1910–2011 | 101 | American writer, essayist, screenwriter, television producer, and teacher |
| Fleur Cowles | 1908–2009 | 101 | American author, editor and artist |
| Victoriano Crémer | 1906–2009 | 102 | Spanish poet |
| Wilbur Cross | 1918–2019 | 100 | American author |
| Ève Curie | 1904–2007 | 102 | American author and biographer; daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie |
| Bernard Binlin Dadié | 1916–2019 | 103 | Ivorian novelist, playwright and poet |
| Robin Dalton | 1920–2022 | 101 | Australian literary agent and journalist |
| Hope Hale Davis | 1903–2004 | 100 | American feminist and communist, later author and writing teacher |
| Geoffrey Dearmer | 1893–1996 | 103 | British poet |
| Bessie Delany | 1891–1995 | 104 | American dentist, author and civil rights pioneer; younger sister of fellow centenarian Sadie Delany |
| Sadie Delany | 1889–1999 | 109 | American educator, author and civil rights pioneer; elder sister of fellow centenarian Bessie Delany |
| Güzin Dino | 1910–2013 | 102 | Turkish writer |
| Marjory Stoneman Douglas | 1890–1998 | 108 | American journalist, author, women's suffrage advocate, and conservationist |
| Milt Dunnell | 1905–2008 | 102 | Canadian sportswriter |
| Oscar Dystel | 1912–2014 | 101 | American publisher |
| Richard Eberhart | 1904–2005 | 101 | American poet; Pulitzer Prize winner |
| Julius Eisenstein | 1854–1956 | 101 | Russian-American writer and historian |
| Mari Ellis | 1913–2015 | 101 | Welsh feminist writer |
| Nils Elowsson | 1890–1999 | 109 | Swedish journalist and politician |
| Jeannette Eyerly | 1908–2008 | 100 | American writer |
| Lawrence Ferlinghetti | 1919–2021 | 101 | American poet |
| Charles Fern | 1892–1995 | 102 | American journalist and aviator |
| Hélio Fernandes | 1921–2021 | 100 | Brazilian journalist |
| Juan Filloy | 1894–2000 | 105 | Argentinian writer |
| Traute Foresti | 1915–2015 | 100 | Austrian poet and actress |
| Neta Lohnes Frazier | 1890–1990 | 100 | American children's author |
| Mariana Frenk-Westheim | 1898–2004 | 106 | German-Spanish writer |
| Jacque Fresco | 1916–2017 | 101 | American futurist |
| Jean Fritz | 1915–2017 | 101 | American children's author |
| Dorothy Frooks | 1896–1997 | 101 | American author, publisher, military officer and military lawyer |
| Luciana Frassati Gawronska | 1902–2007 | 105 | Polish-Italian author |
| Margot Gayle | 1908–2008 | 100 | American author and historical preservationist |
| Edward K. Gaylord | 1873–1974 | 101 | American newspaper publisher and philanthropist |
| Itche Goldberg | 1904–2006 | 102 | Yiddish writer, scholar and political activist |
| Miriam Goldberg | 1916–2017 | 100 | American newspaper publisher and editor |
| Bernice Gordon | 1914–2015 | 101 | American cruciverbalist |
| Javare Gowda | 1915–2016 | 100 | Indian Kannada language author |
| George F. Grant | 1906–2008 | 102 | American author on angling and innovator of fly tying |
| Francesc Gras Salas | 1921–2022 | 101 | Catalan ophthalmologist and writer |
| Ruth Gruber | 1911–2016 | 105 | American journalist and writer |
| Doris Grumbach | 1918–2022 | 104 | American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist |
| Charles H. Hayward | 1898–1998 | 100 | British author, editor, and illustrator of books and magazines on woodworking; also a cabinet maker |
| Andrés Henestrosa | 1906–2008 | 101 | Mexican writer |
| Học Phi | 1913–2014 | 101 | Vietnamese dramatist |
| Drue Heinz | 1915–2018 | 103 | American literary publisher (The Paris Review) and patron (Drue Heinz Literature Prize) |
| Clare Hollingworth | 1911–2017 | 105 | British journalist, first correspondent to report on World War II |
| Joan Hollobon | 1920–2024 | 104 | Welsh-born Canadian writer and journalist |
| Edith Iglauer | 1917–2019 | 101 | American writer |
| William Arthur Irwin | 1898–1999 | 101 | Canadian journalist and diplomat |
| Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh | 1892–1997 | 105 | Iranian writer |
| Elizabeth Jenkins | 1905–2010 | 104 | English novelist |
| Satya Mohan Joshi | 1920–2022 | 102 | Nepalese writer and scholar |
| Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo | 1915–2017 | 102 | Indian nationalist writer and scholar |
| Ernst Jünger | 1895–1998 | 102 | German writer |
| Irena Jurgielewiczowa | 1903–2003 | 100 | Polish author |
| Bernard Kalb | 1922–2023 | 100 | American journalist, moderator, and author |
| Joseph Nathan Kane | 1899–2002 | 103 | American author |
| Bel Kaufman | 1911–2014 | 103 | German-born American novelist and professor |
| Hans Keilson | 1909–2011 | 101 | German-Dutch novelist, poet, psychoanalyst and child psychologist |
| Hossein Wahid Khorasani | 1921– | 104 | Iranian author and ayatollah |
| Ted Knap | 1920–2023 | 102 | American journalist |
| Masajirō Kojima | 1894–1994 | 100 | Japanese novelist |
| William Krehm | 1913–2019 | 105 | Canadian author, foreign correspondent and Spanish Civil War volunteer |
| Stanley Kunitz | 1905–2006 | 100 | American poet; two-time Poet Laureate (1974 and 2000) |
| André Lafargue | 1917–2017 | 100 | French journalist and theatre critic |
| Marc Lamunière | 1921–2021 | 100 | Swiss writer |
| Anthony Lawrence | 1912–2013 | 101 | British journalist |
| Erna Lazarus | 1903–2006 | 102 | American screenwriter |
| Chin Yang Lee | 1915–2018 | 102 | Chinese-American author |
| Frances M. López-Morillas | 1918–2018 | 100 | American translator of Spanish literature |
| Krystyna Łyczywek | 1920–2021 | 100 | Polish photographer, translator and journalist |
| Ma Shitu | 1915–2024 | 109 | Chinese writer and politician |
| Dorothy Maclean | 1920–2020 | 100 | Canadian writer and educator |
| Michio Mado | 1909–2014 | 104 | Japanese poet |
| George Mandel | 1920–2021 | 101 | American Beat writer |
| Clément Marchand | 1912–2013 | 100 | Canadian author, poet, journalist and publisher |
| Claire Martin | 1914–2014 | 100 | Canadian novelist |
| Lambert Mascarenhas | 1914–2021 | 106 | Indian journalist (The Navhind Times and Goa Today), independence activist and writer |
| Mildred Shapley Matthews | 1915–2016 | 101 | American book editor and writer, best known for her astronomy books |
| Lorna McDonald | 1916–2017 | 100 | Australian author and historian |
| Joe Medicine Crow | 1913–2016 | 102 | American Crow historian and author |
| Polly Allen Mellen | 1924–2024 | 100 | American fashion editor and stylist |
| Louise Meriwether | 1923–2023 | 100 | American author and activist |
| Erik Mesterton | 1903–2004 | 100 | Swedish author, literary critic and translator |
| Curt Meyer-Clason | 1910–2012 | 101 | German writer and translator |
| Morton Mintz | 1922– | 102 | American journalist |
| Naomi Mitchison | 1897–1999 | 101 | Scottish writer |
| Alicia Moreau de Justo | 1885–1986 | 100 | Argentine writer |
| Henry Morgenthau III | 1917–2018 | 101 | American writer |
| John Godfrey Morris | 1916–2017 | 100 | American author, photojournalist and picture editor |
| Ruth Munce | 1898–2001 | 103 | American romance novelist |
| Carla Porta Musa | 1902–2012 | 110 | Italian essayist and poet |
| Maurice Nadeau | 1911–2013 | 102 | French writer and editor |
| Fumio Niwa | 1904–2005 | 100 | Japanese novelist |
| Lise Nørgaard | 1917–2023 | 105 | Danish journalist and writer |
| Eleanor Owen | 1921–2022 | 101 | American journalist, playwright, actress, professor and mental health advocate |
| Boris Pahor | 1913–2022 | 108 | Italian Slovenian novelist and concentration camp survivor |
| Lillian Rogers Parks | 1897–1997 | 100 | American writer |
| Nicanor Parra | 1914–2018 | 103 | Chilean poet |
| Frances Partridge | 1900–2004 | 103 | English diarist; member of the Bloomsbury Group |
| James Larkin Pearson | 1879–1981 | 101 | American poet; Poet Laureate of North Carolina (1953–81) |
| Michel Peyramaure | 1922–2023 | 101 | French writer |
| José Osvaldo de Meira Penna | 1917–2017 | 100 | Brazilian classical liberal writer |
| Fernando Pessa | 1902–2002 | 100 | Portuguese journalist and radio broadcaster |
| Chapman Pincher | 1914–2014 | 100 | British writer |
| Nilawan Pintong | 1915–2017 | 101 | Thai feminist writer |
| Gertrude Poe | 1915–2017 | 101 | American journalist, lawyer and real estate agent |
| Ida Pollock | 1908–2013 | 105 | British romance novelist |
| Tao Porchon-Lynch | 1918–2020 | 101 | American author, dancer and yogi |
| Giuseppe Prezzolini | 1882–1982 | 100 | Italian journalist and writer |
| Edith B. Price | 1897–1997 | 100 | American author of children's books |
| Carl Rakosi | 1903–2004 | 101 | American Objectivist poet |
| Joana Raspall i Juanola | 1913–2013 | 100 | Spanish writer |
| Naomi Replansky | 1918–2023 | 104 | American poet |
| Madeleine Riffaud | 1924–2024 | 100 | French poet, journalist and member of the French Resistance |
| Ahmad Samii Gilani | 1921–2023 | 102 | Iranian translator and editor |
| Pura Santillan-Castrence | 1905–2007 | 101 | Filipino author and diplomat |
| Constance Savery | 1897–1999 | 101 | English author, principally of children's books |
| Gil Savery | 1917–2018 | 101 | American journalist |
| Marian Cannon Schlesinger | 1912–2017 | 105 | American artist and author |
| Claude Seignolle | 1917–2018 | 101 | French author |
| George Seldes | 1890–1995 | 104 | American journalist and writer |
| K. D. Sethna | 1904–2011 | 106 | Indian author and poet |
| Mildred Shapley Matthews | 1915–2016 | 100 | American book editor |
| Toyo Shibata | 1911–2013 | 101 | Japanese poet |
| Vera Shlakman | 1909–2017 | 108 | American Marxist writer and academic |
| Jakob Skarstein | 1921–2021 | 100 | Norwegian journalist and radio personality |
| Barbosa Lima Sobrinho | 1897–2000 | 103 | Brazilian historian, writer and journalist |
| Marga Spiegel | 1912–2014 | 101 | German writer |
| Edna Staebler | 1906–2006 | 100 | Canadian writer |
| Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka | 1914–2014 | 100 | Latvian writer |
| Barrie Stavis | 1906–2007 | 100 | American playwright |
| Grace Zaring Stone | 1891–1991 | 100 | American novelist |
| Audrey Stubbart | 1895–2000 | 105 | American newspaper columnist |
| Peter Stursberg | 1913–2014 | 101 | Canadian writer and broadcaster |
| Dragutin Tadijanović | 1905–2007 | 101 | Croatian poet and writer |
| Gladys Tantaquidgeon | 1899–2005 | 106 | American anthropologist and author |
| Ellen Tarry | 1906–2008 | 101 | American writer specialized in children's literature |
| Ruth Ashton Taylor | 1922–2024 | 101 | American television and radio newscaster |
| Jean Bell Thomas | 1881–1982 | 101 | American folk festival promoter, traveler and author |
| Frits Thors | 1909–2014 | 104 | Dutch journalist and news anchor |
| Vance Trimble | 1913–2021 | 107 | American journalist |
| Walter Trohan | 1903–2003 | 100 | American writer and historian |
| Daisy Turner | 1883–1988 | 104 | American storyteller and poet |
| William Ungar | 1913–2013 | 100 | Polish-born American author |
| Edward Upward | 1903–2009 | 105 | English writer |
| Henri Vernes | 1918–2021 | 102 | Belgian author |
| Edward Wagenknecht | 1900–2004 | 104 | American co-author of White House memoirs |
| Alison Waley | 1901–2001 | 100 | New Zealand poet and author |
| Arthur Walworth | 1903–2005 | 101 | American writer and biographer of Woodrow Wilson |
| Curt Weibull | 1886–1991 | 105 | Swedish historian and author |
| Ruth Weiss | 1924– | 100 | German-born South African writer |
| Phyllis A. Whitney | 1903–2008 | 104 | American mystery writer |
| Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx | 1916–2018 | 102 | English poet; wife of British Prime Minister Harold Wilson |
| Herman Wouk | 1915–2019 | 103 | American author |
| Yang Jiang | 1911–2016 | 104 | Chinese playwright, author and translator |
| Donald Zec | 1919–2021 | 102 | British journalist |
| Zheng Min | 1920–2022 | 101 | Chinese poet |
| Lester Ziffren | 1906–2007 | 101 | First American journalist to report on the Spanish Civil War |
| Juan Eduardo Zúñiga | 1919–2020 | 101 | Spanish author and literary scholar |