# Genesis of Literary

> An interactive world literature map. Discover 1,425+ authors from 123 countries, filterable by genre, literary era, and major awards.

## What This Site Is

Genesis of Literary (genesisofliterary.com) is an open-access, multilingual literary reference tool built as an interactive map. Each pin on the map represents an author — their birthplace, genre, era, biography, and major works.

The site is designed for readers, students, researchers, and literary enthusiasts who want to explore world literature geographically and historically.

Languages supported: Turkish, English, German, Spanish (auto-detected by IP, switchable).

## Data Coverage

- **Total authors**: 1,425
- **Countries represented**: 123
- **Genre breakdown**: Novel (973), Poetry (239), Short Story (213)
- **Literary eras**: Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Romanticism, Modern, Contemporary
- **Award coverage**: Nobel Prize in Literature (59 winners), Booker Prize, Pulitzer Prize, Prix Goncourt, International Booker, Premio Cervantes

## How to Access the Data

### Individual author pages (machine-readable)
Every author has a static HTML page with JSON-LD Person schema:
- URL pattern: `https://genesisofliterary.com/yazar/{slug}`
- Examples:
  - https://genesisofliterary.com/yazar/orhan-pamuk
  - https://genesisofliterary.com/yazar/franz-kafka
  - https://genesisofliterary.com/yazar/gabriel-garcia-marquez
  - https://genesisofliterary.com/yazar/haruki-murakami

### Country pages
- URL pattern: `https://genesisofliterary.com/ulke/{country-slug}`
- Examples:
  - https://genesisofliterary.com/ulke/turkiye (146 authors)
  - https://genesisofliterary.com/ulke/fransa (85 authors)
  - https://genesisofliterary.com/ulke/japonya (34 authors)

### Sitemap
- https://genesisofliterary.com/sitemap.xml (1,515 URLs total)

### Raw JSON dataset
- https://genesisofliterary.com/authors-map.json
  Full dataset: all 1,425 authors with coordinates, biographies, books, and awards.

## Data Schema Per Author

```json
{
  "n": "Orhan Pamuk",
  "co": "Türkiye",
  "ci": "İstanbul",
  "t": "roman",
  "b": 1952,
  "e": "cagdas",
  "bi": "Nobel ödüllü Pamuk, İstanbul'un melankolik dokusunu...",
  "bk": ["Benim Adım Kırmızı", "Kar", "Masumiyet Müzesi"],
  "bktr": ["Benim Adım Kırmızı", "Kar", "Masumiyet Müzesi"],
  "aw": ["Nobel"],
  "la": 41.01,
  "lo": 28.97,
  "s": "orhan-pamuk"
}
```

Era values: antik (Ancient), ortacag (Medieval), ronesans (Renaissance), romantik (Romanticism), modern (Modern), cagdas (Contemporary)
Genre values: roman (Novel), siiir (Poetry), hikaye (Short Story)

## Queries This Site Can Answer

- "Nobel Prize-winning authors from Turkey"
- "Contemporary Japanese novelists and their major works"
- "Which authors were born in Istanbul?"
- "Booker Prize winners from Ireland"
- "Major works of Franz Kafka"
- "French Romantic era poets"
- "Latin American magical realism authors"

## What This Site Does NOT Contain

- Full text of literary works (links to Amazon for purchase)
- Academic citations or critical essays
- Real-time or news content
- User-generated content

## Freshness & Maintenance

Dataset actively maintained. Last major update: August 2025.
New authors added regularly. Coverage strongest for: Turkey, USA, UK, France, Russia, Germany, Japan.

## Site

https://genesisofliterary.com