Hi killermunchkin,
As you know, there are many, many blind writers, both contemporary and
historical, although you've already identified two of the best known.
William Artman and L.V. Hall (a blind poet) wrote a book, published in
1869, called "Beauties and Achievements of the Blind". Part of its
description is "Several eminent blind authors [are] included: Homer,
Blacklock, Holman, Wilson, Huber, Miss Alice Holmes, Miss Frances Jane
Crosby, Miss Cynthia Bullock and others. Also poetry by blind authors
including L. V. Hall, Frances Brown, Margaret Belches, Michael M'Guire
and others."
www.polybiblio.com/heritage/49726.html
Using that as a jumping off point, I have assembled the following list
of blind authors, and have provided links for additional information
about them. This list is not in chronological or any other order:
Homer was the blind Greek poet of the 8th century B.C., well-known for
his works, the Iliad and the Odyssey.
http://www.christiancourier.com/archives/homer.htm
Didim of Alexandrie was a famous Greek philosopher
Rudaki Abu Abdalach Djafar was the founder of Tadjik Persian farsi
poetry
Francesco Landino (1325-1397) of Italy was a famous blind organist,
composer and poet
Francesco Bell was a 15th century writer
Conrad Theofilius Pfefel (1739-1773) and Edward Rashton (1775-?) were
recognized writers of their time
http://www.icevi.org/publications/ICEVI-WC2002/papers/07-topic/07-gudonis.htm
Thom Blacklock (1721-?) was a Scottish poet
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/other/blacklock_thomas.htm
James Holman (1786—1857) was a remarkable chronicler of his own
worldwide travels
http://4.1911encyclopedia.org/H/HO/HOLMAN_JAMES.htm
François Huber (1750 - ?), Swiss, wrote extensively about bees
http://www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0302hsted/030207mtrlnck/030207ch1.htm
James Thurber, "saw into the magnificent nonsense of the mind most
clearly, even as his own light failed", and was a beloved 20th century
U.S. writer
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/essays/november99/rosenblatt_11-29.html
Jorge Luis Borges, acclaimed Argentine writer, won a Nobel Prize for
Literature
http://www.barcelonareview.com/17/e_quiz_jlb.htm
James Joyce, Irish author of "Ulysses", was almost totally blind at
his death (and when he was writing "Ulysses")
http://www.irishside.com/tis/content/nyt/118.htm
Georgius Everhardus Rumphius was born in central Germany, lived much
of his life in Indonesia, and published remarkable treatises about
natural science
http://www.strangescience.net/rumphius.htm
Nikolay Ostrovsky, a famous Soviet writer who wrote only one book in
his life "How Steel Was Tempered", is widely revered in Russia
http://www.uic.ssu.samara.ru/~united_world/learning/fish3.htm
Esber Yagmurdereli is a contemporary Turkish writer, lawyer and human
rights activist
http://www.dfn.org/focus/turkey/esber.htm
Stephen Kuusisto is a respected contemporary blind U.S. writer
http://www.colby.edu/news/detail/21/
The list above is not (and cannot ever be, of course) comprehensive,
but it's a pretty good survey of blind writers from antiquity to the
present. I hope you find it adequate to your needs. If you have any
questions, please post a request clarification before rating this
answer, and I'll get right back to you.
Thanks for your question,
ericynot-ga
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