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Rereading this topic, I find myself surprised by something else: no Italian writers (except Elsa Morante, but it was me who mentioned her), no Polish, no Czech and Slovakian writers (may I add Karel Czapek as one of the best East-European writers?), no Nordian or Dane writers, etc, and the biggest gap - very small percent of Russian (or Ex-Russian) writers) - and the Russian literature is world for itself - not world but cosmos!
It seems the literature has become susceptible to fashions and interests of publishers & booksellers, turning itself to an industry of entertainment. And as long as the people are reading Lesley Pearses and James Patersons... the good literature stays forgotten. 
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