I found Jules Supervielle by accident a while back. Born in Uruguay, wrote in French, completely forgotten now. His novel The Man Who Stole Children is about a guy who collects abandoned kids and raises them. No drama. Just quiet and strange and human. His poetry has this pull between two continents because he never fully belonged anywhere.
He was nominated for the Nobel three times. French poets called him their "Prince of Poets" in 1960. Then nothing. Out of print in English. Barely anyone talks about him.
What other writers fell through the cracks like this? Not obscure on purpose, just genuinely forgotten. The ones who were respected in their time and now you can't find their books anywhere.
by No_Cryptographer618