Literary Library

Jack D. Forbes

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1934 - February 23, 2011American writer, scholar and political activistAuthor of "Native Americans of California and Nevada", "Africans ...
Academic Activist Africa African Africans American Book Award California Christopher Columbus College Columbus Cultural Historian Culture Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl University Native Native American Native Culture Nevada Political Political Activist Politics Scholar Slavery Slaves University Writer

Wright Morris

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1910 - April 25, 1998American novelist, photographer, essayist and teacherAuthor of "The Field of Vision" (for which he won the National...
American Book Award Educate Education Educator Essayist Essays National Book Award Novel Novelist Photo Photographer Photography Photos School Teach Teacher Teaching

Tananarive Due

by Angela Beck
January 5, 1966 - African-American teacher, film historian and novelistAuthor of "The Between" (for which she was nominated for the Bram Stoker Aw...
African American African American History American Book Award Bram Stoker Award Educate Education Educator Film Film Historian Films Novel Novelist School Teach Teacher Teaching

Jimmy Santiago Baca

by Angela Beck
January 2, 1952 - American poet, memoirist and screenwriterAuthor of "Immigrants in Our Own Land", "Martin and Meditations on the South Valley" (f...
American Book Award Film Filmmaker Films Memoir Memoirist Movie Movies National Endowment for the Arts Poem Poems Poet Poetry Pushcart Prize Screenwriter

Molly Bang

by Angela Beck
December 29, 1943 - American illustrator and author of children's booksAuthor and illustrator of "The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher" (for w...
American Book Award Caldecott Caldecott Honor Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Book Illustrator Children's Books Illustrator Jane Addams Children's Book Award Kate Greenaway Medal

Nora Okja Keller

by Angela Beck
December 22, 1966 - Korean-American novelist, short story writer and teacherAuthor of "Comfort Woman" (for which she won the American Book Award fo...
American Book Award Korea Korean Newbery Newbery Medal Novel Novelist Pushcart Prize Short Story Teach Teacher

Janisse Ray

by Angela Beck
February 2, 1962 - American writer, naturalist, environmental activist and professorAuthor of "Ecology of a Cracker Childhood" (for which she won ...
Activist American Book Award Environment Environmentalist Natural World Naturalist Nature Professor Southern Southern Book Critics Circle Award Southern Environmental Award Teach Teacher Writer

Sandra Cisneros

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1954 - American novelist and short story writerAuthor of "The House on Mango Street" (for which she won the American Book Award in 1...
American Book Award American Library Journal National Medal of Arts New York Times Novel Novelist PEN/Nabokov Award Short Story

Helen Adam

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1909 - September 19, 1993Scottish poet, collagist and photographerAuthor of "Turn Again to Me and Other Poems" (for which she won the A...
American Book Award Art Artist Arts Collage Photo Photographer Photography Photos Poem Poems Poet Poetry Scotland Scottish

Don Delillo

by Angela Beck
November 20, 1936 - American novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayistAuthor of "White Noise" (for which he won the National Book Awar...
American Book Award Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays National Book Award Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Pulitzer Prize Short Story Theater Theatre

Nicolasa Mohr

by Angela Beck
November 1, 1938 - American author of young adult and adult books, screenplays and playsAuthor of "El Bronx Remembered", "Nilda" and "Felita" (for ...
American Book Award Drama Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Theater Theatre Young Adult