Literary Library

Natalie Hays Hammond

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1904 - June 30, 1985American artist, author and inventor Author of "New Adventures in Needlepoint Design" and "Anthology of Pattern"Cre...
Art Artist Author Broadway Drama Inventor Needlepoint Play Plays Sew Sewing Theater Theater Producer Theatre

Khalil Gibran

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1883 - April 10, 1931Lebanese-American writer, poet and artistAuthor of "Broken Wings", "The Madman" and "The Prophet"Born Gibran Khali...
Arab Arabic Arabs Art Artist Lebanese Lebanese-American Lebanon Ottoman Empire Ottomans Poem Poems Poet Poetry The Prophet Writer

Friedrich Durrenmatt

by Angela Beck
January 5, 1921 - December 14, 1990Swiss author, dramatist and artistAuthor of the plays "The Visit", "Romulus the Great" and "The Physician"Autho...
Art Artist Arts Author Drama Dramatist Play Plays Playwright Swiss Switzerland Theater Theatre

Gao Xingjian

by Angela Beck
January 4, 1940 - Chinese emigre novelist, playwright, critic, painter, photographer, film director and translatorAuthor of "Absolute Signal", "Th...
Art Artist China Chinese Critic Director Drama Dramatist Film Film Director Filmmaker Films Language Languages Nobel Prize Novel Novelist Paint Painter Painting Photo Photographer Photography Photos Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre Translate Translator

Crosby Bonsall

by Angela Beck
January 2, 1921 - January 10, 1995American artist and children's book author and illustratorAuthor of more than 40 books including "Who's a Pest? A...
Art Artist Arts Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Book Illustrator Children's Books

Sheldon Mayer

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1917 - December 21, 1991American comics artist, writer and editorWrote and/or Illustrated dozens of comic issuesOne of the earliest employ...
Art Artist Comic Book Writer Comic Books Comics DC Comics Editor Illustrator

Fredrik Cygnaeus

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1807 - February 7, 1881Finnish poet, art critic & collector and professorAuthor of "Ice-Candles" and "Claes Flemings tider: Dramatisk...
Art Art Collector Art Critic College Finland Finnish Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor Teacher University

Clarence Major

by Angela Beck
December 31, 1936 - African-American poet, painter, novelist, teacher and editorAuthor of "All-Night Visitors", "My Amputations", "Dirty Bird Blue...
African American African American History Art Congressional Black Caucus Editor Georgia Georgia Writers Hall of Fame National Book Award Novel Novelist Paint Painter Painting Poem Poems Poet Poetry Teach Teacher

Douglas Coupland

by Angela Beck
December 30, 1961 - Canadian novelist, designer, visual artist and newspaper columnistAuthor of "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture", ...
Art Artist Arts Canada Canadian News Newspaper Newspaper Columnist Newspapers Novel Novelist

Alasdair Gray

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1934 - December 29, 2019Scottish novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, translator, historian and artistAuthor of "Lanark: A...
Art Artist Historian Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Saltire Society Book of the Year Scotland Scottish Short Story Translator Whitbread Novel Award

Mina Loy

by Angela Beck
December 27, 1882 - September 25, 1966British artist, writer, poet, playwright, novelist, painter, designer and bohemianAuthor of "Lunar Baedeker"...
Art Artist Arts Bohemian British Designer England English English Poetry Great Britain Novel Novelist Paint Painter Painting Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Theater Theatre Writer

Henry Miller

by Angela Beck
December 26, 1891 - June 7, 1980American writer and artistAuthor of "Tropic of Cancer", Tropic of Capricorn" and "The Rosy Crucifixion"Many of his...
Anais Nin Art Artist Arts France Writer