Literary Library

David Levine

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1926 - December 29, 2009American artist, illustrator and authorAuthor of "Pens and Needles: Literary Caricatures", "The Watercolors of...
Art Artist Arts Author Illustrator Watercolors

Es'kia Mphahlele

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1919 - October 27, 2008South African writer, educator, artist and activistAuthor of "The Wanderers" (for which he won the African Art...
Activist Africa African African Arts Magazine Apartheid Art Artist Arts Education Educator Nelson Mandela Nobel Prize Order of the Palm South Africa South African Southern Cross Teach Teacher Writer

Edward Ruscha

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1937 - American artist and authorAuthor of "Twentysix Gasoline Stations", "A Few Palm Trees" and "Hard Lights" His artwork was influe...
Art Artist Arts Author Guggenheim Pop Art

Gail Tremblay

by Angela Beck
December 15, 1945 - May 3, 2023Native American (Mi'kmag and Onondaga) writer, artist and professorAuthor of "Night Gives Women the Word", "Indian S...
Art Artist Indian Mi'kmag Native Native American Native Culture North American Indians Onondaga Professor Teach Teacher University Writer

Sir Herbert Edward Read

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1893 - June 12, 1968English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopherAuthor of "The Meaning of Art", "To Hell With Culture, ...
Art Art Historian Artist Arts British Critic England English English History English Poetry Great Britain Literary Critic Philosopher Philosophy Poem Poems Poet Poetry

John Giorno

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1936 - October 12, 2019American poet and performance artistAuthor of "Grasping at Emptiness", "Subduing Demons in America, Selected Po...
Art Artist Arts Performance Artist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

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

Alaida Foppa

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1914 - December 19, 1980 (questionable death date because she disappeared and was presumed murdered)Spain-born Guatemalan and Mexican p...
Art Art Critic Arts Feminism Feminist Guatemala Guatemalan Mexican Mexico Poem Poems Poet Poetry Spain Spanish Teach Teacher Translator Writer

Troy Kinney

by Angela Beck
December 1, 1871 - January 29, 1938American artist, etcher and authorAuthor of "Trolley Folly", "The Court of Lucifer: A Tale of the Renaissance" a...
Art Artist Arts Author Etcher Etching

John Schlimm

by Angela Beck
December 1, 1971 - American author, activist, artist and educatorAuthor of "The Cheesy Vegan: More than 125 Plant-Based Recipes for Indulging in th...
Activist Animal Animal Rights Animal Rights Activist Animals Art Artist Arts Author Community Activist Cook Cookbook Cookbooks Dog Dogs Education Educator Plant Plant-Based Professor Recipes Vegan

Carlo Levi

by Angela Beck
November 29, 1902 - January 4, 1975Italian painter, writer, activist and doctorAuthor of "Christ Stopped at Eboli", "The Watch" and "Words as Ston...
Activist Art Artist Arts Author Communism Communist Doctor Italian Italy Medical Medicine Paint Painter Painting Physician

Alex Grey

by Angela Beck
November 29, 1953 - American visual artist, author, teacher, and vajrayana practitionerAuthor of "Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey",...
Art Art Theorist Artist Arts Author Buddhism Buddhist Teach Teacher Vajrayana Visual Artist Zen Zen Buddhism