Literary Library

Sulamith Wulfing

by Angela Beck
January 11, 1901 - March 20, 1989German artist and illustratorAuthor of "Angel Oracle" and "Maidens and Love" and illustrated Hans Christian Anders...
Art Artist Book Publisher German Germany Illustrate Illustrations Illustrator Publish Publisher Publishing

Lucy Knisley

by Angela Beck
January 11, 1985 - American comic artist and musicianAuthor and illustrator of "French Milk", "Relish: My Life in the Kitchen" and "Margaret and t...
Art Artist Comic Books Comic Strips Comics Graphic Artist Music Musical Musician

Dennis Cooper

by Angela Beck
January 10, 1953 - American novelist, poet, critic, editor and performance artistAuthor of "Try", "My Loose Thread" and "Ugly Man: Stories"
Artist Critic Editing Editor Novel Novelist Perform Performance Performance Artist Play Plays Poem Poems Poet Poetry

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

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