Literary Library

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

Angelica Garnett

by Angela Beck
December 25, 1918 - May 4, 2012British writer, painter and artistAuthor of "Deceived With Kindness: A Bloomsbury Childhood" (for which she won the ...
Art Artist Arts British England English Great Britain Paint Painter Painting Writer

John Gruelle

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1880 - January 9, 1938American artist, political cartoonist, children's book and comic book author, illustrator and storytellerBest k...
Art Artist Cartoonist Cartoons Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books Comic Book Writer Comic Books Comics Illustrator Political Political Cartoonist Politics Raggedy Andy Raggedy Ann Storyteller

Gustave Kahn

by Angela Beck
December 21, 1859 - September 5, 1936French Symbolist poet, art critic, novelist and playwrightAuthor of "The Mad King", "Premiers Poemes" and "Sy...
Art Art Critic Artist France French Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Theater Theatre

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

Sterling Lanier

by Angela Beck
December 18, 1927 - June 28, 2007American editor, science fiction author, short story writer and sculptor Author of "The Peculiar Exploits of Briga...
Artist Dune Editor Sci-Fi Science Fiction Sculptor Short Story

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