Literary Library

Vera Brittain

by Angela Beck
December 29, 1893 - March 29, 1970English nurse, writer, feminist, socialist and pacifistAuthor of "Testament of Youth" (co-written with Mark Best...
Bio Biographer British England English Feminism Feminist Great Britain Medical Medicine Nurse Nursing Pacifist Socialism Socialist

Simon Raven

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1927 - May 12, 2001English author, playwright, essayist, television writer and screenwriterAuthor of "The Feathers of Death", "The Ric...
Author British England English Essayist Essays Great Britain Play Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Television Theater Theatre TV

Andy McNab

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1959 - British novelist and former British Army Infantry soldierAuthor of "Bravo Two Zero", "Immediate Action" and "The Good Psychopat...
Army British England English Great Britain Infantry Military Novel Novelist Soldier

Wilfred Sheed

by Angela Beck
December 27, 1930 - January 19, 2011English-born American novelist, essayist and biographerAuthor of "Office Politics" (for which he was a finalist...
Bio Biographer Biography British England English Essayist Essays Great Britain Muhammad Ali National Book Award Novel Novelist

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

Aiden Chambers

by Angela Beck
December 27, 1934 - British author of children's and young adult novelsAuthor of "The Present Takers", "Dance on My Grave" and "Postcards from No M...
British Carnegie Medal Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Book Award Children's Books Children's Literature Association Award England English Great Britain Hans Christian Andersen Award Novel Novelist Young Adult

Thomas Gray

by Angela Beck
December 26, 1716 - July 30, 1771English poet, classical scholar and professorAuthor of only 13 poems including "Elegy Written in a Country Church...
British England English English History English Poetry Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry Scholar University

William Collins

by Angela Beck
December 25, 1721 - June 12, 1759English poetAuthor of "Persian Eclogues" and "Odes on Several Descriptive and Allegorical Subjects"
British English English History English Poetry Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry

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

Matthew Arnold

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1822 - April 15, 1888English poet, cultural critic, school inspector and professorAuthor of "Empedocles on Etna and Other Poems", "Po...
British Critic Culture England English English Poetry Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor School Teach Teacher University

Gillian Cross

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1945 - British author of children's booksAuthor of "A Map of Nowhere", "Wolf" (for which she won the Carnegie Award in 1990) and "The ...
British Carnegie Medal Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books England English Great Britain Whitbread Children's Book Award

George Crabbe

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1754 - February 3, 1832English poet, surgeon and clergymanAuthor of "The Candidate", "The Village" and "The Burough"
British Church Clergy Clergyman Doctor England English English Poetry Great Britain Medical Medicine Physician Religion Religious Surgeon Surgery