Literary Library

Umberto Eco

by Angela Beck
January 5, 1932 - February 19, 2016Italian professor, critc and writer of novels and non-fictionAuthor of "The Name of the Rose", "Foucault's Pend...
College Critic Educate Education Educator Italian Italy Nonfiction Novel Novelist Professor School Strega Prize Teach Teacher Teaching University

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

Paul Hamilton Hayne

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1830 - July 6, 1886American poet, critic and editorAuthor of "Legends and Lyrics" and "The Broken Battalions"
Critic Editor Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Walter Kirn

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1962 - American novelist, literary critic and essayistAuthor of "Up in the Air", "Mission to America" and "Blood Will Out" #literarycale...
Critic Essayist Essays Literary Critic Novel Novelist

Hayden Carruth

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1921 - September 29, 2008American poet, literary critic and professorAuthor of "Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey" (for which he won the Nati...
Critic Literary Critic National Book Award Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor Teach Teacher University

James Baldwin

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987African-American novelist, playwright, poet and social criticAuthor of "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "Notes of a ...
African American African American History Critic Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Social Critic Theater Theatre

Irving Babbitt

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1869 - July 15, 1933American literary criticAuthor of "Literature and the American College", "Democracy and Leadership" and "Rousseau an...
Critic Literary Critic

Julia Briggs

by Angela Beck
December 30, 1943 - August 16, 2007English professor, literary critic and biographerAuthor of "Night Visitors: The Rise and Fall of the English Gho...
Bio Biographer Biography British Critic Edith Nesbit England English Ghost Ghost Story Great Britain Literary Critic Professor Teach Teacher University Virginia Woolf

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

Harriet Monroe

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1860 - September 26, 1936American editor, scholar, literary critic, poet, publisher, editor and art patronAuthor of "John Wellborn Ro...
Art Critic Editor Literary Critic Poem Poems Poet Poetry Poetry Magazine Publisher Scholar

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1804 - October 13, 1869French literary critic and authorAuthor of "Port Royal", "Nouveaux Lundis" and "Mes Poisons"
Author Critic France French Literary Critic

Thomas M. Disch

by Angela Beck
February 2, 1940 - July 4, 2008American science fiction writer, poet, critic and children's book authorAuthor of the science fiction stories "The ...
Children's Book Author Critic Hugo Award Literary Critic National Book Critics Circle Award Poem Poems Poet Poetry Sci-Fi Science Fiction