Literary Library

Alexander Alexandrovich Blok

by Angela Beck
November 28, 1880 - August 7, 1921Russian poet, publicist, playwright, translator and literary criticAuthor of "The City", "Faina" and "Mask of Snow"
Critic Literary Critic Playwright Poet Poetry Publicist Russia Russian Translator

George Kaufman

by Angela Beck
November 16, 1889 - June 2, 1961American playwright, theatre director and producer, humorist and drama criticAuthor of "Of Thee I Sing" (for which...
Critic Director Drama Drama Critic Dramatist Humor Humorist Plays Playwright Pulitzer Prize Theater Theatre Theatre Director

Bonnie Greer

by Angela Beck
November 16, 1948 - African-American British playwright, novelist, critic and broadcasterAuthor of "Hanging By Her Teeth", "Langston Hughes: The V...
African American British Broadcaster Critic Drama Dramatist Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Theater Theatre

Marianne Moore

by Angela Beck
November 15, 1887 - February 5, 1972American poet, critic, translator, editor and librarianAuthor of "Poems", "Observations" and "Collected Poems"...
Critic Editor Librarian National Book Award Poem Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize Translator

Roland Barthes

by Angela Beck
November 12, 1915 - March 26, 1980French literary theorist, philosopher and criticAuthor of "Mythologies", "The Death of the Author" and "Camera L...
Critic France French Literary Scholar Literary Theorist Philosopher Philosophy

Cedric Henning Belfrage

by Angela Beck
November 8, 1904 - June 21, 1990English film critic, journalist, writer and political activistAuthor of "Promised Land", "Seeds of Destruction: The...
Critic Double Agent England English English History Film Film Critic Journalist News Newspapers Political Political Activist Politics Reporter Russia Russian History Soviet Soviet Union Soviets Spies Spy World War II WWII

John Berger

by Angela Beck
November 5, 1926 - January 2, 2017English art critic, novelist, painter and poetAuthor of "A Painter of Our Time", Ways of Seeing" and "Here is Wh...
Art Art Critic Arts Critic Novel Novelist Paint Painter Painting Poem Poet Poetry

Jeffrey Lyons

by Angela Beck
November 5, 1944 - American television and film critic and writerAuthor of "Jeffrey Lyons' 100 Great Movies for Kids", "Curveballs and Screwballs" ...
Critic Film Film Critic Television TV TV Critic

C. K. Williams

by Angela Beck
November 4, 1936 - September 20, 2015American poet, critic and translatorAuthor of "Flesh and Blood" (for which he was a finalist for the Pulitzer...
Critic Poem Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize Translator

Joe Queenan

by Angela Beck
November 3, 1950 - American satirist and criticAuthor of "The Unkindest Cut", "Red Lobster, White Trash and the Blue Lagoon: Joe Queenan's America"...
Critic Humor Humorist Satire Satirist

Thomas Mallon

by Angela Beck
November 2, 1951 - American novelist, essayist and criticAuthor of "Henry and Clara", "Mrs. Paine's Garage and the Murder of John F. Kennedy" and ...
Critic Essayist Essays no Novel Novelist Reagans The Reagans

Michelle Cliff

by Angela Beck
November 2, 1946 - June 12, 2016Jamaican-American novelist, short story writer, poet and literary criticAuthor of "Abeng", "No Telephone to Heaven"...
Critic Jamaica Jamaican Novel Novelist Poem Poet Poetry Short Story