Literary Library

Narendra Prasad

by Angela Beck
December 26, 1946 - November 3, 2003Indian actor, playwright, director, professor and literary criticAuthor of "Souparnika" (for which he won the K...
Acting Actor Director Film Director India Indian Keral Sahitya Akademi Award Literary Critic Play Plays Playwright Professor Theater Theatre University

William Demby

by Angela Beck
December 25, 1922 - May 23, 2013African-American novelist, actor, translator, professor and asst. directorAuthor of "Beetlecreek", "The Catacombs"...
Acting Actor African American Anisfield-Wolf Achievement Award Director Film Director Novel Novelist Professor Translator University

Nicholas Meyer

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1945 -American novelist and directorAuthor of "The Night that Panicked America" (for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Out...
Academy Award Director Emmy Award Film Film Director Filmmaker Films Movie Movies Novel Novelist Screenplay Screenwriter Television TV

Terry Jones

by Angela Beck
February 1, 1942 - January 21, 2020 Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and author Author of "The Tyrant and the Squire", "The Saga of Erik...
Actor Author Children's Book Author Children's Book Award Comedian Comedy Director Historian Monty Python Wales Welsh Whitbread Award

Ossie Davis

by Angela Beck
December 18, 1917 - February 4, 2005African-American actor, director, writer and activistAuthor of "Purlie Victorious", "Escape to Freedom: The St...
Acting Activist Actor African American Director Frederick Douglass Writer

Hal Kanter

by Angela Beck
December 18, 1918 - November 6, 2011American writer, producer and directorAuthor of "So Far, So Funny: My Life in Show Business"Wrote or co-wrote t...
Director Producer Writer

Noel Coward

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1899 - March 26, 1973English playwright, composer, director, actor and singerAuthor of more than 65 plays and musicals including "The...
Actor British Composer Director England English Great Britain Music Musical Play Plays Playwright Sing Singer Theater Theatre

Marc Connelly

by Angela Beck
December 13, 1890 - December 21, 1980American playwright, director, producer, drama teacher, performer and lyricistAuthor of "The Green Pastures" ...
Director Drama Lyricist Lyrics Performer Play Plays Playwright Producer Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher Theater Theatre

Noah Baumbach

by Angela Beck
September 3, 1969 - American screenwriter and film directorAuthor of "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" (co-written with Wes Anderson), "The Squ...
Academy Award Director Film Film Director Filmmaker Movie Movies Oscar Screenplay Screenwriter Wes Anderson

Mark Frost

by Angela Beck
November 25, 1953 - American novelist, screenwriter, filmmaker, television producer and directorAuthor of "The List of 7", "The Six Messiahs" and "...
Director Film Filmmaker Novel Novelist Producer Screenwriter Television

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

Ernest Thompson

by Angela Beck
November 6, 1949 - American writer, actor and directorAuthor of "On Golden Pond" (for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in...
Academy Award Actor Director Film Film Director Filmmaker Movie Movies