Literary Library

William Blake

November 28, 1757 - August 12, 1827English poet, painter and printmakerAuthor of "Songs of Innocence and of Experience", "The Marriage of Heaven a...

John Bunyan

November 28, 1628 - August 31, 1688 (Actual birthday is unknown but Baptism date was November 30, 1628)English writer and Puritan preacherAuthor o...

Emma Walton Hamilton

November 27, 1962 - English-American children's book author, theatrical director and actressAuthor of "Simeon's Gift", "The Very Fairy Princess: He...

William Cowper

November 26, 1731 - April 25, 1800English poet and hymnodistAuthor of the poems "Light Shining Out of Darkness", "The Negro's Complaint" and "On R...

Shelagh Delaney

November 25, 1938 - November 20, 2011English dramatist and screenwriterAuthor of "A Taste of Honey", "The Lion in Love" and "Charlie Bubbles"

Laurence Sterne

November 24, 1713 - March 18, 1768Anglo-Irish novelist, Anglican cleric and politicianHe published sermons and memoirs as well as "The Life and Op...

Frances Hodgson Burnett

November 24, 1849 - October 29, 1924British novelist and playwrightAuthor of dozens of stories including "Little Lord Fauntleroy", "A Little Princ...

George Eliot

November 22, 1819 - December 22, 1880English novelist, poet, journalist and translatorAuthor of "Adam Bede", "The Mill on the Floss", "Silas Marne...

Beryl Bainbridge

November 21, 1932 - July 2, 2010English novelistAuthor of "The Dressmaker", "An Awfully Big Adventure" and "Master Georgie"Also known as Dame Beryl...

Tina Brown

November 21, 1953 - English biographer and writerAuthor of "Loose Talk: Adventures on the Street of Shame", "The Diana Chronicles" and "Gin: An Il...

Thomas Chatterton

November 20, 1752 - August 24, 1770English poetPoems included "O Synge Untoe Mie Roundelaire" and "Excelente Balade of Charitie"

Wilfred Owen

March 18, 1893 - November 4, 1918English poet and scholarAuthor of "Anthem for Doomed Youth" and "Dulce et Decorum est" Born Wilfred Edward Salter...