Literary Library

Stella Gibbons

January 5, 1902 - December 19, 1989English author, journalist and poetAuthor of "The Mountain Beast", "Cold Comfort Farms" and "Nightengale Wood"

J.R.R. Tolkien

January 3, 1892 - September 2, 1973English writer, poet and professorAuthor of "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "The Silmarillion...

Alfred Lord Tennyson

August 6, 1809 - October 6, 1892English poetAuthor of "Ulysses", "The Charge of the Light Brigade" and "Idylls of the King"Poet Laureate of Great ...

Rupert Brooks

August 3, 1887 - April 23, 1915English poetBest known for his war sonnets written during World War I #literarycalendar#birthdays#authorsbirthdays#...

Ernest Dowson

August 2, 1867 - February 23, 1900English poet, novelist and short-story writerAuthor of "A Comedy of Masks", "The Pierrot of the Minute: A Phanta...

Arthur Hugh Clough

January 1, 1819 - November 13, 1861English poet, educator and assistant to Florence NightingaleAuthor of "Dipsychus" and "Amours De Voyage"

Rudyard Kipling

December 30, 1865 - January 18, 1936English journalist, poet, novelist and short story writerAuthor of "The Jungle Book", "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", "Whi...

Mina Loy

December 27, 1882 - September 25, 1966British artist, writer, poet, playwright, novelist, painter, designer and bohemianAuthor of "Lunar Baedeker"...

Thomas Gray

December 26, 1716 - July 30, 1771English poet, classical scholar and professorAuthor of only 13 poems including "Elegy Written in a Country Church...

William Collins

December 25, 1721 - June 12, 1759English poetAuthor of "Persian Eclogues" and "Odes on Several Descriptive and Allegorical Subjects"

Matthew Arnold

December 24, 1822 - April 15, 1888English poet, cultural critic, school inspector and professorAuthor of "Empedocles on Etna and Other Poems", "Po...

George Crabbe

December 24, 1754 - February 3, 1832English poet, surgeon and clergymanAuthor of "The Candidate", "The Village" and "The Burough"