Literary Library

Milan Kundera

April 1, 1929 - Czech-French novelist, short story writer, poet, dramatist and essayistAuthor of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", "The Art of ...

Lucinda Banister Chandler

American author, essayist and social reformerAuthor of "Motherhood, Its Power over Human Destiny", "A Mother's Aid" and "Divineness of Marraige"

Agnes Repplier

April 1, 1855 - December 15, 1950American essayistAuthor of essays include: "The Fireside Sphinx", "Germany and Democracy" (written with J. Willia...

Jeanne Larsen

August 9, 1950 - American poet, novelist, translator and essayistAuthor of "Silk Road: A Novel of Eighth-Century China", "Bronze Mirror" and "Manc...

Elizabeth Ann Tallent

August 8, 1954 - American novelist, short-story writer, essayist and academicAuthor of "Museum Pieces", "Honey" and "Mendocino Fire" #literarycalen...

Walter Kirn

August 3, 1962 - American novelist, literary critic and essayistAuthor of "Up in the Air", "Mission to America" and "Blood Will Out" #literarycale...

Bei Dao

August 2, 1949 - Chinese-born American poet, short-story writer, essayist and memoiristAuthor of "The August Sleepwalker", "Midnight's Gate" and "C...

Edward Morgan Forster

January 1, 1879 - June 7, 1970English fiction writer, essayist and librettistAuthor of "A Room with a View", "Howard's End", "A Passage to India" ...

L. P. Hartley

December 30, 1895 - December 13, 1972British novelist, short story writer, editor and essayistAuthor of "Eustace and Hilda", "The Traveling Grave ...

William Gaddis

December 29, 1922 - December 16, 1998American novelist and essayistAuthor of "J. R." (for which he won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1976...

Simon Raven

December 28, 1927 - May 12, 2001English author, playwright, essayist, television writer and screenwriterAuthor of "The Feathers of Death", "The Ric...

Shen Congwen

December 28, 1902 - May 10, 1988Chinese essayist, short story writer and professorAuthor of "Border Town", "The Chinese Earth" and "Recollections ...