Literary Library

Muriel Spark

by Angela Beck
February 1, 1918 - April 13, 2006Scottish novelist, essayist, short story writer and poetAuthor of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", "The Mandelba...
Booker Prize Essayist Essays Golden PEN Award James Tate Black Prize Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Scotland Scottish Short Story

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

by Angela Beck
February 1, 1874 - July 15, 1929Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator and essayistAuthor of "Death and the Fool", "The Woman Wi...
Austria Austrian Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays Librettist Libretto Music Musical Musician Narrator Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Jean Genet

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1910 - April 15, 1986French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist and political activistHis novels include "The Thief's Journey", "Our...
Essayist Essays France French Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Political Political Activist Politics Theater Theatre

Penelope Fitzgerald

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1916 - April 28, 2000English novelist, poet, essayist and biographerAuthor of "The Bookshop" (for which she was shortlisted for the B...
Bio Biographer Biography Booker Prize British England English Essayist Essays Great Britain National Book Critics Circle Award Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Warren Adler

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1927 - April 15, 2019American author, essayist, short story writer, playwright and poetBest known for "The War of the Roses" (which wa...
Author Essayist Essays Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story Theater Theatre

George Santayana

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1863 - September 26, 1952Spanish-born American philosopher, essayist, poet, novelist and professorAuthor of "The Sense of Beauty: Bei...
Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Philosopher Philosophy Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor Spain Spanish Teach Teacher University

Melissa Holbrook Pierson

by Angela Beck
December 14, 1957 - American nonfiction writer and essayistAuthor of "The Perfect Vehicle: What Is It About Motorcycles", "The Place You Love is G...
Dog Dogs Essayist Essays Motorcycle Motorcycles Nonfiction Writer

Carolyn M. Rodgers

by Angela Beck
December 14, 1940 - April 2, 2010African-American poet, essayist, critic and publisherAuthor of "Blackbird in a Cage", "Songs of a Blackbird" and "...
African American Book Publisher Critic Essayist Essays Poem Poems Poet Poetry Publisher Third World Press

Thomas McGuane

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1939 - American novelist, short fiction writer, screenwriter and essayist"Ninety-two in the Shade" (for which he was nominated for th...
Essayist Essays Film Filmmaker Films Movie Movies National Book Award Novel Novelist Screenplay Screenwriter Short Story

Jim Harrison

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1937 - March 26, 2016American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter and nonfiction & children's book authorAuthor of "Returning ...
Author Children's Book Author Essayist Essays Film Filmmaker Films Movie Movies Nonfiction Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Screenplay Screenwriter

Ayelet Waldman

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1964 - Israeli-American novelist, essayist and lawyerAuthor of the "Mommy-Track" mystery series as well as "Love and Other Impossible...
Essayist Essays Israel Israeli Israeli-American Law Lawyer Mystery Mystery Writer Novel Novelist

Dalton Trumbo

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1905 -September 10, 1976American screenwriter, film director, playwright, essayist and novelistHis books include "Eclipse", "Johnny Go...
Blacklisted Communism Essayist Essays Film Film Director Filmmaker Films Joseph McCarthy Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Theater Theatre