Literary Library

Robert Kinloch Massie, III

by Angela Beck
January 5, 1929 - December 2, 2019 American journalist, historian and biographerAuthor of "Peter the Great: His Life and World" (for which he won t...
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence Biographer Biography British History Catherine the Great German German History Germany Great Britain Historian history Journalism Journalist News Newspapers Peter the Great Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize for Biography Russian History War History World History

Jakob Ludwig Carl Grimm

by Angela Beck
January 4, 1785 - September 20, 1863German philologist, jurist and mythologistAlong with his brother Wilhelm edited "Grimm's Fairy Tales" Click He...
Fairy Tale Fairy Tales Folk Lore Folklorist Folktales German Germany Grimm's Fairy Tales Jurist Myth Mythologist Mythology Myths Philologist Philology

Rolf Hochhuth

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1931 - May 13, 2020German playwrightAuthor of "The Deputy" (originally called 'The Deputy, A Christian Tragedy'), "Soldiers: An Obituary ...
Drama Dramatist German Germany Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre

Carl Steinheim

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1878 - November 3, 1942German playwright and short story writerAuthor of "From the Heroic Life of the Bourgeois (A Play Cycle)", "A Mask o...
German German Expressionism Germany Play Plays Playwright Short Story Theater Theatre

Agnes Repplier

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

Inge Auerbacher

by Angela Beck
December 31, 1934 - German-born American chemist and writer"I Am a Star: Child of the Holocaust", "Beyond the Yellow Star - To America" and "Highw...
Chemist Chemistry German Germany Holocaust Writer

Martin Opitz

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1597 - August 20, 1639German poet and novelistAuthor of "Acht Bucher deutscher Poematum", "Geistliche Poemata" and "The Idyll of the...
German Germany Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry

Heinrich Boll

by Angela Beck
December 21, 1917 - July 16, 1985German novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayistAuthor of "Billiards at Half-Past Nine", "The Clown"...
Essayist Essays German Germany Nobel Prize Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Short Story

Gisele Freund

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1908 - March 30, 2000German-born French photographer and photojournalistAuthor of "French Photography in the 19th Century", "James Jo...
France French German Germany Paris Photo Photographer Photography Photos

Franz Schoenberner

by Angela Beck
December 18, 1892 - April 11, 1970German editor and writerAuthor of "Confessions of an European Intellectual", "The Inside Story of an Outsider" an...
Editor German Germany Writer

Heinrich Heine

by Angela Beck
December 13, 1797 -  February 13, 1856German poet, writer and literary criticAuthor of "Travel Pictures", "Germany: A Winter's Tale" and "Romanzer...
Critic German Germany Literary Critic Poem Poems Poet Poetry Writer

Nelly Sachs

by Angela Beck
December 10, 1891 - May 12, 1970German-Swedish (Jewish) poet and playwright Author of "Legends and Tales", "Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden I...
German Germany Jewish Jews Nobel Prize Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Swedan Swedish Theater Theatre