Literary Library

Angelica Garnett

December 25, 1918 - May 4, 2012British writer, painter and artistAuthor of "Deceived With Kindness: A Bloomsbury Childhood" (for which she won the ...

Matthew Arnold

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

Gillian Cross

December 24, 1945 - British author of children's booksAuthor of "A Map of Nowhere", "Wolf" (for which she won the Carnegie Award in 1990) and "The ...

George Crabbe

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

Carol Ann Duffy

December 23, 1955 - British poet, playwright and profesorAuthor of "Standing Female Nude", "Selling Manhattan" (for which she won the Somerset Mau...

Elizabeth Noble

December 22, 1968 - English novelistAuthor of "The Reading Group", "Alphabet Weekends" and "The Girl Next Door"

Charles Stuart Calverly

December 22, 1831 - February 17, 1884English poetAuthor of "Verses and Translations", "Translations Into English and Latin" and "Fly Leaves"Also pu...

Hannah More

February 2, 1745 - September 7, 1833English religious writer, poet and playwrightAuthor of "The Inflexible Captive", "Fatal Falsehood" and "Coeleb...

Charles Nordhoff

February 1, 1887 - April 10, 1947 English-born American novelist and memoirist Author of books that were turned into films: "The Hurricane" in 193...

Sir Benjamin Disraeli

December 21, 1804 - April 19, 1881British-Jewish statesman, conservative politician and novelistServed as Prime Minister of England first in 1868 ...

Rebecca West

December 21, 1892 - March 15, 1983British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writerAuthor of "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon", "A Train of...

Mike Inkpen

December 21, 1952 - British children's book author and illustratorAuthor of "Threadbear" (for which he won a Children's Book Award in 1991), "Pengu...