Literary Library

Syd Hoff

by Angela Beck
September 4, 1912 - May 12, 2004Jewish-American children's book and adult author and cartoonistAuthor of over 100 children's and adult books includ...
Author Cartoonist Cartoons Children"s Books Children's Book Children's Book Author Jewish Jewish-American

Joseph Roth

by Angela Beck
September 2, 1894 - May 27, 1939Austrian-Jewish journalist and novelistAuthor of "Hotel Savoy", "Job" and "Radetzky March"
Austria Austrian Author Hotel Jewish Jews Novel Novelist

Stefan Zweig

by Angela Beck
November 28, 1881 - February 22, 1942Austrian-Jewish novelist, playwright, journalist and biographerAuthor of "Letter from an Unknown Woman", "Bew...
Austria Austrian Biographer Biography Jewish Journalist News Novel Novelist Playwright

Mordecai Gerstein

by Angela Beck
November 24, 1935 - September 24, 2019Jewish-American artist, writer and film directorAuthor of "The Man Who Walked Between the Towers" (for which ...
Art Artist Caldecott Caldecott Medal Film Director Jewish

Benedict de Spinoza

by Angela Beck
November 24, 1632 - February 21, 1671Dutch-Jewish philosopherAuthor of "Ethics", "Improvement of the Understanding, Ethics and Correspondence" and...
Dutch Jewish Philosopher Philosophy

Paul Celan

by Angela Beck
November 23, 1920 - April 20, 1970Romanian-born (Jewish) German-language poet, translator and teacherAuthor of "From Threshold to Threshold", "Ate...
German Jewish Language Poet Romania Romanian Translator

Moises Kaufman

by Angela Beck
November 21, 1963 - Venezuelan-born Jewish-American theatre director, filmmaker and playwrightAuthor of the plays "The Laramie Project", "33 Variat...
Drama Dramatist Film Film Director Filmmaker Jewish Jews National Medal of Arts Plays Playwright Theater Theatre Theatre Director Venezuela Venezuelan Venezuelan-American

Shmuley Boteach

by Angela Beck
November 19, 1966 - American Orthodox Jewish Rabbi, author, television host and public speakerAuthor of 30 books including "Dating Secrets of the T...
Jewish Jewish Rabbi Kosher Orthodox Orthodox Jew Public Speaker Rabbi Speaker Television Television Host

Imre Kertesz

by Angela Beck
November 9, 1929 - March 31, 2016Hungarian-Jewish novelistAuthor of "Fatelessness", "Kaddish for an Unborn Child" and "The Holocaust as Culture"Wa...
Holocaust Hungarian Hungary Jewish Jews Nobel Prize Novel Novelist

Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak

by Angela Beck
November 3, 1887 - July 4, 1964Russian-Jewish translator and poetAuthor of "Silly Little Mouse and Other Poems", "The Pup Grows Up" and "The Absen...
Jewish Jews Russia Russian Translator

Sholem Asch

by Angela Beck
November 1, 1880 - July 10, 1957Polish-Jewish American novelist, dramatist and essayistAuthor of "The Nazarene", "The Apostle" and "East River"Als...
Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays Jewish Jews Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Poland Polish