Literary Library

V. S. Pritchett

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1900 - March 20, 1997British writer and literary criticAuthor of "Collected Stories", "London Perceived" and "A Cab at the Door & ...
British England English Great Britain Literary Critic V. S. Pritchett Memorial Prize

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

Louis Kronenberger

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1904 - April 30, 1980American literary critic, editor, novelist, professor and biographerAuthor of "Kings and Desperate Men: Life in E...
Bio Biographer Biography Editor Literary Critic Novel Novelist Professor Teach Teacher University

Mary Gordon

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1949 - American novelist, memoirist, literary critic and professorAuthor of "Final Payments", "The Company of Women" and "The Shadow M...
Critic Literary Critic Memoir Memoirist Novel Novelist Professor Teach Teacher University

J. D. McClatchy

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1945 - April 10, 2018American poet, opera librettist, literary critic and editorAuthor of "Scenes From Another Life", "Hazmat" (for whi...
Editor Librettist Libretto Literary Critic Opera Poem Poems Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize Yale

William Stanley Braithwaite

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1878 - June 8, 1962African-American writer, poet, literary critic, anthologist and publisherAuthor of "The Book of Elizabeth Verse", T...
African American Anthologist Anthology Critic Literary Critic NAACP Poem Poems Poet Poetry Publisher Writer

Joyce Kilmer

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1886 - July 30, 1918American writer, poet, journalist, literary critic, lecturer and editorAuthor of "Trees, and Other Poems", "The Ci...
Critic Editor Lecturer Literary Critic Poem Poems Poet Poetry University Writer

Sir Herbert Edward Read

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1893 - June 12, 1968English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopherAuthor of "The Meaning of Art", "To Hell With Culture, ...
Art Art Historian Artist Arts British Critic England English English History English Poetry Great Britain Literary Critic Philosopher Philosophy Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Samuel Butler

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1835 - June 18, 1902 English novelist and criticAuthor of "Erewhon", "The Fair Haven"  and "The Way of the Flesh"
British Critic England English Great Britain Literary Critic Novel Novelist

Dame Edith Sitwell

by Angela Beck
September 7, 1887 - December 9, 1964British poet and criticAuthor of "Facade ", "Victoria of England" and "The Queens and the Hive"
British Critic England English Great Britain Literary Critic Poem Poems Poet Poetry Queen

Austin Wright

by Angela Beck
September 6, 1922 - April 23, 2003American novelist, critic and professorAuthor of "First Persons", "Tony and Susan" and "Disciples"
Author Critic Literary Critic Novel Novelist Professor School Teach Teacher University

Alexander Alexandrovich Blok

by Angela Beck
November 28, 1880 - August 7, 1921Russian poet, publicist, playwright, translator and literary criticAuthor of "The City", "Faina" and "Mask of Snow"
Critic Literary Critic Playwright Poet Poetry Publicist Russia Russian Translator