Literary Library

Helen Dunmore

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1952 - June 5, 2017British poet, novelist and short story & children's book writerAuthor of "A Spell of Winter" (for which she wa...
Author British Children's Book Author England English Great Britain Man Booker Prize Novel Novelist Orange Prize Poem Poems Poet Poetry T. S. Eliot Prize

Marilynne Robinson

by Angela Beck
November 26, 1943 - American novelist and essayistAuthor of "Housekeeping" (for which she was on the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction shortlist in 1982)...
Essayist Library of Congress Man Booker Prize National Book Award National Book Critics Circle Award National Humanities Medal Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize

Beryl Bainbridge

by Angela Beck
November 21, 1932 - July 2, 2010English novelistAuthor of "The Dressmaker", "An Awfully Big Adventure" and "Master Georgie"Also known as Dame Beryl...
Dame England English Man Booker Prize Novel Novelist

Nadine Gordimer

by Angela Beck
November 20, 1923 - July 13, 2014South African writer and political activistAuthor of "The Conservationist" (for which she won the Man Booker Priz...
Africa African Man Booker Prize Nobel Prize Political Political Activist Politics South Africa South African

Margaret Atwood

by Angela Beck
November 18, 1939 - Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist and teacherAuthor of "The Handmaid's Tale", "The Blind Assassin" and "The T...
Canada Canadian Essayist Essays Literary Critic Man Booker Prize Novel Novelist Poem Poet Poetry Teacher