Literary Library

Wright Morris

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1910 - April 25, 1998American novelist, photographer, essayist and teacherAuthor of "The Field of Vision" (for which he won the National...
American Book Award Educate Education Educator Essayist Essays National Book Award Novel Novelist Photo Photographer Photography Photos School Teach Teacher Teaching

Vera Cleaver

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1919 - American young adult novelistAuthor of "Where the Lilies Bloom" (for which she was a finalist for the National Book Award for Chi...
National Book Award Novel Novelist YA Young Adult

C. D. Wright

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1949 - January 12, 2016American poetAuthor of "Translation of the Gospel Back Into Tongues", "Rising, Falling, Hovering" (for which she...
Griffin Poetry Prize MacArthur Fellowship National Book Award Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Rhode Island

Charles Yu

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1976 - American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and essayistAuthor of "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe", ...
Essayist Essays Film Filmmaker Films National Book Award Novel Novelist Screenplay Screenwriter Short Stories Short Story

Aileen Ward

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1919 - May 31, 2016American professor of English literature and authorAuthor of "John Keats: The Making of a Poet" (for which she won the ...
Academic English Guggenheim Keats National Book Award Professor Teacher University

Betsy Byars

by Angela Beck
August 7, 1928 - February 26, 2020American children's book authorAuthor of "The Midnight Fox", "Summer of the Swans" (for which she won the Newbery...
Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Book Award Children's Books National Book Award Newbery Newbery Medal

Norma Farber

by Angela Beck
August 6, 1909 - March 21, 1984American children's book author and poetAuthor of "As I Was Crossing Boston Common" (for which she won the National ...
Children"s Books Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Poem Children's Poet National Book Award Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Barbara Cooney

by Angela Beck
August 6, 1917 - March 10, 2000American writer and illustrator of over 100 children's booksAuthor and/or illustrator of "Chanticleer and the Fox" (...
Caldecott Caldecott Medal Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Book Illustrator Illustrator National Book Award

Hayden Carruth

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1921 - September 29, 2008American poet, literary critic and professorAuthor of "Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey" (for which he won the Nati...
Critic Literary Critic National Book Award Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor Teach Teacher University

Isabel Allende

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1942 -Chilean novelistAuthor of "The House of the Spirits", "Paula" and "City of the Beasts"Won Chile's National Prize for Literature in...
Chile Chile's National Prize for Literature Chilean National Book Award Novel Novelist Presidential Medal of Freedom

Madison Smartt Bell

by Angela Beck
August 1, 1957 - American novelist and professorAuthor of "Save Me, Joe Louis", "All Souls' Rising" (for which he was a finalist for the National B...
Educator Fiction National Book Award Novel Novelist Professor Teach Teacher University

Junot Diaz

by Angela Beck
December 31, 1968 - Dominican-American writer, professor and fiction editorAuthor of "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" (for which he won the ...
Dominican Dominican Republic Editor Literary Editor MacArthur Fellowship National Book Award National Book Critics Circle Award Norman Mailer Prize PEN/Malamud Award Professor Pulitzer Prize Writer