Literary Library

Frederic Morton

by Angela Beck
October 5, 1924 - April 20, 2015Austrian-born American writerAuthor of "The Rothschilds" (for which he won the National Book Award for Fiction in ...
Austria Austrian Austrian-American Fiction National Book Award Non-Fiction Writer

Wallace Stevens

by Angela Beck
October 2, 1879 - August 2, 1955American poet and insurance executiveAuthor of "The Man With the Blue Guitar", "The Auroras of Autumn" (for which ...
American Insurance National Book Award Poem Poems Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize

Tim O'Brien

by Angela Beck
October 1, 1946 -American novelistAuthor of "Going After Cacciato" (for which he won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1979), "The Nuclear Ag...
American Fiction National Book Award NBA Novel Novelist

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 - August 11, 1992American young adult novelistAuthor of "Where the Lilies Bloom" (for which she was a finalist for the National Boo...
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