Literary Library

Isaac Bashevis Singer

by Angela Beck
November 21, 1902 - July 24, 1991Polish-American Yiddish writer and playwrightAuthor of "A Day of Pleasure: Stories of Growing Up in Warsaw" (for ...
National Book Award Plays Playwright Poland Polish Polish-American Yiddish

Don Delillo

by Angela Beck
November 20, 1936 - American novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayistAuthor of "White Noise" (for which he won the National Book Awar...
American Book Award Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays National Book Award Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Pulitzer Prize Short Story Theater Theatre

Sharon Olds

by Angela Beck
November 19, 1942 - American poet and professorAuthor of "The Dead and the Living" (for which she won the National Book Award for Poetry in 1983),...
Academic National Book Award Poem Poet Poetry Professor Teacher

Annette Gorden-Reed

by Angela Beck
November 19, 1958 - African-American historian, author and law professorAuthor of "Vernon Can Read: A Memoir", "The Hemingses of Monticello: An A...
African American American History Historian Law Law Professor National Book Award Professor Pulitzer Prize Teacher

Andrea Barrett

by Angela Beck
November 16, 1954 - American novelist and short story authorAuthor of "Ship Fever" (for which she won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1996),...
National Book Award Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize Short Story

Marianne Moore

by Angela Beck
November 15, 1887 - February 5, 1972American poet, critic, translator, editor and librarianAuthor of "Poems", "Observations" and "Collected Poems"...
Critic Editor Librarian National Book Award Poem Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize Translator

Tracy Kidder

by Angela Beck
November 12, 1945 - American nonfiction writerAuthor of "The Soul of a New Machine" (for which she won a Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and...
National Book Award Nonfiction Pulitzer Prize

Neal Shusterman

by Angela Beck
November 12, 1962 - American young adult fiction authorAuthor of "Unwind", "Challenger Deep" (for which he won a National Book Award for Young Peo...
National Book Award Young Adult

Timothy Egan

by Angela Beck
November 8, 1954 - American author, journalist and newspaper columnistAuthor of "The Good Rain: Across Time and Terrain in the Pacific Northwest", ...
Journalist National Book Award News Newspaper Columnist Newspapers

Margaret Mitchell

by Angela Beck
November 8, 1900 - August 16, 1949American novelist and journalistAuthor of "Gone With the Wind" (for which she won the National Book Award for Mo...
American South Antebellum South National Book Award Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize South

Hiroshi Kashiwagi

by Angela Beck
November 8, 1922 - October 29, 2019American poet, playwright, actor, translator and librarianAuthor of "The Plums Can Wait", "Voices from Japanese ...
Actor Drama Dramatist Librarian National Book Award Plays Playwright Poem Poet Poetry Theater Theatre Translator

Steven Jay Greenblatt

by Angela Beck
November 7, 1943 - American Shakespearean, literary historian, editor, author and professorAuthor of "Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Sh...
Academic Editor Educator Historian Literary Historian National Book Award Professor Pulitzer Prize Shakespeare Teacher William Shakespeare