Literary Library

Vladimir Pozner

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1934 - French-born Russian-American journalist and presenterAuthor of "Remembering War: A US-Soviet Dialogue" and "Eye-Witness: A Persona...
France French Journalism Journalist News Phil Donohue Russia Russian Soviet Soviet Union Sputnik

Rachel Maddow

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1973 - American television news host, liberal political commentator, podcaster and authorAuthor of "Drift: The Unmooring of American Mili...
Author Liberal N Y Times New York Times News News Anchor News Correspondent Podcast Podcaster Political Political Commentator Television TV TV News

Leicester Hemingway

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1915 - September 13, 1982American writer, reporter and photograherAuthor of "The Sound of the Trumpet" and "My Brother, Ernest Hemingway"C...
Ernest Hemingway News Newspaper Newspapers Photo Photographer Photography Photos Reporter Writer

Denis Lalanne

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1926 - December 7, 2019French sports journalist and novelistAuthor of "Le Tennis", "Les Nouveaux Geants du Rugby" and "Chronique Coupe du...
France French Journalism Journalist News Novel Novelist Rugby Sports Tennis

Mary Calhoun

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1926 - October 27,  2015American journalist and children's book authorAuthor of "Making the Mississippi Shout", "Honestly, Katie John!" a...
Children's Book Children's Book Author Journalism Journalist News

Ernie Pyle

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1900 - April 18, 1945American journalistAuthor of "Home Country", "Here Is Your War" and "Brave Men"Won a Pulitzer Prize for journalism ...
Journalism Journalist News Newspaper Newspapers Pulitzer Prize War World War II WW2 WWII

John Kieran

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1892 - December 9, 1981American author, journalist and amateur naturalistAuthor of "A Natural History of New York City", "Not Under Oath...
Author Flowers Journalism Journalist Natural World Naturalist Nature New York News

Rudyard Kipling

by Angela Beck
December 30, 1865 - January 18, 1936English journalist, poet, novelist and short story writerAuthor of "The Jungle Book", "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", "Whi...
British England English English Poetry Great Britain Journalism Journalist News Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story

Joel T. Headley

by Angela Beck
December 30, 1814 - December 30, 1897American clergyman, historian, author, newspaper editor, adventurer and politicianAuthor of "Napolean and His...
Adventure Author Clergy Clergyman Editor Historian history News Newspaper Newspaper Editor Newspapers Political Politics Secretary of State

Douglas Coupland

by Angela Beck
December 30, 1961 - Canadian novelist, designer, visual artist and newspaper columnistAuthor of "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture", ...
Art Artist Arts Canada Canadian News Newspaper Newspaper Columnist Newspapers Novel Novelist

Robert Ruark

by Angela Beck
December 29, 1915 - July 1, 1965American author, syndicated columnist and big game hunterAuthor of "The Old Man and the Boy", "Something of Value" ...
Author Columnist Hunter News Newspaper Columnist Newspapers Syndicated Columnist

Charles McColl Portis

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1933 - February 17, 2020American reporter and writer of western novels, nonfiction, short fiction and articlesAuthor of "Norwood", "T...
American West Film Films Movie Movies News Newspaper Newspapers Nonfiction Novel Novelist Reporter Short Story Western Westerns