Literary Library

Rian Malan

December 1, 1954 - South African author, journalist, documentarian and songwriterAuthor of "My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Fa...

Charles Finney

December 1, 1905 - April 16, 1984American news editor and fantasy novelistAuthor of "The Circus of Dr. Lao" (for which he won the first National Bo...

Peggy Noonan

September 7, 1950 - American author, newspaper columnist and presidential speechwriterAuthor of "What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in...

Stefan Zweig

November 28, 1881 - February 22, 1942Austrian-Jewish novelist, playwright, journalist and biographerAuthor of "Letter from an Unknown Woman", "Bew...

Ross Douthat

November 28, 1979 - American political analyst, blogger, author, New York Times Columnist and senior editor of The AtlanticAuthor of "Bad Religion...

Alberto Moravia

November 28, 1907 - September 26, 1990Italian novelist and journalistAuthor of "The Time of Indifference", "The Woman of Rome" and "The Conformist...

Ron Rosenbaum

November 27, 1946 - American literary journalist, literary critic, novelist and newspaper editorAuthor of "Explaining Hitler", "The Shakespeare War...

David Rakoff

November 27, 1964 - August 9, 2012Canadian-American writer of prose and poetry, journalist, essayist and actorAuthor of "Fraud", "Don't Get Too Co...

Dennis McDougal

November 25, 1947 - American author, newspaper journalist and television news producerAuthor of "Angel of Darkness", "In the Best of Families" and...

Carlo Collodi

November 24, 1826 - October 26, 1890Italian author, humourist and journalistAuthor of "Giannettino", "Minuzzolo" and "The Adventures of Pinocchio"...

Shaun Herron

November 23, 1912 - ? 1989Northern Ireland-born writer, soldier, editor and journalistAuthor of "The Whore-Mother", "The Bird in Last Year's Nest" ...

Paul Hofmann

November 20, 1912 - December 30, 2008Austrian-American author, journalist, linguist and political activistAuthor of "The Viennese", "The Seasons of...