Literary Library

Wendell Berry

August 5, 1934 - American novelist, poet, essayist and environmental activistAuthor of "The Unsettling of America", "Jayber Crow" and "The Peace o...

Per Wahloo

August 5, 1926 - June 22, 1975Swedish novelistAuthor of "Roseanna", "The Man Who Went Up in Smoke" and "The Laughing Policeman"Created (with his wi...

Conrad Aiken

August 5, 1899 - August 17, 1973American poet, novelist and short-story writerAuthor of "The House of Dust", "Preludes for Memnon" and "Ushant"Won...

William Henry Hudson

August 4, 1841 - August 18, 1922Argentinian-born English novelist and naturalistAuthor of "Green Mansions", ""Afoot in England" and ""Far Away and...

Assia Djebar

August 4, 1936 - February 6, 2015Algerian novelist, poet, playwright and short-story writerAuthor of "Women of Algiers in Their Apartment", "Alger...

Walter Kirn

August 3, 1962 - American novelist, literary critic and essayistAuthor of "Up in the Air", "Mission to America" and "Blood Will Out" #literarycale...

Annette Sanford

August 3, 1929 - American novelistAuthor of "Lasting Attachments", "Crossing Shattuck Bridge" and "Eleanor and Abel"Wrote under the pseudonyms Mary...

Mitchell Smith

August 2, 1935 - American crime fiction and science fiction novelistAuthor of "Stone City", "Due North" and "Reprisal" #literarycalendar#birthdays#...

James Baldwin

August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987African-American novelist, playwright, poet and social criticAuthor of "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "Notes of a ...

Isabel Allende

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...

Ernest Dowson

August 2, 1867 - February 23, 1900English poet, novelist and short-story writerAuthor of "A Comedy of Masks", "The Pierrot of the Minute: A Phanta...

James St. James

August 1, 1966 - American novelist and television & internet personalityAuthor of "Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous But True of Murder in Clubland" ...