Literary Library

Edgar Wallace

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1875 - February 10, 1932British crime writer, war correspondent, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, playwright and poetAuthor of "The Fo...
British Correspondent Crime England English Foreign Correspondent Great Britain Journalism Journalist Movie Movies News Correspondent Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Screenwriter Theater Theatre War

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

Dean Brelis

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1924 - November 17, 2006American journalist and writer of novels and nonfictionAuthor of "The Mission", "Shalom" and "Behimd the Story of ...
ABC Correspondent Foreign Correspondent Journalism Journalist NBC News Correspondent Nonfiction Novel Novelist Time Magazine

Jeanne Larsen

by Angela Beck
August 9, 1950 - American poet, novelist, translator and essayistAuthor of "Silk Road: A Novel of Eighth-Century China", "Bronze Mirror" and "Manc...
China Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Translator

Valerie Sayers

by Angela Beck
August 8, 1952 - American novelistAuthor of "Due East", ""How I Got Him Back" and "The Distance Between Us" #literarycalendar#birthdays#authorsbirt...
Novel Novelist

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

by Angela Beck
August 8, 1896 - December 14, 1953American novelist and short-story writerAuthor of "The Yearling" (for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Ficti...
Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize Short Story

Elizabeth Ann Tallent

by Angela Beck
August 8, 1954 - American novelist, short-story writer, essayist and academicAuthor of "Museum Pieces", "Honey" and "Mendocino Fire" #literarycalen...
Academic Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Short Story University

Ann Beattie

by Angela Beck
August 7, 1947 - American novelist and short-story writerAuthor of "Chilly Scenes of Winter", "The New Yorker Stories" and "Walks With Men" #liter...
Novel Novelist Short Story

Wendell Berry

by Angela Beck
August 5, 1934 - American novelist, poet, essayist and environmental activistAuthor of "The Unsettling of America", "Jayber Crow" and "The Peace o...
Activist Environment Environmental Environmentalist Natural World Naturalist Nature Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Per Wahloo

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

Conrad Aiken

by Angela Beck
August 5, 1899 - August 17, 1973American poet, novelist and short-story writerAuthor of "The House of Dust", "Preludes for Memnon" and "Ushant"Won...
Library of Congress Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Pulitzer Prize Short Story

William Henry Hudson

by Angela Beck
August 4, 1841 - August 18, 1922Argentinian-born English novelist and naturalistAuthor of "Green Mansions", ""Afoot in England" and ""Far Away and...
Argentina Argentine Argentinian British England English Great Britain Hudson River Natural World Naturalist Nature Novel Novelist