Literary Library

Hervey Allen

December 8, 1889 - December 28, 1949American educator, poet and novelistAuthor of "Toward the Flame", "Anthony Adverse" and "The Forest and the For...

Willa Cather

December 7, 1873 - April 24, 1947American novelist, magazine editor and teacherAuthor of "O Pioneers!", "The Song of the Lark", "My Antonia" and "...

Pearl Cleage

December 7, 1948 - African-American playwright, essayist, poet, novelist and political activistAuthor of "What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day"...

Joyce Cary

December 7, 1888 - March 29, 1957Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial officialAuthor of "Mister Johnson", "To Be a Pilgrim" and "The Horse's Mouth"Bo...

J. R. Moehringer

December 7, 1964 - American novelist and journalistAuthor of "The Tender Bar: A Memoir" and "Sutton"Won the Pulitzer Prize for newspaper feature wr...

Tomson Highway

December 6, 1951 - Indigenous-Canadian playwright, novelist and children's book authorAuthor of "Kiss of the Fur Queen", Caribou Song" and From Or...

Richard Montanari

December 6, 1952 - American crime novelistAuthor of "The Rosary Girl", "The Echo Man" and "The Stolen Ones"#literarycalendar#birthdays#authorsbirth...

Peter Handke

December 6, 1942 - Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director and screenwriterAuthor of the novels "A Sorrow Beyond Dreams", "...

Karl Ove Knausgard

December 6, 1968 - Norwegian novelistBest known for his six autobiographical novels titled "My Struggle" as well as "A Time for Everything" and "T...

Jason Reynolds

December 6, 1983 - African-American author of novels and poetry for young adultsAuthor of "Ghost" (for which he was finalist for the National Book...

Doug Marlette

December 6, 1949 - July 10, 2007American editorial cartoonist and novelistAuthor of "Kudzu": A Southern Musical", "The Bridge" and "Magic Time"Won ...

Arthur Golden

December 6, 1956 - American writer and novelistAuthor of "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Mi Sayuri"#literarycalendar#birthdays#authorsbirthdays#slickcat...