Literary Library

Samuel Butler

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1835 - June 18, 1902 English novelist and criticAuthor of "Erewhon", "The Fair Haven"  and "The Way of the Flesh"
British Critic England English Great Britain Literary Critic Novel Novelist

Rainer Maria Rilke

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1875 - December 29, 1926 Austrian poet and novelistAuthor of "Duino Elegies", "Sonnets to Orpheus", "The Notebooks of Malte Laurids B...
Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Kurt R. A. Giambastiani

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1958 - American novelistAuthor of "The Year the Cloud Fell", "The Spirit of Thunder" and "Shadow of the Sun"Born Kurt Robert Achilles G...
Novel Novelist

Cornell Woolrich

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1903 - September 23, 1968American novelist and short story writerAuthor of dozens of novels and short stories including "The Bride Wor...
Film Movie Movies Novel Novelist Short Story

Kate O'Brien

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1897 - August 13, 1974Irish writer of novels, plays, film scripts, short stories, essays, journalism and traveloguesAuthor of "Without...
Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays Film Filmmaker Ireland Irish Journalism Journalist News Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Short Story Theater Theatre Travel Travel Guide

Grace Andreacchi

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1954 -American novelist, poet and playwrightAuthor of "Give My Heart Ease", "Little Poems for Children" and "Berlin Elegies"
Drama Dramatist Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Theater Theatre

F. Sionil Jose

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1924 - January 6, 2022Filipino novelist, short story writer, journalist and owner of the bookstore Solidaridad BookshopAuthor of "The ...
Bookstore Bookstores Filipino Journalism Journalist news Novel Novelist Philippines Short Story

T. C. Boyle

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1948 - American novelist and short story writerAuthor of more than 100 short stories as well as "World's End", "Drop City" and "When t...
Author Novel Novelist Short Story

John Ajvide Lindquest

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1968 - Swedish writer of horror novels and short storiesAuthor of "Handling the Undead", "Let the Old Dreams Die" and "I Am Behind You"...
Horror Novel Novelist Short Story Swedan Swedish

Jerry Sohl

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1913 - November 4, 2002American television scriptwriter and science fiction novelistAuthor of "Costigan's Needle", "The Altered Ego" an...
Alfred Hitchcock Novel Novelist Science Fiction Screenplay Screenwriter Script Writer Star Trek Television Television Show The Outer Limits TV TV Show Twilight Zone

George Saunders

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1958 - American writer of short stories, essays, novellas, children's books and novels and journalist and professorAuthor of "Lincoln ...
Abraham Lincoln American History American South Booker Prize Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books Civil War Essayist Essays Journalism Journalist Lincoln Novel Novelist Novella PEN/Hemingway Award Professor Short Story Teach Teacher University

Frederic Tuten

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1936 - American novelist, short story writer and essayistAuthor of "The Adventures of Mao on the Long March", "Tintin in the New World...
Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Short Story