Literary Library

Austin Wright

by Angela Beck
September 6, 1922 - April 23, 2003American novelist, critic and professorAuthor of "First Persons", "Tony and Susan" and "Disciples"
Author Critic Literary Critic Novel Novelist Professor School Teach Teacher University

Alice Sebold

by Angela Beck
September 6, 1963 - American novelist and memoiristAuthor of "Lucky", "The Lovely Bones" and "The Almost Moon"
Afterlife Author Heaven Novel Novelist

Ward Just

by Angela Beck
September 5, 1935 - December 19, 2019American novelist, short story writer and war correspondentAuthor of "Echo House" (for which he won a Nationa...
Author Journalist National Book Award Novel Novelist Short Story War Correspondent

Frank Yerby

by Angela Beck
September 5, 1916 - November 29, 1991African-American novelistAuthor of "The Foxes of Harrow", "The Golden Hawk" and "Judas, My Brother"
African American Author Novel Novelist

Richard Wright

by Angela Beck
      September 4, 1908 - November 28, 1960African-American author of poetry, short stories, novels and non-fictionAuthor of "Uncle Tom's Children...
African American African American History Author Nonfiction Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story

Mary Renault

by Angela Beck
September 4, 1905 - December 13, 1983English and South African writer of historical novelsAuthor of "The Charioteer", "Fire From Heaven" and "The P...
Author British England English Great Britain Historical Fiction history Novel Novelist South Africa South African

Sarah Orne Jewett

by Angela Beck
September 3, 1849 - June 24, 1909American novelist, short story writer and poetAuthor of "A Country Doctor", "A White Heron" and "Betty Leicester"
Author Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story

Kiran Desai

by Angela Beck
September 3, 1971 - Indian novelistAuthor of "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard", "The Inheritance of Loss" and "Emblems of Transformation"
Author India Indian Novel Novelist

Joseph Roth

by Angela Beck
September 2, 1894 - May 27, 1939Austrian-Jewish journalist and novelistAuthor of "Hotel Savoy", "Job" and "Radetzky March"
Austria Austrian Author Hotel Jewish Jews Novel Novelist

Stefan Zweig

by Angela Beck
November 28, 1881 - February 22, 1942Austrian-Jewish novelist, playwright, journalist and biographerAuthor of "Letter from an Unknown Woman", "Bew...
Austria Austrian Biographer Biography Jewish Journalist News Novel Novelist Playwright

Owen Dodson

by Angela Beck
November 28, 1914 - June 21, 1983African-American poet, novelist, playwright and professorAuthor of "Boy at the Window", "The Confession Stone: Son...
African American Drama Novel Novelist Playwright Poet Poetry Professor Theater Theatre Yale

Lance Jeffers

by Angela Beck
November 28, 1919 - African-American poet, short fiction writer and novelistAuthor of "My Blackness is the Beauty of This Land", "O Africa, Where I...
African American Novel Novelist Poet Poetry