Literary Library

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" ...

Madison Smartt Bell

August 1, 1957 - American novelist and professorAuthor of "Save Me, Joe Louis", "All Souls' Rising" (for which he was a finalist for the National B...

Herman Melville

August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891American novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, lecturer, sailor and customs inspectorAuthor of "Typee: A...

Anne Hebert

August 1, 1916 - January 22, 2000Canadian novelist, poet, playwright and short-story writerAuthor of "Le Torrent", "Kamouraska" and "In the Shadow...

Maile Meloy

January 1, 1972 - American novelistAuthor of "Liars and Saints", "Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It" and "The Apothecary"

Joseph Opatoshu

January 1, 1886 - October 7, 1954Polish-born Jewish novelist and short story writerAuthor of "In Polish Words" and "A Day in Regensburg: Short Sto...

J. D. Salinger

January 1, 1919 - January 27, 2010American novelist and short story writerAuthor of "The Catcher in the Rye", "Franny and Zooey" and "Raise High t...

Rene de Ceccatty

January 1, 1952 - French translator, editor, novelist, biographer and screenwriterAuthor of 30 novels and biographies including "To Love", "Retent...