Literary Library

Jose Saramago

by Angela Beck
November 16, 1922 - June 18, 2010Portuguese novelistAuthor of "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ", "Blindness" and "Death with Interruptions"Wo...
Nobel Prize Novel Novelist Portugal Portuguese

Chinua Achebe

by Angela Beck
November 16, 1930 - March 21, 2013Nigerian novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist and children's book authorAuthor of "Things Fall Apart", "...
Africa African Children's Book Children's Book Author Essayist Essays Nigeria Nigerian Novel Novelist Poem Poet Poetry Short Story

Bonnie Greer

by Angela Beck
November 16, 1948 - African-American British playwright, novelist, critic and broadcasterAuthor of "Hanging By Her Teeth", "Langston Hughes: The V...
African American British Broadcaster Critic Drama Dramatist Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Theater Theatre

Andrea Barrett

by Angela Beck
November 16, 1954 - American novelist and short story authorAuthor of "Ship Fever" (for which she won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1996),...
National Book Award Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize Short Story

Tim Pears

by Angela Beck
November 15, 1956 - English novelistAuthor of "In the Place of Fallen Hearts", "Disputed Lands" and "The Horseman: The West Country Trilogy"
England English Novel Novelist

Tibor Fischer

by Angela Beck
November 15, 1959 - British novelist and short story writerAuthor of "The Thought Gang", "Under the Fog" and "Good to Be God"
British England English Novel Novelist Short Story

Gerhart Hauptmann

by Angela Beck
November 15, 1862 - June 6, 1946German dramatist and novelistAuthor of "The Weavers", "Hannele" and "The Rats"Won the Nobel Prize in Literature in...
Drama Dramatist German Germany Nobel Prize Novel Novelist

Katherine Weber

by Angela Beck
November 12, 1955 - American novelist, nonfiction writer and professorAuthor of "The Music Lesson", "The Memory of All That" and "Still Life with M...
Academic Nonfiction Novel Novelist Professor Teacher

Christopher Reich

by Angela Beck
November 12, 1961 - American novelistAuthor of "Numbered Account", "The Patriot's Club" and "Rules of Deception"
Novel Novelist

Ben Travers

by Angela Beck
November 12, 1886 - December 18, 1980English playwright, novelist and memoiristAuthor of "A Cuckoo in the Nest", "Rookery Nook" and "A Night Like T...
Drama Dramatist England English Memoir Memoirist Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Theater Theatre

Mary Gaitskill

by Angela Beck
November 11, 1954 - American novelist, essayist and short story writerAuthor of "Bad Behavior", "Because They Wanted To" and "Somebody with a Litt...
Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Short Story

Kurt Vonnegut

by Angela Beck
November 11, 1922 - April 11, 2007American novelist, short story writer, playwright and nonfiction writerAuthor of "The Sirens of Titan", "Cat's C...
Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Short Story