Literary Library

Oliver Goldsmith

by Angela Beck
November 10, 1728 - April 4, 1774Irish novelist, playwright and poetAuthor of "The Vicar of Wakefield", "The Good Natur'd Man" and "The Deserted V...
Drama Dramatist Ireland Irish Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Poem Poet Poetry Theater Theatre

James Chapman

by Angela Beck
November 10, 1955 - American novelist and publisherAuthor of "The Walls Collide as You Expand, Dwarf Maple", "Stet" and "How is This Going to Conti...
Novel Novelist

J. P. Marquand

by Angela Beck
November 10, 1893 - July 16, 1960American novelistAuthor of "The Late George Apley" (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1938), "Poi...
Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize

Janet Fitch

by Angela Beck
November 9, 1955 - American novelistAuthor of "White Oleander", "Paint It Black" and "The Revolution of Marina M."
Novel Novelist

Ivan Turgenev

by Angela Beck
November 9, 1818 - September 3, 1883Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright and translatorAuthor of "Mumu", "First Love" and "Fathe...
Drama Dramatist Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Poem Poet Poetry Russia Russian Short Story Theater Theatre Translator

Imre Kertesz

by Angela Beck
November 9, 1929 - March 31, 2016Hungarian-Jewish novelistAuthor of "Fatelessness", "Kaddish for an Unborn Child" and "The Holocaust as Culture"Wa...
Holocaust Hungarian Hungary Jewish Jews Nobel Prize Novel Novelist

Danielle Trussoni

by Angela Beck
November 9, 1973 - American novelistAuthor of "Falling Through the Earth", "Angelology" and "The Fortress"
Novel Novelist

Sir Kazuo Ishiguro

by Angela Beck
November 8, 1954 - Japanese-born English novelist, screenwriter and short story writerAuthor of "The Remains of the Day", "When We Were Orphans" a...
England English Japan Japanese Nobel Prize Novel Novelist Screenplay Screenwriter Short Story

Sarah Fielding

by Angela Beck
November 8, 1710 - April 9, 1768English novelistAuthor of "The Governess, or The Little Female Academy", "The Adventures of David Simple" and "The ...
England English Henry Fielding Novel Novelist

Martha Gellhorn

by Angela Beck
November 8, 1908 - February 15, 1998American novelist, travel writer and journalistAuthor of "The Trouble I've Seen", "The Face of War" and "Trave...
Journalist News Novel Novelist Travel Travel Guide

Margaret Mitchell

by Angela Beck
November 8, 1900 - August 16, 1949American novelist and journalistAuthor of "Gone With the Wind" (for which she won the National Book Award for Mo...
American South Antebellum South National Book Award Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize South

Joshua Ferris

by Angela Beck
November 8, 1974 - American novelistAuthor of "Then We Came to the End", "The Unnamed" and "The Dinner Party"
Novel Novelist