Literary Library

Umberto Eco

by Angela Beck
January 5, 1932 - February 19, 2016Italian professor, critc and writer of novels and non-fictionAuthor of "The Name of the Rose", "Foucault's Pend...
College Critic Educate Education Educator Italian Italy Nonfiction Novel Novelist Professor School Strega Prize Teach Teacher Teaching University

Tananarive Due

by Angela Beck
January 5, 1966 - African-American teacher, film historian and novelistAuthor of "The Between" (for which she was nominated for the Bram Stoker Aw...
African American African American History American Book Award Bram Stoker Award Educate Education Educator Film Film Historian Films Novel Novelist School Teach Teacher Teaching

Ngugi wa Thiong'o

by Angela Beck
January 5, 1938 - May 28, 2025Kenyan novelist, playwright, short story writer, essayist and academicAuthor of "Weep Not Child" (for which he won t...
Academic Africa African Booker Prize East Africa Novel Prize Essayist Essays Hurston/Wright Legacy Award International Booker Prize Kenya Kenyan Man Booker Prize National Book Critics Circle Award Nonino International Prize Novel Novelist Short Stories Short Story UNESCO Prize Zora Neale Hurston-Paul Robeson Award

Gao Xingjian

by Angela Beck
January 4, 1940 - Chinese emigre novelist, playwright, critic, painter, photographer, film director and translatorAuthor of "Absolute Signal", "Th...
Art Artist China Chinese Critic Director Drama Dramatist Film Film Director Filmmaker Films Language Languages Nobel Prize Novel Novelist Paint Painter Painting Photo Photographer Photography Photos Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre Translate Translator

J.R.R. Tolkien

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1892 - September 2, 1973English writer, poet and professorAuthor of "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "The Silmarillion...
British England English English Poetry Fantasy Great Britain Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Writer

Robert Olmstead

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1954 - American novelist and educatorAuthor of "Coal Black Horse", "The Coldest Night" and "Savage Country"Awarded an NEA Literature Fe...
Educate Education Educator NEA Literature Fellowship Novel Novelist

Miles J. Breuer

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1889 - October 14, 1945American physician, science fiction writer, novelist, poet and essayistAuthor of "The Gostak and the Doshes", "T...
Doctor Essayist Essays Medical Medicine Novel Novelist Physician Poem Poems Poet Poetry Sci-Fi Science Fiction SciFi

Ken Bruen

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1951 - March 29, 2025Irish novelist, short story writer, editor and teacherAuthor of "The Guards" (for which he was a finalist for the E...
Barry Award Edgar Allan Poe Award Editor Ireland Irish Novel Novelist School Short Story Writer Teach Teacher Teaching

Jeff Parker

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1974 - American novelist, short story writer and professorAuthor of "Ovenman", "The Taste of Penny" and "Where Bears Roam the Streets"
College Novel Novelist Professor School Short Stories Short Story Teach Teacher Teaching University

Douglas William Jerrold

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1803 - June 8, 1857English dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalistAuthor of "Black-Eyed Susan", "Men of Character" and "...
British Drama Dramatist England English Great Britain Journalism Journalist News Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Short Stories Short Story Theater Theatre

Charles Yu

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1976 - American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and essayistAuthor of "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe", ...
Essayist Essays Film Filmmaker Films National Book Award Novel Novelist Screenplay Screenwriter Short Stories Short Story

Alma Flor Ada

by Angela Beck
(Seen here on the left with F. Isabel Campoy) January 3, 1938 - Cuban-American children's book author, poet, novelist and professorAuthor of "My N...
Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Book Award Children's Books College Cuba Cuban Cuban-America Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor School Teach Teacher Teaching University Virginia Hamilton Award