Literary Library

John Edwin Canaday

by Angela Beck
February 1, 1907 - July 19, 1985American academic, art historian and critic, journalist and novelistAuthor of art books including "Mainstreams of M...
Academic Art Art Critic Art Historian Arts Athenaeum Literary Award Crime Journalism Journalist Novel Novelist Picasso

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

by Angela Beck
February 1, 1874 - July 15, 1929Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator and essayistAuthor of "Death and the Fool", "The Woman Wi...
Austria Austrian Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays Librettist Libretto Music Musical Musician Narrator Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Vaino Linna

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1920 - April 21, 1992Finnish novelistAuthor of "The Unknown Soldier", "Under the North Star" and "Murroskia"
Finland Finnish Novel Novelist

T. F. Powys

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1875 - November 27, 1953British novelist and short story writerAuthor of "Mr. Tasker's Gods", "Unclay" and "Mr. Weston's Good Wine"Bo...
British England English Great Britain Novel Novelist Short Story

Sandra Cisneros

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1954 - American novelist and short story writerAuthor of "The House on Mango Street" (for which she won the American Book Award in 1...
American Book Award American Library Journal National Medal of Arts New York Times Novel Novelist PEN/Nabokov Award Short Story

Kate Atkinson

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1951 - English writer of novels, short stories and playsAuthor of "Behind the Scenes of the Museum" (for which she won the Whitbread ...
British British Book Awards Costa Book Awards England English Great Britain Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Short Story Theater Theatre Whitbread Awards

John Menkes

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1928 - November 22, 2008Austrian-American pedriatric neurologist and author of novels and playsAuthor of "The Last Inquisitors", "Lady...
Austria Austrian Austrian-American Doctor Neurologist Novel Novelist Pediatric Physician Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre

David Markson

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1927 - June 4, 2010American novelistAuthor of "Wittgenstein's Mistress", "This is Not a Novel and Other Novels" and "The Last Novel"
Novel Novelist

Tim Parks

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1954 - British novelist, translator, author and professorAuthor of "Tongues of Flame" (for which he won the Somerset Maugham Award in...
Author Booker Prize British England English Great Britain Novel Novelist Professor Somerset Maugham Award Teach Teacher Translator University

Robin Sloane

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1979 - American novelist and media strategist & managerAuthor of "Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore", "Sourdough: A Novel" and "An...
Media Novel Novelist

Oliver Lafarge, II

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1901 - August 2, 1963American anthropologist and writer of novels and non-fiction booksAuthor of "Laughing Boy" (for which he won the...
Anthropologist Anthropology Navajo Nonfiction Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize Writer

Jean Genet

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1910 - April 15, 1986French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist and political activistHis novels include "The Thief's Journey", "Our...
Essayist Essays France French Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Political Political Activist Politics Theater Theatre