Literary Library

Dalton Trumbo

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1905 -September 10, 1976American screenwriter, film director, playwright, essayist and novelistHis books include "Eclipse", "Johnny G...
Blacklisted Communism Essayist Essays Film Film Director Filmmaker Films Joseph McCarthy Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Theater Theatre

Ann Hood

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1956 - American novelist and short story & nonfiction writerAuthor of "Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine", "The Knitting Circle" a...
Nonfiction Novel Novelist Short Story

Abraham B. Yehoshua

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1936 - June 14, 2022Israeli novelist, essayist and playwrightAuthor of "Five Seasons" (for which he won the National Jewish Book Awar...
Drama Essayist Essays Israel Israeli Jewish Jews Los Angeles Book Prize National Jewish Book Award Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre

Ron Hansen

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1947 - American novelist, essayist and professorAuthor "Desperadoes", "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" and ...
Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Professor Teach Teacher University

Richard Llewellyn

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1906 - November 30, 1983British novelistAuthor of "How Green Was My Valley" (for which he won the National Book Award for Fiction in 19...
British England English Great Britain National Book Award Novel Novelist

Padraic Colum

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1881 - January 11, 1972Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's book author and folklore collectorAuthor o...
Author Bio Biographer Biography Children's Book Author Drama Dramatist Folk Lore Folklorist Ireland Irish Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Mary Gordon

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1949 - American novelist, memoirist, literary critic and professorAuthor of "Final Payments", "The Company of Women" and "The Shadow ...
Critic Literary Critic Memoir Memoirist Novel Novelist Professor Teach Teacher University

Louis de Bernieres

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1954 - English novelistAuthor of "Captain Corelli's Mandalin", "Birds Without Wings" and "The Dust That Falls from Dreams"#literarycale...
British England English Great Britain Novel Novelist

John Banville

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1945 - Irish novelist, short story writer and screenwriterAuthor of "The Book of Evidence" (for which he was shortlisted for the Book...
Booker Prize Film Films Ireland Irish Irish Book Award Movie Movies Novel Novelist Screenplay Screenwriter Short Story

Hervey Allen

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1889 - December 28, 1949American educator, poet and novelistAuthor of "Toward the Flame", "Anthony Adverse" and "The Forest and the For...
Education Educator Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry School Teach Teacher

Willa Cather

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1873 - April 24, 1947American novelist, magazine editor and teacherAuthor of "O Pioneers!", "The Song of the Lark", "My Antonia" and ...
Editor Magazine Magazine Editor Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher

Pearl Cleage

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1948 - African-American playwright, essayist, poet, novelist and political activistAuthor of "What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day"...
African American Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Oprah Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Political Political Activist Politics Theater Theatre