Literary Library

George Eliot

November 22, 1819 - December 22, 1880English novelist, poet, journalist and translatorAuthor of "Adam Bede", "The Mill on the Floss", "Silas Marne...

Andre Gide

November 22, 1869 - February 19, 1951French novelistAuthor of more than books including "The Immoralist", "The Pastoral Symphony" and "The Fruits ...

Beryl Bainbridge

November 21, 1932 - July 2, 2010English novelistAuthor of "The Dressmaker", "An Awfully Big Adventure" and "Master Georgie"Also known as Dame Beryl...

Don Delillo

November 20, 1936 - American novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayistAuthor of "White Noise" (for which he won the National Book Awar...

Tina McElroy Ansa

November 18, 1949 - African-American novelist, filmmaker, teacher, entrepreneur and journalistAuthor of "Baby of the Family", "Ugly Ways" and "You ...

Robert Girardi

November 18, 1961 -American novelistAuthor of "Madeleine's Ghost", "The Pirate's Daughter" and "A Vaudeville of Devils: Seven Moral Tales"

Margaret Atwood

November 18, 1939 - Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist and teacherAuthor of "The Handmaid's Tale", "The Blind Assassin" and "The T...

David J. Bell

November 17, 1969 - American novelist, professor and editorAuthor of "The Girl in the Woods", "The Hiding Place" and "The Forgotten Girls"

William Kent Krueger

November 16, 1950 - American novelist and crime writerAuthor of "Iron Lake", "Ordinary Grace" and "Tamarack County"

Michael Arlen

November 16, 1895 - June 23, 1956Armenian-British essayist, short story writer, novelist, playwright and scriptwriterAuthor of "The Romantic Lady"...

Jose Saramago

November 16, 1922 - June 18, 2010Portuguese novelistAuthor of "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ", "Blindness" and "Death with Interruptions"Wo...

Chinua Achebe

November 16, 1930 - March 21, 2013Nigerian novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist and children's book authorAuthor of "Things Fall Apart", "...