Literary Library

Jules de Goncourt

(Seen above with his brother, Edmond) December 17, 1830 - June 20, 1870French novelist, writer and playwrightAuthor of "Les Hommes de Lettres", "R...

Warren Adler

December 16, 1927 - April 15, 2019American author, essayist, short story writer, playwright and poetBest known for "The War of the Roses" (which wa...

Noel Coward

December 16, 1899 - March 26, 1973English playwright, composer, director, actor and singerAuthor of more than 65 plays and musicals including "The...

Edna O'Brien

December 15, 1930 - Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, professor, poet and short-story writerAuthor of "Lantern Slides" (for which she won the...

Betty Smith

December 15, 1896 - January 17, 1972American novelist and playwrightAuthor of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", "Tomorrow Will Be Better" and "Joy in th...

George Furth

December 14, 1932 - August 11, 2008American librettist, playwright and actorAuthor of "Company" (for which he won a Drama Desk Award and a Tony Awa...

Marc Connelly

December 13, 1890 - December 21, 1980American playwright, director, producer, drama teacher, performer and lyricistAuthor of "The Green Pastures" ...

Robert Lepage

December 12, 1957 - Canadian playwright, actor, film director and stage directorAuthor of "The Seven Streams of the River Ota", "The Far Side of t...

John Osborne

December 12, 1924 - December 24, 1994English playwright, screenwriter and actorAuthor of "Look Back in Anger" (for which he won the New York Drama ...

Naguib Mahfouz

December 11, 1911 - August 30, 2006 Egyptian novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, newspaper columnist, playwright and civil servant Author ...

Joe Masteroff

December 11, 1919 - September 28, 2018American playwrightAuthor of "The Warm Peninsula", "She Loves Me" (for which he was nominated for a Tony Awar...

Alfred De Musset

December 11, 1810 - May 2, 1857French dramatist, poet and novelistAuthor of the plays "The Moods of Marianne", "Lorenzaccio" and "The Story of a W...