Literary Library

Paul Rudnick

December 29, 1957 - American playwright and screenwriterAuthor of "Jeffrey" (for which he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play in 1993), "...

Simon Raven

December 28, 1927 - May 12, 2001English author, playwright, essayist, television writer and screenwriterAuthor of "The Feathers of Death", "The Ric...

Mina Loy

December 27, 1882 - September 25, 1966British artist, writer, poet, playwright, novelist, painter, designer and bohemianAuthor of "Lunar Baedeker"...

Narendra Prasad

December 26, 1946 - November 3, 2003Indian actor, playwright, director, professor and literary criticAuthor of "Souparnika" (for which he won the K...

Liz Lochhead

December 26, 1947 - Scottish poet, playwright, translator, teacher and broadcasterAuthor of "Memo for Spring", "The Grimm Sisters" and "Mary Queen ...

Sheila Heti

December 25, 1976 - Canadian playwright, short story writer and novelistAuthor of "The Middle Stories", "How Should a Person Be?" and "Motherhood"

Rod Serling

  December 25, 1924 - June 28, 1975American screenwriter, playwright, television producer and hostBest known for being the creator, writer and hos...

Julian Barry

December 24, 1930 - July 25, 2023American screenwriter and playwrightAuthor of "Lenny" (for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenpl...

Fritz Lieber

December 24, 1910 - September 5, 1992American writer of fantasy, horror and science fiction, poet, actor, playwright and chess expertAuthor of "Ga...

Carol Ann Duffy

December 23, 1955 - British poet, playwright and profesorAuthor of "Standing Female Nude", "Selling Manhattan" (for which she won the Somerset Mau...

C. Y. Lee

December 23, 1915 - November 8, 2018Chinese-American novelist, short-story writer, journalist, translator and playwrightAuthor of "The Flower Drum...

Jean Racine

December 22, 1639 - April 21, 1699French dramatistAuthor of "Andromaque", "Phedre" and "Athalie"