Literary Library

Adolph Green

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1914 - October 23, 2002American lyricist and playwrightAuthor of plays and musicals including "Wonderful Town" (for which he won the Ne...
Academy Award Drama Dramatist Grammy Grammy Award Lyricist Lyrics Movie Movies Music Musical Musician NY Drama Critics Circle Award Oscar Play Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Tony Award

Mihaly Vorosmarty

by Angela Beck
December 1, 1800 - November 19, 1855Hungarian poet and dramatistKnown for his play "Csonger and Tunde" and "Blood Wedding"Also published several v...
Drama Dramatist Hungarian Hungary Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry

George Stirling

by Angela Beck
December 1, 1869 - November 17, 1926American poet and playwrightAuthor of "The Testimony of the Suns and Other Poems", "A Wine of Wizardry and Othe...
Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Theater Theatre

David Lindsay-Abaire

by Angela Beck
November 14, 1969 - American playwright, lyricist and screenwriterAuthor of "Rabbit Hole" (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007 a...
Lyricist Lyrics Music Play Plays Playwright Pulitzer Prize Screenplay Screenwriter Script Writer Tony Award

Paul Fleishman

by Angela Beck
September 5, 1952 - American playwright and author of children's books Author of "Graven Images" (for which he won a Newbery Honor in 1983), "Joyfu...
Author Children"s Books Children's Book Children's Book Author National Book Award Newbery Newbery Honor Newbery Medal Play Plays Playwright

Stefan Zweig

by Angela Beck
November 28, 1881 - February 22, 1942Austrian-Jewish novelist, playwright, journalist and biographerAuthor of "Letter from an Unknown Woman", "Bew...
Austria Austrian Biographer Biography Jewish Journalist News Novel Novelist Playwright

Owen Dodson

by Angela Beck
November 28, 1914 - June 21, 1983African-American poet, novelist, playwright and professorAuthor of "Boy at the Window", "The Confession Stone: Son...
African American Drama Novel Novelist Playwright Poet Poetry Professor Theater Theatre Yale

Alexander Alexandrovich Blok

by Angela Beck
November 28, 1880 - August 7, 1921Russian poet, publicist, playwright, translator and literary criticAuthor of "The City", "Faina" and "Mask of Snow"
Critic Literary Critic Playwright Poet Poetry Publicist Russia Russian Translator

Eugene Ionesco

by Angela Beck
November 26, 1909 - March 28, 1994Romanian-French playwright and novelistAuthor of the plays "Rhinoceros", "Exit the King" and "The Bald Soprano"N...
France French Nobel Prize Novel Novelist Playwright Romania Romanian

Lope Felix de Vega Carpio

by Angela Beck
November 25, 1562 - August 27, 1635Spanish playwright, poet and novelistAuthor of "The Dog in the Manger", "Punishment Without Revenge" and "La Do...
Novel Novelist Playwright Poet Poetry Spain Spanish

Garson Kanin

by Angela Beck
  November 24, 1912 - March 13, 1999American novelist, playwright, screenwriter and directorAuthor of "A Thousand Summers", "Born Yesterday" and "A...
Film Novel Novelist Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter

Frances Hodgson Burnett

by Angela Beck
November 24, 1849 - October 29, 1924British novelist and playwrightAuthor of dozens of stories including "Little Lord Fauntleroy", "A Little Princ...
British England English Novel Novelist Playwright