Literary Library

Adolph Green

December 2, 1914 - October 23, 2002American lyricist and playwrightAuthor of plays and musicals including "Wonderful Town" (for which he won the Ne...

Mihaly Vorosmarty

December 1, 1800 - November 19, 1855Hungarian poet and dramatistKnown for his play "Csonger and Tunde" and "Blood Wedding"Also published several v...

George Stirling

December 1, 1869 - November 17, 1926American poet and playwrightAuthor of "The Testimony of the Suns and Other Poems", "A Wine of Wizardry and Othe...

David Lindsay-Abaire

November 14, 1969 - American playwright, lyricist and screenwriterAuthor of "Rabbit Hole" (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007 a...

Paul Fleishman

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...

Stefan Zweig

November 28, 1881 - February 22, 1942Austrian-Jewish novelist, playwright, journalist and biographerAuthor of "Letter from an Unknown Woman", "Bew...

Owen Dodson

November 28, 1914 - June 21, 1983African-American poet, novelist, playwright and professorAuthor of "Boy at the Window", "The Confession Stone: Son...

Alexander Alexandrovich Blok

November 28, 1880 - August 7, 1921Russian poet, publicist, playwright, translator and literary criticAuthor of "The City", "Faina" and "Mask of Snow"

Eugene Ionesco

November 26, 1909 - March 28, 1994Romanian-French playwright and novelistAuthor of the plays "Rhinoceros", "Exit the King" and "The Bald Soprano"N...

Lope Felix de Vega Carpio

November 25, 1562 - August 27, 1635Spanish playwright, poet and novelistAuthor of "The Dog in the Manger", "Punishment Without Revenge" and "La Do...

Garson Kanin

  November 24, 1912 - March 13, 1999American novelist, playwright, screenwriter and directorAuthor of "A Thousand Summers", "Born Yesterday" and "A...

Frances Hodgson Burnett

November 24, 1849 - October 29, 1924British novelist and playwrightAuthor of dozens of stories including "Little Lord Fauntleroy", "A Little Princ...