Literary Library

Milan Kundera

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1929 - Czech-French novelist, short story writer, poet, dramatist and essayistAuthor of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", "The Art of ...
Austrian State Prize Czech Czech State Literature Prize Czechoslavakia Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays France French Jerusalem Prize Ovid Prize Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Stories Short Story Theater Theatre

Martha Wadsworth Brewster

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1710 - 1757?American poet and writerAuthor of "Poems on Diverse Subjects" and "Delight in Reading"Was one of only four colonial women who ...
Colonial Colonies Poem Poems Poet Poetry Writer

Marian Longfellow O'Donohue

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1849 - January 23, 1924American writer of poetry and newspaper storiesAuthor of "Seven Stories of Christmas", "The Lily of the Resurrectio...
DAR Daughters of the American Revolution Newspaper Newspapers Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Maria Polydouri

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1902 - April 29, 1930Greek PoetAuthor of "The Pain of the Mother" (which was her first poem) and collections: "The Chirps that Faint" and...
Greece Greek Poem Poems Poetry

Juan Gil Albert

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1904 - July 4, 1994Spanish poet and writerAuthor of "Los Dias Estan Contados", "Heracles: Sobre Una Manera De Ser" and "Valentin"
Poem Poems Poet Poetry Spain Spanish Writer

Gil Scott-Heron

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1949 - May 27, 2011African-American jazz poet, singer, musician and authorAuthor of "Small Talk at 125th and Lenox", "So Far, So Good" an...
African American African American History Jazz Music Music Music Writer Musician Poem Poems Poet Poetry Rock and Roll Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Singer Singing

Fredrik Cygnaeus

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1807 - February 7, 1881Finnish poet, art critic & collector and professorAuthor of "Ice-Candles" and "Claes Flemings tider: Dramatisk...
Art Art Collector Art Critic College Finland Finnish Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor Teacher University

Edgar Wallace

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1875 - February 10, 1932British crime writer, war correspondent, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, playwright and poetAuthor of "The Fo...
British Correspondent Crime England English Foreign Correspondent Great Britain Journalism Journalist Movie Movies News Correspondent Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Screenwriter Theater Theatre War

Jeanne Larsen

by Angela Beck
August 9, 1950 - American poet, novelist, translator and essayistAuthor of "Silk Road: A Novel of Eighth-Century China", "Bronze Mirror" and "Manc...
China Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Translator

Sara Teasdale

by Angela Beck
August 8, 1884 - January 29, 1933American poetAuthor of "Love Songs" (for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1918), "Rivers to the Sea...
Poem Poems Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize

Georg Stiernhielm

by Angela Beck
August 7, 1598 - April 22, 1672Swedish civil servant, linguist, mathematician and poetAuthor of "Hercules" and "Musae Suethizantes" #literarycalen...
Civil Servant Linguist Math Mathematician Mathematics Poem Poems Poet Poetry Sweden Swedish

Paul Claudel

by Angela Beck
August 6, 1868 - February 23, 1955French poet, dramatist and diplomatAuthor of "Five Great Odes", "The Tidings Brought to Mary" and "The Satin Sli...
Drama Dramatist France French Play Plays Playwright Poem Poet Poetry Theater Theatre