Literary Library

Khalil Gibran

January 6, 1883 - April 10, 1931Lebanese-American writer, poet and artistAuthor of "Broken Wings", "The Madman" and "The Prophet"Born Gibran Khali...

Idris Davies

January 6, 1905 - April 6, 1953Welsh poetAuthor of "Wasteland of Wales", "Tonypandy and Other Poems" and "Selected Poems"

Hristo Botev

January 6, 1848 - June 1, 1876Bulgarian poet, revolutionary and journalistAuthor of the poems "My Prayer", "In the Tavern" and "Struggle" which we...

Carl Sandburg

January 6, 1878 - July 22, 1967American poet, biographer, journalist, editor and children's book authorAuthor of "Corn Huskers" (for which he won ...

C. D. Wright

January 6, 1949 - January 12, 2016American poetAuthor of "Translation of the Gospel Back Into Tongues", "Rising, Falling, Hovering" (for which she...

W. D. Snodgrass

January 5, 1926 - January 13, 2009American poet and professorAuthor of "Heart's Needle" (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1960),  ...

Stella Gibbons

January 5, 1902 - December 19, 1989English author, journalist and poetAuthor of "The Mountain Beast", "Cold Comfort Farms" and "Nightengale Wood"

Count Miklos Zrinyi

January 5, 1620 - November 18, 1664Hungarian statesman, military leader and poetBest known for his epic poem "The Peril of Sziget"Became the Vicer...

James M. Nack

January 4, 1809 - September 23, 1879American deaf poetAuthor of "The Legend of the Rocks and Other Poems", "Earl Rupert and Other Tales and Poems" ...

Philip Morin Freneau

January 2, 1752 - December 18, 1832American poet, sea captain and newspaper editorAuthor of "The Wild Honey Suckle" and "Father Bombo's Pilgrimage...

J.R.R. Tolkien

January 3, 1892 - September 2, 1973English writer, poet and professorAuthor of "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "The Silmarillion...

Cicero

January 3, 106 BC - December 7, 43 BCRoman author, essayist and poetAuthor of "De Officiis" and "Catiline Orations"Born Marcus Tullius Cicero