Literary Library

Savitribai Phule

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1831 - March 10, 1897Indian social reformer, educator and poetAuthor of the poems "Go Get Education", "The Plight of the Shudras" and "...
Educate Education Educator Feminism Feminist India Indian Poem Poems Poet Poetry Reformer School Social Reformer Teach Teacher Teaching

Morten Nielsen

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1922 - August 29, 1944Danish poetAuthor of the poems "Moment", "Death" and "Summer-Night Transformation"Was killed in World War II whil...
Dane Danish Denmark Nazis Poem Poems Poet Poetry World War 2 World War Two WW2 WWII

Miles J. Breuer

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1889 - October 14, 1945American physician, science fiction writer, novelist, poet and essayistAuthor of "The Gostak and the Doshes", "T...
Doctor Essayist Essays Medical Medicine Novel Novelist Physician Poem Poems Poet Poetry Sci-Fi Science Fiction SciFi

Anne Stevenson

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1933 - September 14, 2020American-British poet and writerAuthor of "Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath", "Five Looks at Elizabeth Bish...
American-British British England English Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry Writer

Alma Flor Ada

by Angela Beck
(Seen here on the left with F. Isabel Campoy) January 3, 1938 - Cuban-American children's book author, poet, novelist and professorAuthor of "My N...
Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Book Award Children's Books College Cuba Cuban Cuban-America Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor School Teach Teacher Teaching University Virginia Hamilton Award

Robert Nathan

by Angela Beck
January 2, 1894 - May 25, 1985American novelist and poetAuthor of "One More Spring", "The Enchanted Voyage" and "The River Journey"
Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Charles Williford

by Angela Beck
January 2, 1919 - March 27, 1988American poet, fiction writer and autobiographerAuthor of "Miami Blues", "Wild Wives" and "Sideswipe"
Autobiographer Autobiography Biographer Biography Fiction Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Abdulhak Hamid Tarhan

by Angela Beck
January 2, 1852 - April 12, 1937Turkish playwright and poetAuthor of "The Grave", "The Desert" and "A Voice From Bala"
Drama Dramatist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Theater Theatre Turkey Turkish

Tzimon Barto

by Angela Beck
January 2, 1963 - American classical pianist, bodybuilder, novelist, poet and philosopherAuthor of "A Lady of Greek Origin" and "Harold Flanders: ...
Body Builder Body Building Classical Music Music Musical Instrument Novel Novelist Philosopher Philosophy Piano Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Jimmy Santiago Baca

by Angela Beck
January 2, 1952 - American poet, memoirist and screenwriterAuthor of "Immigrants in Our Own Land", "Martin and Meditations on the South Valley" (f...
American Book Award Film Filmmaker Films Memoir Memoirist Movie Movies National Endowment for the Arts Poem Poems Poet Poetry Pushcart Prize Screenwriter

Paul Hamilton Hayne

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1830 - July 6, 1886American poet, critic and editorAuthor of "Legends and Lyrics" and "The Broken Battalions"
Critic Editor Poem Poems Poet Poetry

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