Literary Library

Alasdair Gray

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1934 - December 29, 2019Scottish novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, translator, historian and artistAuthor of "Lanark: A...
Art Artist Historian Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Saltire Society Book of the Year Scotland Scottish Short Story Translator Whitbread Novel Award

Teo Savory

by Angela Beck
December 27, 1907 - November 14, 1989American novelist, poet, translator and publisherAuthor of "The Landscape of Dreams", "The Single Secret" and ...
Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Publisher Translator

Mirza Ghalib

by Angela Beck
December 27, 1797 - February 15, 1869Indian poetAuthor of "Perfume of Hindi" and many sonnets, ghazals and lettersWas the Poet Laureate of the roy...
India Indian Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry

Mina Loy

by Angela Beck
December 27, 1882 - September 25, 1966British artist, writer, poet, playwright, novelist, painter, designer and bohemianAuthor of "Lunar Baedeker"...
Art Artist Arts Bohemian British Designer England English English Poetry Great Britain Novel Novelist Paint Painter Painting Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Theater Theatre Writer

Elizabeth Smart

by Angela Beck
December 27, 1913 - March 4, 1986Canadian poet and novelistAuthor of "By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept", "In the Meantime" and "Ten Po...
Canada Canadian Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Chris Abani

by Angela Beck
December 27, 1966 -Nigerian-American novelist, poet and professorAuthor of "Graceland", "Becoming Abigail" and "The Secret History of Las Vegas"Wa...
Nigeria Nigerian Nigerian-American Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Political Professor University

Thomas Gray

by Angela Beck
December 26, 1716 - July 30, 1771English poet, classical scholar and professorAuthor of only 13 poems including "Elegy Written in a Country Church...
British England English English History English Poetry Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry Scholar University

Liz Lochhead

by Angela Beck
December 26, 1947 - Scottish poet, playwright, translator, teacher and broadcasterAuthor of "Memo for Spring", "The Grimm Sisters" and "Mary Queen ...
Broadcaster National Poet of Scotland Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Queen's Gold Medal Scotland Scottish Teach Teacher Theater Theatre Translator

Jean Toomer

by Angela Beck
December 26, 1894 - March 30, 1967African-American poet and novelistAuthor of "Cane", "Essential" and "The Wayward and the Seeking"Part of the Har...
African American Harlem Renaissance Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

William Collins

by Angela Beck
December 25, 1721 - June 12, 1759English poetAuthor of "Persian Eclogues" and "Odes on Several Descriptive and Allegorical Subjects"
British English English History English Poetry Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Matthew Arnold

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1822 - April 15, 1888English poet, cultural critic, school inspector and professorAuthor of "Empedocles on Etna and Other Poems", "Po...
British Critic Culture England English English Poetry Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor School Teach Teacher University

Juan Ramon Jimenez

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1881 - May 29, 1958Spanish poetAuthor of "Jardines Lejanos", "Platero and I" and "Time and Space: A Poetic Autobiography"Won the Nobe...
Nobel Prize Poem Poems Poet Poetry Spain Spanish