Literary Library

John Addington Symonds

by Angela Beck
October 5, 1840 - April 14, 1893English poet, literary critic, biographer and historianAuthor of "Studies of the Greek Poets", "Renaissance in Ita...
Biographer Biography British British Poetry Critic England English English History English Poetry Great Britain Greece Greek Historian history Literary Critic Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Sir Fulke Greville

by Angela Beck
October 3, 1554 - September 30, 1628Elizabethan poet, dramatist and statesmanAuthor of "The Life of the Reverend Sir Philip Sidney", "A Treatise o...
British Poetry Drama Dramatist Elizabethan English Poetry Govern Government Government Official Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Religion Statesman Theatre

Marilyn Singer

by Angela Beck
October 3, 1948 -American children's book authorAuthor of "On the Same Day in March: A Tour of the World's Weather", "Rutherford B., Who Was He? P...
American Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books Children's Poem Children's Poet Poems Poetry

Henri Alain-Fournier

by Angela Beck
October 3, 1886 - September 22, 1914French soldier, novelist and poetAuthor of "Le Grand Meaulnes" (which has been made into 2 movies", "Lettre au...
Army Film Films France French French Writer Movie Movies Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Soldier

Wallace Stevens

by Angela Beck
October 2, 1879 - August 2, 1955American poet and insurance executiveAuthor of "The Man With the Blue Guitar", "The Auroras of Autumn" (for which ...
American Insurance National Book Award Poem Poems Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize

Louis Untermeyer

by Angela Beck
October 1, 1885 - December 18, 1977American poet, anthologist and editorAuthor of "Modern British Poetry", The Golden Treasury of Poetry" and "Tal...
American Anthologist Anthology Ballet British Poetry Editing Editor English Poetry Librarian Library Library of Congress Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Louisa May Alcott

by Angela Beck
November 29, 1832 - March 6, 1888American novelist, short story writer and poet as well as an abolitionist and feminist Author of "Hospital Ske...
Abolitionist Feminism Feminist Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story Slavery

Philip Larkin

by Angela Beck
August 9, 1922 - December 2, 1985English poet and writerAuthor of "A Girl in Winter", "The Whitsun Weddings" and "High Windows"Wrote under the pse...
British England English English Poetry Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry

John Dryden

by Angela Beck
August 9, 1631 - May 12, 1700English poet, playwright and literary criticAuthor of "All For Love", "Essay of Dramatick Poesie" and "Absalom and Ac...
British British History Critic Drama Dramatist England English English Poetry Great Britain Literary Critic Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Theater Theatre

Jeanne Larson

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 Eighth Century Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Silk Road Translator

John Myers Myers

by Angela Beck
January 11, 1906 - October 30, 1988American novelist, professor and poetAuthor of "Silverlock", "Doc Holliday" and "The Harp and the Blade"
Educate Education Educator Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor School Teach Teacher Teaching

Ernest Pascal

by Angela Beck
January 11, 1896 - November 4, 1966English-born American screenwriter, author, playwright and poetAuthor of "The Dark Swan", "Virgin Flame" and "Th...
Author British Cannes Film Festival Drama Dramatist England English English-American Film Filmmaker Films Great Britain Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Screenwriter Theater Theatre