Literary Library

Hervey Allen

December 8, 1889 - December 28, 1949American educator, poet and novelistAuthor of "Toward the Flame", "Anthony Adverse" and "The Forest and the For...

Henry Timrod

December 8, 1828 - October 7, 1867American poet, lawyer, teacher, editor and correspondentHis poems include "Katie", "Ethnogenesis", "A Call to Ar...

Delmore Schwartz

December 8, 1913 - July 11, 1966American poet and short story writerAuthor of "I Am Cherry Alive", "The Little Girl Sang", "Selected Poems" and "Su...

Pearl Cleage

December 7, 1948 - African-American playwright, essayist, poet, novelist and political activistAuthor of "What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day"...

Yosano Akiko

December 7, 1878 - May 29, 1942Japanese author, poet, feminist, pacifist and social reformer Author of "Midaregami", "River of Stars" and "Tangl...

William Stanley Braithwaite

December 6, 1878 - June 8, 1962African-American writer, poet, literary critic, anthologist and publisherAuthor of "The Book of Elizabeth Verse", T...

Peter Handke

December 6, 1942 - Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director and screenwriterAuthor of the novels "A Sorrow Beyond Dreams", "...

Joyce Kilmer

December 6, 1886 - July 30, 1918American writer, poet, journalist, literary critic, lecturer and editorAuthor of "Trees, and Other Poems", "The Ci...

Jason Reynolds

December 6, 1983 - African-American author of novels and poetry for young adultsAuthor of "Ghost" (for which he was finalist for the National Book...

John A. Williams

December 5, 1925 - July 3, 2015 African-American author, journalist, academic and poetAuthor of "The Man Who Cried I Am", "!Click Song" (for which...

Christina Rossetti

December 5, 1830 - December 29, 1894English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poemsAuthor of "Goblin Market", "The Prince's Progress a...

Calvin Trillin

Born December 5, 1935 - American journalist, humorist, food writer, poet, memoirist and novelistAuthor of "An Education in Georgia: Charlayne Hunt...