Literary Library

Maria Polydouri

April 1, 1902 - April 29, 1930Greek PoetAuthor of "The Pain of the Mother" (which was her first poem) and collections: "The Chirps that Faint" and...

Juan Gil Albert

April 1, 1904 - July 4, 1994Spanish poet and writerAuthor of "Los Dias Estan Contados", "Heracles: Sobre Una Manera De Ser" and "Valentin"

Gil Scott-Heron

April 1, 1949 - May 27, 2011African-American jazz poet, singer, musician and authorAuthor of "Small Talk at 125th and Lenox", "So Far, So Good" an...

Fredrik Cygnaeus

April 1, 1807 - February 7, 1881Finnish poet, art critic & collector and professorAuthor of "Ice-Candles" and "Claes Flemings tider: Dramatisk...

Edgar Wallace

April 1, 1875 - February 10, 1932British crime writer, war correspondent, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, playwright and poetAuthor of "The Fo...

Jeanne Larsen

August 9, 1950 - American poet, novelist, translator and essayistAuthor of "Silk Road: A Novel of Eighth-Century China", "Bronze Mirror" and "Manc...

Sara Teasdale

August 8, 1884 - January 29, 1933American poetAuthor of "Love Songs" (for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1918), "Rivers to the Sea...

Georg Stiernhielm

August 7, 1598 - April 22, 1672Swedish civil servant, linguist, mathematician and poetAuthor of "Hercules" and "Musae Suethizantes" #literarycalen...

Norma Farber

August 6, 1909 - March 21, 1984American children's book author and poetAuthor of "As I Was Crossing Boston Common" (for which she won the National ...

Alfred Lord Tennyson

August 6, 1809 - October 6, 1892English poetAuthor of "Ulysses", "The Charge of the Light Brigade" and "Idylls of the King"Poet Laureate of Great ...

Wendell Berry

August 5, 1934 - American novelist, poet, essayist and environmental activistAuthor of "The Unsettling of America", "Jayber Crow" and "The Peace o...

Conrad Aiken

August 5, 1899 - August 17, 1973American poet, novelist and short-story writerAuthor of "The House of Dust", "Preludes for Memnon" and "Ushant"Won...