Literary Library
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
by Angela Beck
February 1, 1874 - July 15, 1929Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator and essayistAuthor of "Death and the Fool", "The Woman Wi...
Galway Kinnell
by Angela Beck
February 1, 1927 - October 28, 2014American poet and professorAuthor of "Body Rags", "The Book of Nightmares", "When One Has Lived a Long Time Al...
George Leite
by Angela Beck
(Seen above with Anais Nin in 1946)
December 20, 1920 - August 6, 1985American poet, author, publisher and bookstore ownerHe published "Circle" ma...
Jean Genet
by Angela Beck
December 19, 1910 - April 15, 1986French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist and political activistHis novels include "The Thief's Journey", "Our...
Christopher Fry
by Angela Beck
December 18, 1907 - June 30, 2005English poet and playwrightAuthor of "The Lady's Not for Burning" (for which he won the New York Drama Critics Aw...
Penelope Fitzgerald
by Angela Beck
December 17, 1916 - April 28, 2000English novelist, poet, essayist and biographerAuthor of "The Bookshop" (for which she was shortlisted for the B...
Mustapha Matura
by Angela Beck
December 17, 1939 - October 29, 2019Trinidadian playwright and poetAuthor of the plays "As Time Goes By", "Play Mas" and "Rum and Coca-Cola"Born No...
John Greenleaf Whittier
by Angela Beck
December 17, 1807 - September 7, 1892American Quaker poet and abolitionistAuthor of "Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier", "Snow-bound" and "Anti-Sla...
Ford Madox Ford
by Angela Beck
December 17, 1873 - June 26, 1939English novelist, poet, critic and editorAuthor of "The Inheritors" (written with Joseph Conrad), "The Good Sold...
Warren Adler
by Angela Beck
December 16, 1927 - April 15, 2019American author, essayist, short story writer, playwright and poetBest known for "The War of the Roses" (which wa...
George Santayana
by Angela Beck
December 16, 1863 - September 26, 1952Spanish-born American philosopher, essayist, poet, novelist and professorAuthor of "The Sense of Beauty: Bei...
William Dickey
by Angela Beck
December 15, 1928 - May 3, 1994American poet and professorAuthor of "Interpreter's House", "The Sacrifice Consenting" and "The King of the Golden R...