Literary Library
Ivan Blatny
by Angela Beck
December 21, 1919 - August 5, 1990Czech poetAuthor of "Melancholic Walks" and "The Drug of Art"
Reynolds Price
by Angela Beck
February 1, 1933 - January 20, 2011American poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist and professorAuthor 38 stories including "A Long and Happy Life"(fo...
Muriel Spark
by Angela Beck
February 1, 1918 - April 13, 2006Scottish novelist, essayist, short story writer and poetAuthor of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", "The Mandelba...
Langston Hughes
by Angela Beck
February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967African-American poet, playwright, novelist, columnist and social activistAuthor of "The Weary Blues", "Not Withou...
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...