Literary Library

John Milton

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1608 - November 8, 1674English poet and civil servantAuthor of "Areopagitica", "Paradise Lost" and "Paradise Regained"
British Civil Servant England English English Poetry Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Eileen Myles

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1949 - American poet and writer of fiction, nonfiction, libretti and playsAuthor of "Chelsea Girls", "The Importance of Being Iceland"...
Fiction Librettist Libretto Nonfiction Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Screenplay Theater Theatre

Edoardo Sanguineti

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1930 - May 18, 2010Genovese poet, writer, academic, translator and member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian ParliamentAuthor o...
Academic Genoa Genoese Government Government Official Italian Italy Parliament Poem Poems Poet Poetry Translator Writer

Padraic Colum

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1881 - January 11, 1972Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's book author and folklore collectorAuthor of...
Author Bio Biographer Biography Children's Book Author Drama Dramatist Folk Lore Folklorist Ireland Irish Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry

James Tate

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1943 - July 8, 2015American poet and professorAuthor of "Worshipful Company of Fletchers: Poems" (for which he won the National Book Aw...
National Book Award Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher University

J. D. McClatchy

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1945 - April 10, 2018American poet, opera librettist, literary critic and editorAuthor of "Scenes From Another Life", "Hazmat" (for whi...
Editor Librettist Libretto Literary Critic Opera Poem Poems Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize Yale

Horace

by Angela Beck
December 8, 65 BC - November 27, 8 BCRoman lyric poetHe was known for his Odes, Epistles and SatiresBorn Quintus Horatius Flaccus#literarycalendar...
Lyric Poem Poem Poems Poet Poetry Roman Rome

Hervey Allen

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1889 - December 28, 1949American educator, poet and novelistAuthor of "Toward the Flame", "Anthony Adverse" and "The Forest and the For...
Education Educator Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry School Teach Teacher

Henry Timrod

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1828 - October 7, 1867American poet, lawyer, teacher, editor and correspondentHis poems include "Katie", "Ethnogenesis", "A Call to Ar...
American South Confederacy Correspondent Editor Law Lawyer Poem Poems Poet Poetry School South South Carolina Southern Southern History Teach Teacher

Delmore Schwartz

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1913 - July 11, 1966American poet and short story writerAuthor of "I Am Cherry Alive", "The Little Girl Sang", "Selected Poems" and "Su...
Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story

Pearl Cleage

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1948 - African-American playwright, essayist, poet, novelist and political activistAuthor of "What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day"...
African American Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Oprah Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Political Political Activist Politics Theater Theatre

Yosano Akiko

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1878 - May 29, 1942Japanese author, poet, feminist, pacifist and social reformer Author of "Midaregami", "River of Stars" and "Tangl...
Author Feminism Feminist Japan Japanese Pacifist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Social Reform