Literary Library

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...

Robert Hayden

August 4, 1913 - February 25, 1980African-American poet and educatorAuthor of "Angle of Ascent: New and Selected Poems", "American Journal: Poems" ...

Assia Djebar

August 4, 1936 - February 6, 2015Algerian novelist, poet, playwright and short-story writerAuthor of "Women of Algiers in Their Apartment", "Alger...

Marvin Bell

August 3, 1937 - December 14, 2020American poet, editor and teacherAuthor of "The Book of the Dead Man", "Nightworks: Poems 1962 - 2000" and "Mars ...

Hayden Carruth

August 3, 1921 - September 29, 2008American poet, literary critic and professorAuthor of "Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey" (for which he won the Nati...

Diane Wakoski

August 3, 1937 - American poetAuthor of "The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems", "Dancing On the Grave of a Son of a Bitch" and "Emerald Ice" #literarycal...

Stephen Sandy

August 2, 1934 - November 7, 2016American poet and professorAuthor of "The Thread", "Weathers Permitting" and "Netsuke Days: Poems" #literarycalen...

James Baldwin

August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987African-American novelist, playwright, poet and social criticAuthor of "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "Notes of a ...

Ernest Dowson

August 2, 1867 - February 23, 1900English poet, novelist and short-story writerAuthor of "A Comedy of Masks", "The Pierrot of the Minute: A Phanta...