Literary Library

Mirza Ghalib

by Angela Beck
December 27, 1797 - February 15, 1869Indian poetAuthor of "Perfume of Hindi" and many sonnets, ghazals and lettersWas the Poet Laureate of the roy...
India Indian Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry

Liz Lochhead

by Angela Beck
December 26, 1947 - Scottish poet, playwright, translator, teacher and broadcasterAuthor of "Memo for Spring", "The Grimm Sisters" and "Mary Queen ...
Broadcaster National Poet of Scotland Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Queen's Gold Medal Scotland Scottish Teach Teacher Theater Theatre Translator

Martin Opitz

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1597 - August 20, 1639German poet and novelistAuthor of "Acht Bucher deutscher Poematum", "Geistliche Poemata" and "The Idyll of the...
German Germany Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry

Carol Ann Duffy

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1955 - British poet, playwright and profesorAuthor of "Standing Female Nude", "Selling Manhattan" (for which she won the Somerset Mau...
British England English English Poetry Great Britain Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Professor Somerset Maugham Award T. S. Eliot Prize Teach Teacher United Kingdom University

James Dickey

by Angela Beck
February 2, 1923 - January 19, 1997American poet, novelist, critic, lecturer and professorAuthor of "Into the Stone and Other Poems", "Drowning wi...
Critic Guggenheim Lecturer National Book Award Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Professor Teach Teacher University

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...
Frost Medal National Book Award Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Poetry Society of America Professor Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher University Vermont

Grace Paley

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1922 - August 22, 2007American short story writer, poet, teacher and political activistAuthor of "The Little Disturbances of Man", "En...
National Book Award Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Political Activist Pulitzer Prize School Short Story Teach Teacher

Allen Tate

by Angela Beck
November 19, 1899 - February 9, 1979American poet, essayist and social commentatorAuthor of "The Fathers", "Essays of Four Decades" and "Collected...
Essayist Essays Poem Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Social Commentator

Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie

by Angela Beck
November 6, 1833 - July 5, 1908Norwegian novelist, poet and playwrightAuthor of "The Pilot and His Wife", "Livsslaven" and Weird Tales from the No...
Drama Dramatist Norway Norwegian Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Poem Poet Poet Laureate Theater Theatre

Colley Cibber

by Angela Beck
November 6, 1671 - December 11, 1757English actor, playwright and Poet LaureateAuthor of "Love Makes a Man, Or The Fop's Fortune", "The Careless H...
Actor Drama Dramatist England English Plays Playwright Poem Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Theater Theatre