Literary Library

Lope Felix de Vega Carpio

November 25, 1562 - August 27, 1635Spanish playwright, poet and novelistAuthor of "The Dog in the Manger", "Punishment Without Revenge" and "La Do...

Crescent Dragonwagon

November 25, 1952 - American author of novels, cookbooks, children's books, a biography and poetry as well as a writing workshop leaderAuthor of "H...

Charles d'Orleans

November 24, 1394 - January 5, 1465French poet, nobleman and Duke of OrleansWrote more than 500 poems

Paul Celan

November 23, 1920 - April 20, 1970Romanian-born (Jewish) German-language poet, translator and teacherAuthor of "From Threshold to Threshold", "Ate...

Jose Maria de Heredia

November 22, 1842 - October 3, 1905Cuban-born French poetHe was mostly known for his sonnets

Gloria Whelan

November 23, 1923 - American poet, short story writer and children's and adult novelistAuthor of dozens of books including "Goodbye Vietnam", "Home...

George Eliot

November 22, 1819 - December 22, 1880English novelist, poet, journalist and translatorAuthor of "Adam Bede", "The Mill on the Floss", "Silas Marne...

Thomas Chatterton

November 20, 1752 - August 24, 1770English poetPoems included "O Synge Untoe Mie Roundelaire" and "Excelente Balade of Charitie"

Sharon Olds

November 19, 1942 - American poet and professorAuthor of "The Dead and the Living" (for which she won the National Book Award for Poetry in 1983),...

Allen Tate

November 19, 1899 - February 9, 1979American poet, essayist and social commentatorAuthor of "The Fathers", "Essays of Four Decades" and "Collected...

Margaret Atwood

November 18, 1939 - Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist and teacherAuthor of "The Handmaid's Tale", "The Blind Assassin" and "The T...

Wilfred Owen

March 18, 1893 - November 4, 1918English poet and scholarAuthor of "Anthem for Doomed Youth" and "Dulce et Decorum est" Born Wilfred Edward Salter...