Literary Library

Ivan Turgenev

by Angela Beck
November 9, 1818 - September 3, 1883Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright and translatorAuthor of "Mumu", "First Love" and "Fathe...
Drama Dramatist Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Poem Poet Poetry Russia Russian Short Story Theater Theatre Translator

Anne Sexton

by Angela Beck
November 9, 1928 - October 4, 1974American poet Author of "Live or Die" (for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1967), "The Book of Fol...
Poem Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize

Teophilo Folengo

by Angela Beck
November 8, 1491 - December 9, 1544Italian poetAuthor of "Baldo", "Orlandino" and "Caos Del Tri Per Uno"Wrote also as Merlinus Cocaius and Limerno...
Italian Italy Poem Poet Poetry

Hiroshi Kashiwagi

by Angela Beck
November 8, 1922 - October 29, 2019American poet, playwright, actor, translator and librarianAuthor of "The Plums Can Wait", "Voices from Japanese ...
Actor Drama Dramatist Librarian National Book Award Plays Playwright Poem Poet Poetry Theater Theatre Translator

Stan Rice

by Angela Beck
November 7, 1942 - December 9, 2002American poet and artistAuthor of "Some Lamb", "Whiteboy" and "The Radiance of Pigs"Was the husband of novelist ...
Anne Rice Art Artist Arts Poem Poet Poetry

Gedeon Tallemant des Reaux

by Angela Beck
November 7, 1619 - November 6, 1692French poet and biographerKnown for his "Historiettes", a collection of short biographies
Bio Biographer Biography France French Poem Poet Poetry

Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg

by Angela Beck
November 7, 1750 - December 5, 1819German poet, lawyer, translator and dramatistAuthor of "Timoleon", "Alfred the Great" and "Kurze Abfertigung de...
Drama Dramatist German Germany Plays Playwright Poem Poet Poetry Theater Theatre Translator

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

John Berger

by Angela Beck
November 5, 1926 - January 2, 2017English art critic, novelist, painter and poetAuthor of "A Painter of Our Time", Ways of Seeing" and "Here is Wh...
Art Art Critic Arts Critic Novel Novelist Paint Painter Painting Poem Poet Poetry

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

by Angela Beck
November 5, 1850 - October 30, 1919American author and poetAuthor of "Poems of Reflection", "The World and I" and "Poems of Affection"
Poem Poet Poetry

Edin Phillpotts

by Angela Beck
November 4, 1862 - December 29, 1960English author, poet and dramatistAuthor of "Children of the Night", "The Grey Room" and "The Red Redmaynes"
Drama Dramatist England English Plays Playwright Poem Poet Poetry Theater Theatre