Literary Library

C. K. Williams

by Angela Beck
November 4, 1936 - September 20, 2015American poet, critic and translatorAuthor of "Flesh and Blood" (for which he was a finalist for the Pulitzer...
Critic Poem Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize Translator

William Cullen Bryant

by Angela Beck
November 3, 1794 - June 12, 1878American poet, journalist and newspaper editorAuthor of "Library of Poetry and Song", "Thanatopsis" and "A Forest ...
Editor Journalist News Newspapers Poem Poet Poetry

Oodgeroo Noonuccal

by Angela Beck
November 3, 1920 - September 16, 1993Aboriginal Australian poet, writer, political activist, artist and educatorAuthor of "We Are Going: Poems", "...
Aboriginal Activist Art Artist Arts Australia Australian Educator Native Poem Poet Poetry Political Politics Teacher

M. K. Asante, Jr.

by Angela Beck
November 3, 1982 - African-American author, filmmaker, recording artist and professorAuthor of "Like Water Running Off My Back: Poems", "Beautiful...
Academic African American Filmmaker Movie Movies Poem Poet Poetry Professor Recording Artist Singer Teacher

Lucan

by Angela Beck
November 3, 39 - April 30, 65Roman poetAuthor of "Pharsalia", "The Civil War" and "Orpheus"Born Marcus Annaeus Lucanus
Poem Poet Poetry Roman Rome

Odysseus Elytis

by Angela Beck
November 2, 1911 - March 18, 1996Greek poet and prose writerAuthor of "Orientations", "The Light Tree and the Fourteenth Beauty" and "The True Fac...
Greece Greek Nobel Prize Poet Poetry

Michelle Cliff

by Angela Beck
November 2, 1946 - June 12, 2016Jamaican-American novelist, short story writer, poet and literary criticAuthor of "Abeng", "No Telephone to Heaven"...
Critic Jamaica Jamaican Novel Novelist Poem Poet Poetry Short Story

Daniil Leonidovic Andreyev

by Angela Beck
November 2, 1906 - March 30, 1959Russian writer, poet and Christian mysticAuthor of "Wanderers of Night" (destroyed by the Soviet Ministry for Sta...
Mystic Mysticism Poem Poet Poetry Russia Russian Russian History Soviet

Arthur Hugh Clough

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1819 - November 13, 1861English poet, educator and assistant to Florence NightingaleAuthor of "Dipsychus" and "Amours De Voyage"
Educator England English Poem Poet Poetry Teacher

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

by Angela Beck
November 1, 1636 - March 13, 1711French poet and criticAuthor of "Satires", "The Art of Poetry" and "Le Lutrin: An Heroick Poem"
Critic France French Poem Poet Poetry

Margaret Taylor Burroughs

by Angela Beck
November 1, 1915 - November 21, 2010African-American visual artist, writer, poet, educator and arts organizerAuthor of "Jasper, the Drummin' Boy",...
Africa African American Art Artist Arts Poem Poet Poetry Visual Artist

Georg Philipp Harsdorffer

by Angela Beck
November 1, 1607 - September 17, 1658German poet and translatorAuthor of more than 47 volumes of poetry and prose including "Frauenzimmer Gesprech...
German Germany Poem Poet Poetry Translator