Literary Library

Marianne Moore

by Angela Beck
November 15, 1887 - February 5, 1972American poet, critic, translator, editor and librarianAuthor of "Poems", "Observations" and "Collected Poems...
Critic Editor Librarian National Book Award Poem Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize Translator

Norman Alexander MacCaig

by Angela Beck
November 14, 1910 - January 23, 1996Scottish poet and teacherAuthor of "Rings on a Tree", "A Man In My Position" and "Tree of Strings"
Poem Poet Poetry Scotland Scottish Teacher

Adam G. Oehlenschager

by Angela Beck
November 14, 1779 - January 20, 1850Danish poet and playwrightAuthor of "Baldur hin Gode", "Palnatoke" and "Axel og Valborg"
Danish Denmark Drama Dramatist Plays Playwright Poem Poet Poetry Theatre

Mircea Dinescu

by Angela Beck
November 11, 1950 - Romanian poet, journalist and editorAuthor of "Death is Reading the Newspaper", "The Barbarians' Return: Selected Poems" and "E...
Drama Dramatist Editor Journalist Poem Poet Poetry Romania Romanian

Vachel Lindsay

by Angela Beck
November 10, 1879 - December 5, 1931American poetAuthor of "The Congo and Other Poems", "Art of the Moving Picture" and "The Chinese Nightingale"...
Poem Poet Poetry

Oliver Goldsmith

by Angela Beck
November 10, 1728 - April 4, 1774Irish novelist, playwright and poetAuthor of "The Vicar of Wakefield", "The Good Natur'd Man" and "The Deserted ...
Drama Dramatist Ireland Irish Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Poem Poet Poetry Theater Theatre

Friedrich von Schiller

by Angela Beck
November 10, 1759 - May 9, 1805German poet, philosopher, physician, historian and playwrightAuthor of "On the Aesthetic Education of Man", "The G...
Doctor Drama Dramatist German Germany Historian Medical Medicine Philosopher Philosophy Physician Plays Playwright Poem Poet Poetry Theater Theatre

Donna Fargo

by Angela Beck
November 10, 1945 - American country music singer-songwriter and poetAuthor of "Trust in Yourself", "To the Love of My Life" and "Ten Golden Rules"
Country Music Music Musician Poem Poet Poetry Singer Songwriter

Roger Joseph McGough

by Angela Beck
November 9, 1937 -English poet, broadcaster, playwright and children's book authorAuthor of "You Tell Me", "Sky in the Pie" and "Defying Gravity"
Children's Book Children's Book Author England English Plays Playwright Poem Poet Poetry

Mark Akenside

by Angela Beck
November 9, 1721 - June 23, 1770English poet and physicianAuthor of "The Pleasures of Imagination", "An Epistle to Curio" and "Odes on Several Sub...
Doctor England English Medical Medicine Physician Poem Poet Poetry

Ivan Turgenev

by Angela Beck
November 9, 1818 - September 3, 1883Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright and translatorAuthor of "Mumu", "First Love" and "Fath...
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