Literary Library

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

Alfred De Musset

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1810 - May 2, 1857French dramatist, poet and novelistAuthor of the plays "The Moods of Marianne", "Lorenzaccio" and "The Story of a W...
Drama Dramatist France French Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Theater Theatre

William Plomer

by Angela Beck
December 10, 1903 - September 21, 1973South African novelist, poet, literary editor and librettistAuthor of "I Speak of Africa", "In a Bombed House...
Librettist Libretto Literary Editor Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry South Africa South African

Nelly Sachs

by Angela Beck
December 10, 1891 - May 12, 1970German-Swedish (Jewish) poet and playwright Author of "Legends and Tales", "Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden I...
German Germany Jewish Jews Nobel Prize Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Swedan Swedish Theater Theatre

Maria Benitez

by Angela Beck
December 10, 1783 - April 18, 1873 or 1875 (?)Puerto-Rican poet and playwrightAuthor of poems including "The Nymph of Puerto Rico", "The Flower an...
Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Puerto Rican Puerto Rico Theater Theatre

George MacDonald

by Angela Beck
December 10, 1824 - September 18, 1905Scottish author, poet and Christian ministerAuthor of "At the Back of the North Wind", "The Princess and the...
Author Christian Minister Pastor Poem Poems Poet Poetry Preacher Scotland Scottish

Emily Dickinson

by Angela Beck
December 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886.English Poet Most of her poems were published posthumously by her sister including "Because I Could Not Stop ...
England English English Poetry Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Carolyn Kiser

by Angela Beck
December 10, 1925 - October 9, 2014American poetAuthor of "Yin" (for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1985), "Mermaids in the Basemen...
Pakistan Poem Poems Poet Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher

Sarah E. Wright

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1928 - September 13, 2009African-American writer, poet and social activistAuthor of "Give Me a Child", Black Art History: A Curriculum ...
Activist African American Poem Poems Poet Poetry Social Critic Writer

John Milton

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1608 - November 8, 1674English poet and civil servantAuthor of "Areopagitica", "Paradise Lost" and "Paradise Regained"
British Civil Servant England English English Poetry Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Eileen Myles

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1949 - American poet and writer of fiction, nonfiction, libretti and playsAuthor of "Chelsea Girls", "The Importance of Being Iceland"...
Fiction Librettist Libretto Nonfiction Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Screenplay Theater Theatre

Edoardo Sanguineti

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1930 - May 18, 2010Genovese poet, writer, academic, translator and member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian ParliamentAuthor o...
Academic Genoa Genoese Government Government Official Italian Italy Parliament Poem Poems Poet Poetry Translator Writer