Literary Library

Pearl Cleage

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1948 - African-American playwright, essayist, poet, novelist and political activistAuthor of "What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day"...
African American Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Oprah Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Political Political Activist Politics Theater Theatre

Yosano Akiko

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1878 - May 29, 1942Japanese author, poet, feminist, pacifist and social reformer Author of "Midaregami", "River of Stars" and "Tangl...
Author Feminism Feminist Japan Japanese Pacifist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Social Reform

William Stanley Braithwaite

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1878 - June 8, 1962African-American writer, poet, literary critic, anthologist and publisherAuthor of "The Book of Elizabeth Verse", T...
African American Anthologist Anthology Critic Literary Critic NAACP Poem Poems Poet Poetry Publisher Writer

Peter Handke

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1942 - Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director and screenwriterAuthor of the novels "A Sorrow Beyond Dreams", "...
Austria Austrian Drama Dramatist Film Film Director Filmmaker Films Nobel Prize Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Screenplay Screenwriter Translator

Joyce Kilmer

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1886 - July 30, 1918American writer, poet, journalist, literary critic, lecturer and editorAuthor of "Trees, and Other Poems", "The Ci...
Critic Editor Lecturer Literary Critic Poem Poems Poet Poetry University Writer

Jason Reynolds

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1983 - African-American author of novels and poetry for young adultsAuthor of "Ghost" (for which he was finalist for the National Book...
African American Carnegie Medal Coretta Scott King Honor National Book Award Newbery Newbery Honor Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Young Adult

John A. Williams

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1925 - July 3, 2015 African-American author, journalist, academic and poetAuthor of "The Man Who Cried I Am", "!Click Song" (for which...
Academic African American Author Journalism Journalist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Christina Rossetti

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1830 - December 29, 1894English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poemsAuthor of "Goblin Market", "The Prince's Progress a...
British Children's Poem Children's Poet Devotional Devotions England English English Poetry Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry Romance Romantic

Calvin Trillin

by Angela Beck
Born December 5, 1935 - American journalist, humorist, food writer, poet, memoirist and novelistAuthor of "An Education in Georgia: Charlayne Hunt...
Food Food Writer Humor Humorist Journalism Journalist Memoir Memoirist Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Thurber Prize

Sir Herbert Edward Read

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1893 - June 12, 1968English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopherAuthor of "The Meaning of Art", "To Hell With Culture, ...
Art Art Historian Artist Arts British Critic England English English History English Poetry Great Britain Literary Critic Philosopher Philosophy Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Rainer Maria Rilke

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1875 - December 29, 1926 Austrian poet and novelistAuthor of "Duino Elegies", "Sonnets to Orpheus", "The Notebooks of Malte Laurids B...
Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

John Giorno

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1936 - October 12, 2019American poet and performance artistAuthor of "Grasping at Emptiness", "Subduing Demons in America, Selected Po...
Art Artist Arts Performance Artist Poem Poems Poet Poetry