Literary Library

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 V...
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 Gh...
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 "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