Literary Library

Liz Lochhead

by Angela Beck
December 26, 1947 - Scottish poet, playwright, translator, teacher and broadcasterAuthor of "Memo for Spring", "The Grimm Sisters" and "Mary Queen ...
Broadcaster National Poet of Scotland Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Queen's Gold Medal Scotland Scottish Teach Teacher Theater Theatre Translator

Jean Toomer

by Angela Beck
December 26, 1894 - March 30, 1967African-American poet and novelistAuthor of "Cane", "Essential" and "The Wayward and the Seeking"Part of the Har...
African American Harlem Renaissance Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

William Collins

by Angela Beck
December 25, 1721 - June 12, 1759English poetAuthor of "Persian Eclogues" and "Odes on Several Descriptive and Allegorical Subjects"
British English English History English Poetry Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Matthew Arnold

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1822 - April 15, 1888English poet, cultural critic, school inspector and professorAuthor of "Empedocles on Etna and Other Poems", "Po...
British Critic Culture England English English Poetry Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor School Teach Teacher University

Juan Ramon Jimenez

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1881 - May 29, 1958Spanish poetAuthor of "Jardines Lejanos", "Platero and I" and "Time and Space: A Poetic Autobiography"Won the Nobe...
Nobel Prize Poem Poems Poet Poetry Spain Spanish

Fritz Lieber

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1910 - September 5, 1992American writer of fantasy, horror and science fiction, poet, actor, playwright and chess expertAuthor of "Ga...
Acting Actor Chess Fantasy Horror Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Science Fiction Theater Theatre

Robert Bly

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1926 - November 21, 2021American poet, essayist and activistAuthor of more than 30 books of poetry including"Talking Into the Ear of ...
Activist Essayist Essays Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Martin Opitz

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1597 - August 20, 1639German poet and novelistAuthor of "Acht Bucher deutscher Poematum", "Geistliche Poemata" and "The Idyll of the...
German Germany Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry

Harriet Monroe

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1860 - September 26, 1936American editor, scholar, literary critic, poet, publisher, editor and art patronAuthor of "John Wellborn Ro...
Art Critic Editor Literary Critic Poem Poems Poet Poetry Poetry Magazine Publisher Scholar

Carol Ann Duffy

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1955 - British poet, playwright and profesorAuthor of "Standing Female Nude", "Selling Manhattan" (for which she won the Somerset Mau...
British England English English Poetry Great Britain Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Professor Somerset Maugham Award T. S. Eliot Prize Teach Teacher United Kingdom University

Kenneth Rexroth

by Angela Beck
December 22, 1905 - June 6, 1982American poet, translator and critical essayistAuthor of "One Hundred Poems from the Japanese", "Classics Revisited...
Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Edwin Arlington Robinson

by Angela Beck
December 22, 1869 - April 6, 1935American poetAuthor of "The Children of the Night", "The Torrent" and " The Night Before"Nominated for the Pulitz...
Nobel Prize Poem Poems Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize