Literary Library
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 ...
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 ...
John Milton
by Angela Beck
December 9, 1608 - November 8, 1674English poet and civil servantAuthor of "Areopagitica", "Paradise Lost" and "Paradise Regained"
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"...
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...
Padraic Colum
by Angela Beck
December 8, 1881 - January 11, 1972Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's book author and folklore collectorAuthor of...
James Tate
by Angela Beck
December 8, 1943 - July 8, 2015American poet and professorAuthor of "Worshipful Company of Fletchers: Poems" (for which he won the National Book Aw...
J. D. McClatchy
by Angela Beck
December 8, 1945 - April 10, 2018American poet, opera librettist, literary critic and editorAuthor of "Scenes From Another Life", "Hazmat" (for whi...
Henry Timrod
by Angela Beck
December 8, 1828 - October 7, 1867American poet, lawyer, teacher, editor and correspondentHis poems include "Katie", "Ethnogenesis", "A Call to Ar...
Delmore Schwartz
by Angela Beck
December 8, 1913 - July 11, 1966American poet and short story writerAuthor of "I Am Cherry Alive", "The Little Girl Sang", "Selected Poems" and "Su...