Literary Library

Joseph P. Lash

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1909 - August 22, 1987American radical political activist, journalist and authorAuthor of "Eleanor and Franklin" (for which he won the...
Author Biographer Biography Churchill Eleanor Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt Journalism Journalist National Book Award News Political Political Activist Politics President Roosevelt Pulitzer Prize Roosevelt Winston Churchill

Dennis Brutus

by Angela Beck
  November 28, 1924 - December 26, 2009South African activist, educator, journalist and poetAuthor of "Letters to Martha: And Other Poems from a S...
Activist Africa African Educator Journalist Poet Poetry Political Activist South Africa South African

Paul Hofmann

by Angela Beck
November 20, 1912 - December 30, 2008Austrian-American author, journalist, linguist and political activistAuthor of "The Viennese", "The Seasons of...
Austria Austrian Austrian-American Journalist Language Linguist News Political Political Activist Politics

Nadine Gordimer

by Angela Beck
November 20, 1923 - July 13, 2014South African writer and political activistAuthor of "The Conservationist" (for which she won the Man Booker Priz...
Africa African Man Booker Prize Nobel Prize Political Political Activist Politics South Africa South African

Cedric Henning Belfrage

by Angela Beck
November 8, 1904 - June 21, 1990English film critic, journalist, writer and political activistAuthor of "Promised Land", "Seeds of Destruction: The...
Critic Double Agent England English English History Film Film Critic Journalist News Newspapers Political Political Activist Politics Reporter Russia Russian History Soviet Soviet Union Soviets Spies Spy World War II WWII

Kenneth R. Timmerman

by Angela Beck
November 4, 1953 - American political and conservative activist and authorAuthor of "The Death Lobby: How the West Armed Iraq", "Preachers of Hate:...
Activist Conservative Conservative Activist Iran Iraq Islam Middle East Political Activist