Literary Library

Reynolds Price

February 1, 1933 - January 20, 2011American poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist and professorAuthor 38 stories including "A Long and Happy Life"(fo...

Galway Kinnell

February 1, 1927 - October 28, 2014American poet and professorAuthor of "Body Rags", "The Book of Nightmares", "When One Has Lived a Long Time Al...

Tim Parks

December 19, 1954 - British novelist, translator, author and professorAuthor of "Tongues of Flame" (for which he won the Somerset Maugham Award in...

Sean O'Brien

December 19, 1952 - British poet, critic, playwright and professorAuthor of "Downriver" (for which he was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize in...

James Oakes

December 19, 1953 - American historian, professor and authorAuthor of "The Ruling Race: A History of American Slaveholders", "The Radical and the R...

A. M. Holmes

December 18, 1961 - American novelist, short story writer, memoirist and professorAuthor of "The End of Alice", "The Mistress' Daughter" and "May ...

Marc Lamont Hill

December 17, 1978 - African-American academic, author, professor, activist, news commentary and television personalityAuthor of "The Classroom and...

John Kennedy Toole

December 17, 1937 - March 26, 1969American novelist and professorAuthor of "A Confederacy of Dunces" (for which he posthumously won the Pulitzer Pr...

Jen Golbeck

December 16, 1976 - American computer scientist, professor and authorAuthor of "Art Theory for Web Design", "Analyzing the Social Web" and "The Go...

George Santayana

December 16, 1863 - September 26, 1952Spanish-born American philosopher, essayist, poet, novelist and professorAuthor of "The Sense of Beauty: Bei...

William Dickey

December 15, 1928 - May 3, 1994American poet and professorAuthor of "Interpreter's House", "The Sacrifice Consenting" and "The King of the Golden R...

Gail Tremblay

December 15, 1945 - May 3, 2023Native American (Mi'kmag and Onondaga) writer, artist and professorAuthor of "Night Gives Women the Word", "Indian S...