Literary Library

Adam Haslett

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1970 -American fiction writer, journalist and short-story writerAuthor of "You Are Not a Stranger Here" (for which he was a finalist ...
Fiction Journalism Journalist National Book Award National Book Critics Circle Award New York Magazine New York Magazine Writer of the Year Award PEN/Malamud Award Pulitzer Prize Short Story

Donna Tartt

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1963 - American novelist and short-story & non-fiction writerAuthor of "The Secret History", "The Little Friend" (for which she w...
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence National Book Critics Circle Award Nonfiction Novel Novelist Orange Prize Pulitzer Prize Short Story

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

Galway Kinnell

by Angela Beck
February 1, 1927 - October 28, 2014American poet and professorAuthor of "Body Rags", "The Book of Nightmares", "When One Has Lived a Long Time Al...
Frost Medal National Book Award Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Poetry Society of America Professor Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher University Vermont

Doug Wright

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1962 - American playwright, librettist and screenwriterAuthor of "Quills" (for which he won the Obie Award for Best Playwriting in 199...
Drama Drama Desk Award Film Films Golden Globe Award Librettist Libretto Music Musical Musician Obie Award Play Plays Playwright Pulitzer Prize Screenplay Screenwriter Theater Theatre Tony Award

Oliver Lafarge, II

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1901 - August 2, 1963American anthropologist and writer of novels and non-fiction booksAuthor of "Laughing Boy" (for which he won the...
Anthropologist Anthropology Navajo Nonfiction Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize Writer

William Safire

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1929 - September 27, 2009American author, columnist, journalist and presidential speechwriterAuthor of "Safire's Political Dictionar...
Author Columnist Journalism Journalist President President Bush President George W. Bush Presidential Medal of Freedom Presidential Speechwriter Pulitzer Prize Speechwriter

John Kennedy Toole

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1937 - March 26, 1969American novelist and professorAuthor of "A Confederacy of Dunces" (for which he posthumously won the Pulitzer Pr...
Novel Novelist Professor Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher University

Marc Connelly

by Angela Beck
December 13, 1890 - December 21, 1980American playwright, director, producer, drama teacher, performer and lyricistAuthor of "The Green Pastures" ...
Director Drama Lyricist Lyrics Performer Play Plays Playwright Producer Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher Theater Theatre

James Wright

by Angela Beck
December 13, 1927 - March 25, 1980American poetAuthor of "Collected Poems" (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1972), "Two Citizens"...
Poem Poems Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize

Grace Paley

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1922 - August 22, 2007American short story writer, poet, teacher and political activistAuthor of "The Little Disturbances of Man", "En...
National Book Award Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Political Activist Pulitzer Prize School Short Story Teach Teacher

Carolyn Kiser

by Angela Beck
December 10, 1925 - October 9, 2014American poetAuthor of "Yin" (for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1985), "Mermaids in the Basemen...
Pakistan Poem Poems Poet Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher