Literary Library

Milan Kundera

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1929 - Czech-French novelist, short story writer, poet, dramatist and essayistAuthor of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", "The Art of ...
Austrian State Prize Czech Czech State Literature Prize Czechoslavakia Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays France French Jerusalem Prize Ovid Prize Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Stories Short Story Theater Theatre

Kalisha Buckhanon

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1977 - African-American author of short stories and novelsAuthor of "Upstate", "Conception" and "Speakin of Summer"Finalist for the Hursto...
African American Author Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Novel Novelist Short Stories Short Story Terry McMillan Young Author Award

Carl Steinheim

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1878 - November 3, 1942German playwright and short story writerAuthor of "From the Heroic Life of the Bourgeois (A Play Cycle)", "A Mask o...
German German Expressionism Germany Play Plays Playwright Short Story Theater Theatre

Daniel Keyes

by Angela Beck
August 9, 1927 - June 15, 2014American writer of short stories, science fiction and fantasyAuthor of "Flowers for Algernon", "The Minds of Billy Mi...
Fantasy Science Fiction SciFi Short Story

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

by Angela Beck
August 8, 1896 - December 14, 1953American novelist and short-story writerAuthor of "The Yearling" (for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Ficti...
Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize Short Story

Elizabeth Ann Tallent

by Angela Beck
August 8, 1954 - American novelist, short-story writer, essayist and academicAuthor of "Museum Pieces", "Honey" and "Mendocino Fire" #literarycalen...
Academic Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Short Story University

Ann Beattie

by Angela Beck
August 7, 1947 - American novelist and short-story writerAuthor of "Chilly Scenes of Winter", "The New Yorker Stories" and "Walks With Men" #liter...
Novel Novelist Short Story

Guy de Maupassant

by Angela Beck
August 5, 1850 - July 6, 1893French short-story writerAuthor of "Une Vie", "Bel Ami" and "Pierre et Jean"Born Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant ...
France French Short Story

Conrad Aiken

by Angela Beck
August 5, 1899 - August 17, 1973American poet, novelist and short-story writerAuthor of "The House of Dust", "Preludes for Memnon" and "Ushant"Won...
Library of Congress Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Pulitzer Prize Short Story

Assia Djebar

by Angela Beck
August 4, 1936 - February 6, 2015Algerian novelist, poet, playwright and short-story writerAuthor of "Women of Algiers in Their Apartment", "Alger...
Algeria Algerian Dramatist Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story Theater Theatre

Ernest Dowson

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1867 - February 23, 1900English poet, novelist and short-story writerAuthor of "A Comedy of Masks", "The Pierrot of the Minute: A Phanta...
British England English English Poetry Great Britain Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story

Bei Dao

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1949 - Chinese-born American poet, short-story writer, essayist and memoiristAuthor of "The August Sleepwalker", "Midnight's Gate" and "C...
China Chinese Chinese-American Essayist Essays Memoir Memoirist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story