Literary Library

Herman Melville

by Angela Beck
August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891American novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, lecturer, sailor and customs inspectorAuthor of "Typee: A...
Boats Customs Inspector Educator Lecturer Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Sail Sailor Short Story Teach Teacher Whale Whaler

Anne Hebert

by Angela Beck
August 1, 1916 - January 22, 2000Canadian novelist, poet, playwright and short-story writerAuthor of "Le Torrent", "Kamouraska" and "In the Shadow...
Canada Canadian Governor General Award Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story

Joseph Opatoshu

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1886 - October 7, 1954Polish-born Jewish novelist and short story writerAuthor of "In Polish Words" and "A Day in Regensburg: Short Sto...
Jewish Jews Novel Novelist Poland Polish Short Story

J. D. Salinger

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1919 - January 27, 2010American novelist and short story writerAuthor of "The Catcher in the Rye", "Franny and Zooey" and "Raise High t...
Novel Novelist Short Story

Rudyard Kipling

by Angela Beck
December 30, 1865 - January 18, 1936English journalist, poet, novelist and short story writerAuthor of "The Jungle Book", "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", "Whi...
British England English English Poetry Great Britain Journalism Journalist News Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story

L. P. Hartley

by Angela Beck
December 30, 1895 - December 13, 1972British novelist, short story writer, editor and essayistAuthor of "Eustace and Hilda", "The Traveling Grave ...
British Editor England English Essayist Essays Great Britain Novel Novelist Short Story

Jim Shepard

by Angela Beck
December 29, 1956 - American novelist and short story writerAuthor of "Project X" (for which he won the Massachusetts Book Award in 2005), "Like Y...
Massachusetts Book Award National Book Award Novel Novelist Rea Award Short Story Writer

Shen Congwen

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1902 - May 10, 1988Chinese essayist, short story writer and professorAuthor of "Border Town", "The Chinese Earth" and "Recollections ...
China Chinese Essayist Essays Professor Short Story Teach Teacher University

Charles McColl Portis

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1933 - February 17, 2020American reporter and writer of western novels, nonfiction, short fiction and articlesAuthor of "Norwood", "T...
American West Film Films Movie Movies News Newspaper Newspapers Nonfiction Novel Novelist Reporter Short Story Western Westerns

Alasdair Gray

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1934 - December 29, 2019Scottish novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, translator, historian and artistAuthor of "Lanark: A...
Art Artist Historian Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Saltire Society Book of the Year Scotland Scottish Short Story Translator Whitbread Novel Award

Alejo Carpentier

by Angela Beck
December 26, 1904 - April 24, 1980Swiss-born Cuban novelist, essayist, musicologist and short story writerAuthor of "The Kingdom of This World", "...
Communism Communist Cuba Cuban Essayist Essays Music Music Journalist Novel Novelist Revista de Avance Short Story Swiss

Sheila Heti

by Angela Beck
December 25, 1976 - Canadian playwright, short story writer and novelistAuthor of "The Middle Stories", "How Should a Person Be?" and "Motherhood"
Canada Canadian Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Short Story Theater Theatre