Literary Library

Wen Shaoxian

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1934 - Hong Kong-born Chinese writer, novelist, translator and professorAuthor of "Awful Catastrophe", "Withered Flowers" and "Steps to...
China Chinese Hong Kong Novel Novelist Professor Teach Teacher Translator University Writer

Peter Reuter

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1944 - American criminologist, economist, writer and professorAuthor of "Understanding the Demand for Illegal Drugs", "Draining Develop...
Crime Criminologist Economics Economist Economy Professor Teach Teacher University Writer

Mark Salzman

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1959 - American writer and teacherAuthor of "Iron & Silk", "The Soloist" and "Lost in Place: Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia" #litera...
Author School Teach Teacher

David K. Shipler

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1942 - American author, journalist and professorAuthor of "Solemn Dreams" (for which he won the Overseas Press Club Award in 1983), "Ar...
Arabs Author Jews Journalism Journalist News Professor Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher University

Richard Stites

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1931 - March 7, 2010American historian and professorAuthor of "The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia: Feminism, Nihilism, and Bolsh...
American History Author Bolshevism Feminism Historian Imperial Russia Professor Russian Russian History Teach Teacher University

George Saunders

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1958 - American writer of short stories, essays, novellas, children's books and novels and journalist and professorAuthor of "Lincoln ...
Abraham Lincoln American History American South Booker Prize Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books Civil War Essayist Essays Journalism Journalist Lincoln Novel Novelist Novella PEN/Hemingway Award Professor Short Story Teach Teacher University

David Hackett Fischer

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1935 - American professor and writerAuthor of "Paul Revere's Ride", "Washington's Crossing" (for which he was a finalist for the Nation...
Academic Author Historian history National Book Award Professor Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher

Alaida Foppa

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1914 - December 19, 1980 (questionable death date because she disappeared and was presumed murdered)Spain-born Guatemalan and Mexican p...
Art Art Critic Arts Feminism Feminist Guatemala Guatemalan Mexican Mexico Poem Poems Poet Poetry Spain Spanish Teach Teacher Translator Writer

Azar Nafisi

by Angela Beck
December 1, 1948 - Iranian-born American writer and professorAuthor of "Reading Lolita in Tehran", "Things I've Been Silent About" and "The Republ...
Author Iran Iranian Lolita Professor Saeed Nafisi School Teach Teacher University

Tayari Jones

by Angela Beck
November 30, 1970 - African-American novelist and professorAuthor of "Leaving Atlanta", "The Untelling" and "Silver Sparrow"#literarycalendar#birt...
African American Novel Novelist Professor School Teach Teacher University

Gary Gach

by Angela Beck
November 30, 1947 - American author, translator, editor, teacher and poetAuthor of "Writers.net: Every Writer's Essential Guide to Online Resource...
Author Buddhism Buddhist Editor Meditation Poem Poems Poet Poetry Teach Teacher Translator Write Writer

Alex Grey

by Angela Beck
November 29, 1953 - American visual artist, author, teacher, and vajrayana practitionerAuthor of "Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey",...
Art Art Theorist Artist Arts Author Buddhism Buddhist Teach Teacher Vajrayana Visual Artist Zen Zen Buddhism