Literary Library

Augusta Baker

April 1, 1911 - February 23, 1998African-American librarian, storyteller and teacherAuthor of "Talking Tree; Fairy Tales From 15 Lands", "Books Abo...

William James Sidis

April 1, 1898 - July 17, 1944American mathematician, linguist, historian, teacher and authorAuthor of "Passaconaway in the White Mountains" (writt...

Peter Egger

April 1, 1969 - Austrian economist, professor, researcher and writerAuthor of "A Generalized Design for Bilateral Flow Models" (written for Economi...

Lura Beam

American educator, writer and researcherAuthor of "A Thousand Marraiges: A Medical Study of Sex Adjustment" and "The Single Woman: A Medical Study...

Katherine Binney Shippen

April 1, 1892 - February 20, 1980American history teacher, museum curator and children's book authorAuthor of "New Found World" (for which she was ...

Idella Purnell

April 1, 1901 - December 1, 1982Mexican-born American academic, librarian, teacher and children's book authorAuthor of "The Talking Bird: An Aztec ...

Fredrik Cygnaeus

April 1, 1807 - February 7, 1881Finnish poet, art critic & collector and professorAuthor of "Ice-Candles" and "Claes Flemings tider: Dramatisk...

Aileen Ward

April 1, 1919 - May 31, 2016American professor of English literature and authorAuthor of "John Keats: The Making of a Poet" (for which she won the ...

Robert Hayden

August 4, 1913 - February 25, 1980African-American poet and educatorAuthor of "Angle of Ascent: New and Selected Poems", "American Journal: Poems" ...

Marvin Bell

August 3, 1937 - December 14, 2020American poet, editor and teacherAuthor of "The Book of the Dead Man", "Nightworks: Poems 1962 - 2000" and "Mars ...

Hayden Carruth

August 3, 1921 - September 29, 2008American poet, literary critic and professorAuthor of "Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey" (for which he won the Nati...

Stephen Sandy

August 2, 1934 - November 7, 2016American poet and professorAuthor of "The Thread", "Weathers Permitting" and "Netsuke Days: Poems" #literarycalen...