Literary Library

Samuel W. Allen

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1917 - June 27, 2015African-American writer, literary scholar, lawyer and professorAuthor of "Ivory Tusks", "Negritude and Its Relevanc...
African American Law Lawyer Literacy Literary Scholar Professor Teach Teacher University Writer

Louis Kronenberger

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1904 - April 30, 1980American literary critic, editor, novelist, professor and biographerAuthor of "Kings and Desperate Men: Life in E...
Bio Biographer Biography Editor Literary Critic Novel Novelist Professor Teach Teacher University

Joan W. Blos

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1928 - October 12, 2017American children's book writer, teacher and children's literacy advocateAuthor of "A Gathering of Days: A New E...
Author Children's Book Author Literacy National Book Award Newbery Newbery Medal School Teach Teacher

Ashleigh Brilliant

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1933 -  English author, cartoonist and professorAuthor of "I May Not Be Totally Perfect But Parts of Me Are Excellent and Other Brill...
Author Cartoonist Cartoons Professor Teach Teacher University

Anthony Santasiere

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1904 - January 13, 1977American chess master, writer and teacherAuthor of "The Vienna Game and Gambit", "The Futuristic Chess Opening: ...
Chess Chess master Teach Teacher Writer

Ron Hansen

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1947 - American novelist, essayist and professorAuthor "Desperadoes", "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" and ...
Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Professor Teach Teacher University

Mary Gordon

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1949 - American novelist, memoirist, literary critic and professorAuthor of "Final Payments", "The Company of Women" and "The Shadow M...
Critic Literary Critic Memoir Memoirist Novel Novelist Professor Teach Teacher University

James Tate

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1943 - July 8, 2015American poet and professorAuthor of "Worshipful Company of Fletchers: Poems" (for which he won the National Book Aw...
National Book Award Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher University

Hervey Allen

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1889 - December 28, 1949American educator, poet and novelistAuthor of "Toward the Flame", "Anthony Adverse" and "The Forest and the For...
Education Educator Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry School Teach Teacher

Henry Timrod

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1828 - October 7, 1867American poet, lawyer, teacher, editor and correspondentHis poems include "Katie", "Ethnogenesis", "A Call to Ar...
American South Confederacy Correspondent Editor Law Lawyer Poem Poems Poet Poetry School South South Carolina Southern Southern History Teach Teacher

Willa Cather

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1873 - April 24, 1947American novelist, magazine editor and teacherAuthor of "O Pioneers!", "The Song of the Lark", "My Antonia" and "...
Editor Magazine Magazine Editor Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher

Noam Chomsky

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1928 - American linguist, professor, philosopher, historian, political activist and social criticAuthor of over 150 books including "P...
Historian history Language Languages Linguist Philosopher Philosophy Political Political Activist Politics Professor Social Critic Teach Teacher University