Literary Library

Narendra Prasad

December 26, 1946 - November 3, 2003Indian actor, playwright, director, professor and literary criticAuthor of "Souparnika" (for which he won the K...

Liz Lochhead

December 26, 1947 - Scottish poet, playwright, translator, teacher and broadcasterAuthor of "Memo for Spring", "The Grimm Sisters" and "Mary Queen ...

Sheila Heti

December 25, 1976 - Canadian playwright, short story writer and novelistAuthor of "The Middle Stories", "How Should a Person Be?" and "Motherhood"

Rod Serling

  December 25, 1924 - June 28, 1975American screenwriter, playwright, television producer and hostBest known for being the creator, writer and hos...

Fritz Lieber

December 24, 1910 - September 5, 1992American writer of fantasy, horror and science fiction, poet, actor, playwright and chess expertAuthor of "Ga...

C. Y. Lee

December 23, 1915 - November 8, 2018Chinese-American novelist, short-story writer, journalist, translator and playwrightAuthor of "The Flower Drum...

Jean Racine

December 22, 1639 - April 21, 1699French dramatistAuthor of "Andromaque", "Phedre" and "Athalie"

Eduard Uspensky

December 22, 1937 - August 14, 2018Russian children's book writer, poet, playwright, screenwriter and television presenterAuthor of over 70 books ...

Hannah More

February 2, 1745 - September 7, 1833English religious writer, poet and playwrightAuthor of "The Inflexible Captive", "Fatal Falsehood" and "Coeleb...

Ayn Rand

February 2, 1882 - March 6, 1982 Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright and essayist Author of "Anthem", "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas...

Gustave Kahn

December 21, 1859 - September 5, 1936French Symbolist poet, art critic, novelist and playwrightAuthor of "The Mad King", "Premiers Poemes" and "Sy...

Anthony Powell

December 21, 1905 - March 28, 2000English novelist, playwright and memoiristBest known for his 12-volume series "A Dance to the Music of Time" as ...