Literary Library

Joe Masteroff

December 11, 1919 - September 28, 2018American playwrightAuthor of "The Warm Peninsula", "She Loves Me" (for which he was nominated for a Tony Awar...

Alfred De Musset

December 11, 1810 - May 2, 1857French dramatist, poet and novelistAuthor of the plays "The Moods of Marianne", "Lorenzaccio" and "The Story of a W...

Nelly Sachs

December 10, 1891 - May 12, 1970German-Swedish (Jewish) poet and playwright Author of "Legends and Tales", "Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden I...

Maria Benitez

December 10, 1783 - April 18, 1873 or 1875 (?)Puerto-Rican poet and playwrightAuthor of poems including "The Nymph of Puerto Rico", "The Flower an...

Helen Oyeyemi

December 10, 1984 - Nigerian-born English novelist, short story writer and playwrightAuthor of "The Icarus Girl", "What is Not Yours is Not Yours"...

Clarice Lispector

December 10, 1920 - December 9, 1977Ukranian-born Brazilian-Jewish novelist, short story writer and playwrightAuthor of "Near to the Wild Heart", ...

Eileen Myles

December 9, 1949 - American poet and writer of fiction, nonfiction, libretti and playsAuthor of "Chelsea Girls", "The Importance of Being Iceland"...

Dalton Trumbo

December 9, 1905 -September 10, 1976American screenwriter, film director, playwright, essayist and novelistHis books include "Eclipse", "Johnny Go...

Abraham B. Yeshoshua

December 9, 1936 - June 14, 2022Israeli novelist, essayist and playwrightAuthor of "Five Seasons" (for which he won the National Jewish Book Award...

James Thurber

December 8, 1894 - November 2, 1961American author, humorist, cartoonist, journalist, playwright and short story writerAuthor of the novels and s...

Pearl Cleage

December 7, 1948 - African-American playwright, essayist, poet, novelist and political activistAuthor of "What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day"...

Tomson Highway

December 6, 1951 - Indigenous-Canadian playwright, novelist and children's book authorAuthor of "Kiss of the Fur Queen", Caribou Song" and From Or...