Literary Library

Nunnally Johnson

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1897 - March 25, 1977American screenwriter, film director, producer and playwrightWrote scripts for over 50 films including "The Grape...
Academy Award Drama Dramatist Film Film Director Film Producer Filmmaker Films Play Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Theater Theatre

Joan Didion

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1934 - December 23, 2021 American writer, novelist, playwright and screenwriterAuthor of "Slouching Towards Bethlehem", the screenpla...
Drama Film Movie Movies National Book Award Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Theater Theatre Writer

Kate O'Brien

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1897 - August 13, 1974Irish writer of novels, plays, film scripts, short stories, essays, journalism and traveloguesAuthor of "Without...
Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays Film Filmmaker Ireland Irish Journalism Journalist News Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Short Story Theater Theatre Travel Travel Guide

Grace Andreacchi

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1954 -American novelist, poet and playwrightAuthor of "Give My Heart Ease", "Little Poems for Children" and "Berlin Elegies"
Drama Dramatist Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Theater Theatre

Botho Strauss

by Angela Beck
  December 2, 1944 - German novelist, playwright and essayistAuthor of the books "Couples, Passersby", "The Young Man" and "Mikado"Author of the p...
Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays German Germany Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre

Boris A. Novak

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1953 - Slovene poet, dramatist and editorAuthor of "Vertigo: Poems", "Master of Insomnia" and "Zarenje" #literarycalendar#birthdays#au...
Drama Dramatist Editor Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Serbia Slovakia Theater Theatre Yugoslavia

Alfred Uhry

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1936 - American playwright and screenwriterAuthor of "Driving Miss Daisy" (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1988 and a...
Academy Award Drama Dramatist Movie Movies Oscar Play Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Theater Theatre Tony Award

George Stirling

by Angela Beck
December 1, 1869 - November 17, 1926American poet and playwrightAuthor of "The Testimony of the Suns and Other Poems", "A Wine of Wizardry and Othe...
Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Theater Theatre

Owen Dodson

by Angela Beck
November 28, 1914 - June 21, 1983African-American poet, novelist, playwright and professorAuthor of "Boy at the Window", "The Confession Stone: Son...
African American Drama Novel Novelist Playwright Poet Poetry Professor Theater Theatre Yale

Moises Kaufman

by Angela Beck
November 21, 1963 - Venezuelan-born Jewish-American theatre director, filmmaker and playwrightAuthor of the plays "The Laramie Project", "33 Variat...
Drama Dramatist Film Film Director Filmmaker Jewish Jews National Medal of Arts Plays Playwright Theater Theatre Theatre Director Venezuela Venezuelan Venezuelan-American

Don Delillo

by Angela Beck
November 20, 1936 - American novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayistAuthor of "White Noise" (for which he won the National Book Awar...
American Book Award Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays National Book Award Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Pulitzer Prize Short Story Theater Theatre

Joost van den Vondel

by Angela Beck
November 17, 1587 - February 5, 1679Dutch poet and playwrightAuthor of "Jerusalem Destroyed", "Lucifer" and "David in Exile"
Drama Dramatist Dutch Holland Plays Playwright Poem Poet Poetry The Netherlands Theater Theatre