Literary Library

Jeanne Larsen

by Angela Beck
August 9, 1950 - American poet, novelist, translator and essayistAuthor of "Silk Road: A Novel of Eighth-Century China", "Bronze Mirror" and "Manc...
China Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Translator

Rene de Ceccatty

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1952 - French translator, editor, novelist, biographer and screenwriterAuthor of 30 novels and biographies including "To Love", "Retent...
Bio Biographer Biography Editor Film Films France French Novel Novelist Screenwriter Translator

Machi Tawara

by Angela Beck
December 31, 1962 - Japanese writer, translator, poet and teacherAuthor of "Salad Anniversary", "The Palm of the Wind's Heart" and "Chocolate Revo...
Japan Japanese Poem Poems Poet Poetry Teach Teacher Translate Translator Writer

Paul Bowles

by Angela Beck
December 30, 1910 - November 18, 1999American composer, translator and expatriateAuthor of "The Sheltering Sky", "Up Above the World" and "Morocco"...
Aaron Copland Composer Expat Music Musical Musician Orchestra Symphony Translator

Alasdair Gray

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1934 - December 29, 2019Scottish novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, translator, historian and artistAuthor of "Lanark: A...
Art Artist Historian Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Saltire Society Book of the Year Scotland Scottish Short Story Translator Whitbread Novel Award

Teo Savory

by Angela Beck
December 27, 1907 - November 14, 1989American novelist, poet, translator and publisherAuthor of "The Landscape of Dreams", "The Single Secret" and ...
Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Publisher Translator

Liz Lochhead

by Angela Beck
December 26, 1947 - Scottish poet, playwright, translator, teacher and broadcasterAuthor of "Memo for Spring", "The Grimm Sisters" and "Mary Queen ...
Broadcaster National Poet of Scotland Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Queen's Gold Medal Scotland Scottish Teach Teacher Theater Theatre Translator

William Demby

by Angela Beck
December 25, 1922 - May 23, 2013African-American novelist, actor, translator, professor and asst. directorAuthor of "Beetlecreek", "The Catacombs"...
Acting Actor African American Anisfield-Wolf Achievement Award Director Film Director Novel Novelist Professor Translator University

Sidney Shapiro

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1915 - October 18, 2014American-born Chinese lawyer, translator, actor and writerAuthor of "An American in China: Thirty Years in the...
Acting Actor China Chinese Chinese-American Law Lawyer Translator Writer

C. Y. Lee

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1915 - November 8, 2018Chinese-American novelist, short-story writer, journalist, translator and playwrightAuthor of "The Flower Drum...
China Chinese Chinese-American Journalism Journalist Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Rogers and Hammerstein Short Story Theater Theatre Translator

Tim Parks

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1954 - British novelist, translator, author and professorAuthor of "Tongues of Flame" (for which he won the Somerset Maugham Award in...
Author Booker Prize British England English Great Britain Novel Novelist Professor Somerset Maugham Award Teach Teacher Translator University

Eknath Easwaran

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1910 - October 26, 1999Indian spiritual teacher, author and translatorAuthor of over 30 books including "Gandhi the Man", "God Makes t...
Author Blue Mountain Center Gandhi India Indian Meditation Nilgeri Press Poetry Sacred Spiritual Spiritual Leader Translator