Literary Library

Tim Parks

December 19, 1954 - British novelist, translator, author and professorAuthor of "Tongues of Flame" (for which he won the Somerset Maugham Award in...

Eknath Easwaran

December 17, 1910 - October 26, 1999Indian spiritual teacher, author and translatorAuthor of over 30 books including "Gandhi the Man", "God Makes t...

Patrick O'Brien

December 12, 1914 - January 2, 2000English novelist, translator and short-story writerAuthor of "Master and Commander", "The Far Side of the World"...

Jerome Rothenberg

December 11, 1931 - American poet, translator and anthologistAuthor of "Poland/1931", "That Dada Strain" and "A Cruel Nirvana"

Edoardo Sanguineti

December 9, 1930 - May 18, 2010Genovese poet, writer, academic, translator and member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian ParliamentAuthor o...

Peter Handke

December 6, 1942 - Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director and screenwriterAuthor of the novels "A Sorrow Beyond Dreams", "...

Wen Shaoxian

December 4, 1934 - Hong Kong-born Chinese writer, novelist, translator and professorAuthor of "Awful Catastrophe", "Withered Flowers" and "Steps to...

Alaida Foppa

December 3, 1914 - December 19, 1980 (questionable death date because she disappeared and was presumed murdered)Spain-born Guatemalan and Mexican p...

Gary Gach

November 30, 1947 - American author, translator, editor, teacher and poetAuthor of "Writers.net: Every Writer's Essential Guide to Online Resource...

Alexander Alexandrovich Blok

November 28, 1880 - August 7, 1921Russian poet, publicist, playwright, translator and literary criticAuthor of "The City", "Faina" and "Mask of Snow"

Paul Celan

November 23, 1920 - April 20, 1970Romanian-born (Jewish) German-language poet, translator and teacherAuthor of "From Threshold to Threshold", "Ate...

George Eliot

November 22, 1819 - December 22, 1880English novelist, poet, journalist and translatorAuthor of "Adam Bede", "The Mill on the Floss", "Silas Marne...