Literary Library

Peter Handke

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1942 - Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director and screenwriterAuthor of the novels "A Sorrow Beyond Dreams", "...
Austria Austrian Drama Dramatist Film Film Director Filmmaker Films Nobel Prize Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Screenplay Screenwriter Translator

Wen Shaoxian

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1934 - Hong Kong-born Chinese writer, novelist, translator and professorAuthor of "Awful Catastrophe", "Withered Flowers" and "Steps to...
China Chinese Hong Kong Novel Novelist Professor Teach Teacher Translator University Writer

Alaida Foppa

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1914 - December 19, 1980 (questionable death date because she disappeared and was presumed murdered)Spain-born Guatemalan and Mexican p...
Art Art Critic Arts Feminism Feminist Guatemala Guatemalan Mexican Mexico Poem Poems Poet Poetry Spain Spanish Teach Teacher Translator Writer

Gary Gach

by Angela Beck
November 30, 1947 - American author, translator, editor, teacher and poetAuthor of "Writers.net: Every Writer's Essential Guide to Online Resource...
Author Buddhism Buddhist Editor Meditation Poem Poems Poet Poetry Teach Teacher Translator Write Writer

Alexander Alexandrovich Blok

by Angela Beck
November 28, 1880 - August 7, 1921Russian poet, publicist, playwright, translator and literary criticAuthor of "The City", "Faina" and "Mask of Snow"
Critic Literary Critic Playwright Poet Poetry Publicist Russia Russian Translator

Paul Celan

by Angela Beck
November 23, 1920 - April 20, 1970Romanian-born (Jewish) German-language poet, translator and teacherAuthor of "From Threshold to Threshold", "Ate...
German Jewish Language Poet Romania Romanian Translator

George Eliot

by Angela Beck
November 22, 1819 - December 22, 1880English novelist, poet, journalist and translatorAuthor of "Adam Bede", "The Mill on the Floss", "Silas Marne...
England English Journalist Novel Novelist Poem Poet Poetry Translator

Marianne Moore

by Angela Beck
November 15, 1887 - February 5, 1972American poet, critic, translator, editor and librarianAuthor of "Poems", "Observations" and "Collected Poems"...
Critic Editor Librarian National Book Award Poem Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize Translator

Ivan Turgenev

by Angela Beck
November 9, 1818 - September 3, 1883Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright and translatorAuthor of "Mumu", "First Love" and "Fathe...
Drama Dramatist Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Poem Poet Poetry Russia Russian Short Story Theater Theatre Translator

Hiroshi Kashiwagi

by Angela Beck
November 8, 1922 - October 29, 2019American poet, playwright, actor, translator and librarianAuthor of "The Plums Can Wait", "Voices from Japanese ...
Actor Drama Dramatist Librarian National Book Award Plays Playwright Poem Poet Poetry Theater Theatre Translator

Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg

by Angela Beck
November 7, 1750 - December 5, 1819German poet, lawyer, translator and dramatistAuthor of "Timoleon", "Alfred the Great" and "Kurze Abfertigung de...
Drama Dramatist German Germany Plays Playwright Poem Poet Poetry Theater Theatre Translator

C. K. Williams

by Angela Beck
November 4, 1936 - September 20, 2015American poet, critic and translatorAuthor of "Flesh and Blood" (for which he was a finalist for the Pulitzer...
Critic Poem Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize Translator